December 30, 2018: The coming of the Magi

This week, Pastor Hodge expounded on Matthew 2:1-12. In the Christmas story, we see the wise men come to Jerusalem and then go to Bethlehem. How does that affect us 2000 years later? Listen and find out!

We also had Clark do our special music, along with Roger Seldal; and Pastor Hodge also did our children’s sermon today. We hope you are blessed by all these service elements, which you can listen to by cutting and pasting this link into your browser:

https://archive.org/details/ThecomingoftheMagi/ClarkSpecialmusic.mp3

(Don't worry, it will link to a page, not an MP3 file.)

And we pray you have a blessed 2019 in Christ Jesus!

December 23, 2018: God's great gift of love

Due to technical difficulties, we missed the first minute of the sermon on the audio recording. Once that was resolved, Pastor Hodge talked about God’s intervention in the human history, and his love to us through his intervention what does that mean to us as we approach Christmas? Listen and find out!

We also had Molly Blobaum do special music, the Hodges lit our advent candle, and turn the volume up on the special music! You can hear all of these service elements here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeGodsgreatgiftoflove

Merry Christmas from us at Grace Free Lutheran Church!

December 16, 2018: The Hope that shines in darkness

This week, Pastor Hodge looks at the darkness that is within us, which gives us no hope...until a prophecy of light was given in the book of Isaiah. Here, we see Jesus prophesied as the Light. And in Him, we have hope. He’ll also look at the practicality of our hope and what it produces in our lives.

We also had the Hodges and Karen give us our special music today, and the Story’s lit our Advent candle. We hope you are blessed by both of these service elements.

You can hear all of them by cutting and pasting this link into your browser:

https://archive.org/details/05PastorMichaelHodgeTheHopeThatShinesThroughDarkness

And we pray you have a great day in Christ Jesus!

December 11, 2018: The Good News of Great Joy

This week, Pastor Hodge continued in his advent series on the good news of great joy. That, of course, is Jesus Christ. But is it the gift of true joy? And if it is, how does it help with what we’re dealing with right now, and in our lives? Listen and find out!

We also had Amy Taylor do our children’s sermon, and we had the lighting of the Advent candle. All of these can be found by cutting and pasting this link into your web browser:

https://archive.org/details/06PastorMichaelHodgeTheGoodNewsOfGreatJoy

And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus

December 2, 2018: Peace enters the world

This week, as we begin Advent, Pastor Hodge looks at Christ as the peace that enters the world. We will be looking at Luke 2:13-14, and Ephesians 2:14-18. In the book of Luke, we see the proclamation of peace that enters the world, and we see how peace is identified in Jesus. What does that mean to us today, and in our communion service? Listen and find out!

We also had Connie Storey do our special music. We pray that you are blessed by both of these service elements. You can hear both of them by cutting and pasting this link into your browser:

https://archive.org/details/04PastorMichaelHodgePeaceenterstheworld

And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

September 23, 2018: Paul's letter to Ephesus

This week, Pastor Hodge looks at Ephesians 1:1-2. In this book, we will look at where this grace and peace that we have comes from. First, to identify authority, Paul identifies himself as an apostle. What does that mean? Then he reveals who he is writing to, and ends with two behavioral qualities of God. What does this mean for us today? Listen and find out!

Mike from the Gideons came out today to do a presentation an update on what they have been doing in the area, including some of the challenges and successes they have had. If you wish to donate to the Gideons work in providing Bibles for those who don’t have one, and in hotels, please contact Dave Osland. In the meantime, you can listen to his presentation in the link provided.

Diane Lizer also did our children’s sermon this morning on the theme of apples.

You can listen to all of these recordings by cutting and pasting this link into your browser:

https://archive.org/details/04PastorMichaelHodgePaulslettertoEphesus

Please find Gideon material, our church bulletin, and sermon notes, attached. And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

November 25, 2018: We are brought near to God

This week, Pastor Michael Hodge expounds on the book of Ephesians chapter 2, verses 11 through 13. In the early church, there were those who struggled with circumcision, and no circumcision, along with the faith issue. Here, we are told the bad news, what people without faith were like. And we’re also told the good news, what people with faith are like. What is our challenge? Listen and find out!

We also had Amy Taylor do her children’s sermon on light. You can listen to both of these recordings, by cutting and pasting this link into your browser, here:

https://archive.org/details/05PastorMichaelHodgeWeareGodsworkmanship_201811

And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus!