September 14 is Holy Cross Day, a day set aside on the church calendar to ponder the cross and its meaning in the life of the Christian.  During his life, Martin Luther lived under the cross, enduring much suffering for preaching Christ and Him crucified.  Luther wrote about the suffering all Christians will experience in his sermon on the Third Petition of the Lord’s Prayer in the Large Catechism...

     It was eight years ago this month that construction began on our newly purchased pipe organ.  The loss of our digital piano by an act of God through a lightning strike on the church, allowed us to consider purchasing and installing an instrument that would be used to assist the congregation in making a “joyful noise” to the Lord during the Divine Service and prayer offices.    At the time, th...

We have come to the conclusion of Pastor's Bible Study on funeral planning and preparations. Below is the general outline and suggestions from that study. Expand each area to view the details. Additional Funeral Planning Resource: Pr. Bryan Wolfmueller: Final Victory: Contemplating the Death and Funeral of a Christian......

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     During June, the weeks of the church year begin to be numbered in reference to “Trinity Sunday.” This helps remind us that the only true God, whom we confess in the Creeds and who saves us is “Trinitarian.”  One God, but three persons.  In the daily prayers from the Small Catechism, we learn that when we get up in the morning, “we are to make the sign of the holy cross and say, “In the name o...