Services

St Stephen live-streams our worship service(s) on our YouTube channel (link below). The live stream will remain available on our channel after the service is concluded. Bulletins are available on the Bulletins page of this website. Sermons are shared below:

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Sunday, December 15th, Third Sunday of Advent

8:30AM Sermon – Made for Compassion | 11:00AM Christmas Program

Sunday, December 8th, Second Sunday of Advent

Sermon – The Word of God still Comes (Rev. David Hindman)

Sunday, December 1st, First Sunday of Advent

Sermon – Let me not be put to shame.

Sunday, November 24th, Christ the King Sunday

Sermon – Jesus is Lord

Sunday, November 17th, 26th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – In Nomine Iesu (Rev. James Nickols)

Sunday, November 10th, 25th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Broken Systems

Sunday, November 3rd, All Saints Sunday

Sermon – “See, the home of God is among mortals.”

Sunday, October 27th, Reformation Sunday

Sermon – Freedom’s just another word…

Sunday, October 20th, 22nd Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon by the Rev. Janell Nickols

Sunday, October 13th, 21st Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Receivers of a Hundredfold

Sunday, October 6th, 20th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Receivers of the Kingdom

Sunday, September 29th, 19th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon by Kristin Berkey-Abbott

Sunday, September 22nd, 18th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Asking Fearful Questions

Sunday, September 15th, 17th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Deny YourSELF

Sunday, September 8th, 16th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Ethnicity, Gender, or Class?

Sunday, September 1st, 15th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Nonbinary Faith

Sunday, August 25th, 14th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Offensive & Salvific Words

Sunday, August 18th, 13th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Walk in the Way of Insight

Sunday, August 11th, 12th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Drawn to God

Sunday, August 4th, 11th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – What are you looking for?

Sunday, July 28th, 10th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Totality

Sunday, July 21st, 9th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon by the Rev. Jim Larsen

Sunday, July 14th, 8th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Harvey Nelson

Sunday, July 7th, 7th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Wisdom

Sunday, June 30th, 6th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon by the Rev. Jim Larsen

Sunday, June 23rd, 5th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Harvey Nelson

Sunday, June 16th, 4th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Kin-dom not Kingdom

Sunday, June 9th, 3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Redrawing Boundaries

Sunday, June 2nd, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – For Humankind

Sunday, May 26th, Holy Trinity Sunday

Sermon – Ineffable

Sunday, May 19th, Pentecost Sunday

Sermon – Spirit of Truth

Sunday, May 12th, 7th Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Made Known

Sunday, May 5th, 6th Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Displacing Love

Sunday, April 28th, 5th Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Messy Vines

Sunday, April 21st, 4th Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Known

Sunday, April 14th, 3rd Sunday of Easter & LSA Sunday

Sermon by Ellie O. (LSA Vice Pres.)

Sunday, April 7th, 2nd Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Practicality

Sunday, March 31st, Resurrection of Our Lord Sunday

Sermon – …

Friday, March 29th, Good Friday

Sermon – Good Friday

Sunday, March 24th, Palm/Passion Sunday

Sermon – Ready or Not…

Sunday, March 17th, Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Suffering

Sunday, March 10th, Fourth Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Perspective

Sunday, March 3rd, Third Sunday in Lent

Sermon by the Rev. James Cobb

Sunday, February 25th, Second Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Way of Truth, Way of Suffering

Sunday, February 18th, First Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Again and Again, God Meets Us

Wednesday, February 14th, Ash Wednesday

Sermon – Honesty

Sunday, February 11th, Transfiguration Sunday

Sermon – Listen!

Sunday, February 4th, 5th Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon – Shaping the Daily

Sunday, January 28th, 4th Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon – Stumbling Blocks

Sunday, January 21st, 3rd Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon – Sacrificial Calling

Sunday, January 14th, 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon – Rare Words

Sunday, January 7th, Baptism of Our Lord

Sermon – Torn Apart

Sunday, December 24th, Christmas Eve

Sermon – A Decree

Sunday, December 24th, 4th Sunday of Advent

Sermon – Let it be…

Sunday, December 17th, 3rd Sunday of Advent

Sermon – Who Are you?

Sunday, December 10th, 2nd Sunday of Advent

Sermon – Cold Comfort

Sunday, December 3rd, 1st Sunday of Advent

Sermon – Hope for a Hurting World

Sunday, November 26th, Christ the King Sunday

Sermon – The Righteous

Sunday, November 12th, 24th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – The Problem with Parables

Sunday, November 12th, 24th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Worship that Pleases

Sunday, November 5th, All Saints Sunday

Sermon – Blessed Saints

Sunday, October 29th, Reformation Sunday

Sermon – Relational Truth

Sunday, October 22nd, 21st Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – God Things

Sunday, October 15th, 20th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – The Trouble with Allegory

Sunday, October 8th, 19th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Kingdom Citizens

Sunday, October 1st, 18th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Authoritative Action

Sunday, September 24th, 17th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Fairness and Justice

Sunday, September 17th, 16th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Freed in Forgiveness

Sunday, September 10th, 15th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Communal Discernment

Sunday, September 3rd, 14th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – The Cross We Bear

Sunday, August 27th, 13th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Who do YOU say that I am?

Sunday, August 20th, 12th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Fully Human

Sunday, August 13th, 11th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Relentless Faith

Sunday, August 6th, 10th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – You give them…

Sunday, July 30th, 9th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Lament

Sunday, July 23rd, 8th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Paradox

Sunday, July 16th, 7th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Seeds of What?

