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Sunday 08-02-2020
9th Sunday after Pentecost
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Today's Drive-in Worship bulletin Here
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The following questions are connected to Sunday's gospel reading for you to use in your home or if you are joining up to five other people to watch worship and discuss the questions
1. Having listened to all these parables saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like..." What would you say the kingdom of heaven is like?
2. When it comes to living out your faith would you say you see yourself more as a mustard seed in size or the plant that comes from the mustard seed, "When it grows it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches?"
3. As you look at your faith journey, can you name a time when you felt moved to take a risk in connection with your faith, but didn't and later on wish you would have? Did that change how you handled an opportunity to take a risk in the future?
4. Can you think of a time that you DID take a risk in your faith journey and saw the fruit it bore? What gave you courage to take the risk?
Sunday 07-26-2020
8th Sunday after Pentecost
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Sunday 07-19-2020
7th Sunday after Pentecost
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A Special Message From Danny Edwards-Luce
The following questions are connected to Sunday's gospel reading for you to use in your home or if you are joining up to five other people to watch worship and discuss the questions
1. How do you see our current world as wheat and how do you see it as weed?
2. How comfortable are you with Jesus telling the servants to let the weeds and wheat grow together? How comfortable are you with Luther's statement, "We are simultaneously saint and sinner? What are the weaknesses and strengths you see in this saying?
3. In the sermon pastor pointed out the connection of the Greek word for the phrase "let both them grow together" is also tied to the word "forgiveness." If at some level Jesus is saying to be patient and forgive the weeds, what do you think about that?
4. A the beginning of announcements pastor reminded us that "God is responsible for deciding who the wheat and words are, not us." What do you think about that statement? Does it give you any freedom when hearing that said? Does it bring you fear?
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Sunday 07-12-2020
6th Sunday after Pentecost
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they are also located below today's Sunday Worship video
The following questions are connected to Sunday's gospel reading for you to use in your home or if you are joining up to five other people to watch worship and discuss the questions
I focused on the sower this week and the lavishness of the sower in scattering the seed, God's word, but there are many aspects of the seed and soil in this text as well and how God's Word takes root.
The Kingdom of heaven, says Matthew, belongs to the poor in spirit and the persecuted (Matthew 5:3,10), it is governed by humility (18:3; 19:14) and demonstrated in righteousness (5:10, 19-20; 6:33), which is to do the will of God (7:21).
As we ponder the parable of the sower, this invites us to reflect on a number of questions:
1. What does it mean to be good soil, prepared to receive the word of the kingdom?
2. How do we assess what kind of shape our soil is in?
3. What would we need to do for the seed to be able to take root in our bodies and souls?
4. How will we know if this is happening?
5. And how might we nurture good soil in those around us?
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Sunday 07-05-2020
5th Sunday after Pentecost
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they are also located below today's Sunday Worship video
The following questions are connected to Sunday's gospel reading for you to use in your home or if you are joining up to five other people to watch worship and discuss the questions
1. When you Hear Jesus' words, "come to me everyone and I will give you rest," what image of Jesus comes to mind? How is Jesus offering rest?
2. A yoke often connects two together. How do you see Jesus yoking together with you during this time and helping you face life's realities?
3. When you see division in our country, how does your faith call you to respond for all people? How are you currently responding verbally, with your social media posts, and actions to people that don't agree with you? How does this reflect Christ to others?
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Sunday 06-28-2020
4th Sunday after Pentecost
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Congregational Letter from Council Here
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Questions of Reflection for Sermon are Here
they are also located below today's Sunday Worship video
The following questions are connected to Sunday's gospel reading for you to use in your home or if you are joining up to five other people to watch worship and discuss the questions
1. What do you think the disciples were feeling when Jesus said he was sending them out as sheep amidst wolves and not everyone would welcome them? How would you feel in the same situation?
2. Is it easy for you to be sent to share the good news? What makes it easy for you? If it's not easy for you, what makes it difficult?
3. During this Covid -19 time period and all the other realities going in in our world, where have you found strength? What is your main source for that strength? How much time have you spent with the news, the Bible, prayer, conversation with others in working through these recent months?
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Sunday 06-21-2020
3rd Sunday after Pentecost
Questions of Reflection for Sermon are Here and they are located below today's Sunday Worship video.
The following questions are connected to Sunday's gospel reading for you to use in your home or if you are joining up to five other people to watch worship and discuss the questions
1.What part of this reading is hardest for you to hear? Why?
2.What are the Roman Empires, religious empires and even communal empires present in our world today? What is their core message and way of working? How are you a part of them? How does the gospel nudge against these if at all?
3.While swords certainly inflict damage and destruction, they can also release from bondage. Do you hear any kind of releasing in Jesus words in this text?
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Sunday 06-07-2020
Trinity Sunday Worship Service
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Pentecost Sunday
Showing Support by Wearing Red for Pentecost - Fred Trolio, Ralph & Mary Powers, Marilyn Smith, John & Linda Leque
"Today's service was filmed and edited before the events of violence and destruction that have erupted in many cities across the nation. We add this situation to the other prayers in the service and ask God's Spirit to come and blow among us to bring life out of that which destroys life, physically, emotionally and spiritually."
Sunday 05-31-2020
Pentecost Sunday Worship Service
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Sunday 05-24-2020
7th Sunday of Easter Worship Service
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Sunday 05-17-2020
6th Sunday of Easter Worship Service
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Sunday 05-10-2020
5th Sunday of Easter Worship Service
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Sunday 05-03-2020
4th Sunday of Easter Worship Service
*Please enjoy Zoe's video on the right for the prelude.
*Please stay tuned until the end for the announcements.
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Sunday 04-26-2020
3rd Sunday of Easter Worship Service
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Sunday 04-19-2020
2nd Sunday of Easter Worship Service
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*Please stay tuned until the end for the announcements.
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Easter Sunday
Sunday 04-11-2020
Easter Sunday Worship Service
*Announcements are at the end of the service.
*A special Easter music playlist can be found at the link to the right of the video
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Good Friday
Friday 04-10-2020
Good Friday Cluster Worship Service can be found at the link below
https://freebornchurch.org/wp/sermons/
* This service is hosted by Freeborn Lutheran Church.
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Maundy Thursday
Thursday 04-09-2020
Maundy Thursday Worship Service
*Please enjoy Zoe's video on the right for the prelude.
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Palm/Passion Sunday
Sunday 04-05-2020
Palm Sunday Worship Service
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*Announcements are in a separate video under Zoe's prelude.
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Sunday 03-29-2020
5th Sunday in Lent Worship Service
*Please enjoy Zoe's video on the right for the prelude.
*Please stay tuned until the end for the announcements.
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Sunday 03-22-2020
4th Sunday in Lent Worship Service
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Sunday 03-15-2020
3rd Sunday in Lent Worship Service
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