Ash Wednesday – February 18, 2026
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate Ash Wednesday. In today’s message, “Dust Destined for Resurrection”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21 where Jesus teaches us about our worship and to know that God sees our devotion to Him.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate The Transfiguration of Our Lord. In today’s message, “The Voice from the Cloud”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 17: 1-9, where Jesus is Transfigured with Moses and Elijah.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. In today’s message, “Let Your Light Shine”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 5: 13-20, where Jesus teaches us to be the light of the world reflecting God’s love and mercy for all.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. In today’s message, “Blessed Where We Least Expect It”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 5: 1-12, where Jesus teaches us the beatitudes outlining His understanding of humanity’s plight and pronounces God’s compassion for us.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate The Third Sunday after the Epiphany. In today’s message, “‘Follow Me’ A Job Like No Other”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 4:12-25, where Jesus calls His disciples Simon, Andrew, James, and John to follow Him and how Christ also calls us to follow Him.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate The Second Sunday after the Epiphany. In today’s message, “Come and See”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of John 1: 29-42a, where John’s disciples turn to follow Jesus.
In today’s message, “Beloved Children of God”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 3: 13-17, where Jesus is baptized by John in the Jordan river.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate the Second Sunday after Christmas. In today’s message, “Growing in Wisdom and Grace”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Luke 2: 40-52, where Jesus remained in the synagogue in Jerusalem without his parents, then returns with them to Nazareth.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate the First Sunday after Christmas. In today’s message, “The Light That Will Not Be Overcome”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 2: 13-23, where an angel tells Joseph to take Jesus and Mary and flee to Egypt in order to escape Herod’s attempt to kill Jesus.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate Christmas Day. On Christmas Day, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu focuses today’s message “Immanuel in the Quiet Morning”, on the Gospel of John 1: 1-14, and compares the dramatic events of Christmas Eve to the lasting impact of Christ as Immanuel “God with us”.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate Christmas Eve. In today’s message "The Manger of Our Lives", Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Luke 2: 1-20 where God has come to us as a child Immanuel, “God with us”.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate The Fourth Sunday in Advent.
In today’s message “ ‘God With Us’- Even in the Shadows ”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 1: 18–25 where an angel appears to Joseph in a dream to inform him that Mary’s child is Immanuel, “God with us”.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate The Third Sunday in Advent. In today’s message “Blue Christmas”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 11: 2–15 where John the Baptist’s disciples ask Jesus if He is the Messiah.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate The Second Sunday in Advent. In today’s message “One Change”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 3: 1–12 where John the Baptist is preaching repentance and declaring that the kingdom of heaven is drawing near.
In today’s message “SERMONTITLE”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 21: 1–11 where Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey as prophesied in Zechariah 9: 9.
In today’s message “A King on a Cross”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Luke 23: 27–43 where Jesus our King, is crucified for our salvation.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate the Twenty-third Sunday After Pentecost.
In today’s message “Dreams Crumble Yet God Provides”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Luke 21: 5-28 where Jesus talks about signs of the end of an age and to rest assured, He is with us.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate the Twenty-second Sunday After Pentecost. In today’s message “God Hears, Sends, and is With Us”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on Exodus 3: 1-15 and the Gospel of Luke 20: 27-40 where God declares he is with us and sends us to bless others.
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate Reformation. In today’s message “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of John 8: 31-36 and Psalm 46 and how Martin Luther re-directed the focus of the church’s teachings towards our salvation through Christ by faith, not by works.
The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost – October 19, 2025
Join us for our virtual worship service from Grace Lutheran Church El Cerrito, California as today we celebrate the Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost. In today’s message “Standing Before the Unjust Judge”, Pastor Temesgen Dabsu reflects on the Gospel of Luke 18: 1-8 where Jesus teaches us to pray diligently through a parable of a widow who persists to seek justice.
