WORD OUT!

We are now worshiping live. But for those who need to worship at home, an audio recording of our Sunday worship is conveniently available on our podcast, posted just below (or search for “Queen Anne Lutheran Church” wherever you find podcasts). The service bulletin is here as well.
Note: If you enjoy these audio worship opportunities and would like to contribute to the church, online donations may be made at this link.

Listen to worship from April 14, 2024

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Read the sermon from April 14, 2024  Guest Preacher Rev. Abby D’Ambruoso


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PODCAST

Our weekly worship is also available as a Queen Anne Lutheran Church podcast. You can listen here, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn and Stitcher to listen on your smartphone or mobile device. Just search for “Queen Anne Lutheran” in these apps.

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The Pastor’s Word:

Five Additional Surprises

On Easter Sunday, I preached a sermon on five surprises that appeared in our second reading for the day, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. In keeping with my Easter message, I would like to offer five more, all in the hope of (re)kindling your interest in reading Scripture.

Here they are:

  1. The cross without the resurrection means nothing: 1 Corinthians 15:17. Many Christians focus exclusively on the cross as the locus of salvation. Jesus saves us by dying for our sins. Paul, however, suggests otherwise. He writes, “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.” Why? Presumably because Paul sees the cross and resurrection as inseparable; Jesus not only conquers the power of sin but also death (see Rom. 5:12).
  2. Only the resurrection matters: Romans 10:9. Here Paul goes beyond his comment in 1 Corinthians by omitting any reference to the cross whatsoever: “if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved”
    (see also 1 Tim. 1:9-10). If only the resurrection matters, why do people fix their gaze on the timbers of a cross?
  3. God cannot do all things: Judges 1:19. Judges opens with a story about God working alongside the Israelites in battle: “the Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain, because they had chariots of iron.” Does God lack omnipotence? If so, how might God’s powerlessness challenge your assumptions about God (see also 1 Cor. 1:25)?
  4. God exists only in relationship: 1 John 4:12. I get weary of people who talk about God and point to the sky, as if God and heaven reside somewhere “up there” beyond the clouds. 1 John offers a compelling alternative. “No one has ever seen God,” the author writes, “[but] if we love on another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.” If you wish to find God, seek him in our neighbor.
    In loving others, you “make God exist,” as the French philosopher Maurice Clavel said. You incarnate God, who is love (see 1 John 4:8, 16).
  5. Life is short: James 4:14. I love finding poetry in Scripture, especially when it comes to our mortality. Most of us know popular verses like Isaiah 40:6, which compares human beings to withering grass. But what about James, which says, “You do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes”? Even as we celebrate new life this Easter season, let us also remember the fleeting gift of life we have from God, the source and ground of everything.

What passages in the Bible surprise you? I would love to hear what they are.

Pastor Dan


Previous worship services:

Here are worship files from last week, and prior services going back to March 15, 2020.
(Click HERE to find our archive of sermon audio files from Sundays prior to March 8, 2020.
Visit our YouTube channel to view earlier video worship services, music, and more.

Listen to worship from April 07, 2024

View the bulletin for April 07, 2024

Read the sermon from April 07, 2024 “Surprises” Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to Easter Sunday worship from March 31, 2024

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Read the sermon from March 31, 2024 “The Wow Factor” Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to Palm Sunday worship from March 24, 2024

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Read the sermon from March 24, 2024 Guest Pastor John Michael Barich


Listen to worship from March 17, 2024

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Read the sermon from March 17, 2024 You Vote: Three Approaches to Scripture” Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from March 3, 2024

Read the sermon from March 3, 2024What Made Jesus Mad?” Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from February 25, 2024

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Read the sermon from February 25, 2024 Get Behind Me, Satan” Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from February 18, 2024

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Read the sermon from February 18, 2024 Temptations in the American Wilderness” Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from February 11, 2024

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Read the sermon from February 11, 2024Why Gen-Z Doesn’t Attend Church” Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from February 4, 2024

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Read the sermon from February 4, 2024Woe to Me If I Do Not Proclaim the Gospel” Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from January 28, 2024

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Read the sermon from January 28, 2024  Is the Demonic a Distraction? Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from January 21, 2024

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Read the sermon from January 21, 2024, Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee


Listen to worship from January 14, 2024

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Read the sermon from January 14, 2024, The F-Word (It’s Not What You Think); Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from January 7, 2024

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Read the sermon from January 7, 2024, Finding God: From Cosmos to Christ; Pastor Dan Peterson

Listen to worship from December 31, 2023


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Read the sermon from December 31, 2023;“Clothed in Christ”—Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to Christmas Eve worship

View the Christmas Eve bulletin, 11PM worship

Read Pastor Dan’s Christmas Eve sermon


Listen to worship from December 17, 2023

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Read sermon transcript from December 17, 2023


Listen to worship from December 10, 2023

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Read sermon transcript from December 10, 2023


Listen to worship from December 3, 2023

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Listen to worship from November 26, 2023

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Listen to worship from November 19, 2023

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Read a transcript of the sermon from November 19, 2023—Pastor John Michael Barich


Listen to worship from November 12, 2023

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Read a transcript of the sermon from November 12, 2023—”Controversy”—Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from November 5, 2023—All Saints Sunday

