This is an article by Pr. Burnell Eckardt, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kewanee, Illinois. Looking back on how his congregation dealt with the flu epidemic of 1918, […]
Infant Communion and the CTCR’s Response
This is a theological paper that our pastor originally presented at his circuit winkel in November 2011. It looks at infant communion from the Scriptures and also from within the history of the […]
Pr. Richard Peckman to preach and teach on October 5 and 12
Pastor Richard Peckman will be our guest adult Sunday School teacher and preacher in the Divine Service on October 5 and 12, 2014. Pr. Peckman recently retired and moved to […]
Dealing with Our Culture’s Sexual Standards
This is our pastor’s article for our October, 2014 newsletter. Dealing with Our Culture’s Sexual Standards By Pr. Rich Futrell An older person may feel out of step because […]
Making a Faithful Confession
Instead of an article that I normally write, I put in its place an article written by Pr. Matthew Harrison, assistant pastor at Village Lutheran Church in Ladue, Missouri and […]
New Adult Sunday School Class Starting in September
Beginning in the first Sunday of September, the adult Sunday School will focus on specific questions that some have had about the Christian faith or parts of Lutheranism that may […]
Pastor Futrell will continue serving at SOTHLC
Our pastor has declined the call the serve at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Here is his letter that he read to our congregation on Sunday, July 20, 2014. […]
Pastor Futrell Receives Call to Serve at St. Paul, Thermopolis
On June 30, 2014 our pastor received a call to serve at St. Paul Lutheran Church at Thermopolis, Wyoming. This is his letter that he read to our congregation on […]
The Chasuble
This is our pastor’s article for the summer edition of our congregational newsletter. ———— Some of you have asked me over the last several years about the chasuble, the outer, poncho-like […]
Tradition in Christ’s Church, Part 2
This is our pastor’s newsletter article for June, 2014. In last month’s newsletter article, we learned that tradition is not a bad word. In truth, we learned the opposite: Tradition […]