Perhaps you have seen pictures like this one of the floods in and around Midland, Michigan. The church in the middle of the pictures is Holy Scripture Lutheran Church, a sister congregation in our Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The Rev. Paul Schneider and his wife live in the parsonage next door. The waters have completely flooded…
Communicating Christ (Page 67)
The Directors and Elders are pleased to announce that we are going to restart services at the church on May 31 at 9am. Things will be a little different, though, because we will be asking everyone to help one another with following precautions, so that we can best serve our own needs and those of…
Each week, preparations begin on Monday for the next Sunday’s sermon. The point of departure is the entry for the Sixth Sunday of Easter in the list of texts that will be read, i.e., the lectionary. The individual texts are called pericopes. Each Sunday the lectionary identifies an Old Testament or historical reading, a psalm,…
These past few months have been a very trying time for our nation and the world. The coronavirus has had millions of people sheltering in place by order of local, state, and federal governments. “We have to flatten the curve” became the battle cry. Sadly, many have lost their ability to earn money; money needed…