Jun 28, 2023 | Earthen Vessels, News, President
This past Saturday (24 June) was the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, a little taste and preview of Advent in the midst of summer. That festival is a happy and hopeful occasion, in which the Church rejoices – along with Zacharias and Elizabeth – in the...Jun 23, 2023 | Earthen Vessels, IN-KY Lutheran Schools, Indiana Lay Leadership, News, Outreach & Evangelism, President
Jesus in the Hearts of Children Over 6000 students are being taught in 15 Lutheran schools in the African country of Liberia. Under the direction of Joe Boway, these record numbers have been on the grow since the inception of this ministry in 2004. He thanks...Jun 21, 2023 | Earthen Vessels, Indiana Lay Leadership, News, President
My wife and I, along with our youngest daughter, had the privilege of attending the inaugural “Christ Academy Family Institute” at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne this past week, Thursday evening through Saturday. Kudos to Rev. Matt Wietfeldt and his...Jun 19, 2023 | Education, IN-KY Lutheran Schools, Lutheran Schools
Have no Fear The gospel for this coming Sunday (Fourth Sunday after Pentecost) is Matthew 10:5a-21-33. This text is Jesus giving his disciples instructions about what they will encounter as they go out to perform the mission he has given them. He forewarns them about...Jun 14, 2023 | Earthen Vessels, News, President
Between His institution of His Holy Supper and His agony in the Garden of Gethsemane – on the night when He was handed over by the Father to His voluntary suffering and death upon the Cross – our Lord Jesus Christ catechized His disciples in what He was about to...
