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Seeking and Serving: March 2013

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Thursday, March 28, 2013. Shepherd of the Hills Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS). The Gift-Bearing King Comes. 22 "Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; 
. For I am God, and there is no other. 23 By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity 
. A word that will not be revoked: 
. Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. 24 They will say of me, 'In the LORD alone 
are righteousness and strength.' " 
. And will make their boast in him. (NIV). But that wasn&#8217...

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Seeking and Serving: August 2013

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Monday, August 26, 2013. Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Christian Education). Shepherd of the Hills Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS). Warnings from the Word. Series: “The Door Is Narrow”. 22 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved? The two things that really concern us when boarding an airplane are 1) “Is there going to be enough space left in the overhead compartment for my carry on?

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Seeking and Serving: December 2012

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Monday, December 17, 2012. The Wonder of It All. Against Christmas that we fail to deeply ponder the meaning. Of Christmas. So I was excited about this theme. But then, since the tragic events of last week, I can’t help but see the theme from another angle, from the perspective of those who simply have no answers for how or why a young man could thoughtlessly murder innocent children and teachers at an elementary school. For many, the wonder of it all is who could possibly do this, or why? That would hav...

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Seeking and Serving: Genesis 2:7-9, 15-17; 3:1-7 Sermon

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Thursday, March 13, 2014. Genesis 2:7-9, 15-17; 3:1-7 Sermon. The First Sunday in Lent. Shepherd of the Hills Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS). It All Goes Back to the Beginning. Genesis 2:7-9, 15-17; 3:1-7. Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 8220;For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be...

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Seeking and Serving: October 2013

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Monday, October 14, 2013. John 11:17-27, 38-45 Sermon. Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost. Shepherd of the Hills Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS). 8220;I Am… the Resurrection and the Life”. John 11:17-27, 38-45. 8221; 27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”. Lucy hadn’t kept track of how many hours she had spent on her work of art. After all, she was only 9, and 9 year-olds don’t usually think about such things. She was very proud of it.

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Seeking and Serving: February 2014

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Monday, February 24, 2014. 1 Corinthians 3:10,11,16-23. The Seventh Sunday After the Epiphany. Shepherd of the Hills Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS). What’s Church For? 1 Corinthians 3:10, 11, 16-23. 10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. After the framing is up, we can visualize the general shape of the building.

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Seeking and Serving: February 2013

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Monday, February 25, 2013. The second sunday in lent. Shepherd of the Hills Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS). An Example Worth Following. It seemed like a miracle that you even arrived in the first place, especially given that your GPS was essentially worthless and did more to get you lost and confused than it did to actually get you to where you were going. Finally, noting your uneasiness, your host makes you a very gracious offer. On the other hand, they had to be on guard against those who took their newfou...

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Seeking and Serving: January 2013

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013. The second sunday after the epiphany. Shepherd of the Hills Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS). It certainly is easier to plead ignorance than to be held accountable. But, while it might be easier, that doesn’t always mean it works. The officer pulling out his pad of paper to write your speeding ticket may not even care that you didn’t know what the speed limit was; he’s only concerned that you broke it. It’s your responsibility as a driver to know how fast you should be going. He did ...

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Seeking and Serving: January 2014

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014. 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Sermon. The Third Sunday after the Epiphany. Shepherd of the Hills Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS). What’s Church For? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? It was only a few generations ago that it would have come across as a surprise to find out that someone didn’t. Going to church was just something pretty much everyone did. Today however, things have turned around almost 180. Or, sadly, if they do answer, they do so negatively.

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Seeking and Serving: November 2013

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013. Fourth Sunday of End Time (Christ the King). Shepherd of the Hills Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS). 8220;With Me in Paradise”. Save yourself and us! 8221; 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? There is nothing about the scene from our Gospel that evoked a genuine sense of royalty. No onlooker or passerby would have been compelled to genuflect in the presence of this supposed king. But it was there, nonetheless.