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December 3, First Sunday of Advent
Lesson: Matthew 1:18-23
Sermon: Immanuel, God with Us
God comes to us as an infant who grows to experience all of life. No other god has done this. What a God!
December 10, Second Sunday of Advent
Lesson: Luke 2:8-12
Sermon Title: Messiah, The Anointed One
Jesus is the anointed one. Jesus is anointed not as were the priests of old, but anointed by the Holy Spirit. This attests to his genuineness. We have faith and trust in Jesus.
December 17, Third Sunday of Advent
Lesson: John 3:16-17
Sermon Title: Savior, He Who Delivers
He will save his people from their sins. But first, we have to admit that we are sinners. We are sinners in need of a savior.
December 24, Fourth Sunday of Advent
Lesson: Mark 10:35-45
Sermon Title: Servant, He Who Serves
Jesus came not to be served, but to serve, this is why in Isaiah the savior is pictured as the suffering servant. The question is always, ""Will we accept his ministry to us?""
December 24, Christmas Eve Service, 6:00 pm
Lesson: Matthew 1.18-25
Sermon Title: There’s Something about Joseph
Joseph was a righteous man. This created problems for him. What is a righteous man to do?
December 31
Lesson Colossians 3.12-17
Sermon Title: Inventory
At the end of the year a business needs to take inventory for tax purposes. At the end of the year individuals may take an inventory to see how life has been lived. This passage makes a great foundation for such an inventory. How do you fare?
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January 7, Baptism of Our Lord, Communion Sunday
Lesson: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Sermon Title: Imitation
We are baptized because Jesus was baptized. He didn't need it, we do. Our sins have been washed away and glory fills our souls.
January 14
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:1
Sermon Title: Love Is Not A Cymbal
January 21, Snow Day, No Sermon
January 28, Annual Church Meeting and Potluck Dinner, Ecumenical Sunday
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:2
Sermon Title: Love Is Not A Workout
The Princeton Health Club in Middleton is open 24 hours a day. Commercials show a vast array of machines and options. This is the place to build muscle and stamina. There is another kind of workout that is offered to us by Jesus. Do you desire it?
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February 4 Boy Scout Sunday
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:3
Sermon Title: Love Is Not A Possession
You can be possessed by love, but you cannot possess love. Love is not a possession it is a condition of being. How may we be possessed by love?
February 12, Lincoln’s Birthday
February 11
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:4a
Sermon Title: The Patience of Love
Patience is the capacity of enduring hardship or inconvenience without complaint. That’s a tall order. How may one achieve a state of patience?
February 14, Valentines Day
February 18, Transfiguration Sunday
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:4b
Sermon Title: The Kindness of Love
Kindness is tender, compassionate, obliging to others; it is mild, gentle, and humane and, if called to suffer, inspires the sufferer with the most gracious disposition, and the most tender concern. It is also submissive to all the teachings of Jesus; and creates trouble to no one. Tall order or possibility?
February 21, Ash Wednesday Service, 6:30 pm
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:5a
Sermon Title: The Cooperation of Love
Independence is an illusion. Cooperation is a necessity. How is it possible to develop cooperation with God and with one another?
February 25, First Sunday in Lent - No Worship, Snow Day
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March 4, Second Sunday in Lent
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:5b
Sermon Title: Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way - God
There are those who insist that God insists on God’s own way. Oh! Is this true or a misunderstanding of the character and nature of God?
March 11, Third Sunday in Lent, Girl Scout Sunday, Daylight Savings Time
Begins
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:5b
Sermon Title: Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way -
Individually
If God does not insist on God’s own way, how can I insist on my own way?
March 18, Fourth Sunday in Lent
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:5b
Sermon Title: Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way - Society
What implications are there for society if God does not insist on God’s own way and I do not insist on my own way for the larger society?
March 25, Fifth Sunday in Lent
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:5b
Sermon Title: Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way - Church
Can the Church, the body of Christ, insist that it’s way is the only way, and all people much follow it or else?
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April 1, Communion Sunday, Passion/Palm
Sunday, April Fools Day
Lesson: Psalm 118.1-2, 19-29; Matthew 21.1-11
Sermon Title: Who Is This?
