Napa Valley Lutheran Church, ELCA

...a welcoming community, living our faith, sharing God's unconditional love.


August 23, 2009 "COMING OR GOING" - John 6:46-59. Reflections following the ELCA's vote to allow gay and lesbian persons in committed relationships to serve as pastors.   more...

March 15, 2009 - Third Sunday in Lent "THE TOP TEN" The Ten Commandments - Exodus 20:1-17 David Hamilton, Pastor   more...

March 1, 2009 "JOURNEYS OF PROMISE" Genesis 9:8-17 David Hamilton, Pastor   more...

February 25, 2009 Tonight we gather and pray our Ash Wednesday prayer of confession Matthew 6:1-6,16-21, Isaiah 58:1-12 and II Corinthians 5:20, 6:10 David Hamilton, Pastor   more...

February 15, 2009 "IF YOU CHOOSE" Mark 1:40-45 David Hamilton, Pastor   more...

February 8, 2009 "ISOLATING ILLNESS" Mark 1:29-39 David Hamilton, Pastor   more...

January 25, 2009. “DO you want to take this call?" Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Mark 1:14-20. Julie Webb, Pastor   more...

January 18, 2009 “COME AND SEE" John 1:43-51 David Hamilton, Pastor   more...

January 11, 2009 “A FEW WORDS ABOUT BAPTISM” Mark 1:4-11 David Hamilton, Pastor   more...

CHRISTMAS DAY - December 25, 2008. John 1:1-18. David Hamilton   more...

CHRISTMAS EVE - December 24, 2008 "This story is good news - good news all over again, this Christmas, in a world that seems very much to need good news, all over again. But I wonder whether this good news is for us." Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20. Pastor Julie Webb   more...

THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT - December 21, 2008 "You remember Murphy's Law: 'Whatever can go wrong will go wrong...'" Luke 1:26-38. Pastor David Hamilton   more...

THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT - December 14, 2008. "WHO ARE YOU?" John 1:6-8, 19-28. "We're told that John the Baptist cut quite a striking figure out there in the wilderness. Dressed in a camel's hair coat, splashing around in the Jordan River, eating bugs..." David Hamilton   more...

Second Sunday of Advent - December 7, 2008. "Just sit there right now. Don't do a thing..." Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8. Pastor Julie Webb   more...

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT "Give up learning and put an end to your troubles." Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7,17-19; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 Pastor Julie Webb   more...

"THANKSGIVING DAY" - Giving thanks one more time. Deut.8:7-18; Luke 17:11-19; II Corinthians 9:6-15 Pastor David Hamilton   more...

CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY "Finding Jesus" Matthew 25:31-46 Pastor David Hamilton   more...

27TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18; Psalm 90:1-8 (9-11),12; 1Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30 Pastor Julie Webb   more...

Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost "Dim Bulbs and Bright Lights" Matthew 25:1-13 Pastor David Hamilton   more...

ALL SAINTS SUNDAY "A Journey of a Thousand Miles" Matthew 5:1-12 Pastor David Hamilton   more...

REFORMATION SUNDAY - Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 46; Romans 3:19-28; John 8:31-36 Pastor Julie Webb   more...

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST "Healing Touch" Matthew 22:15-22 Pastor David Hamilton   more...

THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST "CHATTING TOGETHER" Discussion on same gender marriage. Pastor David Hamilton   more...

THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (FRANCIS OF ASSISI'S FEAST DAY-Oct. 4) "PETS ARE A BLESSING" Genesis 1:20-31 Psalm 148:7-14,Romans 8:18-25; Matthew 6:25-33 Pastor Julie Webb   more...

THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST "YES AND NO" Matthew 21:23-32 Pastor David Hamilton   more...

September 21, 2008 "NO FAIR" Matthew 20:1-16 One day it happened that a pastor and a politician both died. They arrived at the Pearly Gates at the same time, and the pastor motioned for the politican to go on in ahead of him. Pastor David Hamilton   more...

September 14, 2008 Holy Cross Day Question: Is wearing a cross worshipping a graven image? Pastor Julie Webb   more...

September 7, 2008 "Getting Along" (Matthew 18:15-20) How three words got the attention of most of the United States last spring. Pastor David Hamilton   more...

August 31, 2008 "Cross Purposes" (Matthew 16:21-28) What if Pontius Pilate had set Jesus free instead of condemning him to death, and Jesus would have been able to live to a ripe old age preaching and teaching?..... What if?? Pastor David Hamilton   more...

August 17, 2008 "Control Issues" (Matthew 15:10-28) You never know what you are going to find in your mailbox Pastor David Hamilton   more...

July 27, 2008 - "Does God Help Those Who Help Themselves?" Matthew 13: 31-52 Today we're continuing on in our summer series of answers to questions asked by real live church members just like you. Pastor David Hamilton   more...

July 20, 2008 - Questions: Do dogs go to heaven? What about people who never get the opportunity to hear of Christ - where do they go when they die - heaven or hell? (Isaiah 44:6-8; Psalm 86:11-17; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30 and 36-43) Pastor Julie Webb   more...

June 29, 2008 - "Peter, Paul...and Mary"Why do some Christian denominations not ordain women as pastors?(John 21:15-19; 2 Timothy 4:6-8 and 17-18), Pastor David Hamilton   more...

April 6, 2008 - 3rd Sunday of Easter (Acts 2:14a and 36-41;Psalm 116:1-4 and 12-19; Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35) Pastor Julie Webb   more...

March 2, 2008 - Fourth Sunday in Lent A healing story (1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41) Pastor Julie Webb   more...


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