Pastor Marcus Kunz – MAR 2019
Normally I don’t ask people to fast during Lent or any other time of year. Many of the conversations I overhear about giving up chocolate or donuts trivialize our spiritual life with God and our neighbors. Moreover, chocolate and donuts are good things.
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You may have noticed how I’ve added a section of the Small Catechism to our worship each week. There’s a reason beyond just reviewing the teaching of the Commandments, Creed and Lord’s Prayer. Like the very first words we learn when learning how to talk or how to write, these words are building blocks of all our listening and reading, all our speaking and writing as Christians. They are the ABCs of our faith.
Continue readingPastor Marcus Kunz – NOV 2018
It’s a great privilege and joy for me to serve alongside of you during this time of transition in pastoral ministry. Until the parish council makes arrangements for more permanent pastoral service, I will be leading worship and preaching on Sundays, teaching the confirmation class on Wednesdays, and available for urgent pastoral care.
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Saying goodbye is hard—to family and friends, to a favorite and familiar place, to an occupation or livelihood.
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It is one month until the first day of summer as I write this. Hopefully, the needed rains will have come and the fields and gardens will be on their way to producing a treasure of produce.
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We will hold Rogation Sunday on May 13th at both congregations. Our focus will be on agriculture, small and large scale. We will have a Blessing of the Tractors, Garden Tools, Seeds, Soil, and Water.
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"Children, Families and Youth are not the future of the church life, they are the church life now." It pays for us to be intentional about welcoming not only our member families, but also visiting families (who might come at Easter to “test” us out or later this summer, on family vacation).
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Change is often difficult. If the change means doing something different than we are used to doing it, it can be very strenuous.
Continue readingPastor Kent Krumwiede – NOV
Every three years, ordained ministers in the synods of the ELCA are required to attend an “Awareness of Boundaries” workshop. Required is a bit of a harsh word, because the material covered in the workshop is of great value in the ministry of the pastor and the congregation served and the community in which one […]
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Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Romans 12:15 One of the signs of a true Christian, according to St. Paul in Romans, is the task and ability to join people where they are. If they are celebrating, we are to celebrate. That’s easy enough, right?Yet, when one is in mourning or […]
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