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Sermons & Recordings

Worship Services

Audio recordings of our worship services are available in the library.
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Service	Sermon	Scripture Readings	If your player can do streaming, try these links (play lists)	You can download the complete files here (WMA or MP3)
August 29, 2010, 9:00 AM 14th Sunday after Pentecost	“Hospitality!” What does it really mean to show hospitality? For ancient peoples the rules of hospitality were some of the most important of their day. In our day, we have lost some of the meaning behind being hospitable. Why? What do we fear? Or, is there something else going on here? Today we are pointed again at the meaning of hospitality as partners with Jesus. Pastor Randy Pabst	Jeremiah 2:4–13 Hebrews 13:1–8, 15–16 Luke 14:1, 7–14	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
August 22, 2010, 9:00 AM 13th Sunday after Pentecost	“Huh?” What do you expect from God? What do you think God expects from you? If we are truly “blessed to be a blessing” are we not vessels of God’s forgiveness, love and new life? And what might that mean in a world that likes rules as parameters of control? In Christ we are free to serve and today we celebrate this freedom as the Children of God. Pastor Randy Pabst	Isaiah 58:9b–14 Hebrews 12:18–29 Luke 13:10–17	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
August 15, 2010, 9:00 AM Mary, Mother of Our Lord	“My Soul Magnifies the Lord” A poor village girl becomes the bold bearer of God’s justice—the mother of the Christ! Her child is the One who scatters the proud and lifts up the lowly, the One who inaugurates God’s reign of peace. Mary offered her life to God’s service; are we called to anything less? May our souls magnify the Lord! Pastor Lori Eickmann	Isaiah 61:7–11 Galations 4:4–7 Luke 1:46–55	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
August 8, 2010, 9:00 AM 11th Sunday After Pentecost	“Are You an Owner or Renter?” Jesus spent more time talking about money and wealth than any other single topic throughout his ministry. Why? Maybe it’s because when we focus on riches we tend to not focus on God! And when we don’t focus on God we miss how life was really meant to be lived. Ultimately it’s about our attitude toward riches and wealth—and yes, are you an owner or renter?!? Pastor Randy Pabst	Genesis 15:1–6 Hebrews 11:1–3, 8–16 Luke 12:32–40	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
August 1, 2010, 9:00 AM 10th Sunday After Pentecost	“Buried in Treasure” You’ve probably heard the saying: “The one who dies with the most toys wins.” Ridiculous, right? So why do we continue to measure our worth by our stuff? In Christ we experience a radical re-orientation of values—and we are able to let go of greed and embrace a life shaped by Christ’s love. Pastor Lori Eickmann	Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12–14, 2:18–23 Colossians 3:1–11 Luke 12:13–21	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
July 25, 2010, 9:00 AM 9th Sunday After Pentecost	“Listening to Jesus!” The issue of today’s Gospel reading is not who is better. The issue is how willing we are to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to him. We, of course, can have a great many excuses—many of them quite good! But ultimately our willingness or lack of willingness to listen will over-ride everything. So, it will do us well to listen to Jesus! Pastor Randy Pabst	Genesis 18:20–32 Colossians 2:16–19 Luke 11:1–13	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
July 18, 2010, 9:00 AM 8th Sunday After Pentecost	“Hearing, Doing, Being” Which would you choose: listening to Jesus or serving Jesus? We are called to do both! Being disciples of Christ means we are rooted in the Word of God so we can grow in faith and service. Are we listening to what God is calling us to TODAY? Pastor Lori Eickmann	Genesis 18:1–10a Colossians 1:15–28 Luke 10:38–42	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
July 11, 2010, 9:00 AM 7th Sunday After Pentecost	“The GOOD Samaritan” Today’s Gospel reading reminds us that GOODNESS is not the sole possession of a particular race, ethnic group, gender, nation, or people. Goodness is a gift from God! But once the gift is given, what do we do with it? To be partners with Jesus means receiving the gift of goodness and using it for all people! Pastor Randy Pabst	Deuteronomy 30:9–14 Collosians 1:1–14 Luke 10:25–37	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
July 4, 2010, 9:00 AM 6th Sunday After Pentecost	“Potentially Good Harvest” Ah yes, Christians of this 21st Century know this all too well. Today Jesus calls us again to be those laborers—to Partner with Him in working to bring the “Harvest of God’s Love and forgiveness” to others. The work will not be easy. But it is such important work! But then, we are reminded that it is not work that is about us, but rather work that is about God’s Kingdom! Pastor Randy Pabst	Isaiah 66:10–14 Galatians 6:1–16 Luke 10:1–11,16–20	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
