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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke The Bible really can be quite a puzzle sometimes to figure out. This morning we read from 1 Corinthians some unusual advice from St. Paul. He says that: “7:29  the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none” What does that mean exactly? Act as though you don’t have a wife? One of the reasons for the reformation was that Christians are human beings like anyone else, most won’t be monastics. Some fall in love, get married, have families…and…everything else. Hahaha. I think what it […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[January 07,2024 Sermon]]>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 12.31.2023]]>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[In many ways the story of the Bible is the same story that we see unfolding in the news today. There is nothing new under the sun. It is the story of some people attempting to live in peace between competing tyrannical interests. How long until peace reigns when there is a cessation of weapons? We were talking about this at Bible Study this past Thursday, and it seemed to us that the likelihood of there being peace in the middle east is about the same as a virgin becoming pregnant and having a baby. We need a miracle. We […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[In many ways the story of the Bible is the same story that we see unfolding in the news today. There is nothing new under the sun. It is the story of some people attempting to live in peace between competing tyrannical interests. How long until peace reigns when there is a cessation of weapons? We were talking about this at Bible Study this past Thursday, and it seemed to us that the likelihood of there being peace in the middle east is about the same as a virgin becoming pregnant and having a baby. We need a miracle. We […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 12.31.2023]]>
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                    <![CDATA[In many ways the story of the Bible is the same story that we see unfolding in the news today. There is nothing new under the sun. It is the story of some people attempting to live in peace between competing tyrannical interests. How long until peace reigns when there is a cessation of weapons? We were talking about this at Bible Study this past Thursday, and it seemed to us that the likelihood of there being peace in the middle east is about the same as a virgin becoming pregnant and having a baby. We need a miracle. We […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[In many ways the story of the Bible is the same story that we see unfolding in the news today. There is nothing new under the sun. It is the story of some people attempting to live in peace between competing tyrannical interests. How long until peace reigns when there is a cessation of weapons? We were talking about this at Bible Study this past Thursday, and it seemed to us that the likelihood of there being peace in the middle east is about the same as a virgin becoming pregnant and having a baby. We need a miracle. We […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:15:44</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[December 24th Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B]]>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 19:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                    <![CDATA[December 24th Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B]]>
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                    <![CDATA[December 17, 2023 Third Sunday in Advent]]>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 19:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                    <![CDATA[December 17, 2023 Third Sunday in Advent]]>
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                    <![CDATA[December 03, 2023 Second Sunday in Advent]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 19:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                    <![CDATA[December 03, 2023 Second Sunday in Advent]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:15:56</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 11/26/2023 - Guest Pastor Steve Bieghler]]>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:20:05</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.11.19]]>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[The prophet Zepheniah warns us that neither silver nor their gold will be able to save us on the day of the Lord’s wrath. That if God was angry enough, he would make an end to all the inhabitants of the earth. Zephaniah 1:18 This is a sober warning indeed, which makes us think of our personal and communal vulnerability and mortality.  This past Wednesday Jerry and I attended a webinar put on by the Shalom Hartman Institute to teach us an insider perspective of how Jewish people are feeling after the October 7 attack. Rabbi Tamar Elud Applebaum a […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The prophet Zepheniah warns us that neither silver nor their gold will be able to save us on the day of the Lord’s wrath. That if God was angry enough, he would make an end to all the inhabitants of the earth. Zephaniah 1:18 This is a sober warning indeed, which makes us think of our personal and communal vulnerability and mortality.  This past Wednesday Jerry and I attended a webinar put on by the Shalom Hartman Institute to teach us an insider perspective of how Jewish people are feeling after the October 7 attack. Rabbi Tamar Elud Applebaum a […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The prophet Zepheniah warns us that neither silver nor their gold will be able to save us on the day of the Lord’s wrath. That if God was angry enough, he would make an end to all the inhabitants of the earth. Zephaniah 1:18 This is a sober warning indeed, which makes us think of our personal and communal vulnerability and mortality.  