Radio Devotions

Listen to our podcasts (in German) which air live Sundays at 9.30 a.m. (eastern time) on CHLO Radio station AM 530, a multilingual radio station broadcasting from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The program can also be listened to live on the Internet. We make (the digital audio file) available as a podcast here.

Our worship calendar year for Sundays is from the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) as adapted for use in Evangelical Lutheran worship in North America.  We are currently in the Liturgical Calendar “Year A” which focuses on the Gospel of Matthew. In each cycle of the Liturgical Calendar there are six seasons – each emphasizing a part of the life of Jesus: Advent: November 27, 2022 through December 23, 2022, Christmas: December 24, 2022 through January 6, 2023, Time after Epiphany: January 6, 2023 through February 25, 2023, Lent: Feb. 22, 2023 through April 6, 2023, The Three Days: April 6, 2023 through April 8, 2023, Easter: April 9, 2023 through May 28, 2023, Time after Pentecost: May 28, 2023 through November 19, 2023.
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December 3, 2023 – 1st Sunday of Advent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – “Perspektivwechsel im Advent (Joh 3,16)”

Pastor Annika Klappert has been the pastor at Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church in Toronto since August 15, 2021. Born in Heidelberg (Germany), she studied in Muenster and Berlin. before receiving pastoral training in Hamm, Westphalia. She joined us after serving 2.5 years with a student congregation in Muenster. Her ministry includes pastoral care, worship services for all ages and stages, as well as events. She enjoys finding relevant ways to talk about faith, the Bible and our Christian tradition in everyday conversations and visits. Her calling stems from the conviction that our purpose in life is to be connected to God and to each other. She believes that a song can often be the best sermon and that training/mentoring volunteers in all fields of ministry should be at the heart of pastoral service today. When not busy at church, she stays in touch with family and friends around the globe, while enjoying the diverse culinary treats that Torontonian cuisine and her very own chef, husband Tim, have to offer.

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November 26, 2023 – 26th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – “Entschuldigen Sie mal! – Buß und Bettag (Psalm 32)”

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November 19, 2023 – 25th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – “Der Heilige St. Martin – ein Glaubensvorbild auch für Protestanten?” (Matthew 25)

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November 12, 2023 – 24th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert -“Schwerter, Pflugscharen und die unauslöschbare Hoffnung auf Frieden” (Micha 4,3)

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November 5, 2023 – All Saints Sunday
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – “So nimm denn meine Hände” – gesungenes Gottvertrauen!

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October 29, 2023 – Reformation Sunday
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert -Muss sich Kirche immer verändern? Lernen von Luther! (Galater 5,1-6)

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October 22, 2023 – 21st Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Laypreacher Iris Schweiger

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October 15, 2023 – 20th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Dr. Gerhard Hille

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October 8, 2023 – Canadian Thanksgiving
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert -Von Motten, Rost und Dankbarkeit (Matthew 6,19-21)

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October 1, 2023 – German Thanksgiving
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert and Intern Jessica Glasner – Punkteparty und “Danke” sagen (2 Cor 9,10-11 )

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September 24, 2023 – 17th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Leere Netze und offene Türen (Joh 21,1-6)

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September 17, 2023 – 16th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Lay preacher Katja Stößel-Brittain – 7 x 77 Mal: Die Sache mit dem Vergeben (Matthäus 18,21-35)

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September 10, 2023 – 15th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Befiehl du deine Wege! (Psalm 37)

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September 3, 2023 – 14th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Das Kreuz mit dem Kreuz (Matthew 16,21-28)

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August 27, 2023 – 13th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – “Wer bin ich” mit Jesus (Matthew 16,13-20)

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August 20, 2023 – 12th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Unterwegsmensch sein!

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August 13, 2023 – 11th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Feuerwerk und Sendepause (1. Kön 19,9-18)

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August 6, 2023 – 10th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Puzzlen mit Gott (1. Korinther 13,9-10)

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July 30, 2023 – 9th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Bishop Susan Johnson, Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), Summer Sermon Series 2023

Rev. Susan Johnson was elected as the fourth National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) on June 27, 2007. Her ordination, consecration and installation ceremony was held at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 29, 2007. On July 12, 2019, Rev. Johnson was re-elected to a fourth term as National Bishop. Rev. Johnson is the first woman to hold the title of National Bishop within the ELCIC. – July 28, 2023

 

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July 23, 2023 – 8th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Judith Kierschke, Martin Luther Church Ottawa.

Pastor Judith Kierschke as been the pastor at Martin Luther Church Ottawa since August 2020. Before she moved to Ottawa with her husband Olaf and her two children (Emma and Jakob), they lived in Storkow/Germany, a small town 40 km south of Berlin, where she had been the pastor from 2014-2020. Other stages of life: From 1997 to 2004 she studied theology in Bethel and Berlin/Germany. From 2006 to 2010 she did an apprentiship as a systemic couples and family therapist. From 2011 to 2013 she was a Vicar in Berlin / Neuköln.

