Pastor’s Blog
Pastor Mark’s Last Sermon Pentecost 4
Pastor Mark's Last Sermon as pastor of St. Peter Lutheran Church and Christ Lutheran Church Pentecost 4 Sermon June 28, 2020 Cycle A I’ve thought quite a bit about what I might say today. It’s not been easy to decide. You all know that before I became a pastor, I...
The Season of the Church
Pastor’s Perspective By Rev. Mark A. Ward The Season of the Church The first Sunday of June is Holy Trinity Sunday, a day when we add special emphasis to our celebration of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We, of course, honor our Triune God every Sunday,...
Pastor Mark Retiring
After 15½ years and over 800 sermons, Pastor Mark Ward will be hanging up his liturgical robe come June 28, 2020. Pastor Mark will be delivering his final sermon that morning as the called pastor of St. Peter and Christ Lutheran Churches. Worship services at...
Pentecost 3 Sermon June 21
Pentecost 3 Sermon June 21, 2020 Cycle A Imagine, if you can, being “in the shoes” of Peter, James, or John. Recall that one day, as they worked on the shores of Galilee “mending their nets”, Jesus walked by and said, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of people!”...
Pentecost 2 Sermon 2020
Pentecost 2 Sermon June 14, 2020 Cycle A The term “gospel” is Old English for the Greek word “εὐαγγελιον”(euaggelion) – “goodannouncement” or “good news”. But what’s that about? I mean, we’ve all heard “good news”of one kind or another, but we don’t call it “gospel”....
Pentecost 2 Sermon June 7
Pentecost 2 Sermon June 7, 2020 Cycle A The natural world has always fascinated me, something I’ve studied for at least 50 years. I was 12 when I got my first telescope, aimed it at the sky, and “discovered” Jupiter. Obviously, I’m not the first to observe our solar...