Para Vista Lutheran Church

What's Your Story? (Audio)

We each have stories we tell about our lives - stories that are funny, stories of success, stories that give life, that we are happy to share.
We also have stories that we may not share - stories of heartbreak, failure, and brokenness.
How do these stories intersect with the stories in scripture?
And what about God's story?
We will discover the surprising truth of God's story, your story, and our story, as Pastor Chris Mann brings the message to us.

Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 (NLT)

What's Your Story? (Video)

We each have stories we tell about our lives - stories that are funny, stories of success, stories that give life, that we are happy to share.
We also have stories that we may not share - stories of heartbreak, failure, and brokenness.
How do these stories intersect with the stories in scripture?
And what about God's story?
We will discover the surprising truth of God's story, your story, and our story, as Pastor Chris Mann brings the message to us.

Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 (NLT)

The Journey of a Transformative Leader (Audio)

We learn from the life of Jesus as a transformative leader that what we have done for ourselves will die with us…but what we have done for others and the world remains and will never die.
For this reason, God is calling His people to be transformative leaders who will affect the people around them through their everyday actions or to journey with a transformative leader into God's own heart and into His redemptive plan and purpose as revealed in the scripture.

Bishop Michael Musale

Bible Reading: Matthew 9:35-38 (NLT)

The Journey of a Transformative Leader (Video)

We learn from the life of Jesus as a transformative leader that what we have done for ourselves will die with us…but what we have done for others and the world remains and will never die.
For this reason, God is calling His people to be transformative leaders who will affect the people around them through their everyday actions or to journey with a transformative leader into God's own heart and into His redemptive plan and purpose as revealed in the scripture.

Bishop Michael Musale

Bible Reading: Matthew 9:35-38 (NLT)

A Love Letter for Life (Audio)

Everything we know about God as Father, Rescuer, and Counsellor, we learn from the Bible. Well, to be accurate, we learn it from Holy Spirit God through the Bible.
The Bible teaches, inspires, equips, and informs. But its central message is your heavenly Father saying to you, “I love you. You matter to me. Isn’t it neat we can communicate even when we’re not face to face?”
The Bible is the tool the Holy Spirit uses to reveal to us the centrality of Jesus, who brings the love of the Father to us. You can use the Bible for many things, and that’s not necessarily wrong, but primarily it’s a love letter. When we don’t see it that way, we end up being led down rabbit holes.
When we do receive it as a love letter, we hold it dear to the very core of our being, for not only does it show us the identity of our God as a loving Father, but it also shows us our truest identity in him.
God’s word, the love letter? Yes! Get into it any way you can.

Pastor Peter Steicke

Bible Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23 (NRSVA)

A Love Letter for Life (Video)

Everything we know about God as Father, Rescuer, and Counsellor, we learn from the Bible. Well, to be accurate, we learn it from Holy Spirit God through the Bible.
The Bible teaches, inspires, equips, and informs. But its central message is your heavenly Father saying to you, “I love you. You matter to me. Isn’t it neat we can communicate even when we’re not face to face?”
The Bible is the tool the Holy Spirit uses to reveal to us the centrality of Jesus, who brings the love of the Father to us. You can use the Bible for many things, and that’s not necessarily wrong, but primarily it’s a love letter. When we don’t see it that way, we end up being led down rabbit holes.
When we do receive it as a love letter, we hold it dear to the very core of our being, for not only does it show us the identity of our God as a loving Father, but it also shows us our truest identity in him.
God’s word, the love letter? Yes! Get into it any way you can.

Pastor Peter Steicke

Bible Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23 (NRSVA)

A Trinity of Connection (Audio)

A message from Pastor Stephen Abraham.

If you’ve gone to a church or school of any of the mainline Christian denominations you’ve heard these words at the start of every worship service: “In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.” What goes through your head at that moment? Maybe you switch off because it feels like an empty ritual. This Sunday I want to unpack why this “Trinity-thing” is absolutely mind-blowing and how it will change the way you think about God’s interaction with you on a personal level.

 

A Trinity of Connection (Video)

A message from Pastor Stephen Abraham.

If you’ve gone to a church or school of any of the mainline Christian denominations you’ve heard these words at the start of every worship service: “In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.” What goes through your head at that moment? Maybe you switch off because it feels like an empty ritual. This Sunday I want to unpack why this “Trinity-thing” is absolutely mind-blowing and how it will change the way you think about God’s interaction with you on a personal level.

 

Dare To Be On A Different Journey (Audio)

In our lives, there are many different types of journeys we can choose to take—we can go on a journey to visit family, go to work, go on holiday, go shopping, go to worship with the church—we can journey to different places and different countries. There are as many kinds of journeys as there are reasons for taking a journey, but most journeys have two things in common: they have a purpose and they have a destination—and with these two things in mind, I want you to think about your journey as a follower of Jesus. Some of my greatest journeys have involved taking a journey with God (Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit)—what about you? And the journey I take as a follower of Jesus has less to do with where I live or where I physically travel. In fact, my journey as a follower of Jesus has everything to do with who He is and who I am in Him—which means I’m called to be on a very different journey in my life—what about you? And this being on a different journey may even seem weird! I’m looking forward to explore this with you and with Holy Spirit in greater detail when we dwell in the word in Mark 9:38-50.

Pastor Wayne Kerber

Bible Reading: Mark 9:38-50 (NLT)

Dare To Be On A Different Journey (Video)

In our lives, there are many different types of journeys we can choose to take—we can go on a journey to visit family, go to work, go on holiday, go shopping, go to worship with the church—we can journey to different places and different countries. There are as many kinds of journeys as there are reasons for taking a journey, but most journeys have two things in common: they have a purpose and they have a destination—and with these two things in mind, I want you to think about your journey as a follower of Jesus. Some of my greatest journeys have involved taking a journey with God (Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit)—what about you? And the journey I take as a follower of Jesus has less to do with where I live or where I physically travel. In fact, my journey as a follower of Jesus has everything to do with who He is and who I am in Him—which means I’m called to be on a very different journey in my life—what about you? And this being on a different journey may even seem weird! I’m looking forward to explore this with you and with Holy Spirit in greater detail when we dwell in the word in Mark 9:38-50.

Pastor Wayne Kerber

Bible Reading: Mark 9:38-50 (NLT)