Cultivate Love through Epiphanies …  think ah-ha moments.  Epiphanies are about manifestations, enlightenment, bringing light into our darkness.  According to the Oxford Dictionary, Manifestation refers to an event, action or thing that is a sign that something exists or is happening.  And so, we look at stories during this Time after Epiphany to learn more ..read more

Happy New Year … is a wish that can mean so many things.  It could be about happiness for that one day when we flip our calendars to a new year…or about happiness for the whole year represented with that calendar. It could be about new beginnings…a time to start over.  Or it could be ..read more

“Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.”          — Ephesians 3:17— This past month, we gathered, opened the word in worship, and pondered on the gift of Love … And the movement of God’s love down upon us, in us, and flowing out of us. What ..read more

“For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption of Christ Jesus.” – Romans 3:22-24 – October is the month in which Reformation Day falls, which is a day we celebrate the reform of ..read more

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.”  – Ephesians 3:17 Well, it’s that time of year when the days begin to grow shorter and the earth begins to change.  The fall season will soon be upon us full swing.  I tend to get an ..read more

Greetings and Grace to you all. “That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.”  – Ephesians 3:17 Our summer continues, but a new school year and ministry programs are just around the corner.  And August is that time when many parents and grandparents are beginning ..read more

Happy Spring  As Spring is springing, let us ponder on this verse:  “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:  The old has gone, the new is here!”  (2 Corinthians 5:17) Sometimes it is so hard to think about change, and yet we gaze out our windows and walk around outside, giving thanks for yet another longed-for change in our lives.  This change in temperatures, this change in season…It’s a good change, isn’t it? Cabin fever hit many of us harder than usual this year.  We’ve yearned for warmer, sunnier days, and so we find this a welcome chang ..read more

“Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised,… (Matthew 28:5b-6a) He is Risen! He is Risen indeed! When the women come to the tomb to prepare Jesus’ body for burial, an angel meets them and says, “he is not here.” So where is he then? Isn’t that probably what they were thinking? Mary even asks who she thinks is the gardener, “where did you take him?” Jesus is not here…but he IS here. Always. And forever…with us. He is no longer in the tomb because he is with us. So why is it that we don’t see him…always in our lives then ..read more

  Please join us every Wednesday during Lent at First Lutheran as we explore The Story of Jesus through the Eyes of Peter. Soup and rolls will be served at 5pm with service at 530pm ..read more

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, God’s love for us is ever present in the Son, Jesus the Christ.  Since the beginning, God does everything God does, for us because of this love.  Even when things seem darkest, God is there, working to bring us all together. When Noah and his family experienced the forty days and nights of rain, God’s timing was to make new again.  It may have seemed an eternity, but Noah’s family was able to go to dry ground 160 days after all the raining had stopped.  God had created new.  When the Son came down for our sake, He walked among us fo ..read more