Installations In accord with our usage and order, Mrs. Gloria Wilke and Mrs. Angela Meyer, who were called by Good Shepherd Ev. Lutheran Church of Rapid City, S.Dak. to be their Christian Day School teachers, were installed on August 20, 2000. –Pastor Michael Wilke In accord with our usage and order, James Naumann, who was… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2001/01
Noah’s Ark In Parade One of the Vacation Bible School projects at Faith Lutheran Church in Coloma was to have the children participate in the building of a float for the Glad Peach Festival Parade in town. It was decided to build a float in the shape of an ark resembling Noah’s Ark. Seeing the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Our Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
* TWO NEW SERIES This month we are introducing two new series of articles which we trust the reader will find edifying. Both are intended to aid us in what is surely a highpoint of the Christian life–the worship of our Savior-God. The series on “THE WORSHIP SERVICE” first appeared in the Immanuel Home Messenger… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.” Psalm 95:6 First in a series– Introduction Over the years we have heard many comments about our worship services. Some have indicated that they prefer little or no variation from our conventional Sunday “Order of Morning Service” (page 5ff.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
O Happy Home A Hymn for the Family #626 in The Lutheran Hymnal How is it possible to achieve a continuing harmony and happiness in our Christian homes? At times it may seem to be an impossibility because of all the obstacles that there are to that goal in our everyday lives. There are the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“That we might have hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Kings, Chapters One through Eleven Sophomore Solomon As I am writing this, our nation is in the midst of that down and dirty, mud slinging, hand wringing, finger pointing, misrepresenting debacle known as our election process. Oh, if only it was more simple, we say. If only… Read More »Month Archive Read More
FACING HOMOSEXUALITY (Part 1 of 4) In this article and its subsequent installments we will be considering the issue of homosexuality in our world and our response to it. It is our prayer that this study will enable us to better understand a scriptural response to homosexuality and to look for opportunities to implement that… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“LORD, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” — Psalm 90:1-2 (The reader is encouraged to have a Bible open to the psalm under consideration–Ed.) You should know the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Every year we read once again of the journey of the Wise Men from the East who came so far to find the new-born King that they might worship Him. Every year our attention is focused on that mysterious star which they somehow knew marked the Savior’s birth, and set them off on their long… Read More »Month Archive Read More
On the subject of internationalism we might mention several varieties. Politically there is that internationalism represented by 20th century communism, which has been destructive and enslaving–some even say ‘evil.’ It has sought to destroy governments, institutions, and individual liberties–and with an arrogant voice rage against God. There is that internationalism which is economic in nature… Read More »Month Archive Read More