Sermon Title: What Are You Looking For? Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: John 1:35-42. As we move deeper into the season after Epiphany, we explore the glory God reveals among us. God’s glory often looks like invitation, deeper relationship, and changed perspectives because of the light and presence of Christ in our lives. We pray that as we worship together today, God’s light reveals to all of us a deeper truth about ourselves and the world around us.

Sermon Title: Back to Jordan. Preacher: Intern Pastor Nathan Adu-Gyamfi. Preaching Text: Matthew 3:13-17. Today we gather to remember and celebrate the baptism of our Lord and to remember our own. At the Jordan River, God meets us not at the end of the journey, but at the beginning. Baptism reminds us that God’s grace comes before our striving, and that God names us beloved even before the road ahead unfolds. As we worship today, may we return to the waters of promise, hear again God’s voice of grace, and trust the Spirit who leads us forward.

Sermon Title: God Doesn't Wait. Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: Luke 2:1-20. Merry Christmas! We pray that you experience the wonder and holiness of our Savior's birth in worship today.

Sermon Title: What Is Your "Another Way"? Preacher: Intern Pastor Nathan Adu-Gyamfi. Preaching Text: Matthew 2:13-23. Today we gather to celebrate Christmas—the good news that God meets us not in perfect conditions, but right in the middle of fear, uncertainty, and longing. In the Christmas story, those who encountered the Christ child did not return the same way they came—they went home by another way. And that is still God’s invitation to us. As we worship today, may our hearts be open to the God who shows up in unexpected places and gently leads us into new paths of faith.

Sermon Title: Home By Another Way. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: Matthew 2:1-12. Merry Christmas! Today we celebrate the light of Christ revealed to the world – a light that drew the Magi from afar and led them not only to Bethlehem, but onto a new way forward. Epiphany reminds us that encountering Christ changes our direction, inviting us to trust God’s leading even when it takes us off familiar paths. As we worship together, may this light renew our hope and open our hearts to how God is guiding us forward.

Sermon Title: A Stubborn Hope. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: Isaiah 11:1-10. Welcome to Augustana’s midweek Advent worship. We pause this evening to listen for

Sermon Title: Interrupted by Grace. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: Matthew 1:18-25. Welcome to worship in this season of holy anticipation. Our Advent theme, The Time Is Now, invites us to pay attention to the places where God’s promise presses into the present moment. Today we hear Matthew’s account of Jesus’ birth from Joseph’s perspective – a story of disruption, courage, and trust. In a world that feels uncertain

Sermon Title: The Time is Now: Prepare the Way! Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: Matthew 3:1-12. Our Advent series “The Time is Now” reminds us of the urgency of faith. It doesn’t require us to have everything figured out, or to never doubt. But Advent holds the promise that God is near and because of that we are changed, even now.

Sermon Title: At the Far shores of Galilee. Preacher: Intern Pastor Nathan Adu-Gyamfi. Preaching Text: John 6:25-35. As a grateful people, we lift our hearts in thanksgiving to the God who has carried us through another year. As we worship, we remember that thanksgiving is not simply a day on the calendar — it is a posture of the heart. It turns us toward the One who sustains us, centers us again in Christ, and reminds us that we belong not to fear or uncertainty, but to a God whose love never fails. Welcome and may you be blessed richly in this time of worship and thanksgiving.

Sermon Title: The New World Order. Preacher: Intern Pastor Nathan Adu-Gyamfi. Preaching Text: Isaiah 2:1-5. Welcome to Augustana’s midweek Advent worship. We pause this evening to listen for the stirring of God’s Spirit and the song that still turns the world upside down. As Mary once sang of a God who lifts the lowly and fills the hungry with good things, we join her and dare