Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus22 March 2020 + Lent 4AJohn 9.1-41; Psalm 23Rev. Josh Evans, preaching This week at Unity, we live-streamed our Saturday liturgy at the Cross of Life Campus and our Sunday liturgy at the Christ the King Campus. The CTK recording (or at least the majority of it, [no] …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus15 March 2020 + Lent 3AJohn 4.5-42; Exodus 17.1-7Rev. Josh Evans, preaching This week at Unity, we live-streamed our Saturday liturgy at the Cross of Life Campus and our Sunday liturgy at the Christ the King Campus. The COL recording is linked here, and the gospel reading and …
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Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus19 January 2020 + Epiphany 2 / Lectionary 2AJohn 1.29-42Rev. Josh Evans, preaching You HAVE to see this! Think about a favorite vacation - perhaps overlooking the stunning vistas of the Grand Canyon, or standing in the shadow of the towering monuments of Washington DC. For me, most …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus29 December 2019 + Christmas 1John 1.1-14 (Nativity III)Rev. Josh Evans, preaching When I was in college, I worked for about a year as a student campus security officer. In hindsight, even a student job in public safety wasn’t the wisest choice for me, as someone who is …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus27 October 2019 + Reformation SundayJohn 8.31-36; Jeremiah 31.31-34Rev. Josh Evans, preaching When I was growing up, my dad so tried to get me into sports, bless his heart. But one piece of sports wisdom he shared that actually stuck with me: Root for your team, not against …
Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus21 July 2019 + Mary Magdalene, ApostleJohn 20.1-2, 11-18Rev. Josh Evans, preaching No one likes to be thought of as clingy. So it might seem strange to call Mary Magdalene, the apostle whose feast day we commemorate today, clingy. And yet, our gospel text literally shows her clinging …
Preacher's Note: My internship supervisor was fond of saying that, in ministry, one phone call can change your entire day. Case in point: I wasn't planning on preaching at our Thursday evening worship service tonight, but here we are! The original version of this sermon was preached at St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Midlothian, IL, …
Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus9 June 2019 + Day of PentecostJohn 14.8-17, 25-27; Acts 2.1-21Rev. Josh Evans, preaching Where have I seen this before?This looks so familiar… Questions I found myself asking as I perused the website for Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska — with its characteristic bright green and blue …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus7 April 2019 + Fifth Sunday in LentJohn 12.1-8Rev. Josh Evans, preaching This is a tale of two women. First: She’s at this big party, a wedding feast to be exact. Everything’s going great, and everyone’s having a great time… until: They run out of wine. With an …
Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus20 January 2019 + Second Sunday after Epiphany (Lectionary 2C)John 2.1-11Rev. Josh Evans, preaching How did I not join Costco sooner?! Packages of toilet paper as big as your bathtub — I’ve still got a handful of rolls from one I bought in June — and food in …
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