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Read a transcript of the sermon from November 5, 2023—”God Will Understand”—Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from October 29, 2023—Reformation Sunday

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Read a transcript of the sermon from October 29, 2023 —”What Is Worship?”—Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from October 22, 2023

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Read the sermon from October 22, 2023, Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from October 15, 2023

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Read the sermon from October 15, 2023, Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from October 8, 2023

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Read the sermon from October 8, 2023, Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from October 1, 2023

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Read the sermon transcript from October 1, 2023, Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from September 24, 2023

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Read the sermon transcript from September 24, 2023, Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from September 17, 2023

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Read the sermon transcript from September 17, 2023, Rev. Leslie Mahraun


Listen to worship from September 10, 2023

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Read the sermon from September 10, 2023, Rev. John M. Barich


Listen to worship from September 3, 2023

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Read the sermon from September 3, 2023 What’s with Peter?” Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from August 27, 2023

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Read the sermon from August 27, 2023,Too Many Distractions“—Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from August 20, 2023

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Read the sermon from August 2023, “Did Jesus Experience a Conversion?”


Listen to worship from August 13, 2023

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Read the sermon from August 13, 2023, In Defense of Peter


Listen to worship from August 6, 2023

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Read the sermon from August 6, 2023,Feed the 5,000″


Listen to worship from July 30, 2023

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Read the sermon from July 30, 2023,Is Evil Real?”


Listen to worship from July 23, 2023

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Read the sermon from July 23, 2023, “God Is Not Your Enemy


Listen to worship from July 16, 2023

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Read the sermon from July 16, 2023Is the Christian Faith Relevant?


Note: Audio recording from July 9, 2023 worship is unavailable.

View the bulletin from July 9, 2023


Listen to worship from July 2, 2023: A Lay-led Service of the Word with Hymn-Sing; Cantor Kyle Haugen

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Listen to worship from June 25, 2023

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Sermon transcript from June 25, 2023 “In Search of the Gospel


Listen to worship from June 18, 2023

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Sermon transcript from June 18, 2023 Guest Pastor John Michael Barich: “When We See What Shouldn’t Be


Listen to worship from June 11, 2023

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Sermon transcript from June 11, 2023A Few Words that Could Change Your Life


Listen to worship from June 4, 2023

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Sermon transcript from June 4, 2023 “Why Build a World?”


Listen to worship from May 28, 2023

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Sermon transcript from May 28, 2023


Listen to worship from May 21, 2023

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Sermon transcript from May 21, 2023


Listen to worship from May 14, 2023

View the bulletin from May 14, 2023

Sermon transcript from May 14, 2023 (Rev. Paul Hoffman, guest preacher)


Listen to worship from May 07, 2023  (recording begins after Children’s Message, with First Reading; apologies)

View the bulletin from May 07, 2023

Sermon transcript from May 07, 2023 (Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee, guest preacher)


Listen to worship from April 30, 2023

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Sermon transcript from April 30, 2023


Listen to worship from April 23, 2023

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Sermon transcript from April 23, 2023


Listen to worship from April 16, 2023

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Sermon transcript from April 16, 2023


Listen to Easter worship from April 9, 2023

View the bulletin for Easter, April 9, 2023

Sermon transcript from Easter Sunday


Listen to worship from Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023

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Audio recording and sermon transcript from March 26 are not available, apologies.

View the bulletin for March 26, 2023


Listen to worship from March 19, 2023

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Read a transcript of the sermon from March 19, 2023. Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from March 12, 2023

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Read a transcript of the sermon from March 12, 2023, Abide in Me, Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from March 5, 2023

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Read a transcript of the sermon from March 5, 2023. Guest Preacher Rev. Stephen Crippen

Read a transcript of the sermon from February 26, 2023. Demystifying Paul, Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from February 26, 2023.

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Read a transcript of the sermon from February 26, 2023. Demystifying Paul, Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from February 19, 2023.

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Read a transcript of the sermon, February 19, 2023. The Mountain of God, Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from February 12, 2023

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Read a transcript of the sermon from February 12. Guest Pastor Kristy Daniels


Listen to worship from February 5, 2023

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Read a transcript of the sermon from February 5, Guest Pastor Kristy Daniels


Listen to worship from January 29, 2023

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Read a transcript of the sermon from January 29, Guest Pastor Terry Kyllo


Listen to worship from January 22, 2023

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Read a transcript of the sermon from January 22. Guest Pastor Terry Kyllo


Listen to worship from January 15, 2023

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Read a transcript of the sermon from January 15. Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from January 8, 2023—Epiphany Sunday

View the bulletin from January 8

Read a transcript of the sermon from January 8, Pastor Dan Peterson


Listen to worship from January 1, 2023

View the bulletin from January 1

Read a transcript of the sermon from January 1 (Pastor Kristy Daniels)


Listen to worship from December 25, 2022—Christmas Day

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Read a transcript of the sermon from December 25 (Pastor Kristy Daniels)


Listen to worship from December 18, 2022.

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Read a transcript of the sermon from December 18, 2022. (Pastor Kristy Daniels)


Listen to worship from December 11, 2022.

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Read a transcript of the sermon from December 11, 2022 (Pastor Dan Peterson)


Listen to worship from December 4, 2022.

