St. Paul Lutheran Church - Parkersburg

09/11/2026

This Sunday:
The 15th Sunday after Trinity
9am Sunday School Rally in the Nave
10:15am Divine Service
"Is Not Life More Than Food?"
Matthew 6:24-34
Mat 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Mat 6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Mat 6:26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Mat 6:27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
Mat 6:28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
Mat 6:29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Mat 6:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Mat 6:31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
Mat 6:32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Mat 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Mat 6:34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

09/09/2026

Sunday, September 13 is going to be a big day at St. Paul.

We start at 9:00 a.m. with our Sunday School Rally. We are blessing our teachers, singing together, and I will tell you where Sunday school actually came from. It is a better story than you think.

Kids will meet their teachers and head to their rooms. Donuts and drinks in the nursery.

We are adding a third class this year. Instead of two, we now have PreK through 4th, 5th through 8th, and 9th through 12th. Our older students will get a room of their own.

Divine Service at 10:15.

Then our annual picnic right after church. Bring a dish and stay a while. This is the one where everybody sticks around and talks too long in the parking lot.

Parents, come with your kids. The whole morning is worth your time.

See you on the 13th.

09/09/2026

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09/07/2026

Sermon for September 6th, 2026.

Pastor Daniel Golden Delivers the Sermon for the 14th Sunday After ...

09/05/2026

This Sunday:
The 14th Sunday after Trinity
9am Bible Study & Sunday School
"Liturgy & Adiaphora"
10:15am Divine Service
"Where Are the Nine?"
Luke 17:11-19
Luk 17:11 On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.
Luk 17:12 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance
Luk 17:13 and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”
Luk 17:14 When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed.
Luk 17:15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
Luk 17:16 and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
Luk 17:17 Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
Luk 17:18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
Luk 17:19 And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”

09/02/2026

Sermon for the 13th Sunday after Trinity.

August 30th, 2026 - Pastor Daniel Golden Delivers the sermon on Lu...

08/29/2026

This Sunday:
The 13th Sunday after Trinity
9am Bible Study & Sunday School
"Why We Sing, How Music Serves The Word"
10:15am Divine Service
"The Good Samaritan"
Luke 10:25-37
Luk 10:25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
Luk 10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
Luk 10:27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
Luk 10:28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
Luk 10:29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Luk 10:30 Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.
Luk 10:31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
Luk 10:32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
Luk 10:33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.
Luk 10:34 He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and w**e. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Luk 10:35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’
Luk 10:36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?”
Luk 10:37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”

08/24/2026

Divine Service for the12th Sunday after Trinity. Sermon @ 24:40

The 12th Sunday After TrinityFull Divine Service - Rev Daniel Gold...

08/22/2026

The Wrath Is Gone, So The Distance Is Gone