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Joy of Salvation Call to Worship

June 1, 2021

Our call to worship is from Psalm 27:1
“The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?”
God, we come to worship
from a world where there is much fear.
We each have our own worries,
and the weight of the world can be heavy.
Your strength is what we need.
Help us to be of one mind this morning,
your light filling us with the joy of your salvation. Amen.

Sermon: Jesus Saves–Born Again! – John 3:1-21, Romans 6:2-11, 2 Corinthians 5:17

May 25, 2021

A sermon where I talk about the expansiveness and exclusionary nature of “born again” language, and use images of baptism fonts and pools to talk about what baptism and new birth means today.

Sermon: Jesus Saves–Adopted! – John 1:11-13, Ephesians 1:1-6, Galatians 4:4-7, Romans 8:14-17

May 25, 2021

This sermon looks at biblical and contemporary images of adoption and guardianship, using some stories about adoption to think about what it means to be the family of God.

Sermon: Jesus Saves–A Ransom for Many – Psalm 49:14-15; Isaiah 35:10; Jeremiah 31:10-11; Matthew 20:26-28; I Timothy 2: 5-6; I Peter 1:18-19

May 25, 2021

A sermon that looks at biblical and contemporary stories of being ransomed, and asks the question, “How does God deliver us from captivity?”

Sermon: Jesus Saves–An Introduction – Mark 8:27-37, Psalm 27

May 24, 2021

We are starting a sermon series where we will try to unpack how Jesus saves us. We are a Christian church, we come here and read stories about Jesus, we pray to Jesus, we sing songs of praise to Jesus…what does this mean? Particularly as we head into the Good Friday and Easter season, we wonder, what did Jesus’ death on the cross have to do with it? How does Jesus save us? How might Jesus save us?

There are as many ways to talk about being saved as there are Christians, but theologians have observed that our thinking falls into certain categories. There are word pictures or metaphors we use to describe the mystery of how God saves us, many of which are drawn from scripture. Certain metaphors have tended to be popular in certain denominations or in certain time periods.

Sermon: Deliverance Before, After and In Between – Exodus 15:1-21, Psalm 105:26-38; Luke 4:18

May 11, 2021

Deliverance. I don’t know where you are at this morning. Some of you are in a place of peace. There is a before and after in your life. God has delivered you, and you are so grateful for that change in your life. Maybe it’s deliverance from pain, or from grief, or from addiction, or from sickness, or from danger, from sin. Like the Israelites liberated from Egypt, you rejoice. You have a before and after story and you thank God fervently that you are in the after part of your story.

But for others, you are stuck….

Empowered Benediction

January 21, 2018

Go into your week
knowing you are
loved perfectly,
saved eternally,
and empowered
as a disciple of Jesus
to share God’s love
with everyone you meet.

Scriptural Sweep: A Reader’s Theatre

July 6, 2011

A sermon-length Reader’s Theatre for 4 voices that looks at some of the main themes of the Bible.

About Carol Penner

I am a Mennonite pastor currently teaching theology at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. I’ve served congregations in Ontario and most recently, Alberta.

I love to write and to lead worship! If you are finding my writing helpful, I would love to hear from you! Feel free to use or adapt the material here, it is all written by me. If printing material, please credit “Copyright Carol Penner www.leadinginworship.com” (and say whether you modified it). If publishing, please contact me for permission. Contact me at carol@leadinginworship.com

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Joy of Salvation Call to Worship

Sermon: Jesus Saves–Born Again! – John 3:1-21, Romans 6:2-11, 2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon: Jesus Saves–Adopted! – John 1:11-13, Ephesians 1:1-6, Galatians 4:4-7, Romans 8:14-17

Sermon: Jesus Saves–A Ransom for Many – Psalm 49:14-15; Isaiah 35:10; Jeremiah 31:10-11; Matthew 20:26-28; I Timothy 2: 5-6; I Peter 1:18-19

Sermon: Jesus Saves–An Introduction – Mark 8:27-37, Psalm 27

Sermon: Deliverance Before, After and In Between – Exodus 15:1-21, Psalm 105:26-38; Luke 4:18

Empowered Benediction

Scriptural Sweep: A Reader’s Theatre

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