Jesus and his disciples gathered in an upper room to share the Passover meal together, but during the meal, Jesus changed the meaning of what was happening. He promised that in this meal, in the ordinary stuff of bread and
Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for April, 2021. Acts “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” – Acts 2:42 In the cycle of the
Similar to the ABC’s of Christmas online worship service we did for Christmas Eve, we did an ABC’s of Holy Week program for Palm Sunday with 50 of our Sunday School students. This was shown online and in worship on
Over and over again, humanity has fallen short, failing to live up to our covenants with God. So, God has made a new covenant in Jesus Christ, one that depends on God’s forgiveness, not our efforts. We depend on God
This year for our ecumenical midweek Lenten worship series, we are focusing on the Lord’s Prayer, looking at one or two lines per week, influenced by the devotional book The Lord’s Prayer for Lent, by Vern Gundermann (available for Kindle on