Sermons from Messiah Lutheran Church in Joliet, Illinois, featuring Pastors David Nygard, Kurt Hoover and David Stier.
Pastor Kurt gives us the phrase "Lost Sheep" to study from Luke 15! You know this study is called "word"play right? why do we keep phrases...jk
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Sinner" to study from Luke 15!
Pastor Kurt gives us a phrase to study today from Luke 14, "Has Ears"! We also talk about salt...probably a little too much...
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Everything" to study from Luke 14! Anybody gonna bring bagels on Sunday?
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Cost" to study from Luke 14! The story where we find it is fairly amusing to me
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Cross" to study from the Bible. What does cross stitching have to do with Jesus?
pastor Kurt gives us a word that makes most of us uncomfortable..."Hate". It's used more than you think and we talk a little longer about this word than expected
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Resurrection" to study from Luke 14! The main concept of our Christian faith, which really only appears in the New Testament. Interesting.
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Exalt" to study from Luke 14...did he say "skibbidi"?
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Honor" to study from Luke chapter 14!
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Sabbath" to Study from Luke 14. Doesn't happen as often as you think...
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Lawful" to study from Luke chapter 14. I talk about DnD some more...sorry
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Recline" or the phrase "Recline at Table" to study from Luke 13, our reading for this coming Sunday! Anyone down for a trip to AMC?
Pastor Kurt Hoover gives us another phrase to study from the reading for this Sunday! "Gnashing of Teeth" which still makes me think of Elites from the Halo franchise...I'm a nerd.
Pastor Kurt Hoover gives us more than one word to study today! We have the phrase "Narrow Door" to take a closer look at in our reading.
Pastor Kurt Hoover gives us our word to study which is "Strive".
Pastor Kurt Hoover gives us our word to study which is "Saved"! A common theme in our Christian vocabulary...or is it?
Pastor Bill gives us the word "Faithfully" to study from Jeremiah 23.
Pastor Bill gives us the word "Word" to study from Jeremiah 23. Funny right?
Pastor Bill gives us the word "Stubbornly" to study from Jeremiah 23.
Pastor Bill gives us the word "Hypocrites" to study from Luke 12.
Pastor Bill picks our words for this week and has chosen the word "Division" for our first discussion!
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!
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!
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!
Mike Brown gives us his testimony and some advice on how saying "No" may be helpful!
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!
Our Bookkeeper Sherri gives us a run down on all she does for our ministry here at Messiah!
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"!
Kate gives us an interview on what her role at Messiah is and how our Building Liason impacts the use of our church!
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!
Pastor Kurt Hoover introduces his newest sermon series on how to build and maintain self-confidence!
Pastor Emeritus Dave Nygard explains how the devil attacks us in our lives!
Another sermon in Pastor Kurt's Sermon series called "Six places Jesus promised to be"
Pastor Kurt Hoover brings us another place where we can find Jesus according to His promises!
Brought to you by Pastor Kurt Hoover. Yes. It's about a table. And Jesus.
Pastor Nygard gives us a sermon on the importance of baptism and why we should always be "Walking Wet"!
Presented by Pastor Kurt Hoover in our new sermon series!
Ending off our "What's Next" sermon series and finishing explaining the Bring, Build, Bump vision!
Following up on the Last Sermon and continuing explaining our Bring, Build, Bump vision!
Pastor Kurt Hoover gives us the Penultimate sermon in our series "What's Next?".
Pastor Nygard gives us a Message telling us about the one thing that God can't do!
A child of our congregation(He's a little grown up now) gives us a sermon following our NEXT series!
Continuing our sermon series on what comes next in our ministry for the kingdom!
A message to rally behind as we enter a new school year and look forward to what comes next in God's plan!
A sermon following the disciples questions of Jesus and how he cares for us!
The final sermon in our "Could He Be" Series!
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! :)
A continuation of our "Could He Be?" series presented by Pastor Hoover!
Another lesson on what God could be for you!
A sermon expanding on the miracles of Jesus and the dispute about whether He is God.