Pastor’s blog – Easter 2025

Water bottles and Easter The other day I was playing some disc golf, and when I returned to my truck I was very thirsty.  After digging through my important junk on the backseat floorboard, I finally found a water bottle.  The problem was, I didn’t know how long that...

Holy Week schedule

Holy Week Activities at Salem 4/13 Palm Sunday 4/13 Easter egg hunt following worship 4/17 Maundy Thursday (6:15 potluck meal in Imagine Center followed by worship) 4/18 Good Friday (7 pm in Sanctuary) 4/19 Holy Saturday (You may come by the Sanctuary and decorate...

Pastor’s blog – September 2024

Faith Formation at Home In our two-year Confirmation curriculum, one year is focused on Luther’s Small Catechism (The Ten Commandments, The Apostles’ Creed, The Lord’s prayer, Confession, Holy Baptism, and Holy Communion).  The other year is focused on what it means...

Pastor’s Blog – June 2024

God’s Wordle My son Jake and I have this thing we do every day.  We play a game on our phone called “Wordle”.  It’s a short and simple game where you try to guess a five-letter word and you have six attempts to complete the task.  For us, it’s not just a matter of...