Pastor's Update

3/6/2023 1:49:40 PM

If You're God's Child - March, 2023

     If you’re God’s child – and you are, by faith in Jesus Christ - you can rest assured today that both your standing as God’s child and his protection are sure and secure. These are two things in life you simply don’t have to worry about anymore,...

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3/6/2023 1:40:41 PM

To Africa, With Love - February, 2023

     With the permission of the Board for Lay Ministry, I’ve been serving as the chairman of the Administrative Committee for Africa (ACA) for the WELS Board for World Missions. When I graduated from the seminary, serving in world missions was the furthest thing from my...

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3/3/2023 4:45:46 PM

Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me? - January, 2023

The Book of Concord, the 600-plus-page book which contains the doctrinal statements of the Lutheran Church is not light reading. But there are some places where it really grabs your attention and speaks to your heart. One of them is when it talks about what the Bible teaches about election. The...

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12/29/2022 2:17:04 PM

The Blessings of Belonging to a Liturgical Church - December, 2022

The Lutheran Church has always been a liturgical church. Liturgical means having organized worship. The ENTIRE YEAR has organized worship. We follow the “church year” and its “seasons:” To read the newsletter in its entirety download here.

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11/29/2022 1:43:51 PM

What We Get When We Worship - November, 2022

It’s so easy to forget who we are in Christ and what we have been given as his child. It’s so easy to give in to fear and shame and guilt, and to forget what Jesus Christ did for us with his life, his death, and his resurrection. It’s so easy – when we are facing hardships...

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10/7/2022 2:45:01 PM

Too Much On Your Plate? - October, 2022

Too Much On Your Plate? Ever feel like you have too much on your plate, like the Lord is asking you to do too much? Moses felt like that, when the LORD appeared to him in the burning bush and said, The cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them....

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9/7/2022 2:34:40 PM

I Don't Like Change! - September, 2022

I Don’t Like Change! We are Lutherans and Lutherans don’t like change. We might recognize the necessity of changing a lightbulb every once in a while, but change a hymnal – why??? To read the newsletter in its entirety download here.

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8/15/2022 3:21:44 PM

The Theology of the Cross - August 2022 Newsletter

The WELS has its synod conventions at the end of July of every odd-numbered year. So, there isn’t one this year. Recently, however, I ran across words that President Mark Schroeder spoke to the 2009 convention, the first one after he was elected president. They remind us of an important...

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7/1/2022 3:15:23 PM

Luther's Simple Way To Pray ITCP July 2022 Newsletter

One day, while Martin Luther was having his hair cut, his barber (Peter Beskendorf) confided in him that he was having trouble praying and asked him for advice. Luther went home and quickly penned the little booklet A Simple Way To Pray. He encouraged his barber to pray the catechism. By that he...

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6/1/2022 8:28:49 AM

We're For Love - June 2022 Newsletter

We’re FOR Love Many people only know our brand of Lutheranism for what they’ve heard we’re AGAINST. You’ve heard statements like, The WELS is AGAINST abortion, AGAINST sex before marriage, or AGAINST this or that church.  And, let’s be honest, our own...

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