Coordinating Council The Coordinating Council will meet at Immanuel Lutheran College in Eau Claire April 10, 11, 2002. Board meetings begin on the 7th or 8th of April according to the discretion of the respective boards. Sessions of the Coordinating Council will begin after chapel on April 10. –Daniel Fleischer, President Termination Regretfully, fellowship with… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2002/02
This is a list of “start-up” congregations who are being served by an off-site pastor. Some meet in homes, others in rented facilities. Also included is our CLC exploratory mission in Detroit, Michigan. Visitors are warmly welcomed. Those who are considering a move or are just traveling through the area are encouraged to contact these… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Last October the members of Holy Cross, Phoenix, Arizona opened their hearts and homes to the CLC Teachers’ Conference. Unlike the procedure of previous years, the conference began with a Sunday morning worship/communion service. Pastor Delwyn Maas, pastor of Holy Cross, led the worship. In his sermon he compared the love which a married couple… Read More »Month Archive Read More
CAVING IN (PART II)? A few weeks back we wrote something in our church bulletin (cf. January, Lutheran Spokesman, p. 16) in which we took exception to what a local pastor wrote in the clergy column of the Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch. You may recall we referred to the fact that the pastor of a… Read More »Month Archive Read More
–Pastor Daniel Fleischer (From a series of bulletin articles) “Is religious practice after a disaster an effort to appease God? Why is religion after a disaster important, if it isn’t important when there is no immediate past or impending disaster? . . . “ Spiritual commitment The terrorism on 9/11 is said to have had… 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 Twelfth and last in a series– The Benediction The (Aaronic) Benediction The so-called Aaronic Benediction (literally: “to speak well of”) is named such because Aaron, Moses’ brother, and his sons were the designated priests for Israel. Therefore,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
(#3 in Series) LET US PRAY! During the past week we came to the “one month” mark since the terrorists’ attack upon our country, and we saw our country begin its response to the attack. Not only during the past week but in all the weeks since the attack, many people have offered many prayers.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” (4:4) Chapter 1:1-18 “But the Good News is . . . ” It is perhaps the finest and most moving example that we have of Christian joy under affliction. The apostle Paul’s epistle to the Philippians was written while he was in prison– his immediate… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“And it came to pass . . . ” We were supposed to have our school photo day yesterday, but it did not come to pass; so we are rescheduling for another day; perhaps it shall come to pass on that day. Things like that happen due to human error or circumstances beyond human control.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
One of my favorite bulletin clip-art illustrations is the black and white silhouette of a cross behind a manger or a cradle. This captures the apostle Paul’s thought that we preach nothing except Christ crucified. We have celebrated the birth of Jesus with joy and gladness. We have marveled at the revelation of God’s glory… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Again and again Scripture urges us to “repent.” We are told: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt. 4:17); “Repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins” (Acts 2:38); “Repent and believe in the gospel” (Mk. 1:15). Literally, repent… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Matthew Henry, commenting on 1 Thessalonians 5:20 (“Do not despise prophecies”), makes this striking statement: “We must not despise preaching, though it be plain, and not with enticing words of men’s wisdom, and though we be told no more than what we knew before.” What a strange thing to say, some would think. Isn’t it… Read More »Month Archive Read More