Isaiah 55:6-13, Psalm 63:1-8, John 21:1-17

What are you afraid of? What calms you?

If there’s one place in my life where I can consistently look back and recognize the impact of God on ...

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Isaiah 43:1-4, Psalm 139:1-12, Matthew 3:13-17

What amazed you this week? …… OMG

Olympics? ……

Competition good for Athletics and world records; not so ...

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Exodus 2:1-10, Psalm 121, Luke 1:30-38

OMG.

Texting language.

We are marvelously creative in the ways we take the Lord’s name in vain.

Inflection depends on what decade you were a teenager.

As many times as I’ve said it ...

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Deut 10:17–19; Psalm 32:1-7; Luke 19:1–10

So how would you answer if someone asked what kind of church you go to? Children, Family, and Youth; Worship; Serving Others; Spiritual Growth;

Outreach and hospitality that adds to and cares for the Body of Christ through ...

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Psalm 80:7-19; Eph. 3:14-19; Mark 12:29-34

What kind of church is this? Children, Family, and Youth; Worship; Serving Others; Outreach and Hospitality…

Faith formation that leads to spiritual growth as followers of Christ.

Spiritual growth is one of those things — like financial planning — that sound really ...

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Psalm 25:1-10; Galatians 5:13-14; Luke 10:25-37

Children, Family, and Youth; Serving others; Spiritual Growth; Outreach and Hospitality

Worship that inspires an experience of grace and invites participation in song, prayer, God’s word, and God’s table.

For 10,000 Sundays ...

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1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16; Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-62

If your friend asked you, What kind of Church do you go to? What would be your first response?

Me: Lutheran; ELCA Lutheran?

Some of you are much more sensible than I am when it ...

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