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As we continue our series Being Church Pastor Marcus Lane preaches a sermon titled Lutheran. Pastor Marcus teaches how being Lutheran informs how we understand the law, faith, and ourselves.    Digging Deeper Questions: How does the constant demand of the laws we try to live our lives by highlight our need for grace?   Why does the message of the righteousness of God through faith sometimes seem h...

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Marcus Lane "University." and hear from Amy Duncan and Matt Korte talk about last week's worship songs.    Digging Deeper Questions: What audience has God given you to share the Gospel? What would it look like for you to grow in your understanding of that audience?   How does the simple message that "Jesus is for the world" give you cl...

As we continue our series on Being Church Pastor Marcus preaches a sermon titled University. In this message Pastor Marcus asks us who is our audience, what is our message, and what is our mission?   Digging Deeper Questions: What audience has God given you to share the Gospel? What would it look like for you to grow in your understanding of that audience? How does the simple message that "Jesus i...

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "Why Church?" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Build Your Church". Digging Deeper Questions: When you think of the word "church" what comes to mind for you?   Why church? Why are you part of the church? Or not?   How does the identity of being a saint in Christ, shape your daily life? Does it? Could it?   Have...

As we launch our new sermon series Being Church, Pastor Gabe kicks us off by asking the question why church? And in our text from Ephesians we find that it is in Christ's blood bought church we are given an unshakeable identity, joined to a formative community, and given an enduring purpose.   Digging Deeper Questions:  When you think of the word "church" what comes to mind for you? Why church? Wh...

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Marcus Lane "Alpha & Omega" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on Nate's original song, "Only One".  Digging Deeper Questions: Where in your life is God inviting you to find contentment in the simple call to "listen & obey"?   Are there areas of life that feel difficult or chaotic for you? How does the hope of Jesus give you pea...

As we wrap up our series Jesus Matter, Pastor Marcus preaches on the Alpha & Omega. Pastor Marcus teaches that we are called to listen and obey, so that we can find peace and live forever.    Digging Deeper Questions: Where in your life is God inviting you to find contentment in the simple call to "listen & obey"? Are there areas of life that feel difficult or chaotic for you? How does the hope of...

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Chris Troxel "The Word Made Flesh".   Digging Deeper Questions: The sermon says that "existence requires experience." Where do you notice the difference between simply knowing about God and experiencing the life and light of Christ in your own story? John says, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us." What does it mean for you to tr...

For this service, ULC joined in worship at our church plant, Emmaus Lutheran. Pastor Chris Troxel preached on The Word Made Flesh.   Digging Deeper Questions: The sermon says that "existence requires experience." Where do you notice the difference between simply knowing about God and experiencing the life and light of Christ in your own story?  John says, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us....

On Christmas we celebrate Immanuel, God With Us. He invites us into the story beneath the story where we experience purpose, hope, and joy!

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Randy Duncan "The Perfect Servant" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Manger Throne".  Digging Deeper Questions: Where do you most need to hear this truth right now: that Jesus truly understands your weakness, fear, exhaustion, or pain? How does Christmas look different when you remember that God did not save you from a dist...

Pastor Randy Duncan continues our series Jesus Matters with a message on The Perfect Servant. Pastor Randy outlines how Jesus, the Perfect Servant gets us, saves us, and shapes us. 

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "The Image of God" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Holy Forever".  Digging Deeper Questions: When you think of the phrase "image of God," what comes to mind for you?   There is a lot one can know about God simply through reason and our senses, what does Jesus uniquely reveal about God?   As Pastor Gabe went th...

Jesus is the image of God. He shows us who God is. He shows us who we're meant to be, and he reconciles us to God and each other. This is good news of great joy for all people   Digging Deeper Questions: When you think of the phrase "image of God," what comes to mind for you? There is a lot one can know about God simply through reason and our senses, what does Jesus uniquely reveal about God? As P...

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Marcus Lane "Eternal Wisdom" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Light of the World (Sing Hallelujah)".      Digging Deeper Questions:   What forms of worldly wisdom do you find most enticing? How have you experienced these wisdoms as incomplete?   What difference does it make knowing that God's wisdom is not simply an idea o...

Proverbs 8 revolves around the notion of godly wisdom. Pastor Marcus dives into what Proverbs says about wisdom and how it relates to Jesus.    Digging Deeper Questions:  What forms of worldly wisdom do you find most enticing? How have you experienced these wisdoms as incomplete? What difference does it make knowing that God's wisdom is not simply an idea or an impersonal force but an actual perso...

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "Lord & Priest" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "There Is A King".      Digging Deeper Questions:   At the beginning of this sermon Pastor Gabe talked about the "scandal of particularity" why do you think God's revelation in the particular person of Jesus is so scandalous to the modern mind? Do you wrestle with...

As we kick off our new sermon series for Advent and Christmas, Jesus Matters, Pastor Gabe teaches on the messianic Psalm, Psalm 110. In this Psalm of David we hear the good news that Jesus is king, Jesus is priest, and Jesus is our priestly king.   Digging Deeper Questions:  At the beginning of this sermon Pastor Gabe talked about the "scandal of particularity" why do you think God's revelation in...

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "Blessing" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "Bless God".      Digging Deeper Questions:   Have you ever resorted to a Band-Aid solution to a problem? Big or small, how did that go?    Haggai has the people face the reality of God's Word and their failure to live in line with it. What are some ways we avoid facin...

As we close out our series on Haggai, Pastor Gabe teaches on the importance of not using a "band-aid solution" to our problems in life, but instead to face reality, consider God's ways, and find our true solution in the blessings of our King Jesus.   Digging Deeper Questions: Have you ever resorted to a Band-Aid solution to a problem? Big or small, how did that go?  Haggai has the people face the...

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Marcus Lane "Greater Glory" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "His Glory and My Good".    Digging Deeper Questions: How does God giving his permission invite you to both give thanks for past faithfulness and also contend with past failures? Are there specific things that come to mind?   Where do you need the strength of God'...

Pastor Marcus continues our series on Haggai with a message titled Greater Glory . In this sermon, Pastor Marcus outlines how as we build, we should have grief for the past, strength for the present, and hope for the future.    Digging Deeper Questions:  How does God giving his permission invite you to both give thanks for past faithfulness and also contend with past failures? Are there specific t...

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "Obedience" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on Nate's song, "Not My Own".  Digging Deeper Questions:   When you think of the word obedience what comes to mind for you?   What do you think are some of the most challenging commands of Jesus to obey? In our world? In your life?   Do you find yourself caught up in cli...

As the people of Israel obey Haggai's words to them, they begin to rebuild the temple. As we witness their obedience we get a blueprint of what faithful obedience to God looks like in our lives.   Digging Deeper Questions: When you think of the word obedience what comes to mind for you? What do you think are some of the most challenging commands of Jesus to obey? In our world? In your life?  Do yo...

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Marcus Lane "Rebuilding" and hear from Amy Duncan on why she chose "Hymn of Heaven" for worship on Sunday.   Digging Deeper Questions: When you think about what the church is called to build, what comes to mind? Is your picture of what we are called to build consistent with what God calls us to build?   Where do you see misaligned prio...