Sermons of Pastor Ben Squires

1 Corinthians: 1 Faith, 1 Love, 1 Focus (2nd Sunday after Epiphany – B)Sunday, January 15, 2012• Have volunteer come forward.• “No eye has seen” – put blindfold on person• “No ear has heard” – put headphones on person• “No mind has conceived” – put hardhat on person• We just don’t know what God has

1 Corinthians: 1 Faith, 1 Love, 1 Focus (Baptism of Our Lord – B)Sunday, January 8, 2011• Fools.• Freaks.• Insane.• Dim-witted.• Hopelessly misguided• Uninformed.• Naïve.• Out of touch with reality.• Not firing on all cylinders.• That’s how the world sees us.• Fools.• That’s what the world thinks a

2nd Sunday in Advent (Year B - Lutheran Service Book readings)Sunday, December 4, 2011Whistle: pure sweet Canada Canada Canada (2X)A voice of one calling in the wilderness.Whistle: pure sweet Canada Canada CanadaA beautiful, rich bird song which fills the woods. You look up into the canopy of trees

1st Sunday in Advent (Year B, Lutheran Service Book readings)Sunday, November 27, 2011• Start putting black pieces of cloth into a box marked with David Sweeney’s “Lament Number 223,” saying one word per piece of cloth.• Sadness, grief, despair, fights, war, shame, hurtful words, hurtful actions, si

This Thanksgiving Eve sermon took the form of a poem compiled and edited from various sources. You can view the sermon in its entirety by clicking here.

Excel in the Grace of Giving (Week 3)Sunday, November 20, 2011• I’ve been making a lot of phone calls lately, trying to check in on people who we have listed as members but maybe who haven’t been in worship for a while, a long while. • Now when I’m not talking to voicemail, every once in a while I

Excel in the Grace of Giving (Week 2)Sunday, November 13, 2011• Children’s Message: Bring up children and explain we’re going to get the adults moving, too, to help everyone think about who God has made them to be• Ask adults to get up and move to one of the spots on the edge of the seating area—Wor

Excel in the Grace of Giving (Week 1)Sunday, November 6, 2011• Set up half of the pipe, send coins down• This is God sending down His blessings to us and to others• Except that’s not quite the whole picture• Ask for a volunteer• You be God. (give them the jar of coins)• Set up top half of the pipe w

Reformation Day (Year A) Sunday, October 30, 2011• (Repeat after me)• Above the chaos• God is with us• God brings peace• The theme for this year’s Gurnee Days was Medieval Knights—that was back in those warm days of August• So our Gurnee Days chair Matt Messmer assembled a team of people who brain

19th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25) (Year A)Sunday, October 23, 2011• People outside of the Church are watching us• They’re watching to see if we take the words of Jesus seriously• They’re watching to see if we really love our neighbors as ourselves—words from the Old Testament book of Leviticus