Calvary Lutheran Church Perham MN Living in Grace: Lutheran Church Sermons of Hope and Love

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Gospel Reading: Mark 15:16-24Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPrayer of the DayEverlasting God, you have established your rule in the human heart through the servanthood of Jesus Christ. By your Spirit, keep us in the joyful procession of those who with their tongues confess Jesus as Lord and with their lives praise him as Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Scripture: John 14:1-3“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPrayerGod, like our ancestors in faith, we are sometimes afraid and full of doubt. In your boundless love, you are with us in our fear, love us in our doubts, and grant us the oceans of your peace. Thank you for loving us as we are. Teach us not to hide from our doubt, but to recognize it as a door to mystery and to deeper faith. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calvaryperhamPodcasts: https://rss.com/podcasts/april16th2023/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@calvaryperhamegiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: John 12:20-33 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day God, with steadfast love you draw us to yourself, and in mercy you receive our prayers. Strengthen us to live out the fruits of the Spirit, and through life and death assure us that we live in the life-giving presence of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPrayer Almighty and eternal God, the strength of those who believe and the hope of those who doubt, may we, who have not seen, have faith in you and receive the fullness of Christ’s blessing, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.Facebook: @calvaryperham Podcasts: https://rss.com/podcasts/april16th2023/ Youtube: / @calvaryperham egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: John 3:14-21 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day O God, rich in mercy, by the humiliation of your Son you lifted up this fallen world and rescued us from the hopelessness of death. Lead us into your light, that all our deeds may reflect your love, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPrayerGod, you take us exactly as we are. You encourage our honest conversations withyou. You already know what bothers us, where our faith is timid, and where ourhearts need reassurance. Thank you that you are big enough to handle our doubts.Thank you that you are not afraid of what we wrestle with. Thank you for yourgreat power that reminds us we can come to you just as we are. Be with us andguide us in Jesus’ name. Amen.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calvaryperhamPodcasts: https://rss.com/podcasts/april16th2023/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@calvaryperhamegiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: John 2:13-22 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day Holy God, through your Son you have called us to live faithfully and act courageously. Keep us steadfast in your covenant of grace and teach us the wisdom that comes only through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPrayer God, you take us exactly as we are. You encourage our honest conversations with you. You already know what bothers us, where our faith is timid, and where our hearts need reassurance. Thank you that you are big enough to handle our doubts. Thank you that you are not afraid of what we wrestle with. Thank you for your great power that reminds us we can come to you just as we are. Be with us and guide us in Jesus’ name. Amen. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calvaryperham Podcasts: https://rss.com/podcasts/april16th2023/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@calvaryperham egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Gospel: Mark 8:31-38Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPrayer of the DayO God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life. Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Psalm 19:1-2Gospel: Colossians 3:12-17Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPrayer of the DayPrayer: Almighty and eternal God, the strength of those who believe and the hope of those who doubt, may we, who have not seen, have faith in you and receive the fullness of Christ’s blessing, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Mark 1:9-15Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam"Power is the ability to get things done"Prayer of the Day God our provider, you have not fed us with bread alone, but with words of grace and life. Bless us and these your gifts, which we receive from your abundance, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Psalm 77:5-20Gospel: John 20:19-319Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPrayer of the DayGracious God, out of your love and mercy you breathed into dust the breath of life, creating us to serve you and our neighbors. Call forth our prayers and acts of kindness, and strengthen us to face our mortality with confidence in the mercy of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Gospel: Mark 9:2-9 Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPrayer of the DayAlmighty God, the resplendent light of your truth shines from the mountaintop into our hearts. Transfigure us by your beloved Son, and illumine the world with your image, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPrayer of the DayEverlasting God, you give strength to those who feel weak. Make us agents of your healing and wholeness, so that your good news may be made known to the ends of your creation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egivingwww.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Gospel: Mark 1:21-28 Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPrayer of the Day Compassionate God, you gather the whole universe into your radiant presence and continually reveal your Son as our Savior. Bring wholeness to all that is broken and speak truth to us in our confusion, that all creation will see and know your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Gospel: Mark 1:14-20Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPrayer of the DayAlmighty God, by grace alone you call us and accept us in your service. Strengthen us by your Spirit, and make us worthy of your call, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.Amen.egivingwww.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Gospel: Mark 1:4-11Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPrayer of the DayHoly God, creator of light and giver of goodness, your voice moves over the waters. Immerse us in your grace, and transform us by your Spirit, that we may follow after yourSon, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.egivingwww.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPrayer of the DayO God, on this day you revealed your Son to the nations by the leading of a star. Lead us now by faith to know your presence in our lives, and bring us at last to the full vision of your glory, through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.Amen.egivingwww.calvaryperham.com