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Listen to worship from November 27, 2022.

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Read a transcript of the sermon from November 27, 2022 (Pastor Kristy Daniels)


Listen to worship from November 20, 2022.

View the bulletin for November 20, 2022.

Read a transcript of the sermon from November, 20, 2022. “Looking to the Right of the Cross”


Listen to worship from November 13, 2022.

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Read a transcript of the sermon from November. 13, 2022. “The Day after Doomsday”


Listen to worship from November 6, 2022. All Saints Sunday

View the bulletin for November 6, 2022 

Read a transcript of the sermon from November 6, 2022. “Sin Boldly or Sing Boldly?”


Listen to worship from October 30, 2022, Reformation Sunday.

View the bulletin for October 30, 2022

Read a transcript of the sermon from October 30, 2022. “Get Thee Back to Hymnody!  The Hymnal as Devotional”


Listen to worship from October 23, 2022.
Our 10:30 service included a baptism and the “Blessing of the Quilts and Kits;” we also welcomed a new member.

View the bulletin for October 23, 2022

Read a transcript of the sermon from October 23, 2022. “Does God Forgive All Our Sins?”


Listen to worship from October 16, 2022, our 10:30 service.

View the bulletin from October 16, 2022

Read a transcript of the sermon from October 16, 2022, “Inspiration without Inerrancy”


Listen to worship from October 9, 2022

View the bulletin from worship October 9, 2022

Read a transcript of the sermon from October 9, 2022, “The Word of God  Will Not Be Chained”


Listen to worship from October 2, 2022, our 10:30 service. 

View the bulletin from worship October 2, 2022.

Read a transcript of the sermon from October 2, 2022, “Timothy 1 & 2: Is the Treasure Worth the Trouble?”


Apologies: Our audio recording from Sunday September 25 is not available.

Worship bulletin from September 25, our 10:30 service

Sermon transcript from September 25, “Don’t Miss the Point!”


Listen to worship from September 18, our 10:30 service.

Worship bulletin from September 18, our 10:30 service.

Sermon transcript from September 18, “Which Way is the Way?”


Listen to worship from September 11.

Worship bulletin from September 11.

Sermon transcript from September 11, “Can God Change God’s Mind?”


Listen to worship from September 4

Worship bulletin from September 4

Sermon transcript from September 4 (Pastor Dan Peterson)


Listen to worship from August 28 (Pastor Dan Peterson presiding)

Worship bulletin from August 28

Sermon transcript from August 28 (Pastor Dan)


Listen to worship from August 21 (Guest Pastor Mel Jacob)

Worship bulletin from August 21

Sermon transcript from August 21 (Rev. Mel Jacob)


Listen to worship from August 14 (Guest Pastor Paul Hoffman)

Worship bulletin for August 14

Sermon transcript from August 14 (Rev. Paul Hoffman)


Listen to worship from August 7 (Guest Pastor Kristy Daniels)

Worship bulletin for August 7

Sermon transcript from August 7 (Rev. Kristy Daniels)


Listen to worship from July 31 (Guest Pastor Thom Wert)

Worship bulletin for July 31

Sermon transcript from July 31 (Rev, Thomas Wert)


Listen to worship from July 24 (Guest Pastor Thom Wert)

Worship bulletin for July 24

Sermon transcript from July 24 “Prayer that Spans the World” (Rev. Thomas Wert)


Listen to worship from July 17  (Guest Pastor Elise Scott)

Worship bulletin for July 17

Sermon transcript from July 17   “Mary Martha” (Rev. Elise Scott)


Listen to worship from July 10

Worship bulletin for July 10

Sermon transcript from July 10: “Gratitude vs Gratification”


Listen to worship from July 3 (note: lector’s microphone was not working)

Worship bulletin for July 3

Sermon Transcript from July 3; “Sermons and Sandcastles”


Listen to worship from June 26

Worship bulletin for June 26


Listen to worship from June 19

Worship bulletin from June 19


Listen to worship from June 12

Worship bulletin from June 12

Sermon transcript from June 12: “Scrapping the Trinity”


Listen to worship from June 5

Worship bulletin from June 5

Sermon Transcript from June 5 (Rob Stewart, New Horizons ministry)


Listen to worship from May 29

Worship bulletin for May 29

Sermon transcript for May 29: “Hope Against Hope”


Listen to worship from May 22

Worship bulletin May 22

Sermon transcript from May 22: “Pick One to Remember”


Listen to worship from May 15

Worship bulletin May 15

Sermon transcript from May 15: “Get Thee Back to Hymnody! The Hymnal as Devotional


Listen to worship from May 8

Worship bulletin from May 8

Sermon transcript from May 8: “Finding a Way Forward: Mother’s Day and Roe v. Wade”


Listen to worship from May 1, including the Blessing of the Quilts

View the May 1 bulletin

Transcript of Pastor Dan’s May 1 sermon: What Difference Does It Make? A Case for the Relevance of Resurrection


Listen to worship from April 24

View the April 24 bulletin

Transcript of Pastor Dan’s April 24 sermon: Is Heaven for Real? A Case Beyond the Ages


Listen to worship from April 17, Easter.

View the Easter bulletin.

