Calvary Lutheran Church Perham MN Living in Grace: Lutheran Church Sermons of Hope and Love

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day O God, our teacher and guide, you draw us to yourself and welcome us as beloved children. Help us to lay aside all envy and selfish ambition, that we may walk in your ways of wisdom and understanding as servants of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Scripture Reading:...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Gracious God, you give us the power of speech. At times we misuse this gift and use our words to cause harm. Shape us instead by your word. By your word, your creation sprang forth, and we were given the breath of life. By your word, death is overcome, Jesus is raised from the tomb, a...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Gracious God, throughout the ages you fill the hungry with good things and transform death into life. Open us to the power of your presence and make us a people ready to proclaim your promises in word and deed to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our healer and Lord. Amen. Scriptur...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Lord God, when we are assaulted by the troubles of life, and the deep waters of anger and resentment threaten to overwhelm us, do not let us sink. In your great compassion, hear us, help us and heal us. Move us to not only be hearers of your word, but doers who more fully follow you;...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Loving God, we know that it is your will to help those who are afflicted, to support the weak, to provide for the widows and orphans and those in distress. Use our hands to be of service to those in need, and use our voices to speak words of healing and encouragement to those who are...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day O most loving God, you want us to seek you in all circumstances, to find joy and to lay all our cares on you, knowing that you care for us. Grant that fears and anxieties in this life may not prevent us from trusting in your unending love shown to us in your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day O God, we thank you for times of refreshment and peace in the course of this busy life. Grant that we may so use our leisure for the renewal of our bodies and minds that our spirits may be opened to the goodness of your creation; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Gospel...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Holy God, your word feeds your people with life that is eternal. Direct our choices and preserve us in your truth, that, renouncing what is false and evil, we may live in you, through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Gospel: Ephesians 6:1-20 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day God of justice and peace, be near us this morning. Wake us up. Open our eyes. Unplug our ears; that we might hear, that we might see, that we might grieve, that we might dream, that we might follow you as children of light. Amen Gospel: Ephesians 5:6-33 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Faceb...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Loving God, we have taken different roads to this place, but share one baptism; we arrive from different backgrounds and traditions, yet share one faith; each of us are unique, yet members of one Body; we have different dreams and doubts, yet our hearts beat with one hope; we are grac...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Loving God, you are faithful in your promises and tender in your compassion. Without you, our lives go astray. Show your mighty presence among us revealed in love, that we may joyfully live out of your love through Christ Jesus our Lord. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. Gospel: Ephesians...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Almighty God, you have built your Church on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Jesus Christ himself as the chief cornerstone. Join us together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may become a holy temple, acceptable to you: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who li...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day God of all creation, open our hearts that Christ, the King of glory, may enter and rule our lives. Wash us in your forgiveness each day, that we may stand renewed in your presence and be aware of your blessings through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Gospel: Ephesians 1:1-23...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Almighty and merciful God, we praise and thank you that you hear the prayers of your people. Be our strong defense against all harm and danger, that we may live and grow in faith and hope, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Gospel: Mark 5:21-43 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovend...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day O God of creation, eternal majesty, you preside over land and sea, sunshine and storm. By your strength pilot us, by your power preserve us, by your wisdom instruct us, and by your hand protect us, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Gospel: Mark 4:35-41 Sermon: Pastor Er...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day O God, you are the tree of life, offering shelter to all the world. Graft us into yourself and nurture our growth, that we may bear your truth and love to those experiencing need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Gospel: Mark 4:26-34 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Facebo...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day All-powerful God, in Jesus Christ you turned death into life and defeat into victory. Increase our faith and trust in him, that we may triumph over all evil in the strength of the same Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Gospel: Mark 3:20-35 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Facebook: ht...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Almighty and ever-living God, throughout time you free the oppressed, heal the sick, and make whole all that you have made. Look with compassion on this world wounded by sin, and by your power restore us to wholeness of life, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Sermon: Pa...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day God of heaven and earth, before the foundation of the universe and the beginning of time you are the triune God: Author of creation, eternal Word of salvation, life-giving Spirit of wisdom. Guide us to all truth by your Spirit, that we may proclaim all that Christ has revealed and rej...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Mighty God, you breathe new life into us, and your Spirit brings truth to the world. Send us this Spirit, transform us by your truth, and give us language to understand one another in spite of our differences and to proclaim your gospel, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who l...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Gracious and glorious God, you have chosen us as your own, and by the powerful name of Christ you protect us from evil. By your Spirit transform us and your beloved world, that we may find our joy in your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Ho...

Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day O God, you have prepared for those who love you joys beyond understanding. Pour into our hearts such love for you that, loving you above all things, we may live out of your promises; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Revelation 17:3-6 Sermon: Pastor Eri...

Revelation 13:10 “If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people. Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day O God, you give us your Son as the vine apart...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Revelation 6:1-17, 7:9-17 Seven seals list: White horse Red horse Black horse Pale horse Souls crying out from under the altar Earthquake, sun & moon, stars fall Silence in heaven Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day Lord Jesus Christ, good shepherd of the sheep, you seek the lost and gui...

.Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Revelation 5:1-14 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day Holy and righteous God, you are the author of life, and you welcome us to be your children. Fill us with your words of life, that we may live as witnesses to the resurrection and new life you give through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lor...