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June 30, 2009
Luke 15:1-10
THE VALUE OF WHAT WAS LOST
By guest preacher - Rev. Dr. A. Andrew Das.
Topics: Podcast
Sermon from 06-21-09
June 29, 2009
Sermon from 06-21-09.
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Free Concert on August 7th
June 17, 2009
Chris Driesbach will be performing at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Lombard, Illinois on August 7 at 7pm. The concert is open to the public… and more importantly… FREE!
Chris will be performing his new Christian songs for children. He also loves to sing about his church and Jesus.
Chris has a very interesting story to tell:
I’m the musician at Crown of Life WELS in New Orleans, and during the last 2 and a half years I’ve been on many “Thank You” trips, playing concerts at over 350 churches in 31 states from Anchorage Alaska to Orlando Florida. My songs are all original Christian music and I love to tell the story of our church and my own journey to faith.
Crown of Life was almost destroyed August 29, 2005 when flooding caused by hurricane Katrina put 4.5 feet of muddy seawater in our 3 church buildings. I was one of the first to get into our property after the water went down and I have to say I really thought we were finished as a congregation. I was so wrong! God’s love has poured over us through the overwhelming kindness of individuals, churches, and our church body. The Builders for Christ have restored our church, fellowship hall and parsonage. Our church was rededicated October 29, 2006. 41 of our neighbors’ and members’ homes have been rebuilt by the Kingdom Workers Faith in Action group. Many college and high school students came here to do the dirty, dangerous work of gutting flooded homes. In all, 1,300 volunteers have come to help us. Ample funds have been generously donated to pay for it all. I wish I could tell you what it’s like for us to have been recipients of all this care and love. Completely amazing, awesome, and impossible to comprehend.
I moved to New Orleans in October of 2000, and have been a member of Crown of Life since then and the church musician for most of that time. I’ve been writing Christian songs for the last 5 years, including a song about my personal experience with hurricane Katrina. I have recorded 3 Christian CDs; “After the Storm” in August 2006, “Movin’ On” late June 2007 and “Feed Your Faith” in May 2008.
I played music professionally for 30 years on the west coast. I was an atheist until age 33, and after that sort of a new-age spiritualist. 8 years later I became a Lutheran and a Christian at the same time in 1995. Faith Lutheran Church and Pastor James Oldfield in Anchorage Alaska were my first church and pastor. We went through a 22-week bible study course together. Pastor Oldfield read to me out of the bible when I asked him all of the hardest questions I could think of and after 6 weeks of his class I was given the gift of faith by the spirit working though God’s Word. My life completely changed, of course!
I lost all my musical equipment in the flood following the storm, but generous church members have given money to replace it, and I’ve got some really wonderful new gear. I have a deep desire to go play for and say thanks to the nice people who’ve helped us so much, and have touched me so wonderfully, to meet them and worship with them. I’ve long dreamed of being a Christian songwriter and performer and my prayer is that this will be a beginning of a new career working for my God. I’m currently writing songs for my fourth CD which doesn’t have a title yet.
For more information about Chris Driesbach and his music please visit http://chrisdriesbach.com.
A free-will offering will be taken.
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Sermon from 06-14-09
June 14, 2009
COMPLACENCY AND EVERLASTING REGRET
I. The Picture of Complacency & Indifference
II. The Guilty Charges the Just
III. We Have Moses, the Prophets, and the Fulfillment
Topics: Podcast
Sermon from 06-07-09
June 7, 2009
Confirmation Sunday 2009
Topics: Podcast
Sermon from 05-31-09
June 7, 2009
Acts 2:1-21
A NEW DAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL …
AND FOR ALL HUMANITY
By guest preacher - Rev. Dr. A. Andrew Das.
Topics: Podcast
CONFIRMATION
June 4, 2009
Confirmation has played an important part in the Lutheran Church, for in confirmation young men and women demonstrate such knowledge of the Christian faith that they are able to examine themselves so as to prepare for Holy Communion. They also in their vows acknowledge that there is a cosmic battle for the immortal souls of humankind and that to be led away from faith in the true and living God, and in Christ as our Savior is to suffer eternal damnation.
The most important thing about confirmation is not the ceremony, but the instruction in the Christian faith. To prepare for confirmation, the students make a systematic study of the Bible, both subject-by-subject and historically. By this time they should have compared the teaching of Lutheran Church to the Holy Scriptures and so be assured that the teaching of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the church defined by our confessions, is the teaching of the Bible.
Our Savior Jesus Christ is the heart of our faith. The most important thing to know and believe is that He has had mercy on us poor sinners, that as a true man, born of a woman and under the law Himself, He has lived a perfect life in our place, has taken our sins upon Himself, suffered the wrath of God in death that we sinners deserve, and rose again from the dead to give us His innocence. This, above all, every Christian must learn and believe.
This faith and confidence comes to us through the Means of Grace, the gospel in word and sacrament. Without such means of grace, faith is not fed, but is lost. So every confirmand knows the importance of the Christian life of regular repentance, assurance of forgiveness, and prayer. Likewise, every confirmand knows the cost of separating from regular hearing of the Word and neglecting the Lord’s Supper. Those who neglect the gracious Word of God do so at their peril, and are without excuse.
Let us pray for our Confirmands, that they are faithful unto everlasting life. Let us pray for ourselves that we also endure in saving faith until life’s end.
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Sermon from 05-24-09
May 27, 2009
AN INVASION PLAN TO CONQUER AND SAVE
I. The Sword of the Spirit – God’s Word
II. Fighting on a Foreign Field
III. Where Victory Gives Comfort to the Vanquished
Topics: Podcast
Called to Serve
May 21, 2009
As this is Memorial Day weekend, we do well to consider what the Bible says about those who serve by taking up arms for the defense of our country.
The Bible teaches that God provides for people in general by raising up individuals with gifts, talents and abilities that are a blessing to others. So God feeds us by not only by prospering the crops, but by blessing us with farmers. He not only blesses us with fish, but with fishermen. He not only blesses us with healing medicines and procedures, but with pharmacologists and physicians.
This is true all over the world, even if nobody knows or thinks to give God the glory.
But we know it. So Paul tells us, Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. (Colossians 3:23-24)
We give thanks to God always for all the people he has called to serve as His instruments of blessing in our lives.
On Memorial Day we give special thanks that He has called people to bear arms for the defense of our country. The men and women of the armed forces are people just like you and me, but who have acknowledged that their whole vocation centers on serving others above self, even to the point of giving up their lives for us, not to mention the sacrifice of family time, fortune, and independence.
O Lord God of hosts, stretch forth Your almighty arm to strengthen and protect those who serve in the armed forces of our country. Support them in times of war, and in times of peace keep them from all evil, giving them courage and loyalty and granting that in all things they may serve honestly and without reproach; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Culver’s Benefit Night For The Women Of St. Timothy
May 21, 2009
Culver’s benefit night for the Women Of St. Timothy will be held on Tuesday, June 9th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. When you eat at Culver’s on June 9th, WOST will receive 10% of the sale. You must present the coupon to the cashier prior to ordering. The participating Culver’s is at 1155 S Main St in Lombard just before Roosevelt Road. Proceeds will benefit “New Beginnings – A home for Mothers”, a program of Christian Life Resources. To learn more about New Beginnings; go to: www.HelpNewBeginnings.com.
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