What we are about has to do with Jesus
Pastor Jason Bauer |
April 7, 2019
This is quite true, but what about Jesus? There are two options that churches commonly take, when it comes to the centrality of Jesus as their mission: Either Jesus is firstly your example, or he is firstly your Savior. I propose that if these are in the incorrect order we will get many things wrong! […]
Funeral Planning Guides
Pastor Mark Berlin |
April 7, 2019
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, years ago Pastor Timothy Mowry began the task of creating a Christian Funeral planning guide. My previous congregation had this. The work sheet was simple. It included hymn suggestions, Bible verses, and Baptism and Confirmation verses. While these worksheets provided guidance in funeral planning they also served as testaments to […]
About the Augsburg Confession
Pastor Mark Berlin |
March 7, 2019
Part of the Book of Concord The Augsburg Confession is one of the Lutheran Confessions contained in the Book of Concord of 1580. This collection of confessional statements has been adopted by Lutherans worldwide as a true and faithful exposition of the Holy Scriptures, and includes the following: The Apostles’, Nicene and Athanasian Creeds. The […]
Slow Down
Pastor Jason Bauer |
March 7, 2019
Recently Laura and I started team writing for a ministry called 1517. I would like to share with you our first post. “The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely ones life.” -C.S. Lewis Arm over arm I make my way to the other side of the pool. Mentally I […]
This is the story of the Rag Man
Pastor Jason Bauer |
February 10, 2019
This month I want to share with you a story that I find powerful. Ragman by Walter Wangerin, Jr. I saw a strange sight. I stumbled upon a story most strange, like nothing my life, my street sense, my sly tongue had ever prepared me for. Hush, child. Hush, now, and I will tell it […]
