Sermons

The sermons listed on this page can either be read as text by clicking on the on the date or by clicking the link for the audio version, where it is available.  The audio version of the sermons marked with an “**” may be heard in an audio player on our Sermon Audio Page.

2012 Sermons:

February 5, 2012 –   Epiphany 5 (Isaiah 40:21-31) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

January 29, 2012 –   Epiphany 4 (1 Corinthians 8:1-13) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

January 15, 2012 –   Epiphany 2 (1 Samuel 3:1-20) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

January 8, 2012 –   **Baptism of our Lord (Genesis 1:1-5) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

January 1, 2012 –   **Christmas 1 (Luke 2:22-40) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

2011 Sermons:

December 25, 2011 –   Christmas (John 1:1-14) – Intern Ken Ranos

December 24, 2011 –   **Christmas Eve (Luke 2:1-20) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

December 18, 2011 –   **Advent 4 (Luke 1:26-38) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

December 11, 2011 –   **Advent 3 (John 1:6-8, 19-28) – Intern Ken Ranos

December 4, 2011 –   Advent 2 (Isaiah 40:1-11) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

November 27, 2011 – **Advent 1 (Mark 13:24-37) – Intern Ken Ranos

November 20, 2011 – **Christ the King Sunday(Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

November 13, 2011 – **Pentecost 22(Matthew 25:14-30) – Intern Ken Ranos

November 6, 2011 – **All Saints Day (Revelation 7:9-17) – Pastor Bill Uetricht 

 October 30, 2011 – **Reformation (Jeremiah 31:31-34) – Pastor Bill Uetricht 

 October 23, 2011 – **Pentecost 19 (Matthew 22:34-46) – Pastor Bill Uetricht 

October 16, 2011 – **Pentecost 18 (Matthew 22:15-22) – Pastor Bill Uetricht 

October 9, 2011 – Pentecost 17 (Isaiah 25:1-9) – Pastor Bill Uetricht 

Audio version: An audio version of this sermon is not available

October 2, 2011 – **Pentecost 16 (Matthew 21:33-46) – Intern Ken Ranos 

September 25, 2011 – **Pentecost 15 (Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

September 18, 2011– **Pentecost 14 (Jonah 3:10-4:11) – Intern Ken Ranos

September 11, 2011 – Pentecost 13(Genesis 50:15-21) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

Audio version: An audio version of this sermon is not available.

September 4, 2011 – **Pentecost 12 (Matthew 18:15-20) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

August 28, 2011 – **Pentecost 11 (Romans 12:9-21) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

August 21, 2011 – **Pentecost 10 (Matthew 16:13-20) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

August 14, 2011 – **Pentecost 9 (Matthew 15:10-28) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

August 7, 2011 – **Pentecost 8 (Matthew 14:22-33) – Intern Travis Wilson

July 31, 2011 – **Pentecost 7 (Isaiah 55:1-5) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

 July 24, 2011 – **Pentecost 6 (Matthew 13:31-33; 44-52) – Intern Travis Wilson

July 17, 2011 – **Pentecost 5 (Romans 8:12-25) – Intern Travis Wilson

July 10, 2011 – **Pentecost 4 (Romans 8:1-11) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

July 3, 2011 – **Pentecost 3 (Zechariah 9:9-12) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

June 26, 2011 – Pentecost 2 (Romans 6:12-23) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

Audio version: An audio version of this sermon is not available.

June 19, 2011 – **Holy Trinity (Genesis 1:1-2:4b) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

June 12, 2011 – **Pentecost (John 20:19-23) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

June 5, 2011 – **Easter 7 (Acts 1:6-14) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

May 29, 2011 – **Easter 6 (John 14:15-21) – Intern Travis Wilson

May 22, 2011 – **Easter 5 (1 Peter 2:2-10) – Intern Travis Wilson

May 15, 2011 – **Easter 4/Good Shepherd/Holy Hilarity Weekend (Acts 2:42-47) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

May 8, 2011 – **Easter 3 (1 Peter 1:17-23) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

May 1, 2011 – **Easter 2 () – Pastor Bill Uetricht

April 24, 2011 – **Easter Sunday (Matthew 28:1-10) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

April 17, 2011 – Palm Sunday- There was no sermon this Sunday because the service was a reading of the passion narrative. Clicking on the date will provide you with a bulletin on the service.

April 10, 2011 – **Lent 5 (Ezekiel 37:1-14) – Intern Travis Wilson

April 3, 2011 – **Lent 4 (Ephesians 5:8-14) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

Before this sermon begins, Pastor Bill sings a song entitled “Wake Up Sleeper” written by John Ylvisaker. Because of copyright laws, we cannot make the song portion of the sermon available; we apologize for the inconvenience.

March 27, 2011 – Lent 3 (John 4:1-42) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

We apologize for the inconvenience, but there is no audio version of this sermon available.

March 20, 2011 – **Lent 2 (John 3:1-17) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

March 13, 2011 – **Lent 1 (Matthew 4:1-11) – Intern Travis Wilson

March 9, 2011 – **Ash Wednesday (Joel 2:1-2, 12-17) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

March 6, 2011 – **The Transfiguration of Our Lord (Matthew 17:1-9) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

February 27, 2011 – **Epiphany 8 (Matthew 6:24-34) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

February 20, 2011 – **Epiphany 7 (Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

Audio version: Epiphany 7

February 13, 2011 – **Epiphany 6 (Matthew 5:21-37) – Pastor Gary Hansen

Pastor Hansen was a previous pastor at First Lutheran Church is Bishop Emeritus of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod. There is no text version of this sermon, but there is an audio version, which you will find below.

Audio version: Epiphany 6

February 6, 2011 – Epiphany 5 (1 Corinthians 2:1-12) – Intern Travis Wilson

Audio version: Epiphany 5

January 30, 2011 – Epiphany 4 (1 Corinthians 1:18-31) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

Audio version:  Epiphany 4

January 23, 2011 – Epiphany 3 (Matthew 4:12-23) – Intern Travis Wilson

Audio version:  Epiphany 3

January 16, 2011 – Epiphany 2 (John 1:29-42) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

Audio version:  Epiphany 2

January 9, 2011 – The Baptism of Our Lord (Matthew 3:13-17) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

Audio version:  Baptism of Our Lord

January 2, 2011 – Christmas 2 (John 1:1-18) – Pastor Bill Uetricht

Before the audio version of this sermon begins, Pastor Bill sings a song entitled “There Was the Word” by Ray Makeever.  Because of copyright issues, we cannot post the recording of the song; but we do hope the words of this sermon are meaningful for you this week.

Audio version: Christmas 2