Rock of Ages Lutheran Church, Payson, Arizona (WELS)

Second Sunday in Lent | March 17, 2019 | Jeremiah 26:8-15 | Pastor Tom Barthel | WELS Sermon | View Series | Print Version | Audio Version Picture a time when you felt like giving up on something. Maybe it was a struggle to hold to a diet, carry out a job, or finish a project. Did […]

First Sunday in Lent | March 10, 2019 | Joshua 7:16-26 | Pastor Tom Barthel | Print Version | Audio Version | View Series Most know the tune, right? “Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho… and the walls came tumbling down.” Today we read about what happened after Israel defeated Jericho. You don’t […]

Transfiguration Sunday | 1 Corinthians 15:34-49 | March 3, 2019 | Pastor Tom Barthel | WELS Sermon | Listen to Audio | Print Version| View Series   It makes a big difference when you know a change is coming. A few days ago you could have gone to an area grocery store and found that […]

Epiphany 6 | February 17, 2019 | 1 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20 | Pastor Tom Barthel | WELS Sermon | Print Version | Audio Version | View “1 Cor. Spiritual…” Series I’m sure we could all come up with a list of things which would be pointless because they are doomed to failure from the very beginning. There […]

|WELS Sermon | Pastor Tom Barthel | Epiphany 5 | February 10, 2019 | 1 Corinthians 14:12b-20 | Print Version | Audio Version | View Series [view series “What Does It Mean To Be Spiritual?”] A movie about lego people came out a few years ago that has a scene in which expert builders are […]

WELS Sermon | Epiphany 4 | Pastor Tom Barthel | February 3, 2019 | 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13 | Print Version | Audio Version | View Series If you’ve ever done any baking you know that all it takes is one missing key ingredient to make a recipe fall flat. We have lots of young children […]

| WELS Sermon| 1 Corinthians 12:12-21,26-27 | Pastor Tom Barthel | Epiphany 3 |  January 27, 2019 | Print Version | Audio Version | View Entire Series Ravens are really quite smart. In captivity they’ve been trained to vocalize with more sounds than most parrots. They recognize other ravens for years and reciprocate acts of kindness. […]

Epiphany 2 | January 20, 2019 | 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 | Pastor Tom Barthel | WELS sermon | Print Version | Audio Version | View Series Each year we like to give all our children a set of matching gifts in their stockings. Everyone gets something like a flashlight, or a box of crayons, …or kazoos. The […]

Epiphany 1 | January 13, 2019 | 1 Samuel 16:1-13 | Pastor Tom Barthel | WELS Sermon | Print Version | Audio Version The team captains stand before the line-up. “I’ll take Devante,” says the first team captain to the tallest boy. “I’ll take Gus,” says the other captain picking the strongest and fastest. They continue […]

Epiphany |  January 6, 2019 | 1 Kings 10:1-9 | Pastor Tom Barthel | Print Sermon | Audio Version | Some people make more than New Year’s resolutions, they make lists of places they want to try to visit. There are some places around the world which many people decide they have to see for themselves. […]