This past Wednesday Jerry and I attended a webinar put on by the Shalom Hartman Institute to teach us an insider perspective of how Jewish people are feeling after the October 7 attack. Rabbi Tamar Elud Applebaum a […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The prophet Zepheniah warns us that neither silver nor their gold will be able to save us on the day of the Lord’s wrath. That if God was angry enough, he would make an end to all the inhabitants of the earth. Zephaniah 1:18 This is a sober warning indeed, which makes us think of our personal and communal vulnerability and mortality.  This past Wednesday Jerry and I attended a webinar put on by the Shalom Hartman Institute to teach us an insider perspective of how Jewish people are feeling after the October 7 attack. Rabbi Tamar Elud Applebaum a […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:17:24</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.11.12 Let Justice Roll Down Like Water]]>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive who are left until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself with a cry of command with the archangels call and the sound of the trumpet, will descend from heaven , and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive who are left until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself with a cry of command with the archangels call and the sound of the trumpet, will descend from heaven , and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.11.12 Let Justice Roll Down Like Water]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive who are left until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself with a cry of command with the archangels call and the sound of the trumpet, will descend from heaven , and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive who are left until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself with a cry of command with the archangels call and the sound of the trumpet, will descend from heaven , and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:18:40</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.11.05 All Saints Sunday]]>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Some people say that very soon Jesus is coming back to judge the Earth. Some people say that before he comes there will be a period of trials and tribulations on the Earth. Some people also say that those who have faith in Jesus will be spared from such trials, and will be taken away in a…rapture. LIES!!! Or as my sister likes to say, “Freshly baked LIES!” In the Bible and in ancient Roman culture there was a custom of sending a delegation out form a given city or town to receive a visiting dignitary or government official. That […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Some people say that very soon Jesus is coming back to judge the Earth. Some people say that before he comes there will be a period of trials and tribulations on the Earth. Some people also say that those who have faith in Jesus will be spared from such trials, and will be taken away in a…rapture. LIES!!! Or as my sister likes to say, “Freshly baked LIES!” In the Bible and in ancient Roman culture there was a custom of sending a delegation out form a given city or town to receive a visiting dignitary or government official. That […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Some people say that very soon Jesus is coming back to judge the Earth. Some people say that before he comes there will be a period of trials and tribulations on the Earth. Some people also say that those who have faith in Jesus will be spared from such trials, and will be taken away in a…rapture. LIES!!! Or as my sister likes to say, “Freshly baked LIES!” In the Bible and in ancient Roman culture there was a custom of sending a delegation out form a given city or town to receive a visiting dignitary or government official. That […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Some people say that very soon Jesus is coming back to judge the Earth. Some people say that before he comes there will be a period of trials and tribulations on the Earth. Some people also say that those who have faith in Jesus will be spared from such trials, and will be taken away in a…rapture. LIES!!! Or as my sister likes to say, “Freshly baked LIES!” In the Bible and in ancient Roman culture there was a custom of sending a delegation out form a given city or town to receive a visiting dignitary or government official. That […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:17:26</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[“Reformation Sermon 2023”]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.29 Happy Reformation Sunday! I took this opportunity to re-read Justo Gonzalez’ chapters on Martin Luther and the Reformation which helped give background to this sermon. A little over 500 years ago before he wrote the 95 theses Martin Luther was an unknown Augustinian monk. Even though he tried his hardest to be a good monk, he found that he feared and even had feelings of hatred toward God. Why? Because he feared that God would throw him into hell for not being good enough. Becoming a monk was supposed to relieve Luther of his fear of hell,  but […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.29 Happy Reformation Sunday! I took this opportunity to re-read Justo Gonzalez’ chapters on Martin Luther and the Reformation which helped give background to this sermon. A little over 500 years ago before he wrote the 95 theses Martin Luther was an unknown Augustinian monk. Even though he tried his hardest to be a good monk, he