Throwback New Years Eve; We are broadcasting the first ever sermon of Pastor Erin Bovendam at Calvary Lutheran on October 4th, 2020. Erin joined us at a time when we were not worshipping in person yet and she was serving drive thru communion.

Throwback New Year's Eve 2023. We dug thru the archives and found the 1st Sunday back in 2022 when Eric gave his 1st sermon at Calvary.

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Reading: Christmas Proclamation of Luke 2:1-7 Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPrayer of the Day Almighty God, you made this holy night shine with the brightness of the true Light. Grant that here on earth we may walk in the light of Jesus' presence and in the last day wake to the brightness of his glory; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. First Reading: Luke 1:46b-55 Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Everlasting God, You love justice and you hate wrongdoing. We confess the fear, greed, and self-centeredness that make us reluctant to work against oppression. We are complicit in systems of exploitation. We choose comfort over courage. We are careless with creation’s abundance. Look upon us with mercy. Turn our hearts again to you. Make us glad to do your will and to walk in your ways for the sake of our waiting world. Amen.

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Scripture: Psalm 46:1-3, 111 God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble.2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;3 though its waters roar and foam,though the mountains tremble with its tumult.11 The LORD of hosts is with us;the God of Jacob is our refuge. Amen.egivingwww.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Gospel: John 1:6-8, 19-28"Witness to the Light: Embracing our Role in Pointing Others to Christ (John 1:6-8)"Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappLet us pray together . . . .Stir up the wills of your faithful people, Lord God, and open our ears to the words of your prophets, that, anointed by your Spirit, we may testify to your light; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@calvaryperhamFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/calvaryperhamemail: [email protected]