 

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July 16, 2023 – 7th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Van Gogh, der Sämann und Gott (Matthew 13,3-9)

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July 9, 2023 – 6th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Rev. Doug Reble, Assistant to the Bishop, Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), Summer Sermon Series 2023 – The bare necessitities of life (Matthew 11,25-30)

Rev. Douglas Reble has been serving as Assistant to the Bishop of the Eastern Synod of the Evanglical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) for ten years after thirty years of serving as a parish pastor. His main synodical responsibilities are call processes, candidacy, interim ministry and shared ministries. Though he was raised with strong Lutheran roots in Hamilton, Ontario, as the son of an organist, and grandson and nephew of bishops he is as surprised as anyone that he ended up with a church vocation for he thought he never needed God, Jesus, or the church. Well, God has a sense of humour and showed him otherwise. The rest is history. “Love God and love people” is his personal mission statement. Those people include his wife and two sons and their families. Two granddaughters have him wrapped around their little fingers. – July 20, 2023

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July 2, 2023 – 5th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Rev. Adam Snook, Assistant to the Bishop, Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), Summer Sermon Series 2023– Jünger*in sein (Matthew 10,40-42)

Rev. Adam Snook serves as an Assistant to the Bishop in the Eastern Synod of the Evanglical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC). His primary responsibilities are in the areas of Mission, Communications and Congregational Support. Adam was born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and attended university at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia and Martin Luther University College, Waterloo, Ontario. A call to ministry is something that has been brewing in Adam’s life since he was a child – recalling time ‘playing church’ with an overturned hamper and a borrowed dish cloth. This calling was deepened through outdoor ministry, campus chaplaincy, and wonderfully supportive biological and faith families. Adam’s greatest joy in ministry is visiting congregations to participate in the ministry as it unfolds in local contexts. In life, he thoroughly enjoys traveling, and spending time with his son, Nate. – July 7, 2023

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June 25, 2023 – 4th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Ich packe meinen Koffer… (1.Mose 12, 1-4)

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June 18, 2023 – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Mit Gott und miteinander verbunden (Römer 5,1-8)

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June 11, 2023 – Trinity/ 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Was Gott mit einem Eiswürfel zu tun hat (Psalm 23 und Sprüche 25,13

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June 4, 2023 – Trinity
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Herr über Wind und Wellen (Meditation zu Mk 8,35-41)

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May 28, 2023 – Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Wo gehöre ich hin? (John 17,21)

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May 21, 2023 – 7th Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Himmelfahrt

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May 14, 2023 – 6th Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Der göttliche Motor (Apostelgeschichte 17,16-34)

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May 7, 2023 – 5th Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Für die Schöpfung sorgen!

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April 30, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Gott-als-Gastwirt – Psalm 23

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April 23, 2023 – Third Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Iris Schweiger, lay preacher

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April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Er ist’s! (John 20,24-29)

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April 9, 2023 – Easter Sunday
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Zurück ins Leben kommen! (Johannes 20,1-18)

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April 2, 2023 – Palm Sunday
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Mit Jesus verwoben! (John 12,12-19)

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March 26, 2023 – 5th Sunday of Lent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert

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March 19, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Lent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Water is life! (Joh 4,6-26)

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March 12, 2023 – 3rd Sunday of Lent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert

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March 5, 2023 – 2nd Sunday of Lent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert

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February 26, 2023 – 1st Sunday of Lent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert

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February 19, 2023 – Transfiguration of our Lord
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert

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February 12, 2023 – 6th Sunday of Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert

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February 5, 2023 – 5th Sunday of Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert

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January 29, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert

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January 22, 2023 – 3rd Sunday of Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Iris Schweiger, lay preacher

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January 15, 2023 – 2nd Sunday of Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – “Dem Stern folgen in jedem Alter – Dreikönigstag”

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January 8, 2023 – 1st Sunday of Epiphany, Baptism of our Lord
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – “Hagar und ein Gott der uns sieht – Gen 16”

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January 1, 2023 – First Sunday after Christmas and New Year’s Day
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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December 25, 2022 – Christmas Day
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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December 18, 2022 – 4th Sunday of Advent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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December 11, 2022 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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December 4, 2022 – 2nd Sunday of Advent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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November 27, 2022 – 1st Sunday of Advent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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November 20, 2022 – Christ the King Sunday
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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November 13, 2022 – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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November 6, 2022 – ALL SAINTS and Remembrance of the Dead
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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October 30, 2022 – Reformation Sunday
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert  

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October 23, 2022 – 20th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert  

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October 16, 2022 – 19th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert  

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October 9, 2022 – Thanksgiving, 18th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert  

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October 2, 2022 – German Thanksgiving, 17th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Tirza Emmering  