Transcript of Pastor Dan (as “Sam Spade”)’s Easter sermon


Listen to worship from April 10, Palm Sunday.

View the bulletin from April 10, Palm Sunday.


Listen to worship from April 03.

View the bulletin for April 03.

Sermon Transcript for April 03: “In Defense of Judas Iscariot”


Listen to worship from March 27.

View the bulletin for March 27.

Sermon Transcript for March 27: “Four Sermonettes: Reimagining the Prodigal Son


Listen to worship from March 20.

View the bulletin for March 20.

Sermon Transcript for March 20, Rev. Mel Jacob: “Thirst, Longing, Hope


Listen to worship from March 13.

View the bulletin for March 13.

Sermon transcript for March 13: “Son of Man or Superman?—Part 2″


Listen to worship from March 6.

View the bulletin for March 6.

Sermon transcript for March 6: “Son of Man or Superman?”


Listen to worship from February 27, 2022.

View the bulletin for February 27.

Sermon transcript for February 27: “Transformations


Listen to worship from February 20.

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(Sermon transcript unavailable.)


Listen to worship from February 13.

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Sermon transcript for February 13: “The Secret of Our Salvation” Pastor Dan


Listen to worship from February 6.

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Sermon transcript for February 6: “Martin, Time to Get Up!” Pastor Dan


Listen to worship from January 30.

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Sermon transcript for January 30: “Sin or Debt?” Pastor Dan


Listen to worship from January 23.

View the bulletin for January 23.

Sermon transcript for January 23. “Was Jesus Political?” Pastor Dan


Listen to worship from January 16.

View the bulletin for January 16.

Sermon transcript for January 16. “A Dentist, Paul, and the Purpose of Life.” Pastor Dan


Listen to worship from January 9.

View the bulletin for January 9.

Sermon transcript for January 9. “Did Jesus Exist?” Pastor Dan


Note: Our December 26 worship was cancelled due to the snowfall.
We were unable to record our January 2 worship service.


Listen here to our Christmas Eve worship service, 7:30 PM.
This service of eucharist includes Christmas carols, organ music, and a choir anthem;  Pastor Dan’s sermon is titled “What Can We Salvage from this Wreckage?  Rethinking Paul’s Letter to Titus.”

Christmas Eve bulletin is here.


Listen here to our 11 AM Christmas morning prayer service.
This service includes morning prayer and psalms, Christmas carols, organ music, and an anthem from our choir.

Christmas Day bulletin is here.


Listen to worship from December 19.

Listen to the “Carol sing” before worship and sing along!

View the bulletin for December 19.

Sermon transcript from December 19 (led by youth)


Listen to worship from December 12.

View the bulletin for December 12.

Sermon transcript for December 12. “The Gospel without the Gospel.” Pastor Dan


Listen to worship from December 5.

View the bulletin for December 5.

Sermon transcript “Gratitude” for December 5. Pastor Dan Peterson.


Listen to the sermon from November 28, “Is This the End?”

(Audio is not available for the full service)

View the bulletin for November 28, the first Sunday in Advent.


Listen to worship from November 21.

View the bulletin for November 21.

Sermon transcript Powerless Before Pilate: Jesus as King for November 21. Pastor Dan Peterson.


Listen to worship from November 14.

View the bulletin for November 14.

Sermon transcript “Will the Center Hold?” for November 14, Pastor Dan Peterson.


Listen here to worship from All Saints Sunday, November 7.

View the bulletin for November 7.

Sermon transcript “My Son’s Heart, Alive in You” for November 7. Rev. Mel Jacob, guest pastor.


Listen here to worship from Reformation Sunday, October 31.

View the bulletin for October 31.


Listen here to worship from Sunday, October 24.

View the bulletin for October 24.

Read the sermon transcript from October 24: “The Lost Disciples of Jesus.”


Listen here to worship from Sunday, October 17.

View the bulletin for October 17.

Read the sermon transcript from October 17: “Kingdom and Cosmos.”


Listen here to worship from Sunday, October 10.

View the bulletin for October 10.
We welcomed Rev. Katherine GrayBuck to our pulpit and Forum. 


View the bulletin for October 3.

Read a transcript of the October 3 sermon, “Jesus and Divorce.”

Listen to the sermon here.


Listen here to worship from Sunday, September 26.

View the bulletin for September 26.

Read a transcript of the September 26 sermon, “More Surprises from James.”


Listen here to worship from Sunday, September 19.

View the bulletin from September 19.

View a transcript of the September 19 sermon here, “Prodigal Sibling Syndrome”


Listen here for worship from Sunday, September 12.

View a transcript of the September 12 sermon here, “Moving Mountains with Human Hands”


Listen here for worship from Sunday, August 29.

View a transcript of the August 29 sermon here, “The James We Never Knew”


Prior to August 22, we pre-recorded shorter worship services we called “WordOut!” for our members. These services include music, a hymn, a Gospel reading , sermon and prayers, and can be found below:

Listen here to WordOut! for Sunday, August 15.
Pastor Dan preaches on John 6:51-58 with a sermon titled “My Conversation with Martin Luther.”

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for August 15.

Listen here to WordOut! for Sunday, August 8.
Pastor Dan returns to the pulpit today.

