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Worship from Queen Anne Lutheran Church from July 26, 2026, our 10 AM service with Pastor Dan Peterson and Guest Organist Martha Freitag.Prelude— Praeludium II, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy • Gathering Hymn—Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty (ELW 533) • First Reading—1 Kings 3:5-12 • Second Reading— Romans 8:26-39 • Gospel—Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 • Sermon— Pastor Dan Peterson "On Prayer" • Hymn of the Day—Be Thou My Vision (ELW 793) • Distribution Hymn—I Come with Joy (ELW 482) • Sending Hymn —Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing ( ELW 545) • Postlude—Basse de Trompette, Elisabeth Jacquet de la GuerreLink here to view the bulletin.Enjoying our worship recordings?Go here to make a donation to our church
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost - July 26, 2026 - Pastor Mark Tiefel
A sermon by the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (July 26, 2026) at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta
Sermon by the Very Reverend Anne M. Maxwell
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In today's gospel Jesus offers everyday images that reveal to us the reign of God: a tree that becomes a sheltering home, yeast that penetrates and expands, a treasured pearl, a net that gains a great catch. Even as we seek the riches of God's reign, the great surprise is that God's grace finds us first!Scripture Readings: Romans 8:26-39 ;Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 26, 2026 Christians Seek Spiritual Wealth Sermon based on 1 Kings 3:5-12 https://stpeterchurchmodesto.org/
Fr. David Trautman expounds on the parables in Matthew 13, inviting us to see connections in the ways that Jesus explains the kingdom.If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us at https://www.servantsanglican.org/
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Word & Sermon Weekly – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – July 26, 20266 Deuteronomy 7:6–9 Romans 8:28–39 Matthew 13:44–52 Learn more about Zion Lutheran Church and the Christian faith, by subscribing to this podcast, and joining us next Sunday by visiting www.zionhiawatha.org
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Worship from Queen Anne Lutheran Church from July 19, 2026, our 10 AM service with Pastor Dan Peterson and Guest Organist Martha Freitag. Gathering Hymn—Great Is Thy Faithfulness (ELW 733) • First Reading—Isaiah 44:6-8 • Second Reading— Romans 8:12-25 • Gospel—Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 • Sermon— Pastor Dan Peterson "God Depends on Us" • Hymn of the Day—LThere's a Wideness in God's Mercy (ELW 588) • Distribution Hymn—Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether (ELW 470) • Sending Hymn —Go to the World ( ACS 991) • PostludeLink here to view the bulletin.Enjoying our worship recordings
Word & Sermon Weekly – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – July 19, 20266 Isaiah 44:6–8 Romans 8:18–27 Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 Learn more about Zion Lutheran Church and the Christian faith, by subscribing to this podcast, and joining us next Sunday by visiting www.zionhiawatha.org
A sermon by the Rev. Canon Salmoon Bashir on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (July 19, 2026) at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta
Sermon by the Reverend Christopher McAbee
Sermon by the Reverend Christopher McAbee
Sermon by the Very Reverend Anne M. Maxwell
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 19, 2026 Christians Live as Wheat among Weeds Sermon based on Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 https://stpeterchurchmodesto.org/
God's word is like the rain that waters the earth and brings forth vegetation. It is also like the sower who scatters seed indiscriminately. Our lives are like seeds sown in the earth. Even from what appears to be little, dormant, or dead, God promises a harvest. At the Lord's table we are fed with the bread of life, that we may bear fruit in the world.Scripture Readings: Isaiah 55:10-13; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Though we often think we know best, God alone knows who and what is a part of his kingdom. Deacon Justin Smith invites us to embrace trusting the Lord because he will set things right in the end. And in case you were wondering, eventually Justin found the water shut off valve and replaced the leaky part with no trouble at all. :)If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us at https://www.servantsanglican.org/
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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost - July 19, 2026 - Pastor Seth Dorn
Worship from Queen Anne Lutheran Church from July 12, 2026, our 10 AM service with Pastor Dan Peterson and Guest Organist Martha Freitag.Prelude • Introit—from Psalm 55 • Gathering Hymn—Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (ELW 510) • First Reading—Isaiah 55:10-13 • Second Reading— Romans 8:1-11 • Gospel—Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 • Sermon— Pastor Dan Peterson "An Invitation to Life" • Hymn of the Day—Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word (ELW 517) • Distribution Hymn—Around You, O Lord Jesus (ELW 468) • Sending Hymn —Thy Strong Word ( ELW 511) • PostludeLink here to view the bulletin.Enjoying our worship recordings
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost - July 12, 2026 - Pastor Seth Dorn
A sermon by the Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (July 12, 2026) at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 12, 2026 Christians Are Planted By the Word Sermon based on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 https://stpeterchurchmodesto.org/
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IntroductionGod's word is like the rain that waters the earth and brings forth vegetation. It is also like the sower who scatters seed indiscriminately. Our lives are like seeds sown in the earth. Even from what appears to be little, dormant, or dead, God promises a harvest. At the Lord's table we are fed with the bread of life, that we may bear fruit in the world.Readings: First Lesson: Isaiah 55:10-13, and Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
