March 12, 2023 Bulletin
Blessed be the Lord, our God, from everlasting to everlasting. He has remembered His covenant, and sent Jesus to pay for our sins, and the sins of the whole world. Therefore, as a called and ordained servant of Jesus and by His authority, I forgive you…
March 5th, 2023 Bulletin
O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who…
Overwhelming Love
This past Sunday, on the way out of worship, a visitor said to me, “There sure is a lot of love in this place.” My reply was something like, “Yes, there certainly is.” I could have gone on to say, “And my, how great it is to see it being sent in so…
February 26, 2023 Bulletin
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. He is the God of our salvation who has defeated our enemies, atoned for our sins, overcome death and the devil, and authorized me to proclaim this good news to you: As a called and…
February 19, 2023 Bulletin
Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our…
Yesterday … and Tomorrow
“Yesterday” (the song) was released by the Beatles in 1965. While today I am thinking about many “yesterdays”, I am not really singing the lyrics to this song. “Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they’re here to…
February 12, 2023 Bulletin
You will indeed go out with joy and be peacefully guided; the mountains will break into singing before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands, for Jesus, the Word made flesh, was given to die for you, and by his blood you are made new.…
Winding Up … or Down?
So, which is it? Is it winding things up or is it winding things down? As I am writing this, I am coming to the conclusion that it is a combination of the two – or at least I hope so. Maybe it’s similar to watches in the “pre-battery” days. You wound…
GriefShare
GriefShare is a support group that meets weekly. You’ll find it to be a warm, caring environment and will come to see your group as an “oasis” on your long journey through grief.
Heartland
At some point early in the pandemic Monica and I binge-watched a series on Netflix called “Heartland”. We think it was my brother and his late wife who introduced us to it. To this day we are still hooked. We are currently recording and watching…