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for August 8.

Listen here to WordOut! for Sunday, August 1.
We welcome our Northwest Washington Synod Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee as our guest preacher today.

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for August 1.

Listen here to WordOut! for Sunday, July 25.
We welcome Pastor Terry Kyllo, Executive Director of Paths to Understanding, as our guest preacher today.

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for July 25.

Listen here to WordOut! for Sunday, July 18.
We welcome Pastor Terry Kyllo, Executive Director of Paths to Understanding, as our guest preacher today.

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for July 18.

Listen here to WordOut! for Sunday, July 11.
We welcome Pastor Terry Kyllo, Executive Director of Paths to Understanding, as our guest preacher today.

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for July 11.

Listen here to WordOut! for Sunday, July 4.
We welcome Pastor Terry Kyllo, Executive Director of Paths to Understanding, as our guest preacher today.

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for July 4.

Sizzle This Spring with the “Song of Songs:”  If there was a prize for the Bible’s most scandalous book, it would undoubtedly go to the Song of Songs. The Song is a love poem which celebrates longing and sexual desire. Since its acceptance into the Hebrew Bible over two thousand years ago, the poem has been a source of controversy to Jews and Christians alike. Lift its veil, however, and you will find a lost paradise, one that affirms the goodness and beauty of creation, endorses the equality of the sexes, and even offers (if we look close enough) a tantalizing glimpse of God! Listen as Pastor Dan delivers a three-part sermon series on Sundays, June 13, 20 and 27.

Listen here to WordOut! for Sunday, June 27.
Hear the third of a three-part sermon series by Pastor Dan on the Song of Songs, and how this text gives us a glimpse of God’s Love.

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for June 27.

Listen here to WordOut! for Sunday, June 20.
Hear the second of a three-part sermon series by Pastor Dan on the Song of Songs, and how this text redeems the story of the Fall in Genesis 2-3.

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for June 20.

Listen here to WordOut! for Sunday, June 13.
Hear the first of a three-part sermon series by Pastor Dan on the Song of Songs* as well as a lovely choral postlude from Northwest Repertory Singers on the same text.

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for June 13.

View Our June 6 Worship Service
Herb Shao, a NW WA Synod Fellow and former military chaplain, preaches the sermon on our Gospel reading, Mark 3:20-35. Pastor Dan gives the children’s message and leads a Zoom-session welcoming new members. Hymns and service music are provided by Cantor Kyle Haugen and members of the choir, whose voices were each recorded separately. This video service is available after 4 PM Friday, June 4 on our YouTube channel and can also be accessed below:

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for June 6.

Listen here to WordOut! for May 30, Holy Trinity Sunday.
Pastor Dan gives a sermon titled “Teaching Nicodemus the Trinity.”

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for May 30.

Listen here to WordOut! for May 23, Pentecost Sunday.
Pastor Dan gives a story-sermon titled “On Clearance: A Holy Spirit Story.”

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for May 23.

Listen here to WordOut! for May 16, the Seventh Sunday of Easter.
Pastor Dan gives a message titled “A Sermon in Shambles.”

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for May 16

Listen here to WordOut! for May 9, the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
Pastor Dan gives a sermon titled “Are You Sure of Your Salvation?”

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for May 9

View Our May 2 Worship Service
Worship for the Fifth Sunday in Easter from Queen Anne Lutheran Church in Seattle. This Sunday we welcome guest preacher Rev. Chelsea Globe from University of Washington Lutheran Campus Ministry, who preaches a sermon on the Gospel reading, John 15:1-8. Pastor Dan also blesses quilts and kits lovingly made by QALC’s Sewing and Service group for Lutheran World Relief. Piano prelude and postlude feature two of QALC’s talented youth, with hymns and service music provided by Cantor Kyle Haugen and members of the choir, whose voices were each recorded separately. This video service is available on our YouTube channel and can also be accessed below:

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for May 2, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

For April 25, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, we will be joining Lutherans Restoring Creation in worship for a Creation-Focused Service in honor of Earth Day 2021. LRC’s Board of Directors has put together a gorgeous program of liturgy,  visual journeys, musical offerings, pastoral insights and inspiration from lay leaders. We are excited to welcome Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, who delivers the sermon for this special service. Use these links: The worship service will premiere on the LRC YouTube channel and the LRC Facebook page on April 24 at 5pm, and can be viewed any time after that.

View or download this bulletin of the LRC Worship Service for April 25.

Listen here to WordOut! for April 18, the Third Sunday of Easter.
Pastor Dan gives a sermon titled “Until the Last Day, All We Have Is Love.”

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for April 18

Sunday, April 11 on Vimeo
This video worship service for Sunday, April 11 has been provided by our Northwest Washington Synod and is available on Vimeo here. Among the many musicians and leaders of prayer from across our synod, you will recognize Rev. Paul Hoffman singing a hymn, and Pr. Deb Squires, from Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Everett, leading a prayer. Many other pastors and parishioners from mission development churches, as well as Synod staff, appear in worship. Pr. Andy Yee, Assistant to the Bishop, preaches the sermon on the Gospel, John 20:19-31.

View or download this transcript of worship for the Second Sunday in Easter, April 11.

