Good Shepherd Sermon Podcast

Good FridayBible Readings: Luke 13:34-35, Luke 23:32-34, 1 Timothy 2:3-6, Matthew 27:35-36,39-44, Luke 23:35-38, Matthew 6:9-13, John 19:25-27, Luke 23:35-43, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Matthew 27:45-46, Matthew 26:36,39,42, John 19: 28-30, Psalm 53, Luke 23:44-46, Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4mbPhBlPastor Paul TullbergSermon text: Luke 23:44-46Jesus’ Death44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 while the sun was darkened. Then the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” When he had said this, he breathed his last.The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Holy ThursdayBible Readings: Exodus 24:1-11, 1 Corinthians 11:23-28, John 13:1-15,34Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4v2DCIZPastor John MelkeSermon text: Zechariah 13:1-3A Fountain to Wash Away Sin1 On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.2 In that day, declares the Lord of Armies, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the impure spirit from the land. 3 If anyone still prophesies, his father and his mother who gave birth to him will tell him, “You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord!” Then his father and his mother who gave birth to him will stab him when he prophesies.The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Palm SundayBible Readings: Zechariah 9:9-10, Matthew 21:1–11, Philippians 2:5–11Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4bSCzmmPastor Paul TullbergSermon text: Isaiah 40:88 Grass withers, flowers fade, but the Word of our God endures forever.The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Passion History of our Lord – Part SixWorship Folder: https://bit.ly/4bN7WzGPastor Dennis ValleauSermon text: Zechariah 12:10–13They Will Mourn for the One They Pierced10 “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace, who pleads for mercy. Then they will look at me, the one they have pierced.”They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child. They will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves over his firstborn. 11 On that day there will be great mourning in Jerusalem, as great as the mourning for Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves;The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Fifth Sunday in LentBible Readings: 2 Kings 4:17–37, John 11:17–27,38–45, Romans 8:11–19Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4bN7WzGPastor Paul TullbergSermon text: John 11:17–27,38–4517 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 19 Many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, while Mary was sitting in the house.21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”24 Martha replied, “I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the Last Day.”25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even if he dies. 26 And whoever lives and believes in me will never perish. Do you believe this?”27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.” 38 Jesus was deeply moved again as he came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.Martha, the dead man’s sister, told him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, because it has been four days.”40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone.Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” 43 After he said this, he shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”44 The man who had died came out with his feet and his hands bound with strips of linen and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus told them, “Loose him and let him go.”The Plot45 Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Passion History of our Lord – Part FourWorship Folder: https://bit.ly/4bN7WzGPastor John MelkeSermon text: Zechariah 6:9–13The Crowning of Joshua9 The word of the Lord came to me:10 Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon—and on that very day go into the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. 11 Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and place it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.12 Tell him that this is what the Lord of Armies says:There is a man whose name is the Branch, because he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord. 13 He is the one who will build the temple of the Lord. He will be clothed with majesty, and he will sit and rule on his throne. He will be a priest on his throne, and there will be peaceful relations between the two offices.The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Fourth Sunday in LentBible Readings: Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-8, John 4:5-26Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4cKuSkiPastor Paul TullbergSermon text: John 9:1–7,13–17,34–39A Blind Man Sees1 As Jesus was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that God’s works might be revealed in connection with him. 4 I must do the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the World.”6 After saying this, Jesus spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and spread the mud on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” Jesus told him, “wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.13 They brought this man who had been blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight.“He put mud on my eyes,” the man told them. “I washed, and now I see.”16 Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” Others were saying, “How can a sinful man work such miraculous signs?”There was division among them, 17 so they said to the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?”The man replied, “He is a prophet.”34 They answered him, “You were entirely born in sinfulness! Yet you presume to teach us?” And they threw him out.35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. When he found him, he asked, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”36 “Who is he, sir,” the man replied, “that I may believe in him?”37 Jesus answered, “You have seen him, and he is the very one who is speaking with you.”38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” and he knelt down and worshipped him.39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, in order that those who do not see will see, and those who do see will become blind.”The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Lenten ServicePassion History of our Lord – Part ThreeWorship Folder: https://bit.ly/4lsHaQCPastor Paul TullbergSermon text: Zechariah 8:14–1714 For this is what the Lord of Armies says. Just as I planned to bring disaster upon you when your fathers made me angry, says the Lord of Armies, so that I did not relent, 15 so in these days I plan to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah once again. Do not be afraid.16 These are the things that you are to do: Speak the truth to one another. Render judgments that uphold truth, justice, and peace in your gates. 