Trinity Fremont

The Table Doesn't Belong to Us. Living Hope. May 17, 2026. Pastor Anthony Gerber, Sermon Audio

In this final week of our Living Hope series, Peter calls God’s people to keep loving one another, show hospitality without grumbling, and use the gifts we have received as good stewards of God’s varied grace. This is not one more burden to carry. It begins with what Jesus has already done for us. He has welcomed us, loved us, served us, and made room for us. Now we love, welcome, and serve with the strength God supplies, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus.

• Acts 1:12–26
• 1 Peter 4:7–11; 5:6–11
• John 17:1–11

What Fills Your Vision? Living Hope, May, 10, 2026. Pastor Anthony Gerber, Sermon Audio

In this week’s Living Hope series, Peter reminds us that Jesus suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring us to God. Our troubles, fears, and frustrations are real, but they do not get the last word. When our eyes are fixed on Jesus, we begin to see our suffering, our Baptism, our forgiveness, and our hope through His death, resurrection, and reign.

• Acts 17:16–31
• 1 Peter 3:13–22
• John 14:15–21

 

Baptism, Confirmation, and Beyond. Living Hope, May 3rd, 2026. Pastor Anthony Gerber. Sermon Audio

In this week’s Living Hope series, Peter tells us to “long for the pure spiritual milk” so that by it we may grow up into salvation. This is not a message about becoming more saved or graduating from God’s gifts. In Baptism, God gives life by His Spirit. Through His Word and Supper, He continues to feed and sustain that life. Whether we are newly baptized, newly confirmed, or have confessed the faith for decades, we never outgrow receiving from God.

• Acts 6:1–9; 7:2a, 51–60
• 1 Peter 2:2–10
• John 14:1–14

Die, Endure, Live, Living Hope, April 26, 2026, Pastor Greg Rathke, Sermon Audio

Dying to sin and living to righteousness is not without its challenges.  It isn’t and won’t be easy.  Living in the world is one thing.  Living of the world is quite another.  Christians are not to appear as normal.  The Living Hope message Peter brings to these new Christians also comes with a price tag of which endurance will be needed.  Enduring what comes with not being of the world is seen as a gracious thing in the sight of God, but following in the steps of Jesus is what we are called to do.  

• Acts 2:42–47
• 1 Peter 2:19–25
• John 10:1–10

Be Holy: What Does This Mean. Living Hope. April 19, 2026. Pastor Anthony Gerber. Sermon Audio

In this week’s Living Hope series, Peter calls us to “be holy,” but what does this mean? For some, those words sound like a crushing burden. For others, they sound like a reminder of how stuck they are. For others, they sound like a word for somebody else. But because Jesus is risen, we hear these words through the Holy One who ransomed us with His precious blood, made us His own, and set us free to live as His holy people.

• Acts 2:14a, 36–41
• 1 Peter 1:13–25
• Luke 24:13–35

Living Hope. Sermon Series. Sunday, April 12, 2026. Pastor Greg Ratke, Sermon Audio.

Peter’s letter to new Christian churches and new believers is straightforward but wonderfully powerful and most of all, his letter is full of hope, a living hope.  This hope includes an inheritance.  In other words, we just receive it, regardless of what we have done or not done to deserve it.  It is ours for the keeping.  

The inheritance is quite the inheritance.  Peter describes it as imperishable, undefiled and unfading.  He goes on to let us know where this inheritance is kept for us - HEAVEN.  What this looks like we aren’t exactly sure other than we will be with Jesus.  However Peter reminds that it WILL be revealed to us when Jesus comes back to make all things new.  

So there is much to be joyful about with this promise Peter shares with us even though this life, in this time and this place isn’t always so easy.  Peter describes our challenges as trials, but trials that are only temporary as we rest in the promises of our Living Hope, Jesus.  

 

• Acts 5:29–42
• 1 Peter 1:3–9
• John 20:19–31

Christ is Risen! And That Changes Everything. April 5, 2026. Pastor Anthony Gerber, Sermon Audio

This Easter, we hear the good news that the tomb is empty and Christ is Risen. He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!! But Easter is not only about what happened to Jesus back then. It's about what His resurrection means for you now, for your future, and for the good news you now have to share. Because Jesus is risen, that changes everything for you and for the whole world!

• Jeremiah 31:1–6
• Colossians 3:1–4
• Matthew 28:1–10

Buried and Bursting. March 29, 2026. Pastor Greg Rathke. Sermon Audio

Jesus has made his triumphant return to Jerusalem.  Now what?  Well, he begins teaching again, except this time, he has quite an audience.  Jerusalem is filled with visitors for the upcoming Passover Feast.  It’s an annual celebration.  But since Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, things have ramped up.  People are paying close attention to what Jesus is saying, more than ever.  Some are listening to Him because they are hoping that indeed He is the promised Messiah.  Many are listening to Him for evidence He should be arrested and put to death.  

Then he says this: “unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” His death and burial and ultimately, His own resurrection are all being foretold.  They all are necessary for glorification to occur.  A glorification we too will experience when Jesus raises us from the dead. 

• Isaiah 50:4–9a
• Philippians 2:5–11
• John 12:20-36

Our Good Guide, To the Cross, March 15, 2026, Pastor Greg Rathke, Sermon Audio

Jesus is not only a good guide, he is the GREATEST Guide.  He guides us from the darkness of sin into light.  He guides us through His Word.  He guides us because He loves us, a love that led Him all the way to the cross where He suffered, bled and died for us.  

But our guide is alive.  He is not dead.  He rose to continue guiding us and saving us until He returns to overcome the darkness once and for all.  

• Isaiah 42:14–21
• Ephesians 5:8–14
• John 9:1–7, 13–17, 34–39

Is the Lord among us or not?, To the Cross, Sunday March 8, 2026, Pastor Anthony Gerber, Sermon Audio

This week, we hear Israel grumble in the wilderness and ask the deeper question hiding underneath their thirst: “Is the Lord among us or not?” In Exodus 17, God answers not simply by changing their circumstances, but by standing on the rock and giving life to His people. We’ll see how that question still rises in us when life gets hard, and how God answers it fully in Jesus, who was struck for us and now gives us His life through His gifts.

• Exodus 17:1–7
• Romans 5:1–8
• John 4:5–26