All Saints Day (observed) - Nov. 7, 2021
Reformation to All Saints Will you be buried a saint? Will you be counted among the blessèd? In the Beatitudes of Matthew 5:1-12, our...
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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
- Oct 31, 2021
- 6 min
Reformation Sunday - October 31, 2021
[John 8:31-36] So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Oct 25, 2021
- 6 min
"Faith unto Faith in Times of Family Trial" - Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity - October 24, 2021
[John 4:46-54] So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Oct 25, 2021
- 5 min
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost - October 17, 2021
[Mark 10:23-31] And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Oct 25, 2021
- 6 min
Confirmation Sunday - October 17, 2021
[Matthew 22:1-14] And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Oct 3, 2021
- 6 min
LWML Sunday - October 3, 2021
[1 John 4:7-12] Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Sep 26, 2021
- 5 min
Parable of the Wedding Feast - Luke 14:7-11 - The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 14:7-11] Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Sep 19, 2021
- 5 min
The Raising of the Widow's Son - Luke 7:11-17 - The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 7:11-17] Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he drew near to the...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Sep 12, 2021
- 6 min
The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity - Matthew 6:24-34
[Read Matthew 6:24-34] “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Sep 5, 2021
- 6 min
"Uncleanness, Made Well" - Luke 17:11-19 - The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 17:11-19] On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a village, he was met by...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Sep 5, 2021
- 6 min
The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
[Read Mark 6:14-29] Faithful unto Death, Crown of Life “Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life” [Revelation 2:10]....
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Sep 5, 2021
- 6 min
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
[Isaiah 29:18; Romans 10:17; Mark 7:34-35] “In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Sep 5, 2021
- 6 min
St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord
[Read Luke 1:26-56] – “ …. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Sep 5, 2021
- 6 min
The Tenth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 19:41-46] And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Aug 1, 2021
- 6 min
"Can't Serve Two Masters" - Ninth Sunday after Trinity [Luke 16:1-13]
[Luke 16:1-13] He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Aug 1, 2021
- 6 min
St. James the Elder, Apostle - July 25, 2021
[Mark 10:35-40] And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jul 18, 2021
- 6 min
"Less Is More" - The Feeding of the Four Thousand (Mark 8:1-9) - Seventh Sunday after Trinity
[Mark 8:1-9] In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jul 11, 2021
- 6 min
The Sixth Sunday after Trinity
[Matthew 5:17-20] “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law and the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jul 3, 2021
- 7 min
July 4th - The Fifth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 5:8-11] But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” 9 For...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
- Jun 27, 2021
- 6 min
The Fourth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 6:36-42] Jesus said: “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. 37 Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you...
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