found that he feared and even had feelings of hatred toward God. Why? Because he feared that God would throw him into hell for not being good enough. Becoming a monk was supposed to relieve Luther of his fear of hell,  but […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[“Reformation Sermon 2023”]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.29 Happy Reformation Sunday! I took this opportunity to re-read Justo Gonzalez’ chapters on Martin Luther and the Reformation which helped give background to this sermon. A little over 500 years ago before he wrote the 95 theses Martin Luther was an unknown Augustinian monk. Even though he tried his hardest to be a good monk, he found that he feared and even had feelings of hatred toward God. Why? Because he feared that God would throw him into hell for not being good enough. Becoming a monk was supposed to relieve Luther of his fear of hell,  but […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.29 Happy Reformation Sunday! I took this opportunity to re-read Justo Gonzalez’ chapters on Martin Luther and the Reformation which helped give background to this sermon. A little over 500 years ago before he wrote the 95 theses Martin Luther was an unknown Augustinian monk. Even though he tried his hardest to be a good monk, he found that he feared and even had feelings of hatred toward God. Why? Because he feared that God would throw him into hell for not being good enough. Becoming a monk was supposed to relieve Luther of his fear of hell,  but […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:18:32</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[“Rest”]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.22 Paul writes in 1 Thesselonians, “We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly.” When I look out and see your beautiful faces gathered together for worship I am so thankful for the tremendous sacrifice you make for your fellow human beings, creation, and God. And yet when I look out upon you I am also concerned because I know just how taxing it is to do the right thing and struggle for justice day in and day out. We are up against odds that are not in our favor. […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.22 Paul writes in 1 Thesselonians, “We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly.” When I look out and see your beautiful faces gathered together for worship I am so thankful for the tremendous sacrifice you make for your fellow human beings, creation, and God. And yet when I look out upon you I am also concerned because I know just how taxing it is to do the right thing and struggle for justice day in and day out. We are up against odds that are not in our favor. […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[“Rest”]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.22 Paul writes in 1 Thesselonians, “We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly.” When I look out and see your beautiful faces gathered together for worship I am so thankful for the tremendous sacrifice you make for your fellow human beings, creation, and God. And yet when I look out upon you I am also concerned because I know just how taxing it is to do the right thing and struggle for justice day in and day out. We are up against odds that are not in our favor. […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.22 Paul writes in 1 Thesselonians, “We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly.” When I look out and see your beautiful faces gathered together for worship I am so thankful for the tremendous sacrifice you make for your fellow human beings, creation, and God. And yet when I look out upon you I am also concerned because I know just how taxing it is to do the right thing and struggle for justice day in and day out. We are up against odds that are not in our favor. […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:10:06</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[No to War]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.15 This parable, like the one last week, has been falsely interpreted to be God’s judgment against Judaism, Jerusalem, and the temple. There is sadly an anti-semitic tradition of misinterpreting scripture that needs to be named and dismissed. This is how it goes. The king that throws the wedding banquet is said to represent God, and the wedding banquet is said to be Holy Communion, the union of Jesus Christ to the church. The people who do not come to the feast who were originally invited, some say to be the Jewish people, who do not accept Jesus as […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.15 This parable, like the one last week, has been falsely interpreted to be God’s judgment against Judaism, Jerusalem, and the temple. There is sadly an anti-semitic tradition of misinterpreting scripture that needs to be named and dismissed. This is how it goes. The king that throws the wedding banquet is said to represent God, and the wedding banquet is said to be Holy Communion, the union of Jesus Christ to the church. The people who do not come to the feast who were originally invited, some say to be the Jewish people, who do not accept Jesus as […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[No to War]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.15 This parable, like the one last week, has been falsely interpreted to be God’s judgment against Judaism, Jerusalem, and the temple. There is sadly an anti-semitic tradition of misinterpreting scripture that needs to be named and dismissed. This is how it goes. The king that throws the wedding banquet is said to represent God, and the wedding banquet is said to be Holy Communion, the union of Jesus Christ to the church. The people who do not come to the feast who were originally invited, some say to be the Jewish people, who do not