This Sunday’s message focus on the seemingly obscure question of whether it is permissible for Christians to eat meat sacrificed to idols—a question illustrating surprisingly relevant topics for our lives today as followers of Jesus! Today’s Scripture reading is 1 Corinthians 8:1-13.

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Welcome to worship! This morning, we are continuing the theme of Jesus calling disciples to come and follow him. Last week, we heard about Jesus seeing Nathanael under a tree. Initially skeptical ("Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"), Nathanael quickly realized Jesus was in fact the Messiah. This Sunday, we'll hear Jesus call four different fishermen, all of whom immediately leave their nets and follow him.

This week's story illustrates a kind of enthusiastic faith that most of us--myself included--often lack. We want to follow Jesus, but there's so much that gets in the way. Life is full of distractions (both good and bad). What would it look like to have the kind of faith to drop everything and follow? What are the "nets" Jesus is calling us to drop? Holy Spirit, give us the faith to hear and obey Jesus' call!

Today's Scripture readings are 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, Psalm 62:5-12, and Mark 1:14-20.

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Can anything good come from Nazareth? This Sunday, Nathanael learns a lesson about God working in unexpected people and places. In this week's sermon, Pastor Daniel Flucke digs into each of the three lines of Nathanael's conversation with Jesus.

Today's Scripture readings are Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, and John 1:43-51. 

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As we wrap up our series, “How Does a Weary World Rejoice?” our theme is, “We trust our belovedness.” Rejoicing comes when we recognize and trust God’s immeasurable love for us. Our identity as God’s beloved sustains us when we grow weary from everything going on in our world.

Before Jesus’ public earthly ministry begins, his identity is confirmed in his baptism. As Jesus is baptized, the heavens are open, the Holy Spirit descends upon him, and God’s voice declares, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” In a similar way (although usually without God’s audible voice), our identity as beloved children of God is affirmed in our baptism. Secure in our identity and relationship with God, we are sent out to do God’s work during our time on earth.

Today's Scripture readings are Isaiah 43:1-7, Psalm 29, and Luke 3:1-6, 21-23a.

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Merry Christmas! On this final Sunday of 2023, we continue celebrating Christmas by hearing in worship the story of Mary and Joseph dedicating the baby Jesus in the temple. In that traditional ritual, something unexpected happens as a man named Simeon and a prophet named Anna each recognize who this child is. This child is not just a regular baby; he is God's plan for salvation. He is the Messiah, the long-awaited savior. As God's people, we follow Simeon & Anna's example and we worship our savior.

Today's message focuses on Luke 2:21-40.

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Christmas is about making room, because God has made room for us. Through this baby born at Christmas, God calls us to look beyond the weariness of this world, beyond the weariness of our lives, and with a thrill of hope, rejoice. Merry Christmas!

Today's message focuses on Luke's account of the Christmas story in Luke 2:1-20.

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On this third Sunday of Advent, our worship themes are joy, wonder, and amazement. In the midst of a weary world, we allow ourselves to be amazed at the miracle of Christmas, the miracle of God choosing to come and dwell with us. As we notice what God is doing and celebrate God’s faithfulness, joy follows. 

Today's message focuses on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, Psalm 126, and Luke 1:57-66.

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This Sunday, our Advent journey continues with Elizabeth’s story, which quickly becomes intertwined with the more familiar story of Mary, a cousin of Elizabeth who receives her own visit from Gabriel and the promise of a miraculous pregnancy. We’ll look at how their connection helps give them strength to continue in their calling. In the midst of weariness, joy and rejoicing grow through connections and community.

Today's message focuses on Luke 1:24-45, 56.

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This week, we enter the season of Advent, the four weeks leading up to the celebration of Christmas. Our theme for this year’s Advent is the question, “How does a weary world rejoice?”

That title comes from a line in the familiar Christmas hymn, “O Holy Night,” and over the next few weeks, we will explore through music, art, prayer, and devotions how we receive the joy of Christmas—the joy of Jesus’ birth, the joy of God coming into our world and dwelling with us—in the midst of all the brokenness and hurt in this weary world.

In this season, we will celebrate yet again the good news that no matter how weary we are, no matter how overwhelmed we might feel; even as we experience grief, grow older, and continue to wait, there is hope. Our waiting is not forever. God is at work, even as we wait. Our joy is rooted in the truth that we belong to God. In the midst of weariness, there is also reason to rejoice.

We begin this Sunday with the story of Zechariah, the wife of Elizabeth and father of John the Baptist. May God bless you with joy in this season of waiting and preparing.

Today's Scripture readings are Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; and Luke 1:1-23.

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This weekend, Christ the King Lutheran Church celebrates 60 years of ministry in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Today's message is from Rev. Paul Erickson, Bishop of the ELCA's Greater Milwaukee Synod. The Scripture readings for the day are Ephesians 1:15-23, read by former CTK pastor Rev. Marilyn Borchardt, and Matthew 25:31-46, read by former CTK pastor Rev. Alice Horton.

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