17 Do not plot evil in your hearts against each other. Do not love false oaths. Indeed I hate all these things, declares the Lord.The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Third Sunday in LentBible Readings: Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-8, John 4:5-26Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4uf18ChPastor John MelkeSermon text: John 4:5-265 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there. Then Jesus, being tired from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (His disciples had gone into town to buy food.)9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”11 “Sir,” she said, “you don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do you get this living water? 12 You are not greater than our father Jacob, are you? He gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his animals.”13 Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I will give him will never be thirsty ever again. Rather, the water I will give him will become in him a spring of water, bubbling up to eternal life.”15 “Sir, give me this water,” the woman said to him, “so I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”16 Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband, and come back here.”17 “I have no husband,” the woman answered.Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say, ‘I have no husband.’ 18 In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true.”19 “Sir,” the woman replied, “I see that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews insist that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”21 Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will not worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews. 23 But a time is coming and now is here when the real worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for those are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (the one called Christ). “When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he.”The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Passion History of our Lord – Part TwoWorship Folder: https://bit.ly/4bklcLZPastor Peter PlagenzSermon text: Zechariah 13:7–9Strike the Shepherd, and the Sheep Will Be Scattered7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my associate, declares the Lord of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.8 This will take place in the whole land, declares the Lord: Two thirds of those who remain in it will be cut off and perish, but one third will be left in it.9 I will put that third into the fire, and I will refine them as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “This is my people.” And they will say, “The Lord is my God.”The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Second Sunday in LentBible Readings: Genesis 12:1-8, Romans 4:1-5, 13-17Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/3MOJCE8VIDEOAUDIOPastor Paul TullbergSermon text: John 3:1-17Jesus Teaches Nicodemus1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these miraculous signs you are doing unless God is with him.”3 Jesus replied, “Amen, Amen, I tell you: Unless someone is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?”5 Jesus answered, “Amen, Amen, I tell you: Unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God! 6 Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh. Whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be surprised when I tell you that you must be born from above. 8 The wind blows where it pleases. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”9 “How can these things be?” asked Nicodemus.10 “You are the teacher of Israel,” Jesus answered, “and you do not know these things? 11 Amen, Amen, I tell you: We speak what we know, and we testify about what we have seen. But you people do not accept our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven, except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.14 “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Lenten ServicePassion History of our Lord – Part OneWorship Folder: https://bit.ly/3MQAnmIPastor John MelkeSermon text: Zechariah 11:7-137 So I shepherded the flock which is to be slaughtered, especially the most afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs for myself. One I called Favor and the other Union. Then I shepherded the flock. 8 I removed three shepherds in one month. I grew very impatient with the flock, and they really detested me. 9 So I said, “I will not shepherd you. Whatever is dying, let it die. Whatever is being destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”10 I took my staff, Favor, and I broke it in two, to cancel my covenant that I had made with all the peoples. 11 So it was cancelled on that day, and the most miserable of the flock, who were watching me, knew that this was the word of the Lord.12 Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, pay me my wages. But if it does not, withhold them.” So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver as my wages.13 Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter, this magnificent price at which they valued me.” So I took the thirty pieces of silver, and I threw them into the House of the Lord, to the potter.The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

First Sunday in LentBible Readings: Genesis 3:1-15, Romans 5:12-19Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/3ZJH8K8Pastor Paul TullbergSermon text: Matthew 4:1-11The Devil Tempts Jesus4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil. 2 After he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The Tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”4 But Jesus answered, “It is written:Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.”5 Then the Devil took him into the holy city. He placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and he said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:He will command his angels concerning you. And they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”7 Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written: You shall not test the Lord your God.”8 Again the Devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will bow down and worship me.”10 Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”11 Then the Devil left him, and just then angels came and served him. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

