Category Archives: Lent/Easter Posts

“Repentance: Remorse, Return, Reconciliation and more…” an Ash Weds Sermon.

2.22.2023 Ash Wednesday Sermon on Matt 6, Joel 2, Psalm 51 and 2 Corinthians 5 “Repentance: Remorse, Return, Reconciliation and more…” St. Andrew Lutheran Church Bristol, CT

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Good Morning Church! 5.16.2021 Easter 7: Looking Up – then Looking Out…

Good Morning Church! 5.16.2021 Easter 7: Looking Up – then Looking Out… Good Morning Church! Opening Prayer “Alleluia, Sing to Jesus” (ELW #392, Sung by Al LaPorte) Discovery: Chickens Looking Up Acts 1:6-11 (Read by Laurie Pavlos) Message “A Hymn … Continue reading

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Good Morning Church! 5.09.2021 Easter 6: Pausing to Pray

Good Morning Church! 5.09.2021 Easter 6: Pausing to Pray Good Morning Church! (from the “Love” tulips in Westbrook, CT) Opening Prayer “I Know My Redeemer Lives” (ELW #619, Sung by Al LaPorte) Discovery: Calling and Hearing A Mother’s Day Prayer: … Continue reading

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Good Morning Church! 4.25.2021 Easter 4: Burning Hearts (after the missing year…)

Good Morning Church! 4.25.2021 Easter 4: Burning Hearts (after the missing year…) Good Morning Church! (On Location in Maine…) Opening Prayer GMC from Judy Smith of Camp Calumet (calumet.org) Food Challenge for SSKP update “Alleluia, Jesus is Risen!” (ELW #377, … Continue reading

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Good Morning Church! 4.18.2021 Easter 3: Unbelievable!

Good Morning Church! 4.18.2021 Easter 3: Unbelievable! Good Morning Church! Opening Prayer “Hallelujah! Jesus Lives!” (ELW #380, Sung by St. Paul Choir) Discovery: Unbelievable! John 20:19-29 (Read by Jean Golicz) Message “Come and See” (Worship and Praise Songbook #29, Sung … Continue reading

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Good Morning Church! 4.11.2021 Easter 2: Why Are You Weeping?

Good Morning Church! 4.11.2021 Good Morning Church! Opening Prayer “Alleluia, Jesus is Risen” (ELW #377, Sung by Al LaPorte) April Challenge: Stephen Anderson Discovery Time: Blazes “Alleluia” (2013, Al LaPorte, Used By Permission, BMI. Sung by Al LaPorte) John 20:11-18 … Continue reading

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Easter Highlights 2021

all three services in one: (cover photo credit: Bud Damberg “Christ is Risen” from the beach Mark 16:1-8 and sermon from the sanctuary “The Day of Resurrection” (2020 Al Laporte, Used By Permission, BMI, Sung by Al LaPorte) Lord’s Prayer … Continue reading

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Good Morning Church! 4.04.2021 Easter Sunday: Trauma, Terror & Amazement

Good Morning Church! 4.04.2021 Easter Sunday: Trauma, Terror & Amazement Christ is Risen! Good Morning Church! Opening Prayer “The Day of Resurrection” (2020 Al LaPorte, Used By Permission, BMI, Sung by Al LaPorte) Discovery Time: Alleluia “Alleluia” (2013, Al LaPorte, … Continue reading

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Good Friday, Church! 4.02.2021

Good Friday, Church! 4.02.2021 Welcome Confession and Forgiveness Isaiah 53:4-6 Message “When Pain of the World Surrounds Us” (ELW #704 Sung by Al LaPorte) The Passion According to the Gospel of John (Readers: Ken Hartley and Elizabeth Palmeri) Bidding Prayers … Continue reading

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Mandy Thursday Worship with the people of St. Paul

Maundy Thursday “in-person” Worship with the people of St. Paul 4.01.2021 Special thanks: Tammie Sinibaldo Peggy Morrissey Eric Larson Al LaPorte All liturgical text and liturgical music under copyright to or administered by Augsburg Fortress Sundays and Seasons SA000521

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