Sermons
2019 (please click date to open)
April 14, 2019 “Clash of Peace” Luke 19:28-40
April 7, 2019 “The Do A New Thing God” Isaiah 43:16-21
March 24, 2019 “At Home in God” Isaiah 55:1-9
March 17, 2019 “To Be Continued…” Luke 13:31-35
Ordination Sermon March 3, 2019 “Faith Curtails Fear” Ordination of Christine Wilke at Emanuel Church, Hales Corners, UCC
February 24, 2019 “Nevertheless, Say ‘Yes'” Genesis 45:3-11, 15
February 17, 2019 “Blessings and Woes” Luke 6:17-26
February 10, 2019 “Radical Trust, Growing Faith” Luke 5:1-11
February 3, 2019 “Love Like Jesus” Luke 4:21=30
Jan. 20, 2019 “Signs & Symbols” John 2:1-11
Jan 13, 2019 “God, Baptism & Mystery” Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
2018 (Please Click the Date to Open)
Dec. 2, 2018 “Advent Hope in Context” Jeremiah 33:14-16
Nov 11, 2018 “You Are A Gift of God” Mark 12:38-44
Nov. 4, 2018 “All Saint’s Sunday” Mark 12:28-34
Oct 21, 2018 “The Jesus Team” Stewardship Theme 2018 Matthew 9:37-38
Ordination Sermon October 14, 2018 Ordination of Lois Buchholz at Emanuel Church, Hales Corners UCC
Oct, 7, 2018 “The Power of Listening” Hebrews 1:1-4. 2:5-12
Sept 30, 2018 “Esther: A Picture of Courage” Esther 7:1-6, 9-10 & 9:20-22
Sept. 23, 2018 “Human Competition or Kingdom Collaboration” Mark 9:30-37
Sept. 16, 2018 “Who Am I?” Mark 8:27-38
Sept. 9, 2018 “The Risk of Being Open” Mark 7:24-37
Sept. 2, 2018 “Inside Out” Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
August 26, 2018 “Home” Psalm 84 & Ephesians 6:10-20
Aug. 19, 2018 “Compassion” Psalm 111
Aug 5, 2018 “I Am the Bread of Life, and Emanuel’s August Fest” John 6:24-35
July 29, 2018 “Miracles and Meaning” John 6:1-21
July 22, 2018 “Jesus for an Emerging Church” Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
July 1, 2018 “Turning Annoying Into Anointing” Mark 5:21-43
June 24, 2018 “Equipped for the Storms” Mark 4:35-41
June 17. 2018 “Unconventional God” Mark 4:26-34
June 10, 2018 “Best-Case Scenario” 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
June 3, 2018 “Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You” Mark 2:23-3:6
May 27, 2018 “Worship Wherever You Are” Isaiah 6:1-8
May 13. 2018 “Happiness: It Takes Practice” Psalm 1
May 6, 2018 “Giving Ourself in Love” John 15:9-17
April 22, 2018 “Who Is Not Here?” I Samuel 16 Sermon by Bonnie Gleesing
April 15, 2018 “Seeing with Resurrection Eyes” Luke 24:36b-48
March 25 2018 “The Power of Spiritual Emptying” Philippians 2:5-11
March 4, 2018 “Harnessing Anger in the Work of Love” John 2:13-22
February 4, 2018 Mark 1:29-39 Rev. Dale Stohre
January 28, 2018 Mark 1:21-28 Rev. Dale Stohre
January 14, 2018 “What if You Were Next?” Mark 1;4-11
January 7, 2018 “Going Home Different” Matthew 2:1-12
2017 (please click date to open)
Dec 31, 2017 ‘Hope and Fear: Anna” Luke 2:22-40
Dec. 17, 2017 “True Source of Joy” Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
Dec. 3, 2017 “Blue Christmas” Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
Nov. 26 2017 “Finding Christ in the Vulnerable” Matthew 25:31-46
Nov. 19, 2017 “Practicing Risk” Matthew 25:14-30
Nov 12, 2017 “We Can Be More” Matthew 25:1-13
Nov. 5, 2017 “All Saints Sunday”
Oct 29, 2017 “A Spiritual Edge” I Thessalonians 2:1-8
Oct. 15, 2017 “Golden Calf! So What?” Exodus 32:1-14
October 8, 2017 “Move Toward the Light” Psalm 19
Oct 1. 2017 “World Communion Sunday” Exodus 17:1-7
Sept 17, 2017 “Judgement and Church Squabbles” Romans 14:1-12
Sept 10, 2017 “Forgiveness” Matthew 18:15-20
August 27, 2017 “Transforming @ 64” Mr. Gene Detert
August 20, 2017 “Spiritual Foundation to Counter Hatred and Violence” Genesis 45:1-15
August 13, 2017 “Getting Out of the Boat” Matthew 14:22-33
Aug 6. 2017 “Faith and Wrestling with God” Genesis 32:22-32
July 30, 3017 “The Mustard Seed Kingdom” Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
July 23, 2017 “Against All Odds, Wheat IS Growing” Matthew 13:24-30
July 16, 2017 “Seeds of Grace” Matthew 13:1-9
July 9, 2017 “Yoked to Christ” Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
July 2, 2017 “Bridge Escorts” Jeremiah 28:5-9
June 18, 2017 “It’s’ God at the Door: Immigration” Genesis 18:1-15
June 11, 2017 “Focusing on the Great Commission” Matthew 28:16-20
June 4, 2017 “Equal But Not Same” Acts 2 Preached by Mrs. Christine Wilke
May 28. 2017 “On the Move God” Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35
May 21, 2017 “The Grounded Followers of An Ascended Savior” Luke 24:44-53
May 14, 2017 “A Motherly God for Mother’s Day” John 14:1-14
May 7, 2017 “Community in God” Acts 2:42-47
April 30, 2017 “Stages of Faith” Luke 24:13-35
April 23 2017 “Breath, Forgiveness and Peacemaking” John 20:19-31
April 16, 2017 “God Has Another Move” Matthew 28:1-10
April 2, 2017 “Ordinary Resurrections” Ezekiel 37:1-14
March 19, 2017 “Thirsty for God” Exodus 17:1-7
March 12, 2017 “God’s Love: Bargain or Bond?” John 3:1-17
March 5, 2017 “The Temptor and Privilege” Matthew 4:1-11
February 19, 2017 “Non-violent Resistance” Matthew 5:38-48 (I owe many of these exegetical insights to Rev. Walter Wink)
February 12, 2017 “Unconditionally Loved, Completely Forgiven” John 21:4-17
February 5, 2017 “We Are God’s People All Week Long” Isaiah 58:1-9a
January 22, 2017 “Called into the Unknown” Matthew 4:12-23
January 15, 2017 “Where is God?” Psalm 40:1-11
January 8, 2017 Sermon by Rev. Dale Stohre
2015 (please click date to open)
November 22, 2015 Rev. Jane Anderson, Matthew 6:24-34
November 15, 2015 Rev. Dale Stohre Psalm 16