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Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon February 3, 2013
4th Sunday after Epiphany
We love our kids because we think they are moldable, that we can turn them into the people we want them to be. When they are young, we want them to sit still and be quiet and behave and not ...
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon January 27, 2013
3rd Sunday after Epiphany
The radio is good for listening to music, and it’s also a good place to learn. And sometimes, if you’re lucky, you can do both at the same time. The BBC has a radio ...
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon January 20, 2013
2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Let’s take a moment and sit under the fig tree with Nathanael. Here we are, in Cana of Galilee: our home. We have grown up steeped in the traditions of our elders, learning the ...
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon January 13, 2013
It’s YOUR JOB to make sure of two things: 1) that ...
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon January 6th, 2013
Epiphany
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon October 28th, 2012
Reformation Sunday
Blog by Barbara Cody
Director, Bethany CDC
October 25, 2012
To help children understand where their food comes from and to appreciate the effort that goes into producing it, students at Bethany Lutheran Child Development Center participate in a year-around gardening ...
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon October 21st, 2012
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
I’m about a month away from having a baby. As projects go, this is a big one. There’s a lot I have had to learn about preparing for a baby—there are the ...
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon October 14th, 2012
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
A good friend of mine has been trying for many years to have a baby. She and her husband were married eight years ago, and excited to become parents, they moved into a
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon October 7, 2012
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Today is one of those days that it would be nice to just leave out some parts of Scripture, right? There, I said it. I mean, we absolutely believe that the Bible is the written and
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon September 30, 2012
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Remember the beginning of Mark’s gospel? Mark begins the “good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,” suggesting he’s going to tell the whole story from the start, and where does he
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon September 23, 2012
Who Is the Greatest?
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
After a lot of traveling, Jesus and the disciples are back in familiar territory, in Galilee. But they aren’t going to their homes and stopping by to visit their friends. Jesus is still teaching
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon September 16, 2012
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon September 9, 2012
Rally Day
Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
God Gives, We Share
Last week I attended a presentation given by Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber, pastor in Denver, Colorado, of the church known as House for All Sinners and Saints. More than 60% of this worshipping
Bethany Lutheran Church
Pastor Cheryl Walenta Gorvie
Sermon August 26, 2012
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