April 26, 2020: The spiritual gift of mercy (Empty sanctuary and online audio and video due to COVID-19)

Our April 26, 2020 service is now available for your listening and viewing. The video portion of our service can be found online with our Facebook page. Just Google "Grace Free Lutheran Church" and you'll find us. The entire audio portion of the service can be found here:

https://archive.org/details/april-262020-pastor-michael-hodge-thegiftof-mercy

This week, Pastor Hodge continued in his series on spiritual gifts, looking this week at the gift of mercy. How can you tell if you have it, and what are some of the pitfalls you have to watch out for? Wisdom and discernment need to be a part of this very effective serving ministry to the body of Christ. And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

April 19, 2020: The spiritual gift of leadership, and pitfalls (Empty sanctuary and online audio and video due to COVID-19)

Hello everyone,

This is the day the Lord has made, and we will sing that song today, amongst others as we worship our Lord still in quarantine. You can find the audio portion of our service here:

https://archive.org/details/grace-free-lutheran-april-192020-service

You can also find the video of our sermon, which was recorded and placed to our Facebook page.
And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

April 12, 2020: Easter (Empty sanctuary and online video and audio due to COVID-19)

Happy Easter! Christ has risen! And today, we proclaim that to a lost and dying world, and we celebrated today and our service. It is unfortunate that this year, thanks to COVID-19, that we cannot be together. But in our houses and apartments, let us celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, and the good news that when we repent of our sins and turn to Christ to be our Savior, Lord, and Master, he will save us from God's wrath, and all who will believe on him!

Please find our service rundown, attached. Additionally, an experimental video of this sermon is available on our Facebook page. And you can find our service by cutting and pasting this link into your browser:

https://archive.org/details/eastersunday2020gracefreelutheranchurch

Happy Easter!

Pastor Hodge, and the deacons and trustees of Grace Free Lutheran Church

April 9, 2020: Maundy Thursday service (Empty sanctuary and online video and audio due to COVID-19)

This year, unfortunately, we cannot do our usual Maundy Thursday Communion service due to COVID-19. However, I pray we can do it next year. Until then, Pastor Michael Hodge has prepared a Maundy Thursday sermon for you to listen to, and reflect on.

You can listen to it by cutting and pasting it into your browser:

https://archive.org/details/maundythursdaypastormichaelhodge

Additionally, we are experimenting with a video feed as well. You can see the video on our Facebook page (there is a brief glitch in the middle of the video, we know!) at:

https://www.facebook.com/gracefreelutheranchurch/

Our current plan is to audio record the entire Easter service, and have a video recording of the sermon on our Facebook page, available by very early Sunday morning.

May you have a blessed Good Friday and Easter as well!

April 5, 2020: Palm Sunday (Empty sanctuary and online audio due to COVID-19)

Our Palm Sunday service is now available. Many of you may be able to sing the choruses straight out of memory. You can find the service online by cutting and pasting this link into your browser:

https://archive.org/details/gracefreelutheranchurchapril5palmsundayservice

And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus! Feel free to call and talk to each other online. Let's stay connected during this outbreak! And remember the blessing we have today to be able to do that. Remember just 15 years ago, we only had 600 minutes of talk time per month, and could only send out 30 text messages without incurring stiff penalties!