Commission on Theology & Church Relations Opinion on Communion & COVID-19

    The current crisis caused by the coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic is disrupting every facet of life for our entire continent and for most of the world. Increasing restrictions on social ties and connections—“social distancing”—while endorsed by most medical authorities are now also being mandated increasingly by governing authorities....

Continue reading

Services Available on Radio

Freistatt – Trinity Stream live/recorded all services at www.freistattradio.com Our radio broadcast is 10:00-11:00am every Sunday at 95.9FM.   Higginsville – Immanuel Broadcasting live on 92.5 FM on Sunday mornings at 10:15 a.m.   Lake Ozark – Christ the King Osage Beach - Hope Chapel Regularly broadcast abbreviated services and...

Continue reading

We Have Never Seen Anything Like It Before

Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.  2 Before the mountains were brought forth,or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.  Psalm 90:1-2 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who...

Continue reading

March 17, 2020 Pastoral Letter Regarding the Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Greetings in the name of Jesus, our suffering servant! “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” During this Lenten...

Continue reading

Missouri District Junior High Youth Gathering Cancelled

  Mounting fears and risk from the Coronavirus have led us to make the difficult decision to cancel the Missouri District Junior High Gathering, scheduled for March 27-29, 2020 at Camp Windermere, Lake of the Ozarks. We have consulted with experts and reviewed Centers for Disease Control recommendations. Even with...

Continue reading

The Problem

  But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.    Matthew 15:18-19   We are quick to identify The problem that is facing the Christian Church. Pastors...

Continue reading

Rev. Edwin Henry Dubberke Obituary

Pastor Edwin Henry Dubberke was born on March 21, 1931 in Emmett, Idaho.  He grew up in the small mountain town of Cascade in central Idaho where he attended elementary and high school.  He attended Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, Minnesota for three years, then completed his ministerial training at Concordia...

Continue reading

The Sound of Silence

“The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone in silence...

Continue reading

Dust You Are

“By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19 The transfiguration of our Lord is such a glorious site that Peter has no interest...

Continue reading