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Summer at the Movies: Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty: It’s been a challenge to pair the stories of the First Families with Movies from our time.  And its been fun as well… We have been following Jacob for a while now.  This week, Jacob is on the move with his wives, children, servants and flocks.  However, word …

Summer at the Movies: Week Two

Ever After: This summer, we will use clips from movies, along with stories from our ancestors, to learn about God’s amazing steadfast love and the folks God chose to lead the way. This week – we will focus on how God’s plan is not necessarily our plan.  Jacob and Esau …

Summer at the Movies – Week One

Summer is here!   This summer, we will use clips from movies, along with stories from our ancestors, to learn about God’s amazing steadfast love and the folks God chose to lead the way. This week – we will focus on how God’s plan is fulfilled.  Isaac was the miracle …

Mission Impossible?

Is it really possible to be steadfast disciples for Christ?  We’d like to think so but the real world often creeps in and we are left to make some difficult choices.  The lessons for Sunday June 22 are brutally honest about discipleship – with good reason. Jeremiah knew the frustration of having …

Pentecost 1: Holy Trinity + Being Sent Out = ?

More than a doctrine, the Trinity expresses the heart of our faith: we have experienced the God of creation made known in Jesus Christ and with us always through the Holy Spirit. We celebrate the mystery of the Holy Trinity in word and sacrament, as we profess the creed, and …

Celebration of Life for Audrey Kruse

In the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection, Audrey Louise Kruse entered the Church Triumphant on February 24, 2014.  Please join Audrey’s family as we celebrate her life and her home going to God.  A service of celebration of life will be held at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church on Wednesday, June …

God’s Stewards – Stewards of the Future

Our final week of the series on God’s Stewards points us to the future.  Where will our faith journey take us?  How will this congregation grow and flourish in the next 20 years? This Sunday, we celebrate of Pentecost – the 50th day after Easter that some also call the birthday of …

God’s Stewards – Stewards of our Present

Week Five of our Easter series brings us to being caretakers of the present – of our now lives. All that we have, we’ve discovered, is from God.  And what’s more – God has placed us where we are to care for these gifts – our faith, our calling, our …

God’s Stewards – Stewards of the Past

It is week four of our series on being God’s Stewards.  After discovering how being a steward of God involves our gifts, our faith and our calling, today we will look at how we are stewards of our past. The Spanish philosopher and poet George Santayana is credited with this …

God’s Stewards – Stewards of our Calling

We are entering the third week of our series on being God’s Stewards.  This week – we are called to be stewards of our calling.  We’ve been called out of darkness and into the light! No matter what it is that we do for a living – whether we are …