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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| February 28, 2010, 9:00 AM 2nd Sunday in Lent |
“Reconnecting with the Holy: In the Midst of Rejection”
Herod plots to kill Jesus, and Jerusalem rejects him—but still Jesus longs to gather and shelter God’s people. Are we willing to be gathered? Do we reject Christ’s healing and forgiveness for ourselves? For others? Even so, nothing will stop “the one who comes in the name of the Lord” from bearing God’s love and healing into the world.
Pastor Lori Eickmann |
Genesis 15:1–12, 17–18 Philippians 3:17–4:1 Luke 13:31–35 |
Windows Media MP3 |
Windows Media MP3 |
| February 21, 2010, 10:30 AM 1st Sunday in Lent |
“Reconnecting with the Holy: In the Wilderness”
Too often we view the “wildernesses” of our lives as the last place to experience the Holy and Sacred. Yet, Jesus’ experience in the wilderness proves just the opposite. The “wilderness”—that place of temptation and struggle—is the very place we find Jesus and connect anew to the holiness of God’s sheltering love. “Fear not,” Jesus tells us. “For I am with you in the wilderness!”
Pastor Randy Pabst |
Deuteronomy 26:1–11 Romans 10:8b–13 Luke 4:1–13 |
Windows Media MP3 |
Windows Media MP3 |
| February 14, 2010, 9:00 AM Transfiguration of Our Lord |
“God Awaiting Our Response: on the Mountain and in the Valley”
Jesus was transfigured on the mountain top—and then he returned to his life and call. Here he is shining with unearthly glory, but later he will be crucified. Have you ever had a mountain top experience? Have you wondered why God has forsaken you? How has Christ transformed your life and the life of this world?
Pastor Lori Eickmann |
2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2 Luke 9:28–36 |
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Windows Media MP3 |
| February 7, 2010, 9:00 AM 5th Sunday After Epiphany |
“God Awaiting Our Response: to Help Catch Others”
Once we have recognized Jesus and what Jesus has done and continues to do for us and for our lives, how do we respond? We become those who “catch people” for Jesus sake—which is to say we reach out to others and invite them to discover Jesus so that they too can recognize the Christ—Jesus himself—and know that God’s love is for them as well.
Pastor Randy Pabst |
Isaiah 6:1–8 Luke 5:1–11 |
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Windows Media MP3 |
| January 31, 2010, 9:00 AM Confirmation Sunday |
“God Awaiting Our Response: in Truth, Freedom, and Faith”
Confirmation is a “confirming of faith.” But even more, it is the “Affirmation of the Baptismal Promises” made by parents at Baptism. Today, the class of 2010 Affirms their faith in this public setting in response to their parents faith AND in response to God’s gracious love in Jesus Christ. We celebrate this faith together as the church and pray that such faith will grow and sustain these young people throughout their lives!
Pastor Randy Pabst |
Romans 3:21–28 John 8:31–36 |
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Windows Media MP3 |
| January 24, 2010, 10:30 AM 3rd Sunday After Epiphany |
“God Awaiting Our Response: To Bring Good News”
There is good news for the poor and release for the captive; the blind see and the oppressed are free. Christ is the fulfillment of God’s promise of life. We, as the body of Christ, help bring that promise into the world today. How are you gifted to bear the good news to those around you and to those you will never even meet?
Pastor Lori Eickmann |
1 Corinthians 12:12–31a Luke 4:14–21 |
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Windows Media MP3 |
| January 17, 2010, 9:00 AM 2nd Sunday After Epiphany |
“God Awaiting Our Response: Like a Bridegroom”
For the most part, it is still the man who is expected to ask the woman for her “hand” in marriage. And, just as the woman may wait for the man to ask her, he then must wait for her response. It can be a difficult time in the life of the relationship. In that same way, God has invited us into full relationship (with God and each other). God must then wait for our response? Today, through the imagery of a wedding we explore how God actively seeks for our response.
Pastor Randy Pabst |
1 Corinthians 12:1–11 John 2:1–11 |
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Windows Media MP3 |
| January 10, 2010, 9:00 AM The Baptism of Our Lord |
“God Awaiting Our Response: Blessed to Be a Blessing”
In baptism God frees us from sin and death by joining us to the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. But what does it mean to die and rise with Christ? Are you willing to re-commit to God’s vision for the world? Get ready—because today we renew our baptismal covenant with God.
Pastor Lori Eickmann |
Isaiah 43:1–7 Luke 3:15–17,21–22 |
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Windows Media MP3 |
| January 3, 2010, 9:00 AM 2nd Sunday of Christmas |
“Bethel Young Adults: Neighbors”
Tom Hoegel, Tori Nyberg, David Emmert |
Ephesians 1:3–14 John 1:1–18 |
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Windows Media MP3 |