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Faith First

First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, IA

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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Making Mercy Possible

Faith First ·

2025/07/11

Pr. Katie teaches us in one of her favorite scriptures how Jesus shows us how to follow the rules of God but in doing so still show each other mercy.

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Passing of the Peace

Faith First ·

2025/07/02

Pr. Craig & Pr. Katie talk about Christ's mission to send people into our lives to reach us with God's peace and our call to reach out in peace to others. Join us as we give thanks to those who taught us and loved us in the faith and honor them by paying it forward to others this 4th of July.

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00:31:02

Freedom From Roundabouts

Faith First ·

2025/06/26

Do you ever feel stuck in your faith? Pr. Katie teaches us how to get out of going in circles like driving endlessly in a roundabout if we just listen to God, yield to others, and follow the exit Jesus creates us for us. Once we've been set free...now what? Pr. Craig ponders how and where God might be leading us next.

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00:34:21

Discovering What Unites Us

Faith First ·

2025/06/19

Pr. Katie & Pr. Craig talk about the unifying powers of the Christian Church from the book of Galatians the uniting power of Baptism as we've done a lot of them lately! And Bob Koenig gives an update on the schedule and budget of our ongoing renovations.

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00:28:47

Penn State Fumble

Faith First ·

2025/06/14

Pr. Craig teaches the Penn State football team how our losses shape our victory which is ultimately what Christ does by using the "loss" of the defeat on the cross to shape the victory of the empty tomb and new life.

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00:28:51

Is Kindness a Foreign Tongue Today?

Faith First ·

2025/06/06

Pr. Katie and Pr. Craig muse if kindness is a foreign tongue today and if so, how might it be our call to "speak in tongues" to the world around us spreading Christ's love and light.

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00:38:32

Discovering Unity

Faith First ·

2025/05/30

Pr. Craig & Pr. Katie chat about practical steps we can take to follow Jesus' advice to build unity in order to inspire others while Dir. of Support Services Bob Koenig gives us an update on our construction now underway to renovate our building from bottom to top.

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00:32:08

First Lutheran Worship Service

Faith First ·

2025/05/25

The Sunday service for May 25th, 2025. Pastor Katie Lowe Lancaster teaches out of the book of John.

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00:31:33

Remembering God's Peace

Faith First ·

2025/05/22

This Memorial Day weekend Pr. Katie asks us to think about those who served and sacrificed for our peaceful freedom but also to remember that our true peace that surpasses all understanding comes from above.

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00:49:40

Thank You Deb Hansen

Faith First ·

2025/05/16

Spiritual Director Deborah Hansen shares the wisdom she's learned over a lifetime of listening to God and others as she prepares to say good-bye to First Lutheran while Pr. Katie breaks down the theology of what happens when people part, especially our graduates and their families.

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00:42:17

Teaching Creativity

Faith First ·

2025/05/10

FLC Member and first year teacher Kirsten Hermstad chats with Pr. Craig about creation, life, death, and the advancements coming in teaching science to the next generation.

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00:30:13

Reclaiming Peter

Faith First ·

2025/05/02

Jesus reclaims Peter back into the fold by forgiving him the exact number of times Peter betrayed Jesus. Pr. Steve says this is a good example of how our stumbles along the way can have the biggest impact in our journey how God ultimately shapes our good news we share with others.

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00:32:32

And Now the GOOD News

Faith First ·

2025/04/25

After Jesus' resurrection Thomas gives the strongest profession of faith in the entire Bible. So why do we stick him with the nickname "Doubting Thomas?" Pr. Craig tells Pr. Steve our entire experience in life depends how we spin it as we begin a new worship series with the focus "And Now the Good News."

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00:37:50

Nevertheless...

Faith First ·

2025/04/17

As bad as things seem to be getting in our world, nevertheless the resurrection at Easter is about to change everything. Pr. Steve, Pr. Katie, and Pr. Craig ponder the mysteries of God at work in our world this Holy Week.

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00:32:58

Passionate God

Faith First ·

2025/04/11

Pr. Steve describes step-by-step the passionate depths that God in Christ is willing to go for each of us over the next week starting on Palm Sunday while Pr. Craig looks into what other churches are doing to allow you to leave the phone on the hook and just simply send a text into the church.

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00:31:50

Expensive Love

Faith First ·

2025/04/04

Pr. Craig is floored how a contestant on the TV show Survivor is willing to risk a million dollars for a personal relationship. Perhaps just as wild as Mary dumping a year's salary worth of perfume on Jesus' feet to show her love for him. Discover what situation you feel it's ok to extravagantly spend money on someone in this week's Faith First podcast.

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00:50:12

100!

Faith First ·

2025/03/27

In the 100th episode of the Faith First podcast we talk with special guest Bishop Amy Current about the future of the church and Pr. Steve and Pr. Craig take you inside the numbers and count down your Top 10 favorite episodes so far.

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Faith First Worship - March 23, 2025

Faith First ·

2025/03/21

Join us each week at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids for an uplifting worship service filled with inspiring music, powerful messages, and a welcoming community. Experience a time of reflection, prayer, and connection with God and others as we grow together in faith.

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00:35:18

Impatient Agriculture

Faith First ·

2025/03/20

How long do you let something good that is seemingly no good? Pr. Craig & Pr. Steve ponder what Jesus was trying to tell us about NOT cutting down a lifeless tree and how we might learn about God's grace for us and our call to have mercy on others.

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Faith First Worship - March 16, 2025

Faith First ·

2025/03/20

Join us each week at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids for an uplifting worship service filled with inspiring music, powerful messages, and a welcoming community. Experience a time of reflection, prayer, and connection with God and others as we grow together in faith.

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