Posts by Don Bennett (Page 12)
Baptism of our Lord
CREATED, SAVED AND GIFTED BY GOD, WE SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. Baptism of our LordJanuary 10, 202110:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Our re-creation in baptism is an image of the Genesis creation, where the Spirit of God moved over the waters. Both Mark’s gospel and the story in Acts make…
Second Sunday in Christmas
CREATED, SAVED AND GIFTED BY GOD, WE SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. Second Sunday of ChristmasJanuary 3, 202110:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Within the gospel reading’s profound words lies the simple message that God is revealed in a human person. Though we may try to understand how the…
First Sunday in Christmas
CREATED, SAVED AND GIFTED BY GOD, WE SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. First Sunday of ChristmasDecember 27, 202010:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, oh 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction In the psalm all the natural world praises God, including all humanity, male and female, young and old. The voices of Simeon and 84-year-old Anna…
Christmas Eve
CREATED, SAVED AND GIFTED BY GOD, WE SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. Fourth Sunday of AdventDecember 20, 202010:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop roadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Prelude “O Holy Night” by Adolphe Adam | Ed Thieman, tenor O holy night, the stars are brightly shining:It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth;Long lay the…
Fourth Sunday of Advent
CREATED, SAVED AND GIFTED BY GOD, WE SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. Fourth Sunday of AdventDecember 20, 202010:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop roadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction God keeps the promise made to David, to give him an everlasting throne. The angel tells Mary that God will give David’s throne to her son Jesus. She is…
third Sunday in Advent
CREATED, SAVED AND GIFTED BY GOD, WE SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. Third Sunday of AdventDecember 13, 202010:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction “Rejoice always,” begins the reading from First Thessalonians. Isaiah and the psalmist make clear that God is turning our mourning into laughter and…
Second Sunday in Advent
CREATED, SAVED AND GIFTED BY GOD, WE SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. Second Sunday of AdventDecember 6, 202010:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction John called people to repent, to clear the decks, to completely reorder their lives so that nothing would get in the way of the Lord’s coming. The…
First Sunday in Advent
CREATED, SAVED AND GIFTED BY GOD, WE SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. First Sunday of AdventNovember 29, 202010:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop Rd.Kettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Stir up your power, and come! The psalmist’s plea in Psalm 80:2 has become familiar to us in the Advent prayers. Isaiah wants God to rip the heavens…
Christ the King Sunday
CREATED, SAVED AND GIFTED BY GOD, WE SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. Christ the King SundayNovember 22, 202010:30 Am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction On this final Sunday of the church year our gospel is Jesus’ great story of judgment. In the end, the faithful are those who served Christ by…
24th Sunday after Pentecost
CREATED, SAVED AND GIFTED BY GOD, WE SEEK, SERVE AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. Twenty-Fourth Sunday after PentecostNovember 15, 202010:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Our readings during November speak of the end times. Zephaniah proclaims that the coming day of the Lord will be filled with wrath and…