The soil of our lives can be a place where the Word flourishes and fruit abounds when we not only listen but hear the Lord speak. Soon-to-be-deacon Beth Kirby reminds us to be faithful to invite the Lord to help us become fruitful servants.If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us at https://www.servantsanglican.org/
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Word & Sermon Weekly – Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 12, 20266 Isaiah 55:10–13 Romans 8:12–17 Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23 Learn more about Zion Lutheran Church and the Christian faith, by subscribing to this podcast, and joining us next Sunday by visiting www.zionhiawatha.org
Worship from Queen Anne Lutheran Church from July 5, 2026, our 10 AM service with Guest Pastor Rachel Ringlaben and Cantor Kyle Haugen.Prelude—Meditative selections on the tune BEACH SPRING (ELW 777): Kristina Langlois (b. 1959) • Wayne Wold (b. 1954) • Janet Linker (b. 1938) • Introit—from Psalm 48:8, 9, 1 • Gathering Hymn—Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (ELW 807) • First Reading—Zechariah 9:9-12 • Second Reading— Romans 7:15-25a • Gospel—Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 • Sermon—Guest Pastor Rachel Ringlaben • Hymn of the Day—Come to Me, All Pilgrims Thirsty (ELW 777) • Distribution Hymn—Blessed Assurance (ELW 468) • Sending Hymn —Lift Every Voice and Sing ( ELW 841) • Postlude—A festive setting of beach spring (ELW 777), Edwin T. Childs (b. 1945)Link here to view the bulletin.Enjoying our worship recordings
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Sermon by the Reverend Christopher McAbee
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 5, 2026 Christians Live in Two Kingdoms Sermon based on Matthew 22:15-22 https://stpeterchurchmodesto.org/
Fr. James Manley brings us his thoughts on the readings: Jesus came humbly, offering forgiveness and a light yoke.If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us at https://www.servantsanglican.org/
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Matt Skinner, Karoline Lewis, and Cody Sanders tackle Matthew's parable of the wheat and the weeds and its unsettling questions about judgment and impostors in the community of faith. They turn to Isaiah 44's witness against idols, Jacob's dream at Bethel and God's promise to migrants, Psalm 86's memorable use of the word "ruffians," and Paul's rare focus on creation's groaning for redemption in Romans 8. Along the way, they connect that cosmic vision to modern issues like environmental harm and data center water usage, giving preachers rich homiletical angles for July 19, 2026.
Cody Sanders, Karoline Lewis, and Matt Skinner unpack the lectionary texts for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. They dig into the parables of the mustard seed, the yeast, the hidden treasure, the pearl, and the dragnet from Matthew 13.The hosts explore why Jesus chose strange, subversive images to describe the kingdom of heaven. They discuss the woman who hides yeast in an enormous amount of flour, connecting the parable to Gospel of Thomas variants. The team wrestles with the dragnet's uncomfortable sorting imagery and warns against easy allegorization. They turn to Solomon's request for an understanding mind in 1 Kings 3 and connect it to Psalm 119's themes of memory and discernment. The conversation moves to Jacob, Rachel, and Laban in Genesis 29, addressing marriage, gender, and power in the ancient world. They close with Romans 8:26-39, highlighting its pastoral power for people who have experienced religious condemnation.Cody shares a story about the MCC Church of San Francisco during the AIDS epidemic. This episode offers preachers fresh angles on parables, wisdom, and grace for July 26.
Titles matter. So does the soil. On this episode of Sermon Brainwave, Matt Skinner, Caroline Lewis, and Cody Sanders dig into the texts for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (July 12, 2026).The team wrestles with Matthew's Parable of the Sower and asks what it really means to "bear fruit." Is it congregational growth? Spiritual maturity? Something else entirely? Cody points out the parable's strange, almost anti-strategic logic: why would a sower scatter seed on every kind of ground, including the bad soil? The hosts connect this to Jesus' own approach to ministry and mission.The conversation moves through Isaiah 55's image of creation itself rejoicing, then into Genesis 25's story of Jacob and Esau, a text the hosts caution can easily be misused to justify xenophobia and tribal hatred if preached without care. From there, they turn to Psalm 65 and its language of a God who answers prayer, before closing with Romans 8 and Paul's teaching on flesh and spirit. Cody offers an important corrective here, naming how "flesh" language has historically been weaponized against bodies, women, and queer people, and pointing preachers toward a healthier way to handle the text.Whether you're preaching the parable, the psalm, the epistle, or the Genesis narrative this week, this episode offers grounded, honest reflection to help shape your sermon.
What does it mean to come to Jesus weary and burdened? In this episode of the Sermon Brainwave podcast, Karoline Lewis, Cody Sanders, and Matt Skinner dig into a rich set of texts for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A. The conversation centers on Matthew 11:28–30 and the promise of rest — but not the kind that soothes middle-class stress. These are beatitude people, crushed under systemic weight, for whom Jesus offers liberation one act of mercy at a time.The hosts unpack the yoke imagery, explore what "rest" means for bodies burdened by imperial economies (ancient and modern), and consider the book Rest Is Resistance as a lens for prophetic preaching. They also take on a challenging passage from Romans 7, where Paul's portrait of a divided self opens an unexpected window into addiction, neurobiology, and how sin operates not just through personal moral failure but through systems — from opioid distribution networks to algorithmically engineered technology. The Pope's recent encyclical on AI even makes an appearance.Along the way, the group touches on Zechariah 9's post-exilic vision of a humble king riding a donkey (and why that image matters beyond Palm Sunday), the often-overlooked agency of Rebekah in Genesis 24, and how Psalm 145 might work better as liturgy than as sermon text.