Good Friday, April 2 at 7:30 PM on YouTube
This video Tenebrae service adapts an ancient custom of extinguishing candles as Pastor Dan Peterson offers scripture readings that recount Jesus’s final days, crucifixion, dereliction, and entombment. Worshipers at home are invited to light seven candles and extinguish one with each reading, leaving the final light remaining—a symbol of Christ as the Light of the World no darkness can overcome (John 1:5).
Note: Bags of seven small candles are available in the chapel for anyone who would like a set. You are invited to come get one on Friday April 2, 10-5

This video service is available on YouTube here and can also be accessed below at 7:30 PM:

View or download this transcript of our Good Friday service, including all the readings and prayers and beautiful graphics from the Good Friday video.
Licensed graphics © A Sanctified Art | BY LAUREN WRIGHT PITTMAN | SANCTIFIEDART.ORG.

“He Is Risen!” Butterfly and Floral Cross: Saturday, April 3 at 10:00 AM outside the church
Everyone is welcome to bring some flowers to add to our floral cross. All children are also invited to come to QALC this morning from 10-11 to help make a huge chalk butterfly on the sidewalk; Terry will be there with supplies, directions, and goodie bags of Easter treats.

Holy Saturday Vigil (non- QALC worship)
The Northwest Washington Synod passes on this Local Invite, Saturday, April 3 at 7 PM on Zoom:
A collection of faith communities (including Emmaus Table, University Lutheran Church, Lutheran Campus Ministry at UW, Echoes, and Living Stones Prison Ministry) will lead an immersive, imaginative experience of remembrance, hope, longing, and new creation. Gathered around a new fire, we will revisit stories and songs of God’s deliverance from the Hebrew Scriptures and our lives. We will also remember our Baptisms and celebrate Holy Communion together. Join the zoom event here.

Easter Sunday, April 4 on YouTube
Easter worship be available on YouTube here any time after midnight, Easter Sunday morning or can be accessed below. The service includes a special video-message from Lutheran World Relief, piano preludes from Jenna and Sonia, a sermon from Pastor Dan, and a celebration of Holy Communion. Our Floral Cross will be available for decorating outside the church on that day. Stop by and bring a flower to contribute to the cross, and enjoy the chalked butterfly on the sidewalk, too.

View or download this transcript of our Easter service.

Resources For Families: For activities to use with your children at home, go to ForKIDS@HOME!

Listen here to WordOut! for March 28, Palm Sunday.
Pastor Dan gives a sermon on the Gospel, John 12:20-33.

View or download this transcript of WordOut! for Palm Sunday—we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for March 21, the Fifth Sunday in Lent.

Pastor Dan gives a sermon on the Gospel, John 12:20-33.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for March 21, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for March 14, 2021, the Fourth Sunday in Lent.
We welcome Pastor Paul Hoffman as guest preacher, giving a sermon on the Gospel, John 3:14-21, and the Old Testament reading, Numbers 21:4-9.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for March 14, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

View Our March 7 Worship Service
Worship for the Third Sunday in Lent from Queen Anne Lutheran Church in Seattle. This Sunday we welcome guest preacher Deacon Dianne Johnson, Director of Evangelical Mission at the NW WA Synod, who preaches a sermon on the Gospel reading, John 2:13-22. Pastor Dan provides the Children’s Message. Music provided by Cantor Kyle Haugen and members of the choir, whose voices were each recorded separately. This video service is available on our YouTube channel and can also be accessed below:

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for March 7, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for February 28, 2021, the Second Sunday in Lent.
Pastor Dan preaches a sermon titled “Peter’s Protest: Why Must Jesus Die?” on the Gospel reading, Mark 8:31-38.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for February 28, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for February 21, 2021, the First Sunday in Lent.
Pastor Dan preaches a sermon titled “The Good News of Torn Skies” on the Gospel reading, Mark 1:9-15.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for February 21, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

View Our Ash Wednesday Worship Service
Join us in worship Ash Wednesday, February 17. This video service is available on our YouTube channel at 7:30 PM and can also be accessed below:

View or download this transcript of our Ash Wednesday worshipwe invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for February 14, 2021, the Transfiguration of Our Lord.
The Gospel reading is Mark 9:2-9. Join Rev. Dan Peterson, who preaches a sermon titled “The Transfiguration of Peter”

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for February 14,2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

View Our February 7 Worship Service
Join us in worship for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee is our guest preacher this Sunday, and Pastor Dan gives a Children’s Message. Cantor Kyle provides our music, and the hymns are led by a choir of our members (whose voices Kyle recorded separately and melded online with editing magic) .
This video service is available on our YouTube channel and can also be accessed below:

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for February 7, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for January 31, 2021, the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany.
The Gospel reading is Mark 1:21-28. Join Rev. Dave Brauer-Rieke, who discusses the authority of love in a sermon titled “Why Should I Believe You?!!”

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for January 31, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for January 24, 2021, the Third Sunday after Epiphany.
The Gospel reading is Mark 1:14-20, the story of the calling of the disciples. Pastor Dan’s sermon ponders the question, “Why follow Jesus?”

