Sermons
Coming Together to Begin Anew
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- Written by Pastor Mathew Ker
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany – Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Grace, peace and mercy to you from our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
In February, we are growing weary of being told that we stand at the beginning of a new year with new opportunities all around us. The members of our congregation have heard a number times that we are in a new year and that this is the time and place that God has put us. I’ve been present at a number of staff meetings and devotions where teachers and support staff of Peace Lutheran College have been welcomed to a new school year. And last Tuesday morning we welcomed the students back to a new year of learning and growing as individuals and as a college community.
You Will Be Fishers of People
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Third Sunday after Epiphany – Mark 1:14-20
Grace, peace and mercy to you from our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
The time has come for us to roll up our sleeves and begin the work that God has prepared us to do. We are well into the new year, Peace Lutheran College has it’s opening chapel service on Tuesday – its time to begin.
Called by God
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Second Sunday after Epiphany – John 1:43-51
Grace, peace and mercy to you from our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Most people here today have heard our services begin with the affirmation that, “God has called us to shine the light of Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit into the time and place God has placed us.” This statement is not yet our congregation’s mission statement, but it could be. Regardless of whether we adopt this or not, the statement helps us to understand our identity and to provide a focus for what we might do as God’s people in this time and place.
Baptised Child of God
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First Sunday after Epiphany – Mark 1:4-11
Grace, peace and mercy to you from our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
In those days, that is the days in which John the Baptist was calling people to repentance, away from the trappings of this world and back into a right relationship with God. In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptised by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens opening and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” (Mark 1:9-11)