Our annual German Dinner is here! When: Saturday, October 20. Time: 4:00 to 7:00 PM. Where: Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church’s multipurpose building, 71 Kimberling Blvd, Kimberling City. (The first building you’ll notice when driving into our church parking area.) For your culinary delight, the menu includes: Bratwurst, Sauerkraut, Potato salad, Apple rings, Bread, Drinks […]
Donna Kind-Gappa’s Memorial Service
September 20, 2018 by
Donna Kind Gappa’s Memorial service will be held at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Kimberling City, Missouri on Friday, September 21, at 2:00 PM. She was born January 26, 1932, in Elkhart, Indiana, daughter of Milton Raymond Lotz and Iler Bessie Badman Harmon Lotz and died on September 6, 2018. Her family moved to […]
Sandy Webb’s Funeral and Memorial Service
September 13, 2018 by
Sandy Webb passed away September 3, 2018, from complications of breast cancer. Her services will be held at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church on September 15, 2018, at 11 am. Pastor Richard Futrell will be officiating with Nancy Heine as the organist. A graveside service will be scheduled at a later date at the Immanuel […]
Psalm 68:6, Dean Webb’s Funeral Sermon: God Brings Those in the Prison House to Where?
August 16, 2018 by
“The two ways—one of life and one of death, and a vast chasm exists between the two” (Didache 1:1). So begins a 1st-century document, meant for Gentile converts entering a Church filled with Jewish Christians. Such are the subjects Dean delighted in learning during my time as his pastor. Today, you will not find yourself […]
Dean Webb’s Memorial Service
August 9, 2018 by
The memorial service for Dean Webb will be on Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Kimberling City, Mo. Roy “Dean” Webb, 81, of Branson West, died Saturday, June 30, 2018. Born on March 28, 1937, in Independence, MO, as the son of Clarence and Carol Crawford Webb, he later […]
Ascension: Jesus is Gone into Heaven. Now What?
April 29, 2018 by
This is our pastor’s article for the May edition of our newsletter. This year, Ascension Day falls a May 3rd. Such a neglected and almost-forgotten festival. Consider how few congregations celebrate this day on Thursday, its actual day. For Jesus going to heaven’s throne almost lacks a sense of the heroic victory of a […]
Unnoticed Connections in Scripture
April 17, 2018 by
On Thursday, April 19, at 2:00 PM, we will begin our new midweek Bible study. The theme for these lessons will be “Unnoticed Connections in Scripture.” These series of lessons will explore ideas weaving themselves throughout the Bible, which many of the Bible writers expect us to know, but which many of us may not […]
The Subversive Message of Easter
April 14, 2018 by
This is our pastor’s newsletter article for the April edition of our newsletter. Unlike Christmas, when did Easter stress you out like crazy? Though eggs, a bunny, and pastel colors are part of celebrating Easter in our society, a risen Jesus isn’t. Strange. For an over-commercialized Christmas still retains a vestige of its original […]
Our 2018 Lenten Midweek Theme: “Christ Concealed in the Old Covenant”
February 13, 2018 by