The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany February 13, 2022
The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany February 13, 2022 Jeremiah 17:5-8 This Is What the LORD Says! This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one…
The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany February 6, 2022
The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany February 6, 2022 Isaiah 6:1-8 Holy, Holy, Holy Is the LORD Almighty! In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy,…
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany January 30, 2022
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany January 30, 2022 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13 God’s Gracious Gifts to the Body of Christ! Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. …
The Third Sunday after Epiphany
The Third Sunday after Epiphany January 23, 2022 1 Corinthians 12:12-21,26,27 E Pluribus Unum! The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body— whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free— and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Now the body is not made up of…
The Second Sunday after Epiphany January 16, 2022
The Second Sunday after Epiphany January 16, 2022 Isaiah 62:1-5 From Desolate to Delight! For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch. The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. You will be a crown of splendor in…
Epiphany 1 01-09-22
The First Sunday after Epiphany January 9, 2022 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Jesus of Nazareth Becomes Jesus the Christ! The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Christ. John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork…
New Year’s Day January 2, 2022
New Year’s Day January 2, 2022 Luke 2:21 Who Are You? On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived. (NIV1984) Dear fellow worshipers of the Child of Bethlehem, There is a story about a 13-year-old orphan who was about to be adopted. He had been abandoned as an infant and no one knew who his parents were. …
Christmas Day December 26, 2021
Christmas Day December 26, 2021 John 1:1-14 God’s Christmas Presence to You In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. There came a…
The Fourth Sunday in Advent December 19, 2021
The Fourth Sunday in Advent December 19, 2021 Romans 16:25-27 As the Advent Children of God— We Wait Giving Glory to God! Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God; so that all nations might believe and obey him—to the…
The Third Sunday in Advent December 12, 2021
The Third Sunday in Advent December 12, 2021 I Thessalonians 5:16-24 As the Advent Children of God— We Wait with Resolve! Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May…