Last month, I wrote an obituary for the Lutefisk dinner at Faith Lutheran church. It was a lighter way to spread the news that, after 70 years, our congregation would no longer be hosting this community event that around 500 people would attend on the 2nd Tuesday of December. As you can imagine...
Faith Lutheran Scandinavian Dinner, also known as “The Lutefisk Dinner” or “Holy Tuesday”, has peacefully died at the age of 70. Preceded in death by numerous cousins (many other churches have had to make this decision over the years). Survived by a few remaining siblings...
Earlier this month, I attended a Saint Paul Area Synod Event featuring Rev. Dr. Martin Junge, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). The LWF is a coalition of 148 different church bodies, 99 countries, and 75 million Lutherans around the world. That’s a lot of...
For 2 days in October, leaders from across the Saint Paul Area Synod gathered for the annual Bishop’s Theological Conference. This year’s theme, “More Than Can Be Told” featured the ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton as our keynote and guest. The conference...
A year ago, Faith Lutheran Church received a grant request to help families who were grieving the death of a child. It was submitted by a family that had personally experienced this pain and was looking for ways to help other families who would need support as they took the first steps into life...
For the past 70 years at Faith Lutheran, a group of dedicated volunteers sponsored by the Men of Faith, gathered each early fall to begin the planning process for a much anticipated and always popular Annual Lutefisk and Meatball dinner. This dinner is traditionally held...
In October we celebrate “National Breast Cancer Prevention” which is the topic I would like to share with you today. Every woman is at risk for developing breast cancer. Breast cancer is most common among women but it also occurs in men. Of the women who develop breast cancer...
In June we launched the Faith $100 challenge. 10 people received $100 during worship and were invited to live generously with the additional gift. Here's an update from Elizabeth Forslund: "For my $100 challenge, I decided to donate feminine hygiene products and baby supplies for the Hugo...
In June we launched the Faith $100 challenge. 10 people received $100 during worship and were invited to live generously with the additional gift. Here is an update from Shonna Fenrich: I took that $100 and made a trip to Target. I dropped off two bags of goodies at the Hugo Family Shelter...
Just as you talk and share life events with friends and family, God invites us to do the same. Be it a word of mercy or a sentence uttered in prayer like “guide my tongue.” God invites us to take time to talk in prayer and read the Bible or devotionals and then listen...