Sunday, July 9th, 6th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Harvey Nelson

Sunday, July 2nd, 5th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon by the Rev. Jim Larsen

Sunday, June 25th, 4th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – Fearless Troublemaking

Sunday, June 18th, 3rd Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon – The Way

Sunday, June 11th, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon by Pastor Harvey Nelson

Sunday, June 4th, Holy Trinity Sunday

Sermon by Pastor Alex Sheppard-Witt

Sunday, May 28th, Pentecost Sunday

Sermon – Languages

Sunday, May 21st, 7th Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Known & Knowing

Sunday, May 14th, 6th Sunday of Easter

Sermon – I & Thou

Sunday, May 7th, 5th Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Greater Works

Sunday, April 30th, 4th Sunday of Easter

Sunday, April 23rd, 3rd Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Hopes

Sunday, April 16th, 2nd Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Doubt

Sunday, April 9th, Easter Sunday

Sermon – Death

Friday, April 7th, Good Friday

Sermon – Truth

Sunday, April 2nd, Palm-Passion Sunday

Sermon – Passio

Sunday, March 26th, Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sermon by Rev. Dr. Mary Anderson

Sunday, March 19th, Fourth Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Costly Sight

Sunday, March 12th, Third Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Shame

Sunday, March 5th, Second Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Evangelism

Sunday, February 26th, First Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Fully Human

Wednesday, February 22nd, Ash Wednesday

Sermon – Righteousness

Sunday, February 19th, Transfiguration Sunday

Sermon – Liminal Spaces

Sunday, February 12th, Sixth Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon – Radical Community Y’All

Sunday, February 5th, Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon – Be Salty

Sunday, January 29th, Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon – Do what now?

Sunday, January 22nd, Third Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon – Repentance

Sunday, January 15th, Second Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon – John the Witnesser

Sunday, January 8th, Baptism of Our Lord

Sermon – Into the Water

Sunday, December 25th, Christmas Day (Nativity 3)

Sermon – Broken Barriers

Saturday, December 24th, Christmas Eve (Nativity 1)

Sermon – Embodied Divinity

Sunday, December 18th, Fourth Sunday of Advent

Sermon – Do Not Be Afraid

Sunday, December 11th, Third Sunday of Advent

Sermon – Despair is Reasonable

Sunday, December 4th, Second Sunday of Advent

Sermon – Baptized with Fire

Sunday, November 27th, First Sunday of Advent

Sermon – Wake Up!

Sunday, November 20th, Christ the King Sunday

Sermon – Our King

Sunday, November 13th, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Apocalypse Now

Sunday, November 6th, All Saints Sunday

Sermon – Set Apart

Sunday, October 30th, Reformation Sunday

Sermon – Hazelnut

Sunday, October 23rd, Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Going Home Justified

Sunday, October 16th, Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Faithful Wrestling

Sunday, October 9th, Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – To Be Seen

Sunday, October 2nd, Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Increase what exactly?

Sunday, September 25th, Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Spiritual Poverty

Sunday, September 18th, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Rigged Systems

Sunday, September 11th, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Lost & Found & Lost & Found…

Sunday, September 4th, Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Cost of Living

Sunday, August 28th, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Divine Humility

Sunday, August 21st, Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Compassion Over Rules

Sunday, August 14th, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Peace and divisions?

Sunday, August 7th, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Pastor Jim Larson will be leading today.

Sunday, July 31st, Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Just a little bit more…

Sunday, July 24th, Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Teach Us to Pray

Sunday, July 17th, Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

The Rev Dr. Harvey Nelson will be leading today.

Sunday, July 10th, 5th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Beware of Religion

Sunday, July 3rd, 4th Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Rejoice at What?

Sunday, June 26th, 3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Unrelenting, Urgent Truth

Sunday, June 19th, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon – Restoration

Sunday, June 12th, The Holy Trinity

Sermon – Making Space

Sunday, June 5th, Pentecost Sunday

Sermon – The Sin of Empire

Sunday, May 29th, Seventh Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Completely One

Sunday, May 22nd, Sixth Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Abiding Peace

Sunday, May 15th, Fifth Sunday of Easter

Sermon – Simon the Tanner

Sunday, May 8th, Fourth Sunday of Easter

Pastor Jim Larsen will be leading worship this morning

Sunday, May 1st

Sermon – Growth

Sunday, April 24th, Lutheran Student Association Sunday

Sunday, April 17th, Resurrection of Our Lord

Sermon – (Dis)Belief

Thursday, April 14th, Maundy Thursday

Sermon – Obedience

Sunday, April 10th, Palm Sunday

Sermon – Actions Speak

Sunday, April 3rd, Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Meeting Needs

Sunday, March 27th, Fourth Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Are you home?

Sunday, March 20th, Third Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Surrounded by Bad Theology

Sunday, March 13th, Second Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Surrounded by Enemies

Sunday, March 6th, First Sunday in Lent

Sermon – Vice or Virtue

Sunday, February 27th, Transfiguration of Our Lord

Pastor Jim Larsen will be leading worship this morning.

Sunday, February 20th, Seventh Sunday After Epiphany

Sermon – Spoken Into Existence

Sunday, February 13th, Sixth Sunday After Epiphany

Sermon – Blessed to be a Blessing

Sunday, February 6th, Fifth Sunday After Epiphany

Sermon – The Company We Keep

Sunday, January 30th, Fourth Sunday After Epiphany

Sermon – Fight, Flight or Follow

Sunday, January 23rd, Third Sunday After Epiphany

Pastor Jim Larsen will be leading worship this morning.

Sunday, January 16th, Second Sunday After Epiphany

Sermon – Do What?

Sunday, January 9th, Baptism of Our Lord

Sermon – Baptism of Our Lord

Sunday, January 2nd, Second Sunday of Christmas

Sermon – Grace Upon Grace

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