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are one body in Christ."

Church Council News

11/29/2017

 

Among the items discussed at the November church council meeting were:
• Some money left over from the gift given to us by Bygland Lutheran Church in Minnesota after Superstorm Sandy is being donated to help a mother and son from the congregation of Peace Lutheran Church in Pasadena, Texas. The funds will help them make repairs to their trailer from Hurricane Harvey that FEMA won't cover.

• New sound equipment has arrived and will be soon be installed and used. This will also be used by the musicians in the other congregations who use the St. Paul's sanctuary, cutting down on the wear-and-tear caused by moving equipment in and out. It will also free up space currently used by those congregations' equipment. 

• The Memorial Garden Committee has drafted agreements, by-laws, and terms and conditions that will be voted upon during January's congregational meeting. 

Can We Talk?

11/22/2017

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The Terror of a Moment of Reckoning

Sermon for November 18-19, 2017
Matthew 25:14-30

The Last Judgment as Hope and Terror
Near the end of his earthly ministry, the disciples asked Jesus to tell them when the end of the age would come, and what signs they might observe that would alert them that end was coming. Jesus told them that no one knows the day or the hour when the end will come, and he alerted them to signs that have been observed and noted in every generation since: wars, violence, hatred, divisiveness and oppression.

We note those signs even today, and we wonder if this might be the end, the great unraveling of creation. Deep down, we long for an end to war and violence; oppression and suffering; hunger and thirst and mourning and loss, and we cry out for justice and the start of a new day. And so, we have to recognize that something deep in us longs for the end to come and that longing is a cry for release from the powers that bring pain and suffering and death. We wait and watch for the end.

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My Story Woven Into God's Story

11/16/2017

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This is My Story; This is My Song
Psalm 70 and Luke 10:25-37

In St Augustine’s teaching on the spiritual meaning of this parable, we hear how the man who is robbed and beaten and left half dead is the human being. We are that person. In every spiritual sense we have been robbed by sin and left to die apart from God, and religious functionaries of every kind are powerless to help us. Only Christ can save us by taking on our human nature and healing our wounds and dying for our sins. Only Christ by his death and resurrection can give us eternal life. And that is what he gives us. He comes and rescues us. That is the good news of the Gospel.

Can you hear in this parable how we may start to tell our story, but end up telling God’s story of mercy and love for us in Jesus Christ? Our stories have converged in Christ. And in the church ... where we have been placed by Christ for rest and rehabilitation ... to learn again to trust God and love God above all things and to understand that loving our neighbor means getting out of ourselves and being neighbor to all in our lives.


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Powerful Stories, Part 4

11/16/2017

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My Story: Kristen Luettchau

​Na zdravie!

​This means “Good Health” in Slovak, and I remember my grandpa saying it all the time when I was growing up. It’s probably the only Slovak phrase I learned from him, but it’s a good one. He passed away in 2015 at the age of 99. I remember growing up and going to Zion Lutheran Church with him and my mom every Sunday. His father, my great-grandfather, was one of the founders of that church. Why am I telling you all of this information about my grandfather when the topic for this week is “
My Story”?

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Council Minutes from October 2017

11/3/2017

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  • Thanks to Paul Lubonski there is a successful new strategy to better secure the sanctuary pews to the floor. Because of the almost constant use of the sanctuary during the weekends and the amount of time it takes for adhesive to properly cure, the repairs will be done in stages, fixing the most damaged pews first.

  • The Memorial Garden Committee is well on its way to adopting a Memorial Garden Agreement to make sure, among other things, that St. Paul's has up-to-date contact information in the event changes need to made to the garden. 

  • All three Edison ELCA congregations will be included in our upcoming church directory. Look for announcements for photo scheduling in April.

  • The next senior luncheon will be held on Thursday, November 16. The topic is "Power of Attorney".
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  • St. Paul's now has an Instagram account. If you're an Instagram user, please follow st.paulslutheran.
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Be the Neighbor

11/2/2017

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At the Limits of Our Love

​Pastor Krombholz's Sermon. Saturday, October 30, 2017
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Luke 10:25-37
Leviticus 19:1-4, 9-18, 33-37


In his explanation to the First Article of the Creed, Martin Luther confesses, “I believe that God created me together with all creatures.” In his book, Martin Luther's Theology, A Contemporary Interpretation, Luther scholar and theological Oswald Bayer notices that this confession of faith is both personal … God created me … and at the same time communal and relational … together with all creatures. From the beginning, God’s gift of life is a gift that is sustained by within a family and a community. Is it any wonder then, that the Ten Commandments begin with faith in God and work out in love toward neighbor.

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Love Your Neighbor: The Work of Local Mission

11/2/2017

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Love Your Neighbor, Generously

By Jane Brady

Wayne and I recently heard a presentation by Ryan Cumming of the ELCA regarding the book, The Forgotten Luther, Reclaiming the Social-Economic Dimension of the Reformation.  During that presentation, Mr. Cumming mentioned that Martin Luther said a church  should have two pieces of furniture:  the altar and the community chest. Here at St. Paul’s, we certainly have the altar but we also have the community chest.  This community chest was to have funds within to provide help to those in need in the community in Luther’s way of seeing economic justice.


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