June 27, 2010, 9:00 AM 5th Sunday After Pentecost	“Journeys into Grief and Hope” “Follow me,” Jesus says as he walks toward Jerusalem and his death. One man replies, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” Jesus responds, “Let the dead bury the dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Like many in Scripture, we are sometimes called to journey with God into darkness, trusting that God is present with us and brings hope and new life out of grief and loss. Guest speaker: Nick Arnett is a Bethel member who recently traveled to Haiti with a medical relief team from Jordan International Aid as triage medic and chaplain. Nick serves on the board of directors of Lutheran Social Services.	1 Kings 19:15–16,19–21 Galatians 5:1,13–25 Luke 9:51–62	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
June 20, 2010, 9:00 AM 4th Sunday After Pentecost	“Blessed, Healed, Freed” “Return to your home,” Jesus tells a man now cured of his demons, “and declare how much God has done for you.” God blessed the people Israel despite their rebellion, and God’s love for us is just as steadfast. Jesus healed the sick, conquered death and made us one with all God’s people. How do we declare how much God has done for us?! Pastor Lori Eickmann	Isaiah 65:1–9 Galatians 3:23–29 Luke 8:26–39	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
June 13, 2010, 9:00 AM 3rd Sunday After Pentecost	“Forgiven and Forgiving” Our sin and guilt are great; God’s mercy and forgiveness are greater! But even though we have been forgiven so much, so often we fail to forgive others. What would life be like if we lived out the mercy and grace of Christ? How would it change your life? How has it changed your life? Pastor Lori Eickmann	2 Samuel 11:26–12:10 Galatians 2:15–21 Luke 7:36–8:3	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
June 6, 2010, 9:00 AM 2nd Sunday After Pentecost	“Blessed to Bring New Life” How does God bring new life into your life? How do you represent opportunities for new life in the midst of loss and death with those around us? Today we are invited anew to participate in Jesus’ amazing ability to bring new life both as receivers of God’s great gift of new life, AND as sharers of that gift with others. Pastor Randy Pabst	1 Kings 17:17–24 Galatians 1:11–24 Luke 7:11–17	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
May 30, 2010, 9:00 AM Holy Trinity Sunday	“The Holiness of Three (in one)” It is one of the most difficult parts of our faith for most understand: One God in three parts. Yet, in many ways it is one of the ways we are blessed by God. Today we explore this blessing as gift and as the empowering presence that enables us to be a blessing to others. Pastor Randy Pabst	Romans 5:1–5 John 16:12–15	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
May 23, 2010, 9:00 AM Pentecost	“Knowing and Experiencing God!” Pentecost is sometimes called the church’s birthday, but might more appropriately be called its baptism day, since the gift of the Spirit is what gives us the power to live for God everyday. It is the fiftieth day of Easter where we celebrate the Holy Spirit, through whom and in whom the people of God are empowered and re-created. Ultimately, it is about experiences of how God is at work in and through us AND those miraculous moments we recognize God’s work! Pastor Randy Pabst	Genesis 11:1–19 Acts 2:1–21 John 14:8–17	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
May 16, 2010, 9:00 AM 7th Sunday of Easter	“That They May Be One” As the Easter season ends, we remember a prayer Jesus prayed shortly before his death—and we realize that Jesus offered this prayer not only for the first disciples, but for us and for those who come after us! The healing and freedom of Christ is ours to share. Do we dare? Pastor Lori Eickmann	Acts 16:16–34 Revelation 22:12–14,16–17,20–21 John 17:20–26	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
May 9, 2010, 9:00 AM 6th Sunday of Easter	“What Kind of Peace is This?” We all want peace, don’t we? So what does Jesus mean that the peace he brings is NOT the peace the world might give? In this time of anxiety, growing polarities in attitudes and beliefs, and less willingness on the part of many to listen to one another, it does us well to list to Jesus and examine the peace he offers us daily—the peace that passes all human understanding. Pastor Randy Pabst	Acts 16:9–15 Revelation 21:10,22–22:5 John 14:23–29	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
May 2, 2010, 10:30 AM 5th Sunday of Easter	“Love One Another. No, Really...!” Jesus gives a new commandment: Love one another. Easter initiates and anticipates a new heaven and a new earth, in which we see one another through the eyes of Christ. How does that challenge and free us? Pastor Lori Eickmann	Acts 11:1–18 Revelation 21:1–6 John 13:31–35	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
April 25, 2010, 10:30 AM 4th Sunday of Easter	“On Being Sheep” OK, you are sheep. However, there are times when we just “go with the flow” and in no time find ourselves lost. So whose voice do we listen to? The shepherd? The Good Shepherd? Today we see how the anxiety of our lives in the midst of lostness can be turned around with just the right voice—the voice of the one who loves us into new life, Jesus. Pastor Randy Pabst	Acts 9:36–43 Revelation 7:9–17 John 10:22–30	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
