Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

Today at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan Nancy by Emmanuel Sejourne was performed by Calvin Kadrofske

Year C – Third Sunday in Easter – May 4, 2025 Pastor Megan Floyd                 John 21:1-19; Acts 9:1-20 Grace and peace to you in the name of our risen savior, Jesus Christ, who knows we are not perfect, and yet still calls us daily to follow. Amen. *** I love a good redemption story. A classic tale of an evil villain… or even… a more relatable character who has unfortunately made terrible choices… They recognize the error of their ways, and their life is transformed. My top guy is probably Ebenezer Scrooge… and yes, I’m talking about A Christmas Carol …during the Easter season… A few years ago, a movie called Spirited came out… a story with Ebenezer Scrooge working away in the afterlife to bring such a transformation to others who have gone astray. He was paying it forward, if you will Delightfully funny movie… and it raised a good question… when someone has seen the error of their ways, and changed their behavior… do they change permanently? … does that transformed life… stick around? Eve

Join us to celebrate Easter!

This is a special musical performance of Triumphal Entry by the Faith Bells of Faith Lutheran Church of Okemos, Michigan.

This is a special musical performance of Abide with Me by the Faith Lutheran Church's Faith Bells with a solo by Gwynne Kadrofske on Flute!.

This is a special musical presentation of Hosanna to the King by the Chancel Choir with special percussionists, Rich Weingartner, Matt Schnizlein, Nick Hirschenberger and a solo by Chris Lewis at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan.

This is a special musical presentation of Sing Out To God, sung by the Chancel Choir at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan

Sermon 4/6/2025 – Jn 12:1-8   The prophet Isaiah brings us words from our Lord God:  “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” This is a beautiful reminder that God will surprise us God makes a way for us God brings out an army of fighters for us God nourishes and replenishes us Whatever we face, God is there, navigating beside us   The arc of the Gospels from Luke these past weeks have been building the tension toward Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion We can feel the tension within the community The Pharisees are threatening Herod’s wish to kill Jesus They’re grumbling about what Jesus is doing and who he’s hanging out with (all the wrong people) And Jesus is responding with outrageous parables about how God isn’t going to fall in line with human expectations God is extravagant in God’s love for God’s people God will protect God’s people like a fierce mother hen God will nourish the fig tree until it bears fruit God will welcome the wayward son with open a

This is a special musical presentation of Lonesome Valley, sung by the Chancel Choir at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan

Year C – Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 30, 2025 Pastor Megan Floyd Luke 15:1-3; 11b-32   Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and from our Lord, Jesus Christ, whose abundant grace makes our repentance possible. Amen. *** This fellow welcomes sinners and tax collectors… and eats with them. I don’t know what these particular sinners did for the Pharisees to label them as such… but the tax collectors worked for the Roman government… they were agents for the Empire… For the average Jewish person, the tax collectors were the people who were actively working against your livelihood and your well-being. They were… not welcome at any decent Jewish person’s table… so the fact that this fellow, Jesus, welcomed tax collectors and ate with them is… well… it’s pretty offensive. This fellow… Jesus… he sure is a troublemaker… he is always getting the Pharisees grumbling. And so, Jesus responds to their grumbling with a parable that is even more offensive… on so many levels… It has a terrible, manipulative

Join us for a lenten service from March 26, 2025

This is a special musical presentation of Come to the River, sung by the Chancel Choir and Andy Boyan on Guitar at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan

Year C – Third Sunday in Lent – March 23, 2025 Pastor Megan Floyd Luke 13:1-9 Isaiah 55:1-13   Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and from our Lord, Jesus Christ, who, together with the Holy Spirit, long for us to live fruitful lives full of abundance. Amen. *** I learned a long time ago that… I can’t tell the difference between a trombone and a baritone… or an oboe and a clarinet. Now, if I’m looking at them, then yes, I can tell them apart and would even agree that they sound different… but the quality of their different sounds is not overly distinctive to my ear… so I struggle to tell them apart based on sound alone. It’s just not something I have much experience with. I discovered this… tragic failing of mine back in college when I had some elective courses to fill, and I thought it would be fun to take …the History of Jazz. I thought I was taking a history class… I enjoy history… But it was not so… it was apparently a music class disguised as a history class. And I almost failed… A bi

This is a special musical presentation of Once Upon A Tree, sung by the Chancel Choir at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan

Year C – Second Sunday in Lent – March 16, 2025 Pastor Megan Floyd Luke 13:31-35 Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18   Grace and peace to you from God, who is faithful and true, and from Jesus Christ, our Mother hen, who fiercely protects and provides for us. Amen. *** Have you ever been chased by an angry chicken? I have not… the only animals I grew up around were dogs and cats, and the occasional fish… so I do not have much experience with chickens. And because of my lack of experience, I used to miss much of the nuance of this passage from Luke… I didn’t quite understand the intensity of the creature to which Jesus compares himself. I mean… it’s a chicken. Not exactly scary, right? Chickens are famous for being… well… chicken… they’re scared of everything! Well… so then… one of my friends who raises chickens set me right. Yes… they are scared of everything… until you threaten their babies. A mother hen is gentle and nurturing to her brood. She provides for them, and gathers them under her feathers, sheltering t

Join us tonight for a lenten service.

This is a special musical presentation of My Jesus Walked, sung by the Chancel Choir at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan.