“I Am”
Jesus is present and active in our living and communities.
This fall, Jesus shares with us how he is “I am” in our lives!
October 5, 2025
*Communion
Scripture: Exodus 3:13-16 (NRSV)
Sermon Title: “I am who I am”
October 12, 2025
Scripture: John 6:35-51 (NRSV)
Sermon Title: “I am the Bread of Life”
October 19, 2025
Scripture: John 8:12-20 (NRSV)
Sermon Title: “I am Light of the World”
October 26, 2025
Scripture: John 10:1-10 (NRSV)
Sermon Title: “I am the Gate”
November 2, 2025 ALL SAINTS CELEBRATION
*Communion
Scripture: John 10:1-10 (NRSV)
Sermon Title: “I am the Good Shepherd”
November 9, 2025
Scripture: John 11, selected verses (NRSV)
Sermon: “I am the Resurrection and Life”
November 16, 2025
Scripture: John 14:1-14 (NRSV)
Sermon: “I am the Way, Truth, and Life”
November 23, 2025
Scripture: John 15:1-8 (NRSV)
Sermon: “I am the True Vine and You are the Branches”
ADVENT and CHRISTMAS
Isaiah Bringing us Home to God for Christmas
The four weeks before Christmas is the season of Advent. Advent means “coming, arriving.” We are a people who wait for Jesus’ promised arriving back to earth. Our kin who first waited for his coming help us in our waiting. Isaiah, a prophet, a messenger of God, helps us actively prepare for our Savior’s birth in our lives. This time of year is filled with many emotions and activities; Isaiah brings us home to God, our Creator, Comforter, and Redeemer.
(Thank you to the Lutheran Ministry 1517 for inspiring this worship.)
November 30, 2025
1st Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5
Sermon: “Brought Home”
December 7, 2025
2nd Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10
Sermon: “Resting Home”
December 14, 2025
3rd Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-10
Sermon: “Singing Safely Home”
December 21, 2025, 11 am
4th Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-16
and Matthew 1:18-25
Sermon: “Home away from Home”
December 21, 2025, 6 pm
Waiting forA Savior to be Born
in our Sadness, Stress, Struggle, Suffering, and Sorrow: An Advent Worship Service
December 21, Sunday, 6 pm
Come for care and comfort in this season of “big feelings.” Come for scripture, songs, prayer, and reflections from those who are with you:
a Bethlehem citizen, taxed, financially fretting,
an Innkeeper’s busy, booked, full life,
Joseph bearing family burdens,
Mary laboring in mental, physical, spiritual pain,
Shepherds living, working in depression’s darkness,
and a mother’s grief and a child’s cry.
December 24, 2025
Christmas Eve Service, 7 pm
December 28, 2025
1st Sunday after Christmas
Scripture: Isaiah 63:7-9 and Luke 2:15-21
Sermon: “Our Forever Home