accept Jesus as […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.10.15 This parable, like the one last week, has been falsely interpreted to be God’s judgment against Judaism, Jerusalem, and the temple. There is sadly an anti-semitic tradition of misinterpreting scripture that needs to be named and dismissed. This is how it goes. The king that throws the wedding banquet is said to represent God, and the wedding banquet is said to be Holy Communion, the union of Jesus Christ to the church. The people who do not come to the feast who were originally invited, some say to be the Jewish people, who do not accept Jesus as […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:15:15</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[“Survival Through Fellowship”]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[2023.10.08 Sermon We are like vineyards, we will survive through collaboration and fellowship.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[2023.10.08 Sermon We are like vineyards, we will survive through collaboration and fellowship.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[“Survival Through Fellowship”]]>
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                    <![CDATA[2023.10.08 Sermon We are like vineyards, we will survive through collaboration and fellowship.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[2023.10.08 Sermon We are like vineyards, we will survive through collaboration and fellowship.]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:14:42</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Blessing of the Animals]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 10.01.2023]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 10.01.2023]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Blessing of the Animals]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:20:26</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Jonah, Mosul, & Vineyards]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.24 Wesley Menke Jonah was angry at God. Jonah was angry enough to die. Why? He was angry for two reasons. The first was that he wanted the city of Nineveh to be completely destroyed, but God did not destroy the city, because the people repented. Jonah hated the city and the people in it so much because he considered them to be his enemy. It was the capital of the Assyrian empire, and like all empires they expanded by killing and pillaging. They did this in Palestine and Israel. For a time Nineveh was the largest city in […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.24 Wesley Menke Jonah was angry at God. Jonah was angry enough to die. Why? He was angry for two reasons. The first was that he wanted the city of Nineveh to be completely destroyed, but God did not destroy the city, because the people repented. Jonah hated the city and the people in it so much because he considered them to be his enemy. It was the capital of the Assyrian empire, and like all empires they expanded by killing and pillaging. They did this in Palestine and Israel. For a time Nineveh was the largest city in […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.24 Wesley Menke Jonah was angry at God. Jonah was angry enough to die. Why? He was angry for two reasons. The first was that he wanted the city of Nineveh to be completely destroyed, but God did not destroy the city, because the people repented. Jonah hated the city and the people in it so much because he considered them to be his enemy. It was the capital of the Assyrian empire, and like all empires they expanded by killing and pillaging. They did this in Palestine and Israel. For a time Nineveh was the largest city in […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.24 Wesley Menke Jonah was angry at God. Jonah was angry enough to die. Why? He was angry for two reasons. The first was that he wanted the city of Nineveh to be completely destroyed, but God did not destroy the city, because the people repented. Jonah hated the city and the people in it so much because he considered them to be his enemy. It was the capital of the Assyrian empire, and like all empires they expanded by killing and pillaging. They did this in Palestine and Israel. For a time Nineveh was the largest city in […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:14:53</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rational Mind, 4,900 times to fore-give]]>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.17 One of my children was talking about baptism at school with his friend. He told his friend that God forgives all your sins when you are baptized. His friend asked him, “What if you kill 1,000 people?” So my son said, “Well…God will forgive you, but he also will give you a consequence.”  Consider Genesis 50 and the death of Jacob. For better or worse Jacob was a patriarch who maintained a status quo. He was in some ways good, and in other ways not so good. He was kind of at the heart of a dysfunctional family. […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.17 One of my children was talking about baptism at school with his friend. He told his friend that God forgives all your sins when you are baptized. His friend asked him, “What if you kill 1,000 people?” So my son said, “Well…God will forgive you, but he also will give you a consequence.”  Consider Genesis 50 and the death of Jacob. For better or worse Jacob was a patriarch who maintained a status quo. He was in some ways good, and in other ways not so good. He was kind of at the heart of a dysfunctional family. […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rational Mind, 4,900 times to fore-give]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.17 One of my children was talking about baptism at school with his friend. He told his friend that God forgives all your sins when you are baptized. His friend asked him, “What if you kill 1,000 people?” So my son said, “Well…God will forgive you, but he also will give you a consequence.”  