February 18, 2026 Ash Wednesday ServiceBible Readings: Isaiah 59:12–20, Matthew 6:1–6, 16–2 Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/3MQAnmIPastor Paul TullbergSermon text: Zechariah 1:1–6A Call to Repent1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo.2 The Lord was very angry with your forefathers. 3 Therefore, now you are to tell this people that this is what the Lord of Armies says to them.Return to me, declares the Lord of Armies, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Armies. 4 Do not be like your forefathers, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed, “This is what the Lord of Armies says. Return, return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”But our forefathers did not listen, nor did they pay attention to me, declares the Lord. 5 Your forefathers—where are they now? And those prophets—did they go on living indefinitely? 6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded to my servants the prophets, caught up with our forefathers, didn’t they?Then they returned and said, “Because of our ways and our deeds, the Lord of Armies has done to us just as he planned to do to us.”The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Last Sunday after Epiphany – TransfigurationBible Readings: Exodus 24:9–18, Matthew 17:1-9, 2 Peter 1:16-21Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4amxZx2Pastor Paul TullbergSermon text: Matthew 17:1-9The Transfiguration17 Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James; and he led them up onto a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured in front of them. His face was shining like the sun. His clothing became as white as the light. 3 Just then, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three shelters here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”5 While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them. Just then, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him.”6 When the disciples heard this, they fell face down and were terrified. 7 Jesus approached and as he touched them, he said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.” 8 When they opened their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus alone. 9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyBible Readings: Exodus 19:1–8a, 1 Peter 2:9–12, Matthew 5:13–20Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4bF39RtPastor Paul TullbergSermon text: Matthew 5:13–20Salt and Light13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its flavor, how will it become salty again? Then it is no good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people. 14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket. No, they put it on a stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 In the same way let your light shine in people’s presence, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy them but to fulfill them. 18 Amen I tell you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not even the smallest letter, or even part of a letter, will in any way pass away from the Law until everything is fulfilled. 19 So whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 Indeed I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and experts in the law, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Fourth Sunday after EpiphanyBible Readings: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:11-13, Matthew 5:1-12Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4aj8hcBPastor Paul TullbergSermon text: Psalm 1The Way of the Godly Leads to Blessing1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, who does not stand on the path with sinners, and who does not sit in a meeting with mockers.2 But his delight is in the teaching of the Lord,and on his teaching he meditates day and night.3 He is like a tree planted beside streams of water, which yields its fruit in season, and its leaves do not wither.Everything he does prospers.The Way of the Ungodly Leads to Destruction4 Not so the wicked!No, they are like the chaff which the wind blows away.5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.Conclusion6 Yes, the Lord approves of the way of the righteous,but the way of the wicked will perish.The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Look at the Gospel’s Power– creating followers – creating fishers of peopleJanuary 25, 2026Third Sunday after EpiphanyBible Readings John 1:29-41, Colossians 2:6-15Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4sQr727Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Matthew 4:17-2217 From that time, Jesus began to preach: “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”“Come, Follow Me”18 As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen. 19 He said to them, “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”20 They immediately left their nets and followed him. 21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message.Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words,activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Second Sunday after Epiphany Bible Readings John 1:29-41, Colossians 2:6-15 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Colossians 2:6-15 The Fullness That Is Ours in Christ 6 Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him, 7 by being rooted and built up in him, and strengthened in the faith just as you were taught, while you overflow in faith with thanksgiving. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, which are in accord with human tradition, namely, the basic principles of the world, but not in accord with Christ. 9 For all the fullness of God’s being dwells bodily in Christ. 10 And you have been brought to fullness in him. Christ is the head over every ruler and authority. 11 You were also circumcised in him, with a circumcision not done by human hands, in the putting off of the body of flesh, in the circumcision of Christ, 12 when you were buried with Christ in baptism. And in baptism you were also raised with him through the faith worked by the God who raised Christ from the dead. 13 Even when you were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ by forgiving us all our trespasses. 14 God erased the record of our debt brought against us by his legal demands. This record stood against us, but he took it away by nailing it to the cross. 15 After disarming the rulers and authorities, he made a public display of them by triumphing over them in Christ. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

