Category Archives: on Letters of Paul

“Good Morning Church” 5/24/2020

5/24/2020 Easter 7/Ascension Good Morning Church Welcome God Moment “We are the Church” (Jay Beech) Discovery Time – Jesus Coming for Dinner Ephesians 1:15-23 Acts 1:6-14 Message – Looking in the right direction “Crown Him with Many Crowns” (ELW #855) … Continue reading

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“A Visit from St. Paul” Philippians 4:1-9

12/16/2018 Advent 3 – Joy Sunday Post-Pageant Philippians 4:1-9 “A Visit from St. Paul” St. Paul Lutheran Church Old Saybrook, CT Saul/Paul of Tarsus

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“Madame Mia’s Wax Museum” a Christmas Pageant

12/16/2018 Christmas Pageant “Madame Mia’s Wax Museum” With a visit from the Apostle Paul Philippians 4:1-9 St. Paul Lutheran Church Old Saybrook, CT

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“This Changes Everything!” 2018 ELCA YOUTH GATHERING PRESENTATION

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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Funeral Sermon for George Brown, 9/14/1926-5/31/2018

Sermon preached on 7/14/2018 We tend to think of several different things when we hear the word “peace.” I’ll highlight a few. None of them are wrong or bad, but they aren’t necessarily the same “peace” Jesus declares in the … Continue reading

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“Now is the time for Joy!” Advent Message, Christmas Around the World & Pageant

12/17/2017 Advent 3 “Now is the time for Joy” Advent message on 1 Thessalonians 5:15-24 Christmas Around the World Pageant St. Paul Lutheran Church Old Saybrook, CT

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SAYING THX FOR BEING YOU (min msg)

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 calumet.org luthercrest.org

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“No one can dream dreams except by the Holy Spirit” (or “When you don’t know the number”) a sermon for Pentecost

6/04/2017 Day of Pentecost Sermon on 1 Corinthians 12:3b; Acts 2:1-21; John 20:19-23 “No one can dream dreams except by the Holy Spirit” (or “When you don’t know the number”) St. Paul Lutheran Church Old Saybrook, CT

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Themes of Advent: OF THE FATHER’S LOVE BEGOTTEN

“EVERMORE AND EVERMORE.” Aureilus Prodentius wrote these words sometime in the fourth century, to describe the love of God; in what the church has preserved as one of our oldest Christmas carols; if not one of our oldest hymns…period. “OF … Continue reading

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Themes of Advent: JOY TO THE WORLD

Have you ever met Joy? Last week Wednesday morning it was time for me to go lead worship over at Gladeview Health Center; something I have been doing every first Wednesday of the month since this summer. I came to … Continue reading

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