Consider Genesis 50 and the death of Jacob. For better or worse Jacob was a patriarch who maintained a status quo. He was in some ways good, and in other ways not so good. He was kind of at the heart of a dysfunctional family. […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.17 One of my children was talking about baptism at school with his friend. He told his friend that God forgives all your sins when you are baptized. His friend asked him, “What if you kill 1,000 people?” So my son said, “Well…God will forgive you, but he also will give you a consequence.”  Consider Genesis 50 and the death of Jacob. For better or worse Jacob was a patriarch who maintained a status quo. He was in some ways good, and in other ways not so good. He was kind of at the heart of a dysfunctional family. […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:16:13</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Supreme Importance of Fellowship]]>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.10 Rev. Wesley Menke Sometimes it is hard to go to sleep at night, and sometimes it is also hard to wake up in the morning. I remember not so long ago waking up on a particular day that I had a lot to do and I had some difficult things to do. I groaned and felt weighed down. I prayed to God to help me. I prayed for the strength to get up and I prayed that some of this burden would be lifted. After I asked all these things of God in prayer I paused for a […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.10 Rev. Wesley Menke Sometimes it is hard to go to sleep at night, and sometimes it is also hard to wake up in the morning. I remember not so long ago waking up on a particular day that I had a lot to do and I had some difficult things to do. I groaned and felt weighed down. I prayed to God to help me. I prayed for the strength to get up and I prayed that some of this burden would be lifted. After I asked all these things of God in prayer I paused for a […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Supreme Importance of Fellowship]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.10 Rev. Wesley Menke Sometimes it is hard to go to sleep at night, and sometimes it is also hard to wake up in the morning. I remember not so long ago waking up on a particular day that I had a lot to do and I had some difficult things to do. I groaned and felt weighed down. I prayed to God to help me. I prayed for the strength to get up and I prayed that some of this burden would be lifted. After I asked all these things of God in prayer I paused for a […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.10 Rev. Wesley Menke Sometimes it is hard to go to sleep at night, and sometimes it is also hard to wake up in the morning. I remember not so long ago waking up on a particular day that I had a lot to do and I had some difficult things to do. I groaned and felt weighed down. I prayed to God to help me. I prayed for the strength to get up and I prayed that some of this burden would be lifted. After I asked all these things of God in prayer I paused for a […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:14:15</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Non-Violent Incarnation]]>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.03 Wesley Menke One of the really big challenges we have to deal with as Christians is the way our religion has valorized and spiritualized suffering. Jesus says that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering. Jesus goes on to say that anyone who wants to be his disciple must deny themself, take up their cross and follow him. Does Jesus valorize and spiritualize suffering? It has been the contribution of black liberation theologians like Delores Williams and James Cone to make the point that these texts have been misused to oppress and exploit black people. Once […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.03 Wesley Menke One of the really big challenges we have to deal with as Christians is the way our religion has valorized and spiritualized suffering. Jesus says that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering. Jesus goes on to say that anyone who wants to be his disciple must deny themself, take up their cross and follow him. Does Jesus valorize and spiritualize suffering? It has been the contribution of black liberation theologians like Delores Williams and James Cone to make the point that these texts have been misused to oppress and exploit black people. Once […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Non-Violent Incarnation]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.03 Wesley Menke One of the really big challenges we have to deal with as Christians is the way our religion has valorized and spiritualized suffering. Jesus says that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering. Jesus goes on to say that anyone who wants to be his disciple must deny themself, take up their cross and follow him. Does Jesus valorize and spiritualize suffering? It has been the contribution of black liberation theologians like Delores Williams and James Cone to make the point that these texts have been misused to oppress and exploit black people. Once […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.09.03 Wesley Menke One of the really big challenges we have to deal with as Christians is the way our religion has valorized and spiritualized suffering. Jesus says that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering. Jesus goes on to say that anyone who wants to be his disciple must deny themself, take up their cross and follow him. Does Jesus valorize and spiritualize suffering? It has been the