On this 17th Sunday after Pentecost in Year A, the readings are Matthew 21:23-32, Psalm 25:1-9, Philippians 2:1-13, and Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32. Today’s activities at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, also included the high school group beginning to
My church newsletter column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for October, 2017. Distinctly Lutheran For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one
On this 16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 24th, 2017, our worship service at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa included a special presentation by Chris Caswell, director of philanthropy at Lutheran Services in Iowa. LSI is the social ministry
This Sunday was our congregation’s big fall fundraising meal, at which we served 793 turkey dinners (41 turkeys!). That meant we had a larger Saturday service, and a single very small Sunday morning service. The sermon texts from the lectionary
For September 10, 2017, the 14th Sunday after Pentecost in RCL Year A, my sermon text is Matthew 18:15-20. Other readings for the day are Romans 13:8-14, Psalm 119:33-40, and Ezekiel 33:7-11. As usual, this reflection from David Lose is worth