Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church

Text: Luke 6:27-38

Description: "I hope the Russians love their children too", Sting sang thirty-seven years ago. Today we're still talking about our enemies, and finding them even closer to home.

Gospel: Luke 6:17-26

Description: Jesus lays out choices for people to take.  Would you rather follow Him or follow the world?  Each choice has consequences.

Text: Luke 5:1-11

Description: “Don’t be afraid. From now on you’ll be catching people,” Jesus told them. What, now?

Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Description: You’ve heard “Love is patient, love is kind…” read at weddings. But did you know it was written to a squabbling congregation and not to a couple in love?

Text: Luke 4:14-21

Description: Jesus reads scripture and preaches a very short sermon in his hometown synagogue.  In this he identifies that he is the Messiah the prophet Isaiah foretold and he’s here to restore, heal and reconcile the oppressed.

Text: John 2:1-11

Description: Part 2 on countering “languishing”…what does the story of Jesus turning water into wine teach us about coping with the January “blahs”?

Text: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Description: January 2022 is proving hard for so many people. How does God strengthen our faith in stressful times?

Text: Luke 2:41-52

Description: In the only story of childhood Jesus in the gospels, we hear about Jesus growing up, coming into his own and expanding his circle of influence.  Jesus came as fully human to show God’s love for us.

Text:  Luke 2:[1-7] 8-20

Description:  God authors the story using the powerful, the powerless and the penniless to create a new story for us.

Text: Luke 2:1-20

Description: Jesus was born into community.  Jesus came to a broken world and a broken people, to bring restoration to us.  In Jesus, a weary world can rejoice.