On August 4th, Seminarian Hunsaker will be here to preach in the Divine Service and teach the adult Sunday school. His sermon text will be from Romans 9:30-10:4. For Sunday school, he will teach from the book of Exodus, which should be interesting as he has just studied and translated segments of Exodus in seminary.
Remembering St. Peter and St. Paul on Sunday, June 30th
June 25, 2013 by
On June 29th, the Church remembers the Apostles Peter and Paul. This year, we will transfer the feast to Sunday, June 30th. The festival of St. Peter and St. Paul is probably the oldest of the saints’ observances (dating from about the middle of the third century). An early tradition held that these two pillars of the […]
Funeral for Robert “Ha-Bob” Stimson
June 24, 2013 by
The funeral for Robert H. Stimson (whom many simply called “Ha-Bob”) will be on Wednesday, June 26th, at 10:00 a.m. here at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. The burial will follow after the funeral service at Pinecrest Cemetery in Lampe, MO. The Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June […]
Radio Interview on the Purpose of Singing in Church
June 20, 2013 by
Issues Etc. interviewed our pastor on the topic: The Purpose of Singing in Church. You can hear the interview here: http://issuesetc.org/2013/06/19/4-the-purpose-of-singing-in-church-pr-richard-futrell-61913/ The interview centers on the article our pastor wrote for our July-August 2013 newsletter.
Why We Sing What We Sing in Church
June 19, 2013 by
This is our pastor’s article for the July-August 2013 newsletter. One of the deep enigmas in the current-day church is why we sing what we sing. Few of us have ever given much thought to that. We grew up singing hymns in church, and we like what we like. And we want to sing what […]
No Thursday midweek Bible classes on June 20th and July 4th
June 19, 2013 by
On Thursday afternoon, June 20th, our pastor has a medical appointment. That’s why we won’t be having class that day. We will, however, still have class on Thursday, June 27th. We will continue our study of the Old Testament Apocrypha book of 1st Maccabees. On July 4th, we won’t have class because of Independence Day.
Our Pastor is Published in Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy
June 19, 2013 by
One of our pastor’s sermons was published in the Trinity 2013 issue of Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy. Our pastor originally preached the sermon in the journal for a local pastors’ conference, commemorating St. Augustine. To find out more about Gottesdienst, click here. Below is his sermon for the Commemoration of Augustine of Hippo, Pastor […]
Pastors’ Roundtable
June 6, 2013 by
Our pastor was part of Issues Etc. Pastors’ Roundtable on June 6th, 2013. The discussion was on the Parable of the Invited Guests, Luke 14:15-24. Click here to go to the Issues Etc. link for the program.
The Bread of Life You Need
June 5, 2013 by
This is our pastor’s latest “From the Pulpit” article for the Stone County Gazette. Do you know one of the saddest events in the Bible? It was when many followers of Jesus rejected Him because He wasn’t the Savior they wanted. It’s in John 6. Jesus had just fed a crowd of 5,000, and […]
Thinking About the Hymns We Sing
May 21, 2013 by
This is our pastor’s newsletter article for June. Hymns are strange. It’s not that hymns are strange writings put to music but that many of the hymns we like and are used to singing all differ. I didn’t grow up as a Lutheran. I converted to Lutheranism in the autumn of 1988. So, most […]