April 18, 2010, 9:00 AM 3rd Sunday of Easter	“Going Fishing!” Ever wanted to escape? That is part of what the disciples tried to do after all that had happened with Jesus execution and the empty tomb. Yet even there, Jesus comes to them. Which reminds us all that we cannot escape Jesus—thanks be to God for even now Jesus is waiting on the shore so he can feed us with the catch he directed us to catch! Pastor Randy Pabst	Acts 9:1–20 Revelation 5:11–14 John 21:1–19	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
April 11, 2010, 10:30 AM 2nd Sunday of Easter	“Do Not Doubt - but Believe” The resurrected Christ appears to the disciples on the eve of that first Easter. NOW they believe! Jesus offers peace—a peace that only Christ can give. Jesus sends the believers forth—a charge given also to us. Do we doubt it? Is it too scary to believe…? Pastor Lori Eickmann	Acts 5:27–32 Revelation 1:4–8 John 20:19–31	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
April 4, 2010, 9:00 AM Easter Sunday	“Turning Anxiety into Hope: The Miracle of Easter” For those of Jesus’ time, what we know as Holy Week was a time of incredible anxiety. Jesus was dead—murdered. Who would be next? And then the most amazing thing none could have anticipated. JESUS GOT UP—literally rose from the dead—and here is the truly amazing part, HE BESTOWED ON ALL HE ENCOUNTERED HIS PEACE—THE PEACE OF GOD! And out of the anxiety and apprehension of that moment Jesus brought a HOPE that went well beyond human understanding. We too live in fear-filled and anxious times. And, although caused by different things, FEAR IS FEAR and the resultant anxiety can be felt and experienced in almost every aspect of our lives. And yet, if Easter tells us nothing else, it reminds us that we truly do not have to fear for God’s peace is still being offered to us right NOW—we will only receive it. Using the resurrection appearances of Jesus as the base, each week of this Easter Season we will look to how Jesus’ risen presence still calms our anxiety and overcomes our deepest fears. We do not have to live in anxiety and fear for the risen Christ is with us to bring us no less than the HOPE that is eternal! Pastor Randy Pabst	Isaiah 65:17–25 1 Corinthians 15:19–26	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
March 28, 2010, 9:00 AM Palm/Passion Sunday	“Reconnecting with the Holy: In Sacrificial Love” “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” The criminal crucified next to Jesus says these words—but truthfully, aren’t they the same sentiment behind the shouts of “hosanna!” that greeted Jesus when he entered Jerusalem? The people expected a mighty king who would topple the Roman regime and put in a place a new regime. But Jesus’ power is not about retaliation or control; it is about service to the least of these and forgiveness for all. As we enter into this new reality, Jesus says, “You will be with me in Paradise.” Pastor Lori Eickmann	Isaiah 50:4–9a Philippians 2:5–11 Luke 23:1–49	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
March 21, 2010, 9:00 AM 5th Sunday in Lent	“Reconnecting with the Holy: In Poverty and Extravagance” Which is better, being rich or in being poor? When we’re rich we can too easily begin to believe we can use our wealth to fulfill our deepest needs. When we’re poor we can too easily believe that if we just had more we would be happy. In both cases the focus gets turned in on ourselves and therefore separates us from God as well as each other. Today, we are challenged to think in different terms—that it’s not about wealth or poverty—it’s about relationship: the HOLY relationship God wants with us and how we can live that relationship out with others. And that experience certainly is HOLY! Pastor Randy Pabst	Isaiah 43:16–21 Philippians 3:4b–14 John 12:1–8	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
March 14, 2010, 9:00 AM 4th Sunday in Lent	“Reconnecting with the Holy: When We Have Lost Our Way” We have to experience being lost before we know the joy of being found. In what ways are we lost—unable to be the people God knows us to be? If we are able to hear and believe that God’s love can’t be earned, then we will know that even when we can’t “find” God, God has already found us! Pastor Lori Eickmann	Joshua 12:9–12 2 Corinthians 5:16–21 Luke 15:1–3, 11–32	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3
March 7, 2010, 9:00 AM 3rd Sunday in Lent	“Reconnecting with the Holy: In Our Brokenness and Sin” What most disconnects us from God? What most disconnects us from each other? Is it not our own brokenness and sin? So how do we connect with those things—those people that mean the most to us? FORGIVENESS! It is the truly Holy act that heals, and makes new, and reconnects us to God and the sacredness of life. And, here is the truly HOLY part of forgiveness—it always comes as a gift! Pastor Randy Pabst	Isaiah 55:1–9 1 Corinthians 10:1–13 Luke 13:1–9	Windows Media MP3	Windows Media MP3

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