What We Cannot Borrow - St. Stephen Farewell Sermon

This sermon comes from the farewell service from St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Wausau. Video is available!

This sermon was given in 1990 on the last Sunday of his ministry at St. Stephen, since he had accepted a call to Immanuel Lutheran in Seymour. This sermon was from the 24th Sunday of Pentecost in Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary, with the gospel text from Matthew 25:13. The scanned sermon pages are available, as well as video of the sermon and the service.

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Video of the entire service is also available. The presiding ministers were Pastor John Swenson and Pastor Steve Larson. A brief service of Farewell and Godspeed for the Larson family occurs near the end of the service. A scrawny, ten-year-old me is visible when the Larson family is directed to the front of the church.