Name: Drive-Through Communion
Start: 2020-11-22T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2020-11-22T12:00:00-04:00
Location: St Thomas Lutheran Church

God Knows
“How are you today?” How often is that the greeting you hear from people you encounter every day? Is it just a greeting, like hello, or does the person really want your honest response? How will you express your feelings? What will you say? […]
November 1, 2020 Bulletin
We are here to serve our community. As you worship with us online, the Lord Jesus is at work, uniting us as friends and family. If you are curious to learn more out ministry in the community, go to www.stl-eastpointe.org, or like us on Face Book. […]
Prayer List
In your prayers this week please remember: MCREST – for Christ’s name to be glorified in the life of all workers, donors and participants. Those who feel isolated or alone, along with those who suffer with depression. Our individual and joint efforts of sharing God’s peace and hope with all. All who participated in our virtual VBS. […]
Thanksgiving Eve Worship
Are you looking for the perfect appetizer to prepare you for a day stuffed with family and football, turkey and pumpkin pie? STL is inviting you to join us in any of three Thanksgiving Eve worship settings. Whether you join us in person at noon or at 7:00 p.m., or online at 7:00 p.m. or afterwards, your experience will be the same as we give praise and thanks to our generous and merciful God. […]

It Just Takes One Word – No One is Left Out
Pastor Mark Hetzner, October 25, 2020
Healing for Deep Afflictions
Pastor Mark Hetzner, October 18, 2020
We Are One in Christ
Pastor Mark Hetzner, October 11, 2020

Heart Issues

This Sunday we will complete the seven-week sermon series “Heart Issues are Hard Issues.” For me it has been a time of personally experiencing “the greater the challenge the greater the growth potential”. I found the challenge pressing on me from three primary directions.
Escaping the Rut

I fell into a rut a few weeks ago – perhaps even many weeks ago. I think the minimal face-face contact with people was getting to me. I started contacting a few people to make a couple home visits but had to really push myself just to “dial” the phone. This week, however, after the third straight visit ended with the individual saying to me, “Thanks, I really needed this,” I felt God raising me out of the rut.