Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church

On this episode of Faith and Friends we talk with Pastor Kelsey Beebe about her faith journey and how, as Christians, questioning our faith helps us realize our faith.

Join us as we talk with Holly Hess about her faith journey and where she sees God working in the world.  This is the first of a series of interviews on faith.

Texts: Philippians 4:4-13 & John 6:35, 41-51

Description:  If you want joy...real joy...one has to be all in not only creating our hope sandwich right but also in making sure we use the right bread.

Texts: Philippians 4:4-13 and John 6:24-35

Description:  We tend to use the terms happiness and joy as interchangeable terms in our society but...they are MUCH different!  Today we discussing the difference between the two and what they have in common...like grattitude!

Texts: Philippians 4:4-13 & John 6:1-21

Description: Our second in a four-week sermon series on Choosing Joy! How can we choose contentment and work toward a holy sense of having and being “enough”?

Texts:  Philippians 4:4-13 & Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

Description:  This week we kick off our four week sermon series on Choosing Joy!  What does it mean to be God's joyful people?  How do we create spaces where we can help others choose joy in good times and in bad?

Gospel: Mark 6:14-29

Description: The tale of the death of John the Baptist reads like a soap opera. What possible good news comes from a story like this?

Story of King Eglon: Judges 3:12-30

Story of Jael: Judges 4:4-23

Elisha and She-bears: 2 Kings 2:23-25

Gospel: Mark 6:1-13

Answer: Like a blender full of goldfish, a hitchhiking robot, and the Declaration of Independence. Question: How were Jesus’ disciples sent out to carry out his work?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3040891.stm

https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/us/hitchbot-robot-beheaded-philadelphia-feat/index.html

https://twitter.com/hitchBOT

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

Text:  Mark 5: 21-43

Description:  There are many times in our lives that we exhaust all possible option in getting things done...we are at the end of our rope.  What do you do when what you think you know what to do doesn't work?  Try something else, try Jesus.