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September 25, 2022 – 16th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert  

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September 18, 2022 – 15th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert  

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September 11, 2022 – 14th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Familienbande 

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September 4, 2022 – 13th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Gerhard Hille 

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August 28, 2022 – 12th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Gerhard Hille – Die Ehebrecherin

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August 21, 2022 – 11th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Iris Junge – Ohrwurm

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August 14, 2022 – 10th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Iris Junge 

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August 7, 2022 – 9th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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July 31, 2022 – 8th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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July 24, 2022 – 7th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert 

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July 17, 2022 – 6th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Begegnungen mit Gott (Lukas 10,38-42)

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July 10, 2022 – 5th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Wie Schuld sich weitervererben kann – wenn wir nichts dagegen tun! (Ezechiel 18, 2)

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July 3, 2022 – 4th Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Intern Nefeli Xiggos – Über den Umgang mit eigenen Schwächen (2 Korinther 12, 8-10)

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June 26, 2022 – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Intern Nefeli Xiggos – Zungenrede (1. Korinther 14,1-12;20-23)

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June 19, 2022 – 2nd Sunday after Pentecost – “A Lilac Tree”
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastorin Annika Klappert – Wie ein Baum – Martin Luther Childcare Jubiläum (Jeremia 17,8)

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June 12, 2022 – Holy Trinity
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastorin Annika Klappert – Mit dem Rückenwind Gottes – die Geistesgaben (2. Timotheus 1,7)

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June 5, 2022 – Pentecost
Radio Devotion (in German): Intern Nefeli Xiggos – Das Vaterunser (Matthäus 6,9-13)

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May 29, 2022 – 7th Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Intern Nefeli Xiggos – Feuer und Flamme mit dem Heiligen Geist in vielen Sprachen! (Apostelgeschichte 2,1-21)

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May 22, 2022 – 6th Sunday of Easter
Radioandacht (in German): Pastorin Annika Klappert – Wenn Worte meine Sprache wärn – Jesus redet Klartext (Markus 8,31-36)

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May 15, 2022 – 5th Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Nachdenklich im Fischbauch – Jona und der Wal (Jona 2,2)

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May 8, 2022 – 4th Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Der Gute Hirte – Psalm 23

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May 1, 2022 – 3rd Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Zur Weißglut gebracht – Umgang mit Wut und Konflikten (Epheser 4,26)

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April 24, 2022 – 2nd Sunday of Easter
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Befiehl du deine Wege – Andacht zum Lied aus dem EG 361

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April 17, 2022 – Easter Sunday
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Frag den Gärtner – Maria und der auferstandene Jesus (Johannes 20,11-18)

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April 10, 2022 – Palm Sunday
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Ich wähle den Esel – Der Einzug Jesu nach Jerusalem (Johannes 12,12-26)

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April 3, 2022 – 5th Sunday of Lent
Radio Devotion (in German) by Pastor Annika Klappert – Mit Liebe erfüllt – die Fußsalbung Jesu (Lukas 7,36-50) [Transcript-PDF]

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March 27, 2022 – 4th Sunday of Lent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – „Was machst du hier?“ – Elia und der Umgang mit Schuld (1. Könige 19,1-13)

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March 20, 2022 – 3rd Sunday of Lent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Wachet und betet – für den Frieden! (Matthäus 26, 36-46)

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March 13, 2022 – 2nd Sunday of Lent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Mein neuer Nachtisch und Ziele in der Passionszeit (Jesaja 2,1-5)

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March 6, 2022 – 1st Sunday of Lent
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Auf einmal ist alles anders – der Krieg in der Ukraine (Markus 8,31-38)

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February 27, 2022 – Transfiguration of our Lord
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Gefällt mir! Der ultimative „Like“ Gottes (Jeremia 9, 22-23)

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February 20, 2022 – 7th Sunday after Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Halt dich an deiner Liebe fest – (1. Korinther 13,1-13)

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February 13, 2022 – 6th Sunday after Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Reisen mit dem Herzen (Galater 3,28)

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February 6, 2022 – 5th Sunday after Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Unkraut unter dem Weizen (Matthias 13,24-30)

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January 30, 2022 – 4th Sunday after Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Glauben für andere – Der Hauptmann und sein Diener (Matthäus 8,5-15)

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January 23, 2022 – 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Menschliche und Göttliche Weisheit ( 1. Korinther 2,1-10)

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January 16, 2022 – 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Unkraut unter dem Weizen (Matthäus 13,24-30)

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January 9, 2022 – 1st Sunday after Epiphany
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Heilige 3 Könige

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January 2, 2022 – 2nd Sunday after Christmas
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Jahreslosung „Wer zu mir kommt, den werde ich nicht abweisen“ ( Johannes 6,37)

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December 26, 2021 – First Sunday after Christmas
Radio Devotion (in German): Pastor Annika Klappert – Weihnachtsengel Trӧd-el

 

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