A REUNION The Early Years of ILC-Mankato (1959-1963) All students, faculty, houseparents, and friends who were involved in Immanuel High School, College, and Seminary during the early years of the school are invited to a reunion in Mankato, June 23-25, 2000. More details will follow. (For more information you may contact a Reunion committee member,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 1999/11
‘Sons of Trinity’ Help Celebrate Forty Years On August 15, 1999 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special service entitled: “We are all Sons and Heirs.” The ‘sons of the congregation’–those men who grew up at Trinity and have since gone on to serve as pastors in the CLC– conducted the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
(We thank our graduates for telling us how the Lord led them into the ministry. – Ed.) Meet Pastor David Schaller David Paul Schaller was born on January 15, 1974 to Pastor Paul and Nona Schaller. He was baptized at St. Stephen Lutheran Church, Hayward, Calif., where his father was serving as pastor. In 1980… Read More »Month Archive Read More
1914-1999 Note: Below is the obituary prepared and read (itemized Scriptures included) by officiating Pastor Paul Tiefel Jr. at the funeral of the deceased — Ed. (Psalm 139:13-14,16) On August 16, 1914 God blessed Theodore and Emma (nee Keller) with His special creation of Carl Martin. (Ephesians 4:24) God created a new man in Carl… Read More »Month Archive Read More
* TWO SOULS PASSING (The obituary of Pastor Carl Thurow appears in this issue. The September 19, 1999 worship service bulletin of Messiah Lutheran Church, Eau Claire, Wis. contained the following “comparisons” between one who has just begun and another who has just ended a Christian’s earthly pilgrimage.) September 9th. An important date for two… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Luke 14:15-24 ‘For the Jew first and also for the Gentile’ In this parable of the Great Supper, Jesus sought to highlight the Jews’ rejection of God’s gracious invitation, and to warn those who were invited to the banquet not to reject this gracious invitation. “For I say to you that none of those men… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Coming Into The Light During the electioneering this month you may recall hearing something about a Wisconsin politician that was not good news. He got reelected. According to some reports, he has come out of the closet. Coming out of the closet means making public acknowlegement of homosexuality. For some folks, that step is considered… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 2:11-22 THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST–FULL AND FREE ACCESS TO GOD! No Admittance. Members Only. Restricted Access. Notices such as these can touch a nerve when they stand between us and a place we’d like to be. It may be the requirement for a membership card before… Read More »Month Archive Read More
A report on the radio told of odds makers taking bets on what might happen in the year 2000. One can place a wager, for example, on whether the stock market will crash, a world war will flare up, or scientists will finally make contact with space aliens. But the most interesting wager is the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
As the summer progresses, those of us who are gardeners eagerly anticipate the different crops that come from our gardens as they are due to bear fruit. The early crops of lettuce and radishes and peas are relished as much as the later crops of sweet corn and tomatoes. We look for them in their… Read More »Month Archive Read More
You’ve probably seen them by now. They are small electronic devices that fit into the palm of your hand and make noises similar to those of a touch-tone telephone. They are called Virtual Pets and are available in a variety of animal sounds–anything from dogs to monkeys to dinosaurs. They’re actually pretty clever. They give… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come A Hymn On Harvest And Thanksgiving #574 in The Lutheran Hymnal Thanksgiving Day in the United States commemorates the harvest gathered by the Plymouth Colony in 1621. After the extreme hardships of the previous winter, the people of the Colony were especially mindful that year that the harvest was a… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Thanksgiving is so much more than a holiday. It involves our whole life. Martin Rinckart described this nicely in his familiar hymn: “Now thank we all our God With heart and hands and voices” (TLH #36). Our Voices Thanksgiving certainly involves our voices. We say “thank you.” We sing songs of thanksgiving. Our mouth speaks… Read More »Month Archive Read More