Hello friends. This has been a rough week, for a great many people. The headlines of media outlets have been shouting about what happened on the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington DC. on Wednesday. Rightly so. But there was more, much more, to what happened in Washington that day. And much of itContinue reading “Violence in a Peaceful Church”
Category Archives: Devotions
The Festival of the Epiphany
Happy New Year, everybody! January 6th is the day we remember the visit of the Magi, or scholars, to Jesus and his mother. We call this The Epiphany (a word which means “light”). One way that some of us do this remembering is through what we call “Chalking the Door.” The video below will showContinue reading “The Festival of the Epiphany”
Worship for January 2, 2021
Happy New Year, everyone! Attached is the service for the first Sunday of the year, which also happens to be the 2nd Sunday of Christmas. Given the year we just concluded, I am not making any predictions about how things are going to go! We have all learned (or perhaps re-learned) that trying to doContinue reading “Worship for January 2, 2021”
Service for December 27, 2020
Here’s the liturgy we used at the Lunenburg Lutheran Parish (on the South Shore of Nova Scotia) for the First Sunday of Christmas, 2020. May peace be with all of you as you celebrate, as you struggle, as you attempt to be faithful in these extraordinary times.
Christmas Eve
Here is a link to our virtual Christmas Eve service for 2020. May peace be in our hearts, in our homes, in our land and in our world.
Worship for December 6, 2020
Hello everyone! Here is the liturgy for this Sunday (this is somewhat abbreviated, because we did celebrate Holy Communion today). May peace be yours, this day and always.
Worship for Advent 1
Here is the Home version of the service we will be using at the Lunenburg Lutheran Parish on Sunday, November, 29, 2020. It’s the church’s New Year’s Day! But instead of making resolutions which can’t, or won’t, be kept, let’s take some time to contemplate the promises of God, which can and will be kept…,Continue reading “Worship for Advent 1”
Worship for November 22, 2020
Here’s the liturgy we will be using for this morning’s service (NOTE – We will be celebrating Communion at the service this morning. This version of the service does not include that aspect of the service.) Peace be with you all! Worship for November 22, 2020
Worship for the Home – November 15 2020
Here’s the liturgy we used at the Lunenburg Lutheran Parish this Sunday. Peace be with you all!
Sermon for November 8, 2020
Text from the 4th chapter of Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus,Continue reading “Sermon for November 8, 2020”