contribution of black liberation theologians like Delores Williams and James Cone to make the point that these texts have been misused to oppress and exploit black people. Once […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:16:30</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon August 20, 2023]]>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:11:18</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pastor Steve Bieghler August 6, 2023]]>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                    <![CDATA[Pastor Steve Bieghler August 6, 2023]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:21:11</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Theology of the Cross]]>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.07.23 I was listening to the radio this week and I heard a program about life after death. The person speaking had a near death experience and was telling how joyous and wonderful it was. Then I thought about the record breaking heat all over the planet, and the conflicts threatening life itself. If we are so sure that life after death is so much better, why bother living at all?  St. Paul writes in Romans, “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.07.23 I was listening to the radio this week and I heard a program about life after death. The person speaking had a near death experience and was telling how joyous and wonderful it was. Then I thought about the record breaking heat all over the planet, and the conflicts threatening life itself. If we are so sure that life after death is so much better, why bother living at all?  St. Paul writes in Romans, “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Theology of the Cross]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.07.23 I was listening to the radio this week and I heard a program about life after death. The person speaking had a near death experience and was telling how joyous and wonderful it was. Then I thought about the record breaking heat all over the planet, and the conflicts threatening life itself. If we are so sure that life after death is so much better, why bother living at all?  St. Paul writes in Romans, “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.07.23 I was listening to the radio this week and I heard a program about life after death. The person speaking had a near death experience and was telling how joyous and wonderful it was. Then I thought about the record breaking heat all over the planet, and the conflicts threatening life itself. If we are so sure that life after death is so much better, why bother living at all?  St. Paul writes in Romans, “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:11:44</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Wesley Menke]]>
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                    <![CDATA[All Roads Lead to Rome]]>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Rev. Wesley Menke</dc:creator>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Steve Bieghler July 2, 2023]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Thoughts on Conflict Sermon June 25, 2023]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rev. Maria Santa Cruz June 18, 2023]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pentecost and Homelessness]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.05.28 Rev. Wesley Menke This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to participate in a ride along with Sheriff deputy Chris Carrico, who is a member of this church. […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:19:16</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Ascension and Earth Jesus' Forever Home]]>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Spiritual Orphans Spiritual Family]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.05.14 So it’s Mother’s Day! Thank you to all the Mothers and Mother figures. Mothering is not easy. It’s a tremendous and difficult job. It is a job, perhaps […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.05.14 So it’s Mother’s Day! Thank you to all the Mothers and Mother figures. Mothering is not easy. It’s a tremendous and difficult job. It is a job, perhaps […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Living Stone]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.05.07 One of the things we do as followers of Jesus is talk to people about their health and illnesses. We do this because we seek to love our […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sermon 2023.05.07 One of the things we do as followers of Jesus is talk to people about their health and illnesses. We do this because we seek to love our […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Living Stone]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:15:33</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Jesus the Good Gate]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[Jesus is the good gate, the way of peace for leaders and shepherds to follow.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Jesus is the good gate, the way of peace for leaders and shepherds to follow.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Emaus - Easter 3]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[In the story of the road to Emmaus we find two disciples walking along a road the same day of the resurrection. The resurrected Jesus begins to walk with them. […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[In the story of the road to Emmaus we find two disciples walking along a road the same day of the resurrection. The resurrected Jesus begins to walk with them. […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Emaus - Easter 3]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:17:16</itunes:duration>
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