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Sermons from Messiah Lutheran Church in Joliet, Illinois, featuring Pastors David Nygard, Kurt Hoover and David Stier.

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    • Apr 10, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 21m AVG DURATION
    • 220 EPISODES


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    Episode 9: Fireside Chats: Meet Herb

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 20:49


    We sit down with Herb Alexander who has been our Choir Director here for some time! In this interview we learn how he came to be at Messiah and his goals for the future of our church!

    Episode 8: Fireside Chats: Meet Season

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 12:24


    Our Children's Choir Director gives us an insight into her plans for the future of the ministries she is leading. She also really likes walking!

    Episode 7: Fireside Chats: Meet Leslie

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 27:02


    Our Children's Ministry Director, Leslie, gives us some insight into how she came to be at Messiah and what she likes to do to relax!

    Episode 6: Fireside Chats: Meet Mike

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 19:16


    Mike Brown gives us his testimony and some advice on how saying "No" may be helpful!

    Episode 5: Fireside Chats: Meet Pastor Kurt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 19:29


    Pastor Kurt Hoover sits down and tells us his vision for Messiah as well as his story of how he got here! Fun Fact: The Host and Kurt like DnD!

    Episode 4: Fireside Chats: Meet Sherri

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 12:40


    Our Bookkeeper Sherri gives us a run down on all she does for our ministry here at Messiah!

    Episode 3: Fireside Chats: Meet Vicki

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 11:28


    In this episode we interview our Office Administrator, Vicki Dallman, and hear how she came to be at Messiah! It truly feels like a "God Thing"!

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    Episode 2: Fireside Chats: Meet Kate

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 11:50


    Kate gives us an interview on what her role at Messiah is and how our Building Liason impacts the use of our church!

    Episode 1: Fireside Chats: Meet Justin Brown & Nikolai Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 20:01


    Hello! Welcome to the first ever episode of Fireside Chats! Our first season is focused on meeting the staff here at Messiah Lutheran Church and helping people see all the things that are done around the church day to day!  Our first episode is a conversation between Justin Brown (Worship Coordinator) and Nikolai Stier (Tech Director/Host) discussing what our normal week looks like at Messiah and our goals for the year!

    Episode 205: 11/17/24 "The Secret Ingredients to Self-Confidence: H"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 20:27


    Pastor Kurt Hoover introduces his newest sermon series on how to build and maintain self-confidence!

    Episode 204: 11/10/24 "The Devil is a Liar (One Little Word Shall Fell Him)"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 17:52


    Pastor Emeritus Dave Nygard explains how the devil attacks us in our lives!

    Episode 203: 11/03/24 "The Promise of a Friend"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 29:08


    Another sermon in Pastor Kurt's Sermon series called "Six places Jesus promised to be"

    Episode 202: 10/27/24 "6 Places Jesus Promised to Be: The Promise of a Preacher"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 17:23


    Pastor Kurt Hoover brings us another place where we can find Jesus according to His promises!

    Episode 201: 10/20/24 "6 Places Jesus Promised to Be: The Promise of the Table"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 20:16


    Brought to you by Pastor Kurt Hoover. Yes. It's about a table. And Jesus.

    Episode 200: 10/13/24 "Walking Wet" by Pastor David Nygard

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 19:58


    Pastor Nygard gives us a sermon on the importance of baptism and why we should always be "Walking Wet"!

    Episode 199: 10/06/24 Six Places Jesus Promised To Be: "The Promise of Healing"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 29:37


    Presented by Pastor Kurt Hoover in our new sermon series!

    Episode 198: 09/29/24 "What is NEXT For Messiah?" (Bump) by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 17:35


    Ending off our "What's Next" sermon series and finishing explaining the Bring, Build, Bump vision!

    Episode 197: 09/22/24 "What Is NEXT For Messiah?" (Build) by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 26:06


    Following up on the Last Sermon and continuing explaining our Bring, Build, Bump vision!

    Episode 196: 09/15/24 "What Is NEXT For Messiah?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 21:39


    Pastor Kurt Hoover gives us the Penultimate sermon in our series "What's Next?".

    Episode 195: 09/08/24 "Both Sides Now" by Pastor Dave Nygard

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 18:54


    Pastor Nygard gives us a Message telling us about the one thing that God can't do!

    Episode 194: 09/01/24 "What is NEXT For Your Family?" by Guest Pastor Matt Tracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 16:54


    A child of our congregation(He's a little grown up now) gives us a sermon following our NEXT series!

    Episode 193: 08/25/24 "What's NEXT in Joliet?" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 20:50


    Continuing our sermon series on what comes next in our ministry for the kingdom!

    Episode 192: 08/18/24 "What is NEXT In the Kingdom?" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 23:12


    A message to rally behind as we enter a new school year and look forward to what comes next in God's plan!

    Episode 191: 08/11/24 "Teacher, Don't You Care?" by Pastor Dave Nygard

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 19:24


    A sermon following the disciples questions of Jesus and how he cares for us!

