This past weekend we celebrated Confirmation with our students. Listen to Pastor talk about the importance of growing in our faith together with others.  The audio has a bit of static in it.  We’re working on getting it fixed so this doesn’t happen so often.  Download the sermon outline and follow along!

Interested in going deeper with the sermon? Here are some questions to reflect on this week:

1. What are differences I can learn to appreciate in the people around me?
2. Is there a risk I need to take, with God’s help? What is it?
3. What sins in others do I need to forgive?

Let us know your joys and struggles in response to the questions above in the comments below.

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Pastor’s message this week was about a life of commitment and the benefits that come from a Commitment to Christ. He is fully committed to us, even to the point of dying for us. Download the sermon outline and follow along!

Interested in going deeper with the sermon? Here are some questions to reflect on this week:

1. Where am I committed to things of this world over God?
2. Am I being complacent in my commitments?
3. What commitment can I make this week that will put Jesus first in my life?

Let us know your joys and struggles in response to the questions above in the comments below.

There’s also audio from Jason’s Children’s Sermon:

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Pastor Whited concluded his series on the Lord’s Prayer this past week. He looked at the closing statement, “For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever.” Download the sermon outline and follow along!

Interested in going deeper with the sermon? Here are some questions to reflect on this week:

1. Which of the five areas of my life do I most struggle with letting God be FIRST?
2. How can I use my abilities for God this week??
3. Who will I tell about Christ this week?

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Editors Note: This got saved as a draft for some reason… Read on for the sermon from two weeks ago!

Pastor Whited continued his series on the Lord’s Prayer this past week, the 7th of 8 in the series. He looked at the last petition, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” There’s some great stuff in there for battling temptation. Download the sermon outline and follow along!

Interested in going deeper with the sermon? Here are some questions to reflect on this week:

1. What temptations do I need to flee from?
2. What activities can I do that restore my soul?
3. Are there people I can talk and pray honestly with?

Let us know your joys and struggles in response to the questions above in the comments below.

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Ruth Kovach, choir director and organist at First Trinity for 35+ years played for her last official worship service this past Sunday. We thank God for her…we celebrate the thousands of times and ways she has helped us worship Him…we look forward to building on the great legacy she has left us.

You can listen to the part of the worship service where we thanked God for her and where she said a few words here.

And some more of the pictures from the event:

Ruth’s Last Sunday: March 30, 2008

See below for the sermon from Sunday, March 30, 2008. You can also subscribe to the sermons via the podcast feed. After listening to the sermon, come back and share your thoughts about it. To make a comment, click on the title at the top of this post or on the comments link at the bottom right of this post. You can also download the sermon outline to follow along at home.

Some questions to sound off on (or just share your thoughts on the sermon):

1. What things or people do I turn to that, ultimately, do not rest my soul (as only Jesus can do)?
2. What burden that I am trying to carry by myself can I give to Jesus today?
3. In what areas of my life am I practicing aggression and arrogance rather than gentleness and humility?

We also have audio for the Children’s Message that Sue did:

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See below for the sermon from Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008. You can also subscribe to the sermons via the podcast feed. After listening to the sermon, come back and share your thoughts about it. To make a comment, click on the title at the top of this post or on the comments link at the bottom right of this post. You can also download the sermon outline to follow along at home.

Some questions to sound off on (or just share your thoughts on the sermon):

1. What fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) do I see growing in me?
2. What are doubts that I need God’s help with?
3. How can Jesus help me believe?

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See below for the sermon from March 16, 2008. You can also subscribe to the sermons via the podcast feed. After listening to the sermon, come back and share your thoughts about it. To make a comment, click on the title at the top of this post or on the comments link at the bottom right of this post. You can also download the sermon outline to follow along at home.

Some questions to sound off on (or just share your thoughts on the sermon):

1. What can I learn from Jesus’ story about the unmerciful servant (Matthew 18:21-35)?
2. How are Jesus’ forgiveness of me and my forgiveness of others related?
3. What resentments do I need to let go of?

There’s no audio from the sermon this weekend since I was away. You can still download the outline, however.  The good news is that I’m not scheduled to be away for a while now.