First Sunday after Epiphany – Baptism of Our Lord Bible Readings Isaiah 42:1-7, Acts 10:34-38, Mark 1:11, Matthew 3:13–17 Worship FolderPastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Isaiah 42:1-7The First Servant Song The Servant Is Called to Bring Justice1 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight. I am placing my Spirit on him. He will announce a just verdict for the nations.2 He will not cry out. He will not raise his voice. He will not make his voice heard in the street. 3 A bent reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not snuff out. He will faithfully bring forth a just verdict. 4 He will not burn out, and he will not be broken until he establishes justice on the earth. The coastlands will wait for his law. 5 This is what the true God says, the Lord who creates the heavens and stretches them out, who spreads out the earth and everything that it produces, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk on it. 6 I am the Lord. I have called you in righteousness. I will hold on to your hand, and I will guard you. I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people, to be a light for the nations, 7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring the prisoners out from the dungeon, and to bring those who sit in darkness out of prison.The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week.We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Second Sunday after Christmas Bible Readings Isaiah 60:1–6, Ephesians 3:2–12, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:1–12 Worship Folder Pastor John Melke Sermon text: Matthew 2:1–12 The Visit of the Wise Men 2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, when Herod was king, Wise Men from the east came to Jerusalem. They asked, 2 “Where is he who has been born King of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this, he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 He gathered together all the people’s chief priests and experts in the law. He asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, because this was written through the prophet: 6 You, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are certainly not least among the rulers of Judah: because out of you will come a ruler, who will shepherd my people, Israel.” 7 Then Herod secretly summoned the Wise Men and found out from them exactly when the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find him, report to me, so that I may also go and worship him.” 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. Then the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them, until it stood still over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with overwhelming joy. 11 After they went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 12 Since they had been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by another route. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

First Sunday after Christmas Bible Readings Isaiah 63:7-9, Galatians 4:4-7, Luke 2:15-40, 21-40, Worship Folder Pastor John Melke Sermon text: Galatians 4:4-7 4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son to be born of a woman, so that he would be born under the law, 5 in order to redeem those under the law, so that we would be adopted as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts to shout, “Abba, Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son. And if you are a son, then you are also an heir of God through Christ. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Christmas Day Bible Readings Genesis 3:8-15, Genesis 22:15-18, Isaiah 9:2, 6-7, Micah 5:2-4, Luke 1:26-38, Matthew 1:18-23, Luke2:8-16, Galatians 4:4-7, John 1:1-14s Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: John 1:1-14 Christ, the Word, Becomes Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him everything was made, and without him not one thing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. 5 The light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as an eyewitness to testify about the light so that everyone would believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light. 9 The real light that shines on everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to what was his own, yet his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who did receive him, to those who believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. 13 They were born, not of blood, or of the desire of the flesh, or of a husband’s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and dwelled among us. We have seen his glory, the glory he has as the only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Fourth Sunday in Advent Bible Readings Isaiah 7:10–14, Matthew 1:18–25, Romans 1:1-7 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Matthew 1:18–25 The Birth of Jesus Christ 18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother, Mary, was pledged in marriage to Joseph. Before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her. So he decided to divorce her privately. 20 But as he was considering these things, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this happened to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 23 “Look, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son. And they will name him Immanuel,” which means, “God with us.” 24 When Joseph woke up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him. He took Mary home as his wife, 25 but he was not intimate with her until she gave birth to her firstborn son. And he named him Jesus. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Thursday Advent Worship 3 Bible Readings Psalm 57, Luke 2:8-14 Worship Folder Pastor Paul Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 2:8-14 8 There were in the same country shepherds staying out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified! 