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. Scripture: Psalm 46:1-3, 11 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. 11 The LORD of...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: John 1:6-8, 19-28 "Witness to the Light: Embracing our Role in Pointing Others to Christ (John 1:6-8)" Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Let us pray together . . . . Stir up the wills of your faithful people, Lord God, and open our ears to the words of your prophets, that, anointed by your Spirit, we m...

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Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. Gospel: Mark 1:1-8 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp (Pastor Erin's words) 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 over courage....

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. GOSPEL: Mark 13:24-37 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp 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 over courage. We are careless wi...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. GOSPEL: Matthew 25:31-46 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day O God of power and might, in Jesus, you show us the way of service, and in him we inherit the riches of your grace. Give us the wisdom to know what is right and the strength to serve the world you have made, through Jesus Christ, o...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota. Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others. GOSPEL: Matthew 25:14-30 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day Prayer of the Day: Righteous God, our merciful master, you own the earth and all its peoples, and you give us all that we have. Inspire us to serve you with justice and wisdom, and prepare us for the joy of the day of your coming, thr...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham Minnesota GOSPEL: Matthew 25:1-13 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam Prayer of the Day Almighty God, you have knit your people together in one communion in the mystical body of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Grant us grace to follow your blessed saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have prepared for those who love yo...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham Minnesota GOSPEL: Matthew 22 : 34 -40 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam & Pastor Eric Clapp Prayer of the Day Gracious God, we pray for your church across your world. Fill it with all truth and peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where anything is amiss, reform it; where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in need, p...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham Minnesota GOSPEL: Matthew 22: 15 -22 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam PRAYER OF THE DAY Sovereign God, raise your throne in our hearts. Created by you, let us live in your image; created for you, let us act for your glory; redeemed by you, let us give you what is yours, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 22:1-14Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPRAYER OF THE DAYGracious God, you have prepared a table before all peoples and poured out your life with abundance. Call us again to your banquet. Strengthen us by what is honorable, just, andpure, and transform us into a people of righteousness and peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord....

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 21:33-46Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPRAYER OF THE DAYBeloved God, from you come all things that are good. Lead us by the inspiration of your Spirit to know those things that are right, and by your merciful guidance, help us to do them, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 21:23-32Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYGod of love, giver of life, you know our frailties and failings. Give us your grace to overcome them, keep us from those things that harm us, and guide us in the way of salvation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham Minnesota 1st reading: Jonah 3:10-4:11 Psalm: Psalm 145:1-8 GOSPEL: Matthew 20:1-16 Sermon: Pastor Erin Bovendam PRAYER OF THE DAY Almighty and eternal God, you show everlasting lovingkindness to us your servants. Because we cannot rely on our own abilities, grant us your merciful judgment, and train us to embody the generosity of your Son, Jesus Christ,...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham Minnesota GOSPEL: Matthew 18:21-35 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp PRAYER OF THE DAYO Lord God, merciful judge, you are the inexhaustible fountain of forgiveness. Replace our hearts of stone with hearts that love and adore you, that we may delight in doing your will, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 18:15-20Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYO Lord God, enliven and preserve your church with your ongoing mercy Without your help, we will fail; remove far from us everything that is harmful, and lead us toward allthat gives life and salvation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.co m

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 16:21-28Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp PRAYER OF THE DAYO God, we thank you for your Son, who chose the path of suffering for the sake of the world. Humble us by his example, point us to the path of obedience, and give us strength to follow your commands, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 16:13-20Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp PRAYER OF THE DAYO God, with all your faithful followers of every age, we praise you, the rock of our life. Be our strong foundation and form us into the body of your Son, that we may gladly minister to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaSermon PodcastsGOSPEL: Matthew 15:10-28Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYGod of all peoples, your arms reach out to embrace all those who call upon you Teach us as disciples of your Son to love the world with compassion and constancy, that your name may be known throughout the earth, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord Amen.egivi...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 14:22-33Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYO God our defender, storms rage around and within us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue your people from despair, deliver your sons and daughters from fear, and preserve us in the faith of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaEric Preaches from Matthew 14:13-21 Jesus feeding the 5000GOSPEL: Matthew 14:13-21Sermon: Pastor Eric ClappPRAYER OF THE DAYGlorious God, your generosity waters the world with goodness, and you cover creation with abundance. Awaken in us a hunger for the food that satisfies both body and spirit, and with this food fill all the starving world; thr...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaPastor Erin Preaches on the Parable of the mustard seed. GOSPEL: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYBeloved God, through the death and resurrection of your Son you bring us into your kingdom of justice and mercy. By your Spirit, give us your wisdom, that we may treasure the abundant life that comes from Jesus Chri...

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham Minnesota GOSPEL: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp PRAYER OF THE DAY Faithful God, most merciful judge, you care for your children with firmness and compassion. By your Spirit nurture us who live in your kingdom, that we may be rooted in the way of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. egiving www.calvaryperham.com

Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church. Perham MinnesotaGOSPEL: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPRAYER OF THE DAYAlmighty God, we thank you for planting in us the seed of your word. By your Holy Spirit help us to receive it with joy, live according to it, and grow in faith and hope and love,through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egiving www.calvaryperham.com