Identity: Do we identify with Jesus? If we do we will know him, but will we know ourselves?
April 5, Maundy Thursday, Potluck Supper, Candlelight Communion, 6:00 pm
Lesson: Hebrews 8
Sermon Title: Beneficent Covenant
Jesus the Christ is a covenanting God. We are people of the covenant, not the old, but the new. What does this mean for you and me?
April 6, Good Friday Service 1:00 pm
Lesson: Hebrews 10.1-10
Sermon Title: Not You, Him!
Sin requires a sacrifice. The sinner offers the sacrifice. We have a preferred sacrifice. This is the lesson of Good Friday. How do we apply it?
April 8, Easter Sunrise Service, 7:00 am, St. Barnabas Church, Mazomanie
Lessons: Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; 1st
Reading: Acts 10: 34-43; 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 5: 6-8; Gospel Reading: Luke
24.1-12.
Sermon Title: Shock and Awe
Shock and Awe came into our vocabularies in 2003. Shock and Awe described the massive bombing campaign on Iraq. Shock and Awe also describes the response of Jesus’ followers to his resurrection. Does shock and awe describe any of our feelings this Easter morning?
April 8, Easter Sunday, 10:00 am Service
Lessons: Isaiah 65.17-25; 1 Corinthians 15.19-26
Sermon Title: Enemy No Longer
Death is not our friend, but our enemy! There will come a time when the enemy will no longer exist. This is the promise of Easter. Is it your promise?
April 15, Holy Humor Sunday, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Lesson: Psalm 98
Sermon Title: Clap Your Hands, Sing for Joy
God is a God of laughter. Jesus enjoyed a party. Laughter ought not to be foreign to the Christian either out of church or in church.
April 22, Earth Day
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:5c
Sermon Title: The Comfort of Love
Love creates opportunities to offer solace in times of affliction or distress. How may I recognize and implement such times?
April 29
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:6
Sermon Title: The Joy of Love
Love is joyful. Love is joyful even when times are hard and the way is rough. How may I experience this joy in my life?
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May 6
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:7a
Sermon Title: The Strength of Love
There are many walls in your house or apartment building. Some may be removed with no danger. Some walls are "bearing walls." These walls bear the weight of the superstructure. The building will sag or collapse if you remove them. Love is a bearing wall!
May 13, Mother’s Day, Rural Life Sunday
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:7b
Sermon Title: Believes all Things
This is the conception of hope. Hope believes!
May 20, Ascension Sunday, Armed Forces Day
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:7c
Sermon Title: Hopes All Things
To hope in all things. How?
May 27, Pentecost, Memorial Sunday
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:7d
Sermon Title: Endures all Things
One of the most helpful traits of the Christian in endurance. The one who endures to the end will be saved! The strength of love is in its endurance.
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June 3, Trinity Sunday, Children’s Sunday,
Heritage Days Worship, Tower Hill
Lesson: Numbers 21.4-9
Sermon Title: Wisdom for Whiners
Whining does no good and is irritating. It has its own rewards.
June 10
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:8a
Sermon Title: The Timelessness of Love
Love will never be out of use. Love is eternal. What in the world are we talking about?
June 17, Father’s Day
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:8b-10
Sermon Title: The Completeness of Love
We are like an object with a piece missing. When the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. Everything in this life is fragmentary. Do you long for completeness?
June 24
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:11
Sermon Title: The Child In Love
The child in love is not childish, but a child who longs to become and adult. How is love the means to maturity.
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July 1, Independence Sunday, Communion
Sunday
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31b-13:12
Sermon Title: The Fullness of Love
Do you like living in a home with windows so dirty that everything on the other side of the glass is distorted. What will it be like to see clearly?
July 8
Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:31b-13:13
Sermon Title: Love Is the Greatest
Now, faith, hope and love abide. Faith will end. Hope will be completed. All that remains is love. This is why love is the greatest!
July
15, Outdoor Worship, Church Picnic, Brigham County Park, Blue Mounds
Lesson: Psalm 104
Sermon Title: This Is My Father=s
World