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. For behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which will be for all people: 11 Today in the town of David, a Savior was born for you. He is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude from the heavenly army, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward mankind.” The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Third Sunday in Advent Bible Readings Isaiah 35:1-10, James 5:7-11 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Matthew 11:2-11 John enquires about Christ: Christ speaks about John 2-3 John the Baptist was in prison when he heard what Christ was doing, and he sent a message through his own disciples asking the question, “Are you the one who was to come or are we to look for somebody else?” 4-6 Jesus gave them this reply, “Go and tell John what you see and her—that blind men are recovering their sight, cripples are walking, lepers being healed, the deaf hearing, the dead being brought to life and the good news is being given to those in need. And happy is the man who never loses faith in me.” 7-10 As John’s disciples were going away Jesus began talking to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the desert to look at? A reed waving in the breeze? No? Then what was it you went out to see?—a man dressed in fine clothes? But the men who wear fine clothes live in the courts of kings! But what did you really go to see—a prophet? Yes, I tell you, a prophet and far more than a prophet! This is the man of whom the scripture says—‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you’. 11 “Believe me, no one greater than John the Baptist has ever been born of all mankind, and yet a humble member of the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. The New Testament in Modern English by J.B Phillips copyright © 1960, 1972 J. B. Phillips. Administered by The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England. Used by Permission. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Bible Readings Psalm 36, Luke 1:57-79 Worship Folder Pastor John Melke Sermon text: Luke 1:67-79 Zechariah’s Song 67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: 68 Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited us and prepared redemption for his people. 69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, 70 just as he said long ago through the mouth of his holy prophets. 71 He raised up salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, 72 in order to show mercy to our fathers by remembering his holy covenant, 73 the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, 74 to grant deliverance to us from the hand of our enemies, so that we are able to serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, because you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of God’s tender mercies, by which the Rising Sun from on high will visit us, 79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Second Sunday in Advent Bible Readings Isaiah 11:1-10,Matthew 3:1 -12, Romans 15:4-13 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Matthew 3:1-22 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3 In those days, John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, 2 “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven is near!” 3 Yes, this is he of whom this was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.” 4 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan were going out to him. 6 They were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Therefore produce fruit in keeping with repentance! 9 Do not think of saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. 10 Already the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 I baptize you with water for repentance. But the one who comes after me is mightier than I. I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean out his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” John Baptizes Jesus 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to be baptized by John at the Jordan. 14 But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, because it is proper for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John let him. 16 After Jesus was baptized, he immediately went up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens were opened for him! He saw the Spirit of God, descending like a dove and landing on him, 17 and a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my Son, whom I love. I am well pleased with him.” The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

1st Midweek Advent Bible Readings Psalm 113, Luke 1:39-56 Worship Folder Pastor Peter Plagenz Sermon text: Luke 1:39-56 Mary Visits Elizabeth 39 In those days Mary got up and hurried to the hill country, to a town of Judah. 40 She entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 Just as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 But why am I so favored that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 In fact, just now, as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy! 45 Blessed is she who believed, because the promises spoken to her from the Lord will be fulfilled!” Mary’s Song 46 Then Mary said, My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, 47 and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, 48 because he has looked with favor on the humble state of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed, 49 because the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50 His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. 51 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their hearts. 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones. He has lifted up the lowly. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things, but the rich he has sent away empty. 54 He has come to the aid of his servant Israel, remembering his mercy, 55 as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever. 56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then returned to her home. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

First Sunday in Advent Bible Readings Genesis 3:1-15, Isaiah 11:1-9, Isaiah 35:1-10, Isaiah 40:1–8, Jeremiah 23:5-6, 31:31-34 Worship Folder Pastor John Melke Sermon text: Haggai 2:6-9 6 Listen, this is what the Lord of Armies says. Once again, in a little while, I myself will shake the heavens and the earth, the seas and the dry land. 7 I will shake all the nations, and the desired of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of Armies. 8 The silver is mine and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of Armies. 9 The glory of this second house will be greater than that of the first one, says the Lord of Armies. For in this place I will provide peace, declares the Lord of Armies. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!