    Episode 190: 08/04/24 "Could He Feed Your Exhaustion?" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 24:12


    The final sermon in our "Could He Be" Series!

    Episode 189: 07/28/24 "Could He Walk Into Your Storm?" by Brian Phipps

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 17:42


    A Special Guest Brian Phipps gives us a message on how God is there for us through our storms. Watch the Master of Cliffhangers at work! :)

    Episode 188: 07/21/24 "Could He Be Enough for You?" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 15:52


    A continuation of our "Could He Be?" series presented by Pastor Hoover!

    Episode 187: 07/14/24 "Could He Be Your Resurrection?" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 19:08


    Another lesson on what God could be for you!

    Episode 186: 07/07/24 "Could He Be Your God?" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 22:09


    A sermon expanding on the miracles of Jesus and the dispute about whether He is God.

    Episode 185: 06/30/24 "The Story of the Bible (Part 4): For The Whole World" by Pastor David Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 22:33


    Our final sermon from Pastor David Stier for the near future as he is answering a call down in Georgia. Thank you Pastor and Godspeed!

    Episode 184: 06/23/24 "The Story of the Bible (Part 3)1: The Hebrew Scriptures" by Pastor David Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 24:06


    The third in our series about how The Bible came to us today!

    Episode 183: 06/16/24 "The Story of the Bible (Part 2): In The Beginning" by Pastor David Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 26:50


    We continue to dive into how we got the historical document called, "The Bible"

    Episode 182: 06/09/24 "Dare to be a Nicodemus" by Pastor Emeritus Dave Nygard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 17:21


    Another sermon included in the "Jesus' Stories" series presented by an old friend of the church!

    Episode 181: 06/02/24 "The Story of The Bible (Part 1): Last Things First" by Pastor David Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 23:48


    'The first part of a sermon series on the creation of the document we know as "The Bible".

    Episode 180: 05/26/24 "Jesus Stories: Soul For Rent" by Pastor David Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 18:38


    Pastor Dave gives a powerful sermon on one of Jesus' Stories towards the religious leaders of his day!

    Episode 179: 05/19/24 "Family Adventure 4: Unforgettable" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 24:51


    Another episode in our Family Adventure Series!

    Episode 178: 05/12/24 "A Mother's Love" by Pastor Dave Nygard

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 17:45


    A Special Mother's Day sermon from our Pastor Emeritus Dave Nygard!  (Edit: I had the date wrong in the title this past week. It is now correct)

    Episode 177: 05/05/24 "Family Adventure 2: You Were Built For This!" by Pastor David Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 22:42


    The second in our series following our "Family Adventure"s!

    Episode 176: 04/28/24 "Family Adventure 1: Jesus, the True Vine" by Pastor David Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 20:00


    The first instance in our "Family Adventure" series! Join next week for more family based sermons!

    Episode 175: 04/21/24 "Empty 3: Known" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 20:40


    The third installment of our "Empty" series following the resurrection of Jesus!

    Episode 174: 04/14/24 "Empty 2: Opened" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 24:51


    The second sermon in our "Empty" series following the resurrection of Jesus!

    Episode 173: 04/07/24 "Empty 1: Filled" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 18:38


    The first of our sermon series following the resurrection of Jesus!

    Episode 172: 03/31/24 "Death. Where Is Your Sting?" by Pastor David Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 20:37


    Our 11am sermon from Easter Sunday. HE IS RISEN INDEED!

    Episode 171: 03/31/24 "Focus-In a Distracting Land" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 19:16


    Pastor Kurt's Sermon from Easter Sunday! HE IS RISEN INDEED!

    Episode 170: 03/24/24 "If We Don’t Praise Jesus, the Stones Will Cry Out” (Why should they have all the fun?) by Pastor Dave Nygard

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 17:06


    Our Palm Sunday Sermon presented by our retired Pastor Nygard!

    Episode 169: 03/17/24 "Deeper Magic 5: What the Cross Means to the Church" by Pastor David Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 23:51


    The final installment of our Deeper Magic Series! This one details exactly what the cross meant for us as the Christian Church and includes a some-what graphic description of what being crucified was like.

    Episode 168: 03/10/24 "Deeper Magic 4: What the Cross Means to the World" by Pastor David Stier

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 23:16


    Another installment branching from our "Deeper Magic" series!

    Episode 167: 03/03/2024 “Deeper Magic 3: What the Cross Means to Christ" By Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 16:27


    The third installment in our "Deeper Magic" series with C.S. Lewis' Narnia Allegory

    Episode 166: 02/25/24 "Deeper Magic 2: What the Cross Means to Satan" by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 23:44


    The Second sermon in our "Deeper Magic" Series

    Episode 165: 02/18/24 “Deeper Magic 1: What the Cross Means to God” by Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 22:00


    The first sermon in our journey through the "Deeper Magic" series, presented by Pastor Kurt

    Episode 164: 02/11/24 “Busy 7: How Religion is Lost” By Pastor Kurt Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 21:13


    The final sermon in our "Busy" series spear-headed by Pastor Kurt!

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