Landing on Our Feet

Sermon 8-11-19 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Genesis 15:1-6; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Pastor Jean M. Hansen Landing on Our Feet   Today we are going to step back into the Old Testament and be…

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More Reason to Hope than Meets the Eye

Sermon 8-4-19 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23; Luke 12:13-21 Pastor Jean M. Hansen More Reason to Hope than Meets the Eye It happened again, my initial response…

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Jesus’ Prayer Tutorial

Sermon 7-28-19 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Text: Luke 11:1-13 Pastor Jean M. Hansen What if, out of the blue, I invited one of you to come forward and lead a prayer for the ministry of Faith…

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Now Do It

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Luke 10:25-37 Pastor Jean M. Hansen      The story I’m about to tell you probably is being repeated frequently today in Northeast Ohio ELCA…

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A Harvest of Hope

The Fourth Sunday of Pentecost Text: Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 and Galatians 6:1-10 Pastor Jean M. Hansen Whenever I hear Jesus’ words, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore…

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Fear Stops, Faith Starts, New Realities

Second Sunday after Pentecost Text: Luke 8:26-39 By Pastor Jean M. Hansen The people of the Gerasenes in today’s Gospel reading wanted to get rid of Jesus; of what do you suppose were they afraid?…

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In Search of Wisdom

The Holy Trinity Text: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 By Pastor Jean M. Hansen I’ve always liked the passage from Proverbs 8 that we read this morning; perhaps because wisdom is depicted as a woman who…

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Trust in God

By Pastor Jean M. HansenLast Sunday the Psalm encouraged us to trust in God, our ultimate refuge and source of shelter. The theme was TRUST in God. Today’s theme is WAIT for God.Waiting is not…

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