It’s week three of our Carryout Camp and today is Storytime. This week’s theme is Joy in Serving. How much do you like to do your chores? It’s always so much more fun when you work with someone. Today our story comes from Kirsten and Abby in the supply closet...
I was about 6 or 7 and I think it was 1982 when my home church, Faith Lutheran in Morris Minnesota, was led by Pastor Nancy Larson as our interim pastor. I think she was only at our church for a few months but she made a significant impact on my life. She is the reason that my whole...
I want to introduce you all to Sydney Johnson. She is a 9th grader who got confirmed on June 14th and graciously agreed to read the poem that she wrote as her faith statement. If you didn't have an opportunity to hear it yet and even if you did, I encourage you to...
This piece was written for a sermon in July of 2016, the week Philando Castile was killed in Falcon Heights, it seems important for today too. I saw one fruit fly in my kitchen last week. It was on a banana. It seemed harmless. I rolled my eyes and called my neighbor a...
It’s week two of our Carryout Camp and today is Storytime. This week’s theme is Joy in a challenge. What do you do when you lose something? Today our camp counselors Emma and Kirsten are going to go searching and do a happy dance when they find the lost item...
What a great time we had last Sunday with our drive-in worship service in the parking lot. Definitely a different experience! I was a parking lot attendant and didn’t always hear what was happening in the service (people listened on their car radios), so I jumped at times when...
I have a friend who is always late for everything. Every… Thing... In college she was late for study sessions, “I’m sorry, I lost track of time!” She came two days late to our college reunion, “I didn’t know it started on Thursday evening!” She...
Today is the first week of Carryout Camp. We’re celebrating Joy in every season, today is about Joy in Belonging. It's a celebration of baptism. You will get wet!! You can find the story in Luke chapter 3 verses 21 and 22. Make sure to watch all three videos today. First...
Pray Without Ceasing – I Thessalonians 5:17 Why? Christians are certainly called to pray. It’s a matter of obedience. Jesus commanded it (actually he just assumed it since most of his followers were Jewish and it was a core Jewish practice). But I’ve been thinking...
Our Drive-In Worship this Sunday, June 14 includes the celebration of Holy Communion. Please bring bread and juice with you for this purpose. We have a bulletin available for you to download and print for this weekend's Drive-In worship. Please print at home, or open the document on your...