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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...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Nov 6, 20215 min read
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 30, 20216 min read
"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 24, 20216 min read
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 24, 20215 min read
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 24, 20216 min read
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
Oct 2, 20216 min read
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 25, 20215 min read
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 18, 20215 min read
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 12, 20216 min read
"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 4, 20216 min read
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 4, 20216 min read
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 4, 20216 min read
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 4, 20216 min read
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
Sep 4, 20216 min read
"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
Jul 31, 20216 min read
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 31, 20216 min read
"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 17, 20216 min read
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 11, 20216 min read
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
Jul 3, 20217 min read
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...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Jun 26, 20216 min read
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