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Faith First

First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, IAfirstlutherancr.org
Dig into God’s word with informal conversation around the scripture and ways to apply the message to our lives. We’ll pray for you, chat about what’s brewing around our church, First Lutheran in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and take your questions about faith and life. Join us as we put our Faith First.
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Episodes

Giving Youth Priority

Pr. Katie chats about the story of Jesus calling the children to him and our call to prioritize youth and young families everywhere in the church while Maddy gives us an opportunity to spring forward in our faith.

May 03, 202432 min

Full Stomachs & Warm Hearts

Deborah & Pr. Craig reflect on our massive meal packing event and talk about growing young to fuel a warm community welcome to people of all ages.

Apr 25, 202432 min

Taking Jesus Seriously

Pr. Katie describes why it's important to our youth that our church take Jesus' message seriously as Deb & Pr. Craig take stock in what our church is getting right.

Apr 18, 202433 min

Empathy with Our Youth

Lexi Kline describes growing up in the church today while Pr. Steve gives us his take on empathizing with today's youth.

Apr 11, 202430 min

Handing Over the Keys

Ruby kicks off our week of youth-led pray-ers while Pr. Steve and Pr. Craig begin our 6-week look at how we can become a church that is Growing Young. Jesus passes the keys to Peter in today's story as we're challenged to share the keys of our church with our capable youth.

Apr 05, 202429 min

A Holy Effort

Pr. Steve and Pr. Craig walk us down the road Jesus journeyed through worship from Palm Sunday to Easter known as Holy Week while Maddy Newhouse talks about the massive volunteer effort it takes to make it all happen.

Mar 27, 202436 min

Passion for the Poor

Deborah Hansen and Pr. Craig Brown plan to switch things up with an interactive look at Christ's passion story and Pr. Ryan Roth-Klinck challenges us to grow our passion for the poor.

Mar 21, 202432 min

An Uncomfortable Mission

Pr. Steve teaches us about Jesus' challenge to us to love our uncomfortable neighbor as we look for your feedback about possibly building a new front door of the church open to all our neighbors.

Mar 14, 202427 min

Trust Issues

Pr. Leroy Bradway teaches us the first step to being in a relationship with others in the church is learning to trust as Jesus trusts us and Michelle Kline tells us a way we can help others by packing Meals from the Heartland.

Mar 08, 202429 min

Helping the Least

Meet New Ministry Engagement Coordinator Maddy Newhouse and be inspired by the powerful personal testimony of Aaron Amundson from Willis Dady as we learn what it means to be the body of Christ.

Mar 01, 202436 min

Good Grief

Deborah Hanson stops by to discuss how grieving can be healthy for us while Pr. Steve talks about worshipping God with your whole soul.

Feb 23, 202432 min

Filling Cups

Laura Draeger shares the meaning behind filling cups for communion while Pr. Katie & Pr. Steve discuss how God will fill our cup with God's love this Lent.

Feb 15, 202434 min

Marriage & Prayer

Pr. Craig explains Christ teaches us how spouses should love each other sacrificially while Deborah Hansen talks about the importance of prayer in all relationships.

Feb 09, 202438 min

Mission & Metrics

Pr. Steve Knudson and Bob Koenig break down the numbers and the story behind the story of the past year and calculate what that might mean for God's mission for all of us in an exciting year ahead.

Feb 02, 202438 min

Wit & Wisdom

Pr. Anna Peck and Jean Kvach drop their well-earned wisdom on us about our active senior ministry while Pr. Steve delivers his wit on the ups and downs of faith.

Jan 26, 202431 min

Voice of God

What does God's voice sound like to you? Pr. Steve ponders the question and Pr. Craig updates on his mom as life returns to FLC after a week of snow and cold.

Jan 18, 202433 min

Numbers & Signs

Michael Beckmann talks about a workshop to learn your Enneagram number while Pr. Katie invites us to take a pause as did the magi when they saw a sign from God.

Jan 06, 202426 min

Wisdom & Civility

Deborah Hansen celebrates the Swiss New Year, she and Pr. Craig share their "one word" for 2024, and Pr. Steve and Daniel Luepke talk about the wisdom of Simeon and Anna.

Dec 28, 202329 min

Heading Home

Pr. Craig tells us why we as Christians always come back to where it all started at Christmas and Pr. Steve gives a sneak peek at our leadership goals for 2024.

Dec 21, 202334 min

Shared Authority

Young Adult Hannah Beckmann talks about what's important about the faith to young people today while Pr. Craig encourages us to share authority especially our young people.

Dec 15, 202330 min

Give Us Peace

Pr. Steve teaches us how Christ brings peace at Christmas while podcast favorite Deb Hansen chats about how we care for people for who the season isn't always peaceful.

Dec 07, 202336 min

Waiting with Hope

Stephen Ministers Char Wueve and Chris Maakestad discus waiting with people going through challenges while Pr. Jonathan Heifner teaches us how Christ's message about our wait can help lower our anxiety about our situation.

Nov 30, 202334 min

Giving Thanks

Ruth Ehrhardt, Diane Selk, and Pr. Steve dish about their favorite Thanksgiving foods and talk about our call to feed the hungry on this special holiday episode.

Nov 22, 202341 min

Attitude of Gratitude

Pr. Steve unlocks a key parable for us. Hint: it's all about our attitude! Also seminarian Daniel Luepke talks about the future of the church.

Nov 16, 202333 min

Men & Miracles

Jason Shire, Andy Osterkamp rap with Pr. Craig about one of the hardest demographics to reach in the church today while Pr. Steve talks about the modern miracle of God multiplying what we have to offer.

Nov 10, 202329 min

God Be With You

Church Members share their excitement around our $100 bill challenge while Pr. Steve opens up about grief and shares a deeper meaning to the word "good-bye."

Nov 02, 202332 min

YOLO

Pr. Craig quizzes Pr. Steve on texting shorthand and the two discuss how Baptism calls us to ABR...Always Be Reforming while Will Mittelsteadt talks about an upcoming art show to help a family in our church.

Oct 26, 202339 min

Peacemaker

Deborah Hansen and Pr. Craig discuss what should be our response as baptized Christians to what we are witnessing in the Holy Land and what our church specifically is doing to follow the call of Christ.

Oct 19, 202334 min

Tanzania Light

Tanzanian Pr. Elineema Mndeme teaches us to let our light shine in Baptism as Dr. Brett Wolgast talks about an upcoming concert at FLC by a national organist he shares the same award with.

Oct 13, 202327 min

Baby Pool Baptism

Pr. Katie & Pr. Craig riff about the strangest baptisms they've taken part in while Pr. Steve gets us excited for our guests coming from halfway around the world.

Oct 05, 202339 min
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