Our first quarterly Voter’s Meeting for the year is now on April 4th at 7:00 PM. We’ll also have a potluck supper before the meeting at 6:00 PM.
March 21st Voters’ Meeting Cancelled
March 21, 2013 by
Based on the predicted weather for this afternoon and evening, the Voters’ Meeting for this evening, March 2st, is cancelled. We decided to cancel based on: Reed Springs School District closing their schools at 12:45 PM, March 21st. The planned dinner before the Voter’s Meeting. Any decision to cancel needed to be made before people […]
Holy Week
March 20, 2013 by
Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, March 24th. On Thursday, we will have a Maundy Thursday service, using a Lord’s Supper liturgy from the oldest liturgies in the New Testament Church. On Friday, we will remember our Lord’s death and the salvation He worked through that. Services times are: Palm Sunday: 9:30 AM Maundy Thursday: […]
March 17th: Commemoration of St. Patrick
March 9, 2013 by
On Sunday, March 17th, we will commemorate St. Patrick during the Divine Service, missionary to Hibernia (today, Ireland). Patrick was born into a Christian family in Britain around the year 389. As a teenager, raiders captured him, took him to Hibernia, and sold him as a slave. After six years, he escaped and found his way to a monastery community […]
The Midweek Lenten Service is Cancelled for February 20th
February 20, 2013 by
Because of the forecasted snow and/or ice, the Midweek Lenten Service for February 20th is cancelled. However, the projected weather for Sunday looks fine, so please join us then for the Divine Service.
Midweek Lenten Services
February 11, 2013 by
This year’s theme for our midweek Lenten services will be “The Blessings in the Blood of Jesus.” Our sermons will be based on selected excerpts from the New Testament book of Hebrews. Service times for our Wednesday services will be at 1:00 and 7:oo PM. Our first Lenten service will be on February 13th, Ash Wednesday.
Funeral for Don Underwood
January 16, 2013 by
On Saturday, March 20th, 2013, at 2:00 PM, the funeral for Donald Underwood will be held at Stumpff Funeral Home in Kimberling City, MO. Donald John Underwood, lived in Cape Fair, MO, and was the son of Phillip H. and Caroline (nee Filipek) Underwood. He was born on August 29, 1935 in Chicago, IL and died […]
Prayers for the Dead: Regaining What We Have Lost Within Lutheranism
January 9, 2013 by
This is a paper our pastor presented at the Springfield Circuit winkel of the Missouri District on January 15th, 2013. In it, he looked at prayers for those who have died in the faith (referred to simply as “the dead”) from a scriptural, confessional, and historical perspective. He also explored what we lost when we […]
Christmas (Christ’s Mass) Day Service
December 20, 2012 by
On December 25th, we will have a Divine Service of Word and Sacrament to celebrate the birth of our Lord. Jesus, the Word Himself became flesh. God and man have come together in one Person. The Infinite has become the finite. The Transcendent has become Imminent. The Creator is one with the creature. The Eternal breaks […]
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service with Carols
December 19, 2012 by
Our Christmas Eve service is on December 24th at 7:00 PM. In the service, we will hear the account of Christ’s birth according to St. Luke and sing many corresponding Christmas carols and hymns. The service will finish with the lighting of candles, exiting in the peace and joy of Christmas.
