St. Lorenz Lutheran Church

In the first week of the four week series HERO Pastor Gary Bender tells us about what a HERO is and asks if Jesus is our HERO.

This week seminary student, Andrew Howe, shares with us how we can learn about worship from the example of Nehemiah and the Israelites as they rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.

This week Pastor Adams talks about chapter 20 of The Story, where Esther has faith and courage and saves her people. Even though God is never mentioned in this story, He is there. Just like He is in our lives. Sometimes we don't recognize His hand in our lives, but He is always with us, working through us.

Pastor Mark Brandt explains how God can use the circumstances in life to carry out His plans for us. Like He did when He used the pagan king of Babylon, Cyrus to bring the people of Israel back to their homeland.

In the final sermon of the five week series, Five Ways to Wreck Your Life, Pastor Adams talks about pride and how it was the reason that the kingdom of Judah came to its final end. Pride can be our stumbling block as well, if we forget to acknowledge it in our lives.

Vicar Peter Heckert talks about the end of the kingdom of Judah from chapter 17 of The Story.

Pastor Mark Brandt asks who do we really trust for our hope and security. Do we trust ourselves and things of this world or do we trust God and His Word.

Pastor Brandt talks about the lessons learned by early settlers of Frankenmuth and how we can apply those lessons to our lives today.

In week four of this five week series Pastor Caleb Adams talks about how the Israelites decided to ignore God's commands and "Go With the Flow" of the people around them. How can we continue to go against the flow of the world around us and keep our faith in Jesus central in our lives.

Pastor Gary Bender tells us how the prophets of the Old Testament showed God's love for the people of Israel and how we can learn from their messages.

In the third week of the sermon series Five Ways to Wreck You Life, Pastor Caleb Adams talks about the fear and loneliness that Elijah felt when he was being hunted by Queen Jezebel. We also feel alone and afraid sometimes, but because of Christ's death and resurrection we are never alone, no matter what "cave" we find ourselves in.

King Rehoboam and King Jeroboam each took the opportunity to seek advice at the beginning of their respective reigns. Each king failed to listen to wise advice and instead listened to the "Morons" who told them what they wanted to hear. Pastor Caleb Adams tells us how we can learn from their foolishness and how we can avoid their mistakes by seeking advice from wise advisers and especially from God's word.

Pastor Joel Kaiser tells us about the blessings of Lutheran schools and through our school we are living out the Story of our faith.

Pastor Caleb Adams tells us about some of the ways that Solomon displayed his great wisdom and lack of wisdom in chapter 13 of The Story, and how we can learn from Solomon's example to keep Christ at the center of our lives.

Solomon had it all, wisdom, riches, God's favor. Pastor Caleb Adams tells us how Solomon wrecked his life by allowing his many foreign wives to lead him away from God.

Pastor Mark Brandt talks about how David and the Israelites were Crazy Generous when they were preparing for the temple to be built, because God had blessed them with so much. We too have been blessed with so much and our response to God's love and blessing is to be Crazy Generous as well.

Pastor Joel Kaiser tells the story of the visit of Magi to the Christ child so long ago, and what the first Epiphany really means to us today.

Pastor Mark Brandt tells us about the great blessing of time the we often take for granted.

Vicar Peter Heckert preaches on the passage from Matthew 2:13-23, that describes the murder of many young boys in Bethlehem after the birth of Jesus, and how we can respond to those around us who are mourning.

Pastor Gary Bender continues his sermon from Dec. 22.