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. Revelation 3:14-22 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day God of mercy, we no longer look for Jesus among the dead, for he is alive and has become the Lord of life. Increase in our minds and hearts the risen life we share with Christ, and help us to grow as your people toward the fullness of etern...

He is Risen! Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: Mark 16:1-8 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day God of mercy, we no longer look for Jesus among the dead, for he is alive and has become the Lord of life. Increase in our minds and hearts the risen life we share with Christ, and help us to grow as your people toward the...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Prayer of the Day Eternal God, in the sharing of a meal, your Son established a new covenant for all people, and in the washing of feet he showed us the dignity of service. Grant that by the power of your Holy Spirit these signs of our life in faith may speak again to our hearts, feed our spirits, and...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel Reading: Mark 15:16-24 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day Everlasting God, you have established your rule in the human heart through the servanthood of Jesus Christ. By your Spirit, keep us in the joyful procession of those who with their tongues confess Jesus as Lord and with their liv...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Scripture: John 14:1-3 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take yo...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: John 12:20 -33 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day God, with steadfast love you draw us to yourself, and in mercy you receive our prayers. Strengthen us to live out the fruits of the Spirit, and through life and death assure us that we live in the life-giving presence of your Son, Je...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer Almighty and eternal God, the strength of those who believe and the hope of those who doubt, may we, who have not seen, have faith in you and receive the fullness of Christ’s blessing, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen....

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: John 3:14-21 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day O God, rich in mercy, by the humiliation of your Son you lifted up this fallen world and rescued us from the hopelessness of death. Lead us into your light, that all our deeds may reflect your love, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lo...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer God, you take us exactly as we are. You encourage our honest conversations with you. You already know what bothers us, where our faith is timid, and where our hearts need reassurance. Thank you that you are big enough to handle our doubts. Thank you that you are not...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: John 2:13 -22 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day Holy God, through your Son you have called us to live faithfully and act courageously. Keep us steadfast in your covenant of grace and teach us the wisdom that comes only through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer God, you take us exactly as we are. You encourage our honest conversations with you. You already know what bothers us, where our faith is timid, and where our hearts need reassurance. Thank you that you are big enough to handle our doubts. Thank you that you are not afr...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: Mark 8:31-38 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life. Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Psalm 19:1-2 Gospel: Colossians 3:12-17 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day Prayer: Almighty and eternal God, the strength of those who believe and the hope of those who doubt, may we, who have not seen, have faith in you and receive the fullness of Christ’s blessing, who lives and reigns with...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Mark 1:9-15 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam "Power is the ability to get things done" Prayer of the Day God our provider, you have not fed us with bread alone, but with words of grace and life. Bless us and these your gifts, which we receive from your abundance, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. egivin...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Psalm 77:5-20 Gospel: John 20:19-319 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day Gracious God, out of your love and mercy you breathed into dust the breath of life, creating us to serve you and our neighbors. Call forth our prayers and acts of kindness, and strengthen us to face our mortality with c...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: Mark 9:2-9 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day Almighty God, the resplendent light of your truth shines from the mountaintop into our hearts. Transfigure us by your beloved Son, and illumine the world with your image, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day Everlasting God, you give strength to those who feel weak. Make us agents of your healing and wholeness, so that your good news may be made known to the ends of your creation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: Mark 1:21-28 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day Compassionate God, you gather the whole universe into your radiant presence and continually reveal your Son as our Savior. Bring wholeness to all that is broken and speak truth to us in our confusion, that all creation will see and know y...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: Mark 1:14-20 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day Almighty God, by grace alone you call us and accept us in your service. Strengthen us by your Spirit, and make us worthy of your call, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: Mark 1:4-11 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day Holy God, creator of light and giver of goodness, your voice moves over the waters. Immerse us in your grace, and transform us by your Spirit, that we may follow after yourSon, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns wit...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day O God, on this day you revealed your Son to the nations by the leading of a star. Lead us now by faith to know your presence in our lives, and bring us at last to the full vision of your glory, through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord...

Throwback New Years Eve; We are broadcasting the first ever sermon of Pastor Erin Bovendam at Calvary Lutheran on October 4th, 2020. Erin joined us at a time when we were not worshipping in person yet and she was serving drive thru communion.

Throwback New Year's Eve 2023. We dug thru the archives and found the 1st Sunday back in 2022 when Eric gave his 1st sermon at Calvary.

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Reading: Christmas Proclamation of Luke 2:1-7 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day Almighty God, you made this holy night shine with the brightness of the true Light. Grant that here on earth we may walk in the light of Jesus' presence and in the last day wake to the brightness of his glory; thr...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. First Reading: Luke 1:46b-55 Gospel: Luke 1:26 -38 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Everlasting God, You love justice and you hate wrongdoing. We confess the fear, greed, and self-centeredness that make us reluctant to work against oppression. We are complicit in systems of exploitation. We choose comfort...