The Good Samaritan - Luke 10:25-37 - The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 10:25-37] And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He...
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Rev. Curtis Stephens was installed as Pastor of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in March of 2017. Pastor Stephens is a 2014 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN, where he earned his Master of Divinity degree.
Pastor Stephens is married to his wonderful wife, Naomi, and has a son and a daughter.
Office Phone: 330-825-4100
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Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Sep 4, 2022
- 6 min
"How Will They Hear?" - The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
[Matthew 7:31-37] Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis....
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Aug 20, 2022
- 6 min
"The Things that Make for Peace" - Luke 19:41-44 - The Tenth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 19:41-44] And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jul 31, 2022
- 6 min
God Provides Food to Eat - Genesis 2:7-17; Mark 8:1-9 - The Seventh Sunday after Trinity
[Genesis 2:7-17] Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jul 24, 2022
- 10 min
Justification & Sanctification - Matthew 5:17-20; Romans 6:1-11 - The Sixth Sunday after Trinity
[Matthew 5:17-20] “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them....
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jul 17, 2022
- 6 min
"...through the folly of what we preach" - 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 - The Fifth Sunday after Trinity
[1 Corinthians 1:18-25] For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jul 10, 2022
- 6 min
"Judge Not" - Luke 6:36-42 - The Fourth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 6:36-42] Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. 37 “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jun 26, 2022
- 6 min
"The Lord and Giver of Life" - Luke 1:39-45 - The Second Sunday after Trinity
*[Luke 1:39-45] In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40 and she entered the house of...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jun 18, 2022
- 6 min
"Faith Counted to You as Righteousness" - Genesis 15:1-6; Luke 16:19-31 - First Sunday after Trinity
[Read Genesis 15:1-6 and Luke 16:19-31] Faith Counted to You as Righteousness “Abraham believed the Lord, and the Lord counted it to him...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jun 12, 2022
- 6 min
Holy Trinity Sunday - John 3:1-17 - June 12, 2022
[John 3:1-17] …. Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jun 5, 2022
- 6 min
The Day of Pentecost - Genesis 11:1-9 - June 5, 2022
[Read Genesis 11:1-9] True Unity Only in Jesus “There the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- May 29, 2022
- 6 min
The Seventh Sunday of Easter - May 29, 2022
[John 15:26 – 15:4] [Jesus said:] “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- May 26, 2022
- 5 min
The Ascension of Our Lord - May 26, 2022
[Read Luke 24:36-53] The Ascended Lord Saves Bodies There was certainly a lot of tragedy this week. Atrocities committed. Bodies hurt and...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- May 8, 2022
- 6 min
Joy Comes in the Morning - John 16:16-22 - Fourth Sunday of Easter
[John 16:16-22] ….“Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- May 1, 2022
- 6 min
The Good Shepherd Calls His Sheep - John 10:11-16 - The Third Sunday of Easter
[John 10:11-16] I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd,...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Apr 10, 2022
- 4 min
You've Found the One Who Saves from Death - John 12:12-19 - Palm Sunday
[John 12:12-19] The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Apr 2, 2022
- 6 min
The Fifth Sunday in Lent - John 8:42-59 - April 3, 2022
[Read John 8:42-59] O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken? Sometimes when a man is put on the spot – cornered – when the rubber hits...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Mar 26, 2022
- 6 min
God Abundantly Provides His Bread - John 6:1-15 - The Fourth Sunday in Lent
[John 6:1-13] After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 And a large crowd was...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Mar 12, 2022
- 6 min
After Many "No's", a "Yes" - Matthew 15:21-28- The Second Sunday in Lent
[Matthew 15:21-28]And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Mar 2, 2022
- 4 min
Ash Wednesday - March 2, 2022
Looking in the Mirror “Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with...
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