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Gospel: Mark 1:1-8Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp (Pastor Erin's words)Everlasting God, you love justice and you hate wrongdoing.We confess the fear, greed, and self-centeredness that make us reluctant to work against oppression. We are complicit in systems of exploitation. We choose comfort over courage.We are careless with creation’s abundance. Look upon us with mercy. Turn our hearts again to you. Make us glad to do your will and to walk in your ways for the sake of our waiting world.Amenegivingwww.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.GOSPEL: Mark 13:24-37Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappEverlasting God, you love justice and you hate wrongdoing. We confess the fear, greed, and self-centeredness that make us reluctant to work against oppression. We are complicit in systems of exploitation. We choose comfort over courage. We are careless with creation’s bounty. Look upon us with mercy.Turn our hearts again to you. Make us glad to do your will and to walk in your ways for the sake of our waiting world.Amen.egivingwww.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.GOSPEL: Matthew 25:31-46Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPrayer of the DayO God of power and might, in Jesus, you show us the way of service, and in him we inherit the riches of your grace. Give us the wisdom to know what is right and the strength to serve the world you have made, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.egivingwww.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. GOSPEL: Matthew 25:14-30 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day Prayer of the Day: Righteous God, our merciful master, you own the earth and all its peoples, and you give us all that we have. Inspire us to serve you with justice and wisdom, and prepare us for the joy of the day of your coming, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham Minnesota GOSPEL: Matthew 25:1-13 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day Almighty God, you have knit your people together in one communion in the mystical body of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Grant us grace to follow your blessed saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have prepared for those who love you, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 22 : 34-40 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam & Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day Gracious God, we pray for your church across your world. Fill it with all truth and peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where anything is amiss, reform it; where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in need, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 22: 15-22 Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAY Sovereign God, raise your throne in our hearts. Created by you, let us live in your image; created for you, let us act for your glory; redeemed by you, let us give you what is yours, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 22:1-14Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPRAYER OF THE DAYGracious God, you have prepared a table before all peoples and poured out your life with abundance. Call us again to your banquet. Strengthen us by what is honorable, just, andpure, and transform us into a people of righteousness and peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 21:33-46Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPRAYER OF THE DAYBeloved God, from you come all things that are good. Lead us by the inspiration of your Spirit to know those things that are right, and by your merciful guidance, help us to do them, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 21:23-32Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYGod of love, giver of life, you know our frailties and failings. Give us your grace to overcome them, keep us from those things that harm us, and guide us in the way of salvation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham Minnesota1st reading: Jonah 3:10-4:11Psalm: Psalm 145:1-8GOSPEL: Matthew 20:1-16Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYAlmighty and eternal God, you show everlasting lovingkindness to us your servants. Because we cannot rely on our own abilities, grant us your merciful judgment, and train us to embody the generosity of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 18:21-35 Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPRAYER OF THE DAYO Lord God, merciful judge, you are the inexhaustible fountain of forgiveness. Replace our hearts of stone with hearts that love and adore you, that we may delight in doing your will, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amenegiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 18:15-20Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYO Lord God, enliven and preserve your church with your ongoing mercy Without your help, we will fail; remove far from us everything that is harmful, and lead us toward allthat gives life and salvation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 16:21-28Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp PRAYER OF THE DAYO God, we thank you for your Son, who chose the path of suffering for the sake of the world. Humble us by his example, point us to the path of obedience, and give us strength to follow your commands, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 16:13-20Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp PRAYER OF THE DAYO God, with all your faithful followers of every age, we praise you, the rock of our life. Be our strong foundation and form us into the body of your Son, that we may gladly minister to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaSermon PodcastsGOSPEL: Matthew 15:10-28Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYGod of all peoples, your arms reach out to embrace all those who call upon you Teach us as disciples of your Son to love the world with compassion and constancy, that your name may be known throughout the earth, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 14:22-33Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYO God our defender, storms rage around and within us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue your people from despair, deliver your sons and daughters from fear, and preserve us in the faith of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaEric Preaches from Matthew 14:13-21 Jesus feeding the 5000GOSPEL: Matthew 14:13-21Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPRAYER OF THE DAYGlorious God, your generosity waters the world with goodness, and you cover creation with abundance. Awaken in us a hunger for the food that satisfies both body and spirit, and with this food fill all the starving world; through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaPastor Erin Preaches on the Parable of the mustard seed.GOSPEL: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYBeloved God, through the death and resurrection of your Son you bring us into your kingdom of justice and mercy. By your Spirit, give us your wisdom, that we may treasure the abundant life that comes from Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham Minnesota GOSPEL: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp PRAYER OF THE DAY Faithful God, most merciful judge, you care for your children with firmness and compassion. By your Spirit nurture us who live in your kingdom, that we may be rooted in the way of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYAlmighty God, we thank you for planting in us the seed of your word. By your Holy Spirit help us to receive it with joy, live according to it, and grow in faith and hope and love,through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamYou are great, O God, and greatly to be praised. You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. Grant that we may believe in you, call upon you, know you, and serve you, through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 10:40-42 Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappSPECIAL MUSIC: PRAYER OF THE DAY O God, you direct our lives by your grace, and your words of justice and mercy reshape the world. Mold us into a people who welcome your word and serve one another, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham Minnesota GOSPEL: Matthew 10:24-39 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp PRAYER OF THE DAY Teach us, Lord God, to serve you as you deserve, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask for reward, except that of knowing that we do your will, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com