
Jesus said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the son of the living God.” – Matthew 16:15-16
In this Sunday’s assigned Gospel reading, we focus upon Peter, the faithful but flawed disciple, his profound confession, and Jesus’ empowering words for Peter and the church for generations ...
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“Let us build a house where hands will reach beyond the wood and stone to heal and strengthen, serve and teach, and live the Word they’ve known. Here the outcast and the stranger bear the image of God’s face; let us bring an end to fear and danger. All are welcome, all are welcome, all ...
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“Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was ...
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“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord”. – Romans 8:38-39
This weekend, we encounter Christ’s amazing ...
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“All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto his praise to yield;
wheat and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear.
Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.
– Henry Alford (ELW # 693)
This weekend, as we welcome Pastor ...
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