Happy New Year!
Is it Thursday already!? As I sit down at the keyboard this noon, I am thinking it is Wednesday and that I am ahead of schedule. Then I looked at the calendar and realized today is Thursday – which I should have known because of the two places I…
January 7th, 2024 Bulletin
Lord God, heavenly Father, we here remember the sufferings and death of Your dear Son, Jesus Christ, for our salvation. Praising His victorious resurrection from the dead, we draw strength from His ascension before You, where He ever stands for us as our…
Missing Out
I officiated a wedding this past Saturday. The couple chose their wedding date to be12.23.23, and not the 12.31.23 that a record setting number of other couples have chosen as this year ends. Many times over the weekend I thought of them having their…
December 31, 2023 Bulletin
As we close out this year and prepare for the arrival of the next, let us first reflect on our sins and shortcomings of this past year and confess them to God, our Father: Merciful God, we confess that during this past year we have not been faithful to…
December 24, 2023 Advent Bulletin
We are gathered in His presence to hear His Word, call upon Him in prayer, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us, therefore, first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought,…
December 24, 2023 Christmas Eve Bulletin
It is in the name of Jesus that we come before you, heavenly Father, pleading the merits of his holy life, his innocent suffering and death.
December 25, 2023 Bulletin
Most merciful God, You gave Your eternal Word to become incarnate of the pure Virgin. Grant Your people grace to put away fleshly lusts, that they may be ready for Your visitation; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the…
December 2023 Congregational Connector
Tim Kruse and Fred Bauss are sitting on the call committee with other constituents from Historic Trinity. The group is off to a good start, with a strong list of pastoral candidates to review. Expect interviews and further discussions with a short…
A Christmas Story
This Story for Christmas comes compliments of my cousin, Tim Hetzner, the (semi-retired) Ambassador for Spiritual Growth for Lutheran Church Charities of Chicago. This was from his daily email devotion of yesterday. As you read it, the suggestion is…
December 17, 2023 Bulletin
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.