Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church
Religion & Spirituality
About
Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church in Racine, Wisconsin, is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Worship services each Sunday at 9:00 AM Central at https://spaceshipchurch.org."Growing our relationships with God, each other, and our neighbors in the way of Jesus."
Episodes
- May 10, 2026 – John 14:15 – 21 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
Pastor Beth Ann Stone discusses Jesus' discourse in John 14:15-21, focusing on the connection between loving Jesus, keeping his commandments, and the promise of the Advocate, the Spirit of truth.
- May 3, 2026 – John 14:1-14 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
Pastor Nathan Pratt of Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church delivers a sermon on John 14:1-14. The sermon addresses Jesus' words to his disciples about not letting their hearts be troubled, believing in God and in him, and his preparation of a p…
- April 26, 2025 – John 10:1-10 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
Pastor Beth Ann Stone of Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church delivers a sermon on John 10:1-10. The passage explores Jesus' metaphor of being the gate for the sheep, contrasting his role with that of thieves and bandits, and emphasizing his pro…
- April 19, 2026 – Luke 24: 13-35 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
This sermon explores Luke 24:13-35, recounting the journey of two disciples to Emmaus where they discuss recent events. Unrecognized by them, Jesus joins their conversation, explains the scriptures concerning himself, and reveals himself i…
- April 12, 2026 – John 20:19-31 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
Pastor Nathan Pratt of Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church delivers a sermon on John 20:19-31, recounting Jesus's post-resurrection appearances to his disciples, including the encounter with Thomas. The sermon explores themes of peace, belief,…
- April 5, 2026, Easter Sunday – Matthew 28:1-10 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
1 After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the…
- April 2, 2025 – John 13:1-17, 31b-35 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
1 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The devil had already decided that Judas s…
- March 29, 2025 – GOSPEL: Matthew 26:14—27:66 (The Passion of our Lord)
- March 22, 2025 — John 11:1-45 — Pastor Nathan Pratt
1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent a messag…
- May 8, 2026 – John 4:5–42 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
5 [Jesus] came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. 7 A Samaritan woman…
- March 2, 2025 — John 3:1–17 — by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with that…
- February 22, 2026 – Matthew 4:1-11 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
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- February 15, 2026 – Matthew 17:1-9 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
1 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light. 3 Su…
- February 8, 2028 – Matthew 5:13-20 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
[Jesus said:] 13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14 "You are the light of the world. A city bui…
- February 1, 2026 – Matthew 5:1-12 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
1 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 And he began to speak and taught them, saying: 3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 "Blessed are…
- January 25, 2026 — Matthew 4:12-23 — by Pastor Nathan Pratt
12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaia…
- January 18, 2026 — John 1:29-42 — by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
29 [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.' 31 I myself…
- January 11, 2026 — Matthew 3:13-17 — by Pastor Nathan Pratt
13 Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" 15 But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for it is proper for us…
- January 4, 202 — John 1:1-18 — by Pastor Nathan Pratt
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in hi…
- December 14, 2025 – Matthew 11: 2-11 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
2 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" 4 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the…
- December 7, 2025 – Matthew 3: 1-12 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
1 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, 2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." 3 This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, "The voice of one crying out in the wi…
- November 30, 2025 – Matthew 24:36-44 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
[Jesus said to the disciples,] 36 "About that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in the days before…
- November 16, 2025 – Luke 21: 5-19 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
5 When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, [Jesus] said, 6 "As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will b…
- November 12, 2025 – Luke 20:27-38 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
27 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to [Jesus] 28 and asked him a question: "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up ch…
- November 2, 2024 – Luke 19: 1-10 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
1 [Jesus] entered Jericho and was passing through it.2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stat…
- October 20, 2026 – Romans 3:19-28 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
19 Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed…
- October 6, 2024 – Luke 17: 11-19 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten men with a skin disease approached him. Keeping their distance, 13 they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mer…
- September 28, 2025 – Luke 16: 19-31 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
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- September 21, 2025 – Luke 16: 1-13 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
1 Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 2 So he summoned him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give me an…
- September 7, 2025 – Luke 14:25-33 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
25 Now large crowds were traveling with [Jesus], and he turned and said to them, 26 "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. 27 Who…
- August 31, 2025 – Luke 14:1, 7-14 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
1 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the Sabbath, they were watching him closely. 7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. 8 "When you…
- August 24, 2025 – Luke 13:10-17 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
10 Now [Jesus] was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 12 When Jesus…
- August 17, 2025 – Luke 12:49-56 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
[Jesus said:] 49 "I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already ablaze! 50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think that I have come to brin…
- August 3, 2025 – Luke 12:13-21 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
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- July 27, 2025 – Luke 11:1-135 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
1 [Jesus] was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."2 So he said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, may your name be revered as ho…
- July, 2025 – Luke 10: 38-42 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
38 Now as [Jesus and his disciples] went on their way, he entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at Jesus's feet and listened to what he was saying. 40 But Martha was dist…
- July 13, 2025 – Luke 10:25-37 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
25 An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?" 27 He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with a…
- July 6, 2025 – Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of hir pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them: "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of t…
- July 29, 2025 – Luke 9:51-62 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
51 When the days drew near for [Jesus] to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to prepare for his arrival, 53 but they did not receiv…
- June 15, 2025 – John 16:12-15 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
[Jesus said,] 12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own but will speak whatever he hears, and he will…
- June 8, 2025 — John 14:8-17 — by Pastor Nathan Pratt
8 Philip said to [Jesus,] "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied." 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show…
- June 1, 2025 — John 17:20–26 — by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
[Jesus prayed:] 20 "I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may b…
- May 26, 2025 – John 14:22-29 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?" 23 Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make o…
- May 11, 2025 – John 10:22-30 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
22 At that time the Festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. 24 So the Judeans gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in…
- John 21:1-19
1 After [he appeared to his followers in Jerusalem,] Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he showed himself in this way. 2 Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Ca…
- John 20:19-31
19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 20 After he said this, he…
- April 20, 2025 – Luke 24:1-12 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
1 On the first day of the week, at early dawn, [the women] went to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body. 4 While they were…
- April 6, 2025 – John 12:1-8 – by Pastor Beth Ann Stone
1 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly…
- March 31, 2025 – Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 – by Pastor Nathan Pratt
1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to [Jesus.] 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, "This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them." 3 So he told them this parable: 11b "There wa…
- Luke 13:1-9
1 At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.2 [Jesus] asked them, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinne…