Category Archives: Insights by Others

Sermon from Zion, Southington, CT, 11.14.2021

Posted on November 17, 2021 by geoff sinibaldo

Mark 13:1-8, featuring my favorite story, The Rabbi’s Gift, from M. Scott Peck. Sermon starts around minute 17. .

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Good Morning Church! 3.14.2021 Which Way? The Best Question

Posted on March 14, 2021 by geoff sinibaldo

Good Morning Church! 3.14.2021 Which Way? The Best Question Good Morning Church! Opening Prayer “Kyrie” (ELW #151 Sung by Al LaPorte) March Challenge Update The Way Home: Andrew Seddon Discovery Time: Maps John 14:1-17 (Read by Heide Weise) Message “Come … Continue reading →

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Good Morning Church! 11/22/2020 Give Thanks!

Posted on November 22, 2020 by geoff sinibaldo

Good Morning Church! 11/22/2020 Give Thanks! Good Morning Church! Welcome and Opening Prayer “O Sing to Our God” (ELW #822) Dedication of the St. Paul Outdoor Chapel Discovery Time 1 Thess 5:12-28 Psalm 95 Matt 25:31-46 Message “He is Lord” … Continue reading →

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Good Morning Church! 8/02/2020 Abundance! (& fun with pretzels)

Posted on August 2, 2020 by geoff sinibaldo

Good Morning Church! 8/02/2020 Abundance! (& fun with pretzels) Welcome “Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ” (ELW #674) Prayer Discovery Time: Pretzels Matt 13:33 Matt 14:13-21 Message: Pastor Ron Glusenkamp (Senior Director of Congregational Mission Funding, Evangelical Lutheran Church in … Continue reading →

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Connecting during this Pandemic…

Posted on April 2, 2020 by geoff sinibaldo

Most churches are trying to do a lot of new things these days. I applaud it. There is nothing like a crisis to bring out the best of our faithfulness and ingenuity; even if it stretches what we are used … Continue reading →

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“How much God has done for you” a sermon on Luke 8:26-39 Pastor Ron Glusenkamp

Posted on June 24, 2019 by geoff sinibaldo

6/23/2019 Sermon on Luke 8:26-39 “How much God has done for you” Visit from Pastor Ron Glusenkamp Director, Campaign of the ELCA St. Paul Lutheran Church Old Saybrook, CT

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“This Changes Everything!” 2018 ELCA YOUTH GATHERING PRESENTATION

Posted on July 31, 2018 by geoff sinibaldo

7/22/2018 Mark 6:30-34 Ephesians 2:1-22 “THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!” St. Paul, Trinity, and Bethesda Youth St. Paul Lutheran Church, Old Saybrook, CT Trinity Lutheran Church, Centerbrook, CT Bethesda Lutheran Church, New Haven, CT

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2 Bald Pastors / Episode 64: David Grafton – Christian/Muslim Relations

Posted on June 7, 2018 by geoff sinibaldo

  http://2baldpastors.com/episode64/

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WHY MY CHURCH ROCKS

Posted on February 21, 2018 by geoff sinibaldo

On Sunday, February 4, 2018. Worshipers at St. Paul Lutheran Church were asked to write a brief “elevator speech” on their experience of our church community, with three caveats: Try not to use church jargon or inside language. Try not … Continue reading →

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YOUR FAITH IN THE CROSSROADS (min msg)

Posted on January 25, 2018 by geoff sinibaldo

https://youtu.be/toF_oHFKzvY George Hunter III, The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West…Again. Tenth Anniversary Edition. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010.)

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