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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
On our drive home last Sunday, we stopped in Hannibal, MO. Now for those of who might not know, Hannibal is the childhood hometown of Mark Twain and the hometown of the Unsinkable Molly Brown. So, we stopped there for two reasons, one, I was hungry and…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
I hope you all had a fun and safe Fourth of July. So, did you go to, or host a BBQ? Did you go buy some fireworks and set them off? If you did, hopefully you were careful as to where you shot them off. I love fireworks! In the city of De Soto where…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
If something is repeated it must be important. In our Gospel text this morning, the word “welcome” appears six times. In just three verses, Jesus says the word “welcome” six times. If something is repeated, it must be important.
What…
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Shared by Meghan Harmison
Matthew 10: 24-39
Every time we encounter God we change
When we change, we grow
As we grow we desire to serve.
We have to be uncomfortable in order to change
It requires vulnerability to encounter God. When we are in our most vulnerable states we encounter God and all He has to offer. When we are vulnerable…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
Today is the one day in the church calendar that we focus on a doctrine of the church. Today is Holy Trinity Sunday! Now if you try to look for the word trinity in scripture, or for an explanation of what the Trinity is in scripture you won't find it.…
Shared by BJ Fevold
I did a Google search for weird laws in Kansas - Did you know that in some places in Kansas it is illegal for restaurants to sell cherry pie a la mode on Sundays; that if two trains meet on the same track, neither one of them can proceed until one of them has passed (think about that one); that rabbits cannot be shot from motorboats (think about that…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
This past Thursday, May 29, was a very special day in the history of Christianity, but a day that is rarely celebrated in the church. Thursday was the Ascension of Our Lord. That is, Thursday was the 40th day after Easter and therefore it marks the day…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
Have you ever felt lonely? I’m talking about that feeling of having no one to turn to and that feeling of thinking the only way you can do something is to do it yourself, or that feeling that no one else can understand your situation. Have you ever…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
You know, when I first began preparing for this this sermon, which was actually over a month ago, I did not plan to talk about our story from Acts today, because I really don’t like it, especially when we combine it with our Gospel text which is filled…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). In contrast to most things in this world that attempt to rob us of life, Jesus calls these things, or people, the thieves and bandits, Jesus says, he comes to give not just life,…