St. Matthew’s Sermon 11-17-2019

Posted by on Nov 20, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on St. Matthew’s Sermon 11-17-2019 St. Matthew’s Sermon 11-17-2019 Opportunity Taken (Actions speak louder than words) Isaiah 65:17-25, Psalm 98, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Luke 21:5-19  May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God. Amen Odd, it seems to me, how my brain works sometimes, but as I read today’s Gospel selection I had two recollections of stories that, in a strange...
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St. Matthew’s Sermon 11-03-2019

Posted by on Nov 6, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on St. Matthew’s Sermon 11-03-2019 St. Matthew’s Sermon 11-03-2019 Who’s Looking for Whom Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Psalm 32:1-7, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, Luke 19:1-10 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God. Amen (Sung) Zacchaeus was a wee little man And a wee little man was he He climbed up in a sycamore tree For the Lord he wanted to see And as the Savior passed that...
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St. Matthew’s Sermon 10-27-2019

Posted by on Oct 28, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on St. Matthew’s Sermon 10-27-2019 In the vacation absence of Pastor Ron, Bryan Ellis delivered this message. Thank you Bryan.   Last month we talked about faith.   I stood here with a mustard seed on my finger and we talked about how little faith is actually needed or used in the world.  Today we are going to talk about something even more powerful.   That is love.  As we start I want you to think about who you love...
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St. Matthew’s Sermon 10-20-2019

Posted by on Oct 28, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on St. Matthew’s Sermon 10-20-2019 St. Matthew’s Sermon 10-20-2019 Creating God in Our Image Jeremiah 31:27-34, Psalm 119:97-104, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, Luke 18:1-8 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God. Amen “So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them”. (Gen.1:27) Deep and contentious are the arguments...
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St. Matthew’s Sermon10-13-2019

Posted by on Oct 18, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on St. Matthew’s Sermon10-13-2019 St. Matthew’s Sermon10-13-2019 It’s Not the End of the Story Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Psalm 66:1-12, 2 Timothy 2:8-15, Luke 17:11-19 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God. Amen To set the scene for our Old Testament reading; Judah has been conquered by the Babylonians, Jerusalem, including the Temple have been reduced to rubble, and most of...
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