This weekend in worship, we dedicated 423 quilts, 50 school kits, and about 30 baby care kits. The kits and the majority of the quilts will go to Lutheran World Relief, and the rest of the quilts will benefit local ministry partners
Here is my sermon for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, for the First Sunday in Lent, Year A. Thank you to David Lose for his excellent reflection on how this passage about Jesus’ temptations is about identity. This
This was a busy weekend at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa! We had a funeral on Saturday for Verle Steere, then our usual three weekend worship services for Transfiguration Sunday, followed by a talent show. The picture here
This week’s sermon for the seventh Sunday after Epiphany in lectionary year A looks at Jesus’ command in Matthew 5:48 to be perfect. The texts are Matthew 5:38-48 and Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18. Sermon for the people of God at St.
For this sixth Sunday after the Epiphany in year A, our texts for worship are Matthew 5:21-37, Deuteronomy 30:15-20, and Psalm 119:1-8. Here’s my sermon for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, given on February 12, 2017. As some