Sermon Audio 5/29/2016 2nd Sunday after Pentecost C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo [Link to ]

Second Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 7:1-10 [Link to Oremus]

Jesus and the centurion in Capernaum: when even Jesus is surprised, we ought to pay attention. 

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Sermon Audio 5/22/2016 Holy Trinity C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Holy Trinity Sunday, Lectionary Year C

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

A baptism on Holy Trinity provides the opportunity to think about God not in lofty theological terms, but in how God relates to us. An alternate translation of our Proverbs lesson, along with an assist from the repeated refrain of our Psalm (8), helps show us what God does for us in baptism.

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Sermon Audio 5/15/2016, Day of Pentecost C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Day of Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts 2:1-21 

Romans 8:14-17

Pentecost may be the most exciting day of the church year. It's the day the Holy Spirit transforms the church, expanding the boundaries of what is possible and who is welcome. Today Lutheran Church of the Savior receives our Reconciling in Christ certificate, a proud moment that signals a challenging future. 

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Sermon Audio 5/8/2016, Seventh Sunday of Easter C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Seventh Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C

Revelation 21:10, 21:22-22:5 

The Tree of Life is a powerful biblical image of God's healing presence among God's people. How can this image shape our own congregation's ministry? 

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Sermon Audio for Sunday 5/1/2016, Sixth Sunday of Easter C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

John 14:23-29

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you." Special guest preacher Rev. Sarah Friesen-Carper, Assistant the the Bishop for Congregational and Leadership Excellence of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is ideally suited to bring us  Good News from Jesus' declaration in today's reading from John's Gospel. And as ever, she does bring it.