Sermons | Living Hope and Christ the King ELCA Lutheran Churches

Welcome to worship! This week, we're looking at connections between a fascinating parable from Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew and an ancient prophecy from Isaiah about a vineyard. In this story, we'll see how Jesus is calling us to a different path than the human desire for vengeance, a path he demonstrated by laying down his own life for us out of love.

Today's Scripture readings are Isaiah 5:1-7 and Matthew 21:33-46.

Apologies for the missing podcast episodes the last two weeks - one week included a video as half of the sermon and a podcast wouldn't make sense, and then we had technical recording issues the next week.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

In this third week of our series "Practicing Faith" we're exploring our call to "Proclaim the good news of God in Christ through word and deed."Today's Scripture readings are Joshua 4:19-24; Psalm 34:1-8; James 1:22-27, 2:14-17; and Matthew 5:13-16. We pray this message is a blessing for you today!

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

This is week two of our series "Practicing Faith" exploring the five promises of baptism. Today, we're looking at what it means to "Hear the word of God and share in the Lord’s supper" and our Scripture readings areJohn 1:1-5, 14-18; Psalm 119:9-16; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; and Matthew 7:24-29.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

This joint worship service is the first week of a new five-week series "Practicing Faith" exploring the five promises of baptism. This week, we're looking at what it means to "Live among God's faithful people." Following the service, we are assembling school kits for Lutheran World Relief as part of the ELCA's "God's Work. Our Hands." day of service.

Today's Scripture readings are Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16; Psalm 145:1-8; Romans 13:8-10; and Matthew 18:15-20.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

Jesus calls us to take up the cross and follow him as disciples. Answering this call changes the way we see the world. As Jesus' followers, we follow the Messiah who humbled himself, laying down is life rather than taking up earthly power. This week's Scripture readings are Romans 12:9-21, Psalm 26:1-8, and Matthew 16:21-28.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

As the body of Christ, all of us are claimed as God's children through baptism, gathered to be church together and to grow as disciples, and sent to serve our neighbors and live out our faith. The Holy Spirit blesses us with a variety of gifts, everything we need to fulfill the mission to which God calls us. Today's sermon from Pastor Daniel Flucke looks at Romans 12:1-8 and Peter's confession of faith in Matthew 16:13-20. The sermon also references Eleanor Nystrom's baptism, which we had the joy of celebrating at Christ the King this Sunday!

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

Thank you to Pastor Wendy Wirth-Brock for leading worship and providing today's message while Pastor Daniel is on a youth service weekend trip with Lighthouse Youth Ministry. This week's readings are Isaiah 56:1, 6-8; Psalm 67; Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32; and Matthew 15:10-28.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

This week at Christ the King, we welcomed our neighbors from Grand Avenue United Methodist Church to join us for worship while their parking lot is being repaved. This week's sermon focuses on the miracle of Jesus walking on water, as told in Matthew 14:22-33, as well as our call to proclaim good news in Romans 10:5-15.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

Imagine all the people present in the crowd as Jesus took five loaves and two fish and fed the multitude. Each of them had their own stories, their own histories and motivations, their own expectations and beliefs—and yet Jesus fed them. All of them. As Christ's body, we proclaim "All are welcome" because that's what Jesus did. We get to participate in the work of building God's kingdom, and we too are welcomed in. There's a place for you at Christ's table.

This week's sermon focuses on Matthew's account of the feeding of the multitude, found in Matthew 14:13-21, and touches on Isaiah 55:1-5. The inspiration for this sermon comes from a wonderful reflection by the late Rachel Held Evans, found here: https://rachelheldevans.com/blog/lectionary-feeding-five-thousand.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

This week's sermon explores both the beautiful promises of Romans 8:26 & 38-39, and digs into the frustrations of Romans 8:28. What does it mean to trust in a hurting and broken world that “all things work together for good?” Today's Scriptures are Romans 8:26-39, Psalm 119:129-136, and Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.