Dear Faith Lutheran Supporters, It’s been a few weeks, but I can still feel the energy of our Christmas Eve worship services! By the end of the night, I had the pleasure of delivering the flame for Silent Night to the choir. Looking out over our full sanctuary filling with light from our...
Merry Christmas! If you were one of the 1,159 people that attended worship on Christmas Eve, the Holy Spirit was PRESENT in our celebration of the birth of Christ. Wasn’t that exciting to share in the light of Christ during Silent Night? A new old tradition was born, don’t you...
Happy Holy Days to you. May this Christmas, Hanukah, New Year’s and the many other special occasions, religious or otherwise, be a special time that brings families together. In my house, we are adjusting to the new routine of a baby. Born on Black Friday, our youngest child...
Hey everyone, Christmas is almost here! Continue a tradition or start a new one at Faith Lutheran on Monday, December 24th, at 3, 4:30, or 9:30. We’ll sing Silent Night by candlelight at all worship services. Bring your family and invite neighbors to hear a message of being present for...
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...
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...
There’s a show called “Shark Tank” on ABC in which entrepreneurs pitch their new inventions, ideas, or products to a panel of venture capitalists, “sharks,” in hopes of landing an angel investor to provide more money to help grow their idea. The contestants get...
Remember when Mr. Rogers would say, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” What does it actually mean to be a neighbor? In the Christian faith, we believe that being a neighbor is one of the most important characteristics of living out our faith. How does Jesus finish this statement?...