The memorial service for Irma Fey will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Kimberling City, Missouri. Irma E. Fey, whose maiden name was Keil, was called home to heaven, dying here at the age of 93 on Saturday, December 12, 2015. She was born […]
Church Cancelled for Feb 14, 2016
February 13, 2016 by
Church is cancelled for Feb 14, 2016 because of a predicted glaze of ice on the roads during church-service times. We recommend staying at home until afternoon when the roads are predicted to be free of ice. Here is the weather advisory: Winter Weather Advisory in effect from midnight tonight to noon CST Sunday… […]
Our Focus During Lent: Final Words From the Cross
February 8, 2016 by
This year, our midweek Lenten services and sermons will have this focus: Jesus’ Final Words from the Cross. Each “word” (sentence) will shape each midweek service, although every service will have a traditional, liturgical form. Here are the Scripture readings and focus for each service: February 10: Ash Wednesday: “Forgive”: OT: Joel 2:12-19; Ep: 1 Jn 1:4-9; Gos: […]
It’s Not Either Or
January 22, 2016 by
This is our pastor’s article for the February edition of our congregational newsletter. The longer I’m a pastor, the more I find that what we bring to the table shapes our understanding of Scripture and, thus, the faith, even more than what a Scripture passage may say! Let me give you a personal example. About […]
New Year’s Eve Service for 2016
December 30, 2015 by
Our New Year’s Eve Service for the upcoming year of 2016 will be at 5:00 PM on December 31. Since December 31 is also the Eve for the Circumcision and Name of Jesus, that celebration will also be part of the Service.
Christmas Day Service: The Service of Christ’s Mass
December 20, 2015 by
Our Christmas Day Service will be a “Christ’s Mass” service, which is a Service of the Sacrament of our Lord’s Supper. The service time will be at 10:00 AM. As we celebrate Jesus becoming incarnate for our salvation in His birth, so also will we celebrate Him becoming “incarnate” for us in His body and […]
Christmas Eve Service of Carols and Candlelight
December 20, 2015 by
Our Christmas Eve Service will be at 7:00 PM. It will be a service a carols, matched to the Gospel readings for the Nativity of our Lord. The service will finish with the singing of Silent Night by candlelight.
Christmas Around the World: A Musical Programme
December 12, 2015 by
Our Christmas program for the community is “Christmas Around the World: A Musical Programme.” It will include Christmas carols from around the world with plenty of Christmas-carol singing. As a special treat, we will also have cookies and sweets to eat, baked from recipes around the world. The program will be at 3:00 PM on Sunday, […]
The Value of Patient Endurance
November 24, 2015 by
This is our pastor’s newsletter article for the December 2015-January 2016 edition of our congregational newsletter. Recently, we’ve had some discussion about singing Christmas hymns during Advent. Advent is from the first Sunday after Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve. Christmas is from December 25 to January 6. So, we’ll still let Advent be Advent, a season […]
Comfort, even in the Darkest Valley
September 21, 2015 by
This is our pastor’s newsletter article for the October 2015 edition of our congregational newsletter. In our midweek Bible class, we are studying the New Testament book of 2 Timothy. It’s a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to (you guessed it!) Pastor Timothy. Although it’s written for a pastor, it still contains many […]