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for January 24, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for January 17, 2021, the Second Sunday after Epiphany. Pastor Dan preaches on the Gospel of John1:43-51, the story of the calling of Nathanael. Who was this mysterious disciple, what became of him after this initial encounter he had with Jesus, and what strange connection does he have to the Seattle Seahawks?

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for January 17, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

This video worship for January 10 is an “Annual Service of Remembrance” for those who have died unsheltered on our streets in the past year. Produced by Pastor Kristy Daniels of the Church of Steadfast Love, Pastor Erik Wilson Weiberg of Ballard First Lutheran, and with the participation of Queen Anne Lutheran and many other congregations of our Synod as well as various nonprofit agencies, it can be viewed below, or directly on YouTube by clicking HERE.

View or download a transcript of this servicewe invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for January 3, 2021, the Second Sunday of Christmas.  Our guest preacher this Sunday is Rev. David Hahn from the NW WA Synod. Our own Pastor Dan Peterson presides and gives the Children’s Message. 

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for January 3, 2021we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for December 27, the First Sunday of Christmas.  Pastor Dan presides and preaches this Sunday. 

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for December 27we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Our Christmas Lessons and Carols Worship with Communion is still available to watch on YouTube by clicking HERE.
May the light of Christ illumine you this season! Join Pastor Dan Peterson for this service of Christmas readings and music during the coronavirus outbreak, as voices from Queen Anne Lutheran Church share scripture and song (singers were recorded separately and edited together for this presentation). The service also features QALC’s Wech pipe organ and archival recordings of choral music and carol arrangements for brass, percussion, and organ composed by Cantor Kyle Haugen.
Our Christmas worship includes the liturgy of Communion. If you would like to partake, please gather bread and wine at home beforehand.

View or download this transcript of our Christmas Servicewe invite you to use this bulletin to follow along as you watch, pray, and sing. If you enjoy singing the harmonies, find the carols in the back of this bulletin.

The Christmas Story,” our virtual Pageant starring children and adult members, is now online as a slide-show video for you to watch as well; sing along with the children’s carols. The link to see our Pageant was sent to the membership in our weekly email.

Listen here to Word Out! for December 20, the Fourth Sunday in Advent. Light your fourth Advent candle at home, and sing the fourth verse of “Light One Candle” during worship. Pastor Dan presides and preaches this Sunday. 

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for December 20we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for December 13, the Third Sunday in Advent. Light your third Advent candle at home, and sing the third verse of “Light One Candle” during worship. Pastor Dan presides and preaches this Sunday.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for December 13we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for December 6, the Second Sunday in Advent.  We welcome Rev. Andy Yee of NW WA Synod, who preaches on Mark 1:1-8. Pastor Dan gives a Children’s Message.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for December 6we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

View Our November 29 Worship Service
Join us in worship for the First Sunday in Advent. Worship includes the lighting of the first candle of our sanctuary’s Advent wreath. The worship also includes Communion; if you would like to partake at home, please gather the elements (bread and wine/ juice) before you begin watching. We welcome guest preacher Rev. Dave Brauer-Rieke of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, who preaches on Mark 13:24-37 with a sermon titled “Together Again.”
This video service will premiere on our YouTube channel on Saturday, November 28, and can also be accessed below on Saturday:

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for November 29,  2020we invite you to use this bulletin along with the video as you watch, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for November 22, Christ the King Sunday.  We welcome Rev. Chelsea Globe of Lutheran Campus Ministry–UW, who preaches on Matthew 25:31-46.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for November 22,  2020we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for November 15, the 24rd Sunday after Pentecost.  Pastor Dan preaches on Matthew 25:14-30 interweaving the parable of the talents with a scary moment from childhood in a sermon titled “The Big Blue Door,” and our Hymn of the Day is “When We Are Living.”

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for November 15,  2020we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for November 8, the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost. 

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for November 8,  2020

Listen here to Word Out! for November 1, All Saints Day.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for November 1,  2020we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

View Our October 25 Worship Service
Worship with us! Join Pastor Dan Peterson and Cantor Kyle Haugen for worship on Reformation Sunday from Queen Anne Lutheran Church in Seattle. We observe the 503rd anniversary of Martin Luther’s Reformation, include a “Blessing of the Quilts and Kits,” and celebrate the tenth anniversary of the installation of our Wech organ. Our Gospel reading is John 8:31-36.

View the video below, or go here to view it on our YouTube channel

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for October 25,  2020, Reformation Sundaywe invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for October 18.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for October 18,  2020we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for October 11. Pastor Dan returned to the pulpit this Sunday, and we enjoy another hymn sung by Meg Shaw, Joel Matter, Lori Lynn Phillips, and Cantor Kyle. Notes from Kyle on the music in this worship service are on the last page of your bulletin, linked below.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for October 11,  2020we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for October 4. We welcome a guest sermon from Pastor Pam Miles this Sunday, and our Family Sunday worship includes special singing and scripture-reading from Jenna R, a children’s message from Pastor Dan, and a hymn sung by Meg Shaw, Joel Matter, Lori Lynn Phillips, and Cantor Kyle. Notes from Kyle on the music in this worship service are on the last page of your bulletin, linked below.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for October 4,  2020we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! for September 27. Enjoy a guest sermon from Rev. Terry Kyllo and a prelude played by Annika Lundsgaard.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! for September 27,  2020we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

View Our September 20 Worship Service
Worship with us! A special Creation-focused video worship service is provided this week by Lutherans Restoring Creation. (The video itself is a “Premiere” on YouTube, which means it will first be viewable Sunday at 6:15 AM.)
The service includes participants from all over the country, including Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, the Rev. Barbara Rossing, the Rev. Lenny Duncan, Rebekah Bruesehoff, rostered ministers, and members of the Lutherans Restoring Creation Board of Directors. Music is provided by Marty Haugen, the Rev. Leah Schade and Pastor John Tirro.

