This weekend at St. Peter Lutheran Church, we celebrated confirmation for four of our 9th graders, baptism for another, and commemorated the 499th anniversary of the Reformation. For more about the Reformation, see my November newsletter column. We celebrated confirmation
Sermon for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, October 23, 2016. We had the joy of about 30 Sunday School children singing in worship on Saturday night, and then baptizing infant Hank at the 11:00 service on Sunday morning. This week’s
Here’s my sermon from Sunday, October 16, 2016, for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa. Today’s lectionary texts for the sermon are Luke 18:1-8, and Psalm 121, with just a dash of 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 thrown in at the end.
Sermon for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, October 2, 2016. This week’s lectionary texts are Luke 17:5-10 and 2 Timothy 1:1-14. Thanks to David Lose’s In the Meantime blog for the idea of writing down little acts of faith! The
It’s been an interesting week here in Greene, Iowa! Between Wednesday night and Friday, we received over 10 inches of rain, and much of the city of Greene near the Shell Rock River flooded. This week’s sermon is based on