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Calamus Lutheran Parish Sermons

Worship 2024-07-28

·55 min·5 clips
A youth explains that being brave means realizing you're never alone and keeping up relationships with God and others.
The episode begins with Pastor Leah welcoming the congregation and making announcements, including a shareholders luncheon for youth gathering participants and a basket raffle. She shares prayer requests for Larry Schau's health complications and Todd Clays' recent death. The service proceeds with a confession of sin, focusing on human doubt in God's abundance. Psalm 139 is read, emphasizing God's omnipresence and creation. The Gospel reading from John 6 recounts Jesus feeding 5,000 people with five barley loaves and two fish, followed by walking on water. Pastor Leah delivers a children's sermon, inviting youth to discuss their trip to the ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans and linking it to discipleship. Four youth then share reflections on the gathering's daily themes: created to be brave, authentic, free, and disruptive, with insights on love, authenticity, freedom, and challenging norms. The baptism of Sadie Lynn follows, including vows from her parents and godparents, renunciation of sin, and profession of the Apostles' Creed. Prayers are offered for the church, creation, peace, healing, and the departed, specifically mentioning Todd Clays' family. Communion is celebrated with words of institution and the Lord's Prayer, and the service ends with a blessing. The format blends liturgical elements with personal testimonies and community events.

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A church-centered service that ties baptism, discipleship, and communion together with youth reflections and a children's message.

This service brings welcome, announcements, Sadie's baptism, a children's message about loving others as Jesus loves, and reflections from youth who attended the youth gathering in New Orleans into one steady morning.

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For a Sunday that folds baptism, youth reflections, and a 15-hour train ride to New Orleans into one service.

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