Pastor Dan Hermanson – August 2022

We are in the season of Pentecost. The season of growth. The longest season of the church year. It is in this season that we hear the bulk of Jesus’ parables. In all the teaching of Jesus there is no feature more striking than the parable.

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Pastor Marcus Kunz – FEB 2019

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.

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Pastor 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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Musings from Pastor Tom Olson – MAR 2016

I once heard a preacher say that too many people are trying to get into the Promised Land without going through the wilderness. It might also be said that too many people are trying to get to Easter without going through Good Friday.

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