The Divine Service – Hymnary, p. 60:1-3 The Service of Preparation came into the historic liturgy of the church during the reformation. During the middle ages, the salutary use of private confession and absolution was abused into the “sacrament” of penance[1]. The reformers kept the practice of private confession and […]
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Learning the Liturgy – Part 1
The Divine Service Hymnary, p. 60 The liturgy, or service, of the church is first and foremost what God does for us. Sure, there are opportunities for us to respond with thanks within the service, but the service is fundamentally a blessing of God upon us. It is ironic that […]
Read MoreIt’s Worth Your Time
I find that I make a lot of decisions based in the question, “Is it worth my time?” How about you? Most of us have a big part of our time already obligated – to work, school, commitments we have made, etc. Then there are things we have to fit […]
Read MoreThe Lutheran Reformation
Church history recounts many times in which the truth of the gospel was lost and then restored, and when the church had fallen into false doctrine and then been reformed. In some way or another such reformations have always involved the restoration of the doctrine of justification by grace through […]
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Abraham and Sarah were pretty old when God promised them a child. They couldn’t help but snicker, and so the name of the child would be Isaac, “laughter”. The Lord changed Abram’s name to Abraham and Sarai’s to Sarah. God even revealed His Name out of the burning bush: […]
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The cookie dough order pick up will be on Monday, November 8th at 6:00 pm. We have no room to store the orders, so please be sure and pick the orders up on the scheduled dat and time. Thank you.
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