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 […]
1 Corinthians 15:51-57: Funeral Sermon for Ruby Kintzinger
September 10, 2015 by
Ruby Kintzinger was a long-time member of Shepherd of the Hills. She passed away on August 20, 2015 and her funeral was on August 24. This was her funeral sermon. Listen, I tell you a secret. We will not all die as Ruby has died. But all of us, those who have died and those who live, […]
Misreading Scripture Alone
June 11, 2015 by
This is an article that pastor came across last autumn. The author, Matthew Block, writes how many have succumbed to ancient heresies that the Church has long ago refuted. He also explains why he thinks this is the case. When the author uses the word “evangelical,” he means Protestant Christians who do not consider themselves […]
Guest Pastor, Duane Maas, to Visit on May 31
May 27, 2015 by
On May 31, 2015, our guest adult Sunday School teacher, preacher, and celebrant for the Lord’s Supper will be the Reverend Duane Maas. Until recently, he served as associate pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Springfield, Missouri (that’s how our pastor got to know him). After “retiring,” he chose to focus his efforts in bringing the saving […]
Understanding Five Bible Verses in a Better Way
April 21, 2015 by
This is our pastor’s newsletter article for May, 2015. We each have our favorite Bible verses, which we quote, which may even help us get through dark times. But, sometimes, the way we use a verse can cause us see God or events in ways that the original writer of that verse never meant. […]
Holy Week Services
March 31, 2015 by
On Thursday, April 2nd, is our Maundy Thursday service at 7:00 PM, which will focus on the epicenter of Christ’s New Covenant for us: His Supper. In this service, we will use parts from the oldest liturgies in the Church, even including the liturgy of St. James (the New Testament Church’s first liturgy used in […]