View or download this transcript of the September 20 worship videowe invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing. Note that to find full text of some of the prayers, hymns, and sermons, you’ll need to jump to the back section of the bulletin; those places are noted in the order of service.

Listen here to Word Out! #28, our September 13 Worship Service.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #28 (September 13,  2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

View Our September 6 Worship Service
Join Pastor Dan Peterson and Cantor Kyle Haugen in this service for the Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost, with a special viola prelude, two baptisms, a guest sermon by Pastor David Hahn, “Living Local” Coordinator for the NWWA Synod ELCA, and a “Blessing of the Devices” from Pastor Dan for those returning to school this week.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #27 (September 6,  2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.
Note: the sermon in our video worship has been edited for length; the original, full transcript is in this bulletin.

Listen here to Word Out! #26, our August 30 Worship Service.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #26 (August 30,  2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! #25, our August 23 Worship Service. Rev. Paul Hoffman offers the sermon.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #25 (August 23,  2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! #24, our August 16 Worship Service

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #24  (August 16,  2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! #23 , our August 9 Worship Service

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #23  (August 9,  2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

View Our August 2 Worship Service
Join Pastor Dan Peterson and Cantor Kyle Haugen in this service for the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost, with a sermon by Pastor Andy Yee, Assistant to the Bishop of the NW WA Synod ELCA, a special prelude from Lutheran Summer Music, and a magical appearance of the “Mystery Basket” in Pastor Dan’s children’s message.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #22 (August 2,  2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! #21 , our July 26 Worship Service

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #21 (July 26,  2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! #20 , our July 19 Worship Service

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #20 (July 19,  2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! #19 , our July 12 Worship Service

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #19 (July 12,  2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

View Our July 5 Worship Service
Join Pastor Dan Peterson and Cantor Kyle Haugen in this service for the 5th Sunday After Pentecost, with a sermon by Deacon Dianne Johnson, NW WA Synod ELCA, and the return of the “Mystery Basket” in a special children’s message.

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #18 (for July 5, 2020)—we invite you to use this bulletin as you watch the worship video.

Listen here to Word Out! #17 (for June 28,  2020)

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #17 (for June 28, 2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! #16 (for June 21,  2020)

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #16 (for June 21, 2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! #15 (for June 14,  2020)

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #15 (for June 14, 2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing.

Listen here to Word Out! #14 (for June 7,  2020, Holy Trinity Sunday.; ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, preaching.)

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #14 (for June 7, 2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing!

View Our Pentecost Worship Service (for May 31, 2020)

View or download this transcript of our Pentecost Worship Service (May 31, 2020)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing along.

Listen here to Word Out! #12 (for May 24,  2020, the seventh Sunday in Easter)

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #12 (for May 24, 2020, the seventh Sunday in Easter)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing!

Listen here to Word Out! #11 (for May 17,  2020, the sixth Sunday in Easter)

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #11 (for May 17, 2020, the sixth Sunday in Easter)we invite you to use this bulletin as you listen, pray, and sing!

Listen here to Word Out! #10 (for May 10,  2020, the fifth Sunday in Easter)

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #10 (for May 10, 2020, the fifth Sunday in Easter)

Listen here to Word Out! #9 (for May 3,  2020, the fourth Sunday in Easter)

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #9 (for May 3, 2020, the fourth Sunday in Easter)

Listen here to Word Out! #8 (for April 26, 2020, the third Sunday in Easter)

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #8 (for April 26, 2020, the third Sunday in Easter)

Listen here to Word Out! #7 (for April 19, 2020, the second Sunday in Easter)

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #7 (for April 19, 2020, the second Sunday in Easter)

View or download this transcript of our Easter worship service

Here is our Easter worship video: 

 

Listen here to our Good Friday worship service.

View or download this transcript of our Good Friday worship service

From the Synod: An at-home devotional to use in addition to Word Out!: “Coronavirus Conversations Milestones Moment

Listen here to Word Out! #4

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #4

Listen here to Word Out! #3

View or download this transcript of Word Out! #3

Listen here to Word Out! #2

View or download this transcript of Word Out!  #2

Listen here to Word Out! #1— our audio file from Sunday, March 8, 2020

View or download this transcript of the March 8 Word Out!

SERMONS – MP3

Here are sermon recordings from March 8, 2020 and prior Sundays, going back to 2012.
All sermons are by Pastor Dan Peterson unless otherwise noted.

Sermons below were given by Interim Pastor Doug Stensby, unless otherwise noted:

Sermons below were given by Pastor Wayne Bacus, unless otherwise noted: