Mar 25, 2020 | Pastor's Corner
In Luke 12, Jesus says: Therefore I tell you do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. I understand what Jesus is saying here, and normally I’m not a...
Jan 9, 2020 | Pastor's Corner
It was always a tradition in my family to keep the Christmas tree up until Epiphany. I still hold to that tradition even though sometimes the needles begin dropping soon after Christmas. After Epiphany Sunday on 1/6 the tree will come down and we’ll bring it to the...
Jan 9, 2020 | Pastor's Corner
The idea of Christingles came from a Moravian Church in Germany in 1747. At a worship service during Advent, children were given an orange with a lighted candle pushed into the top of it. The idea was that this would symbolize Jesus as the light of the world. It...
Nov 6, 2019 | Pastor's Corner
This year for our Advent Bible study we will be looking at the Gospel of John. For the last 3 years we have studied the synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke during Advent. So this year we turn to the unique story that the Gospel of John places before us. John...
Nov 6, 2019 | Pastor's Corner
When God the creator breathed life into you, a new being was born. There was no one like you before and there will be no one like you again. There is and always will be only one you (unless we start cloning, and that’s another topic for another day). Throughout my...
Sep 4, 2019 | Pastor's Corner
Recently, a group from Salem Lutheran joined forces with other community groups in our area to clean up the Middle River. We went by kayak and canoe, picking up trash as we floated down river. We collected tires, plastic bottles, old shoes, ladders, pots, pans, and...
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