by Pastor Marty Hasz, Eisleben Lutheran Church What’s the one most difficult outcome for a pastor to achieve in the congregation? Agreeing on the color of the new sanctuary carpet? Sort of, yes. Even small decisions can be influenced with that agony of broken or strained relationships. Outstanding sermons and...
And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are…” And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. —Acts 15:36, 41 When Paul begins his second missionary journey, it is...
By Christina Stackle This post is one of a series about supporting families in your congregation. Join us for Tell the Next Generation: A Family Ministry Conference on March 9, 2019. Have you heard parents tell their children, “I love you right up to the moon and back?” This saying,...
Rev. Kenneth Frerking of Columbia, MO was called to his heavenly reward on the evening of Saturday, January 12. He is survived by his wife, Ethelyn “Lynn” (nee Crawford), and his daughter, Joanna. Please keep the Frerking family in your prayers. Rev. Frerking served at University Lutheran Chapel from 1957 to...
"Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” —John 12:20-21 Pastors and church leaders often feel pressure to live up to some level of artificial expectations. After years...
by Rev. Dale R. Kuhn, LCSW Assertion: it is possible to love the work we do AND to be overwhelmed by the stress that it brings to us. That’s not easy for many church workers to admit. An experienced mid-career pastor left my office with the words: “I think of...
“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might...
9 Simple Ways to Reach Families in Your Congregation By Bethany Andrews, DCE Children’s Ministry Director, Zion Lutheran Church, St. Charles, MO This post is one of a series about supporting families in your congregation. Join us for Tell the Next Generation: A Family Ministry Conference on March 9, 2019....
Bob Dylan once wrote, “The times, they are a changin’.” The rapid pace of change and information is staggering for us today. The television screen has more than just the talking head delivering the news. There are rows of information scrolling across the bottom and even the sides of the...
