Sermons from 2024

Sermons from 2024

Christmas Eve December 24th, 2024 Worship

I’ve been thinking a lot about my family Christmas traditions in the past few months, especially since this is my first Christmas with no living grandparents. As we looked through pictures for my grandma’s funeral, we found so many pictures of all the Christmas memories. As we planned what we’re eating for Christmas Day tomorrow, I kept thinking about how my family grew…

Sunday December 22nd, 2024 Worship

I still remember when I found out that I was going to be an aunt. I remember making the drive across Iowa to meet my niece for the first time, just giddy that the day had finally arrived when I could visit her after she was born. We have this picture of her sticking her tongue out at me on day 2, and while I know that she didn’t have control over it, I just had to laugh…

Sunday December 15th, 2024 Worship

When I was a kid, my friends and I used to love playing with a Magic 8 ball, asking it all the important questions that we had at 10 years old, waiting for it to magically give us life advice. And, if we didn’t like the advice, it was so easy to just shake it again until we got the answer we were actually looking for. Those were the days! I wish they made one of those…

Sunday December 8th, 2024 Worship

This week I had a little extra time at the end of my Foss Bible Study, so I decided to ask my group what their hopes were for either children in their lives or the children of the world. I asked the same thing of the Wednesday night Vespers group, encouraging them to write out their hopes and spend a minute praying those each day this week. It’s powerful to spend some…
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