SENT TO SERVE! National Lutheran Schools Week is here for most schools across the Missouri District, running January 24-30, 2021.  This year’s theme is “Sent to Serve” is based off of Matthew 20:28 “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life...

A Simple Call “Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.  And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”  And immediately they left their nets and followed him.” Mark...

Listening to the Word of the Lord at a Wedding Reception “On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no...

January 8, 2021 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh! I pray that in the Lord Jesus Christ you find comfort and hope during these difficult times! Where do we turn with all that is happening in our world and...

Rev. Jack Gillam August 21, 1952 – December 25, 2020 Rev. Jack Gillam was born August 21, 1952 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He attended St. John’s College, Winfield, Kansas and graduated from Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska with a BS in Elementary Education. He attended Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri....

The Best or Worst Trade in History Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and exult, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.  A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian...

Norman C. Meyer December 31, 1925 - December 7, 2020 Norman Carl Meyer died peacefully on December 7, 2020, in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 94 after being diagnosed with COVID-19 just before Thanksgiving. Meyer was born December 31, 1925 in Nekoosa, Wisconsin to Rev. Walter C. Meyer...

Making All Things New Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud...

Rev. Lawrence N. Bradt December 21, 1966 - December 22, 2020   Rev. Lawrence Nolan Bradt, 54, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born December 21, 1966, in San Antonio, Texas, son of Barry Bradt and Teresa (Crego)...

It Happened And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered… And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths...