Category Archives: Martin Luther & those strange Lutherans

Good Morning Church! 1.17.2021 When You Feel Empty

Posted on January 17, 2021 by geoff sinibaldo

Good Morning Church! 1.17.2021 When You Feel Empty Good Morning Church! Update from Britt Barry Welcome from the Old Saybrook Causeway Opening Prayer “Christ Be Our Light” (ELW #802 Sung by Kim Meadows) Discovery Time: Children of the Light – … Continue reading →

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Good Morning Church! 1.10.2021 Baptism and the Trauma from this Week

Posted on January 10, 2021 by geoff sinibaldo

Good Morning Church! 1.10.2021 Baptism and the Trauma from this Week Good Morning Church! from the Memorial Garden Prayer of St. Francis Thanksgiving for Baptism “Let us Ever Walk with Jesus” (ELW #802 Sung by Al LaPorte) John 1:29-42 (Read … Continue reading →

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Good Morning Church! Christmas Sunday 12.27.2020

Posted on December 27, 2020 by geoff sinibaldo

Good Morning Church! Christmas Sunday 12.27.2020 “O Come All Ye Faithful” (world premiere by Stockings Full of Coal [Rachael, Tammie, Joe and Geoff]) Good Morning Church! Thanks and Giving “The Friendly Beasts” (Kim Meadows, 12th Century French Carol, Traditional) “Of … Continue reading →

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Good Morning Church! 10/25/2020 Reformation!

Posted on October 25, 2020 by geoff sinibaldo

Good Morning Church! 10/25/2020 Reformation! Good Morning Church! Welcome and Opening Prayer Discovery Time – Tammie Sinibaldo “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” (ELW #504) Leviticus 19:1-18 Matt 22:34-40 Message “Father Grant” (with photo montage -One License A-712431) Apostles Creed … Continue reading →

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Good Morning Church! 8/09/2020 Trust (Post Tropical Storm/Hurricane Isaias)

Posted on August 9, 2020 by geoff sinibaldo

Good Morning Church! 8/09/2020 Trust (Post Tropical Storm/Hurricane Isaias) Welcome Post Isaias…Coffee!!! Opening Prayer “If You But Trust in God to Guide You” (ELW #769) Matt 14:22-33 Post Isaias Message “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” (ELW #773) Thanks and Giving … 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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Good Morning Church! Sunday March 22, 2020

Posted on March 22, 2020 by geoff sinibaldo

This morning’s Sunrise from Saybrook Point Inn… “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;     I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” (Psalm 32: 8) Good morning Church from our home to yours… Discovery Time: … Continue reading →

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“God’s Economy: Lives of Repentance” Luke 18:9-14

Posted on October 31, 2019 by geoff sinibaldo

Reformation Sunday 10/27/2019 Genesis 4:8-10 2 Timothy 4:6-18 Luke 18:9-14 “God’s Economy: Lives of Repentance” St. Paul Lutheran Church Old Saybrook, CT Tammie Sinibaldo – kid time Pastor Geoff Sinibaldo – sermon confirmands – poster story boards

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Sunday is coming! ELCA Churchwide Assembly 2019: Highlights so far…

Posted on August 8, 2019 by geoff sinibaldo

Normally I write a little blurb on the coming gospel reading to get ready for Sunday morning. This week I want to do something a little different. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is meeting for Churchwide Assembly in … Continue reading →

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Before it begins…

Posted on June 27, 2018 by geoff sinibaldo

Taking a brief moment before the ELCA Youth Gathering begins to think about friends I’ve already reconnected with, others I will see soon, new ones to be made, those back home, the troubles of this world & this amazing city … Continue reading →

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