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![St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI - July 21st, 2024](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3536732/stpaulsiconcolor_300x300.png)
6 days ago
6 days ago
Summer is the time of year when many people try to get some time away and find a little rest and relaxation. Yet with this event and that trip they often find themselves even more tired than when they began. Today, Jesus offers his disciples rest after they returned from his mission to preach and heal from village to village. Yet this was so much more than a vacation. It was quiet time alone with him to be truly refreshed in their soul. Jesus still sends spiritual leaders to his people, and again to us this weekend “The Shepherd Offers Rest.” Our sermon today comes from Jeremiah 23.
![July 14, 2024 Worship](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3536732/stpaulsiconcolor_300x300.png)
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
July 14, 2024 Worship
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
When our God calls us to do ministry…he also gives us authority. We are sharing God’s own authoritative Word. This is meaningful ministry as Jesus gives instructions for disciples. Our sermon today comes from Matthew 9-10.
![July 7th 2024 - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3536732/stpaulsiconcolor_300x300.png)
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
July 7th 2024 - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
We have had so many storms roll through our county this year! There were straight-line winds that shook houses and downed branches. There are ponds in places they are not supposed to be. Most of us can weather a little thunder and lightning. But when we’re up to our necks in guilt and waves of temptation crash around us, when winds of helplessness howl and death strikes suddenly, where will we turn and who will rescue us? Only Jesus. He is “Our Courage in the Storm.” Our sermon today comes from Mark 4.
![June 30th 2024 - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3536732/stpaulsiconcolor_300x300.png)
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
June 30th 2024 - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
He had lost everything – even the shirt off his back – and was sold into slavery. How could that possibly have turned out well? Yet the Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered. And under his management, so did everything in his master’s household. The circumstances we find ourselves in may lead us to ask how things could possibly turn out well. But the Lord has made us managers or stewards of all that he has entrusted to us: our time, our skills, our finances. He blesses us with far more than we deserve and has in store for us far more than we could have ever imagined. Today, we look to our gracious God to learn about “Stewardship that Surpasses Expectations”. Our sermon comes from 2 Corinthians 8.
![June 23, 2024 Worship form St. Paul's Howards Grove Wi.](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3536732/stpaulsiconcolor_300x300.png)
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
June 23, 2024 Worship form St. Paul's Howards Grove Wi.
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Whether it comes slowly or suddenly, each of us must face death. It is the wages of sin. When it strikes someone in our own family, it is devastating. The daughter of a synagogue leader was deathly sick, and he went to Jesus for help. Jesus told him not to be afraid; just believe. Jesus listened to his request. Jesus went with him. Jesus did more than he asked and certainly more than he deserved. He showed his deep compassion to rescue from death. He does the same for us. “Trust Jesus for Life.” Our sermon comes from Lamentations 3.
![June 16th 2024 - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3536732/stpaulsiconcolor_300x300.png)
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
June 16th 2024 - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Last year many were concerned that there might not be enough rain for the crops. This year people have said there is too much rain. There is so much about farming that is out of our control. Yet things will still grow. That is how God designed it. Plants will grow and God will provide our daily bread. Today, Jesus teaches us that the same is true of God’s kingdom. Jesus’ powerful Word will bring growth within us, around us, and all over. For this we give thanks and continue to pray, that “God’s Kingdom Grows”. Our sermon today comes from Philippians 1.
![June 9th 2024 - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3536732/stpaulsiconcolor_300x300.png)
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
June 9th 2024 - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
He has been around since the beginning. The Bible describes him as a serpent, a lion, a dragon, a ruler. He is a powerful spirit that schemes to bring about desolation, deception and death throughout this world. The devil can do his worst. But it is not enough. The Lord promised to crush his head. Jesus came to tie him up. In Jesus, the victory is ours. “Satan is Bound to Lose.” Our sermon today comes from Revelation 20.
![St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI - June 2nd, 2024](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3536732/stpaulsiconcolor_300x300.png)
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI - June 2nd, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
The Pharisees fed off of laws. They had set up hundreds of extra laws – many of them about the Sabbath – all thinking they could satisfy God by their own behavior. So, when Jesus’ hungry disciples picked some grain on the Sabbath, the Pharisees accused them of unlawful working. Jesus was fed up with this attitude of legalism, which Christians still serve up today. Trying to please God with the law alone is a recipe for self-righteousness or despair. By the law, God craves complete holiness and will toss away anything less. Today, Jesus teaches the true meaning of the Sabbath and says to “Give Legalism a Rest”. Our sermon comes from Deuteronomy 5.
![St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI - May 26th, 2024](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3536732/stpaulsiconcolor_300x300.png)
Sunday May 26, 2024
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI - May 26th, 2024
Sunday May 26, 2024
Sunday May 26, 2024
Just who is God? The highest heavens cannot contain him. His judgments are unsearchable and his paths beyond tracing out. Yet the Spirit, who was poured out on Pentecost and whose coming we celebrated last weekend, searches the deep things of God and makes known what God has freely given us. On this Trinity Sunday, we consider the One whom the Spirit leads us to trust. He is holy, and the whole earth is full of his glory. He is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who makes us heirs of glory. He brings us into his kingdom by water and the Spirit. Now and forever, "The Triune God Gives Us Life."
![May 19th 2024 - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3536732/stpaulsiconcolor_300x300.png)
Sunday May 19, 2024
May 19th 2024 - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Howards Grove, WI
Sunday May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
In the Easter season, we have heard Jesus promise his disciples over and over that he would send the Holy Spirit. On Pentecost, the wait was finally over. Like a powerful tidal wave, the Holy Spirit was poured out. He came to saturate Jerusalem with the message of the Savior. Jesus did and said so much that the apostle John would later surmise by the Spirit that the whole world would not have room for the books that could be written about Jesus’ words and works. As we celebrate the festival of Pentecost once again today, we have “The Holy Spirit Sent with Testimony”. Our sermon comes from Ezekiel 37.