Celebrations at Faith: March 4, 2021 We might not be able to be together in-person, but Faith still seeks to a church for the sake of the world! One Year On It’s hard to believe, but we are coming up to the one-year anniversary of worshipping in a different way. A year ago...
Five years ago, on March 1, 2016, Faith Lutheran Church welcomed Pastor John Klawiter to Forest Lake. There is so much to celebrate over those five years. We could take the time to count baptisms, funerals, sermons, crazy videos and Bible studies. We could reflect on his leadership...
Blessings of peace to you as we begin our Lenten journey together. Thank you so much for your generous and continued support of our shared ministry at Faith Lutheran. Your time, passion, and financial gifts are what make Faith such a powerful witness of God’s love. I am continually humbled...
Matthew 25:35 It's time for the annual Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign. Drop off donations at Faith (using Door 1) from Monday, March 1st through Sunday, March 14th. Not only are snacks, crackers, and condiments requested, but also personal hygiene items. Now more than ever this ministry is...
On Saturday, February 27, the St. Paul Area Synod sponsored what has become their annual “Tool Kit for Congregational Leaders.” The keynote speaker for this virtual event was Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of...
Faith ministry continues, even as we remain physically distant. We celebrate God's Spirit leading us. We were joyously overwhelmed by the response of submissions for visual creations from Faith friends young and old! Over 90 submissions came in of sculpture, painting, wood-working, photography...
Contemplative spiritual practices offer us a way, or many ways, of opening our hearts, minds, and bodies to God’s presence. It helps us recognize and surrender our ego driven small self and live into our true and authentic self, made in the image and likeness of God. In last week’s...
The environment around us can have a major impact on our mental and physical well-being. Improve your personal environment Your home and work environment can influence your mood and motivation and create or reduce stress. Creating a comfortable and healing environment that works...
I remember, a year ago, watching an NBC special about the lockdown in Wuhan, China that made the city of 11 million people look like a ghost town. Naively, I thought how frustrating that must be for the people in that area. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that the United States would...
One of my spiritual practices is to do a slow read of the Bible each day. In January I started reading the Gospel of Mark afresh. Recently, I read again the story of the man living among the tombs in Mark 5:1-20. It is a story of the first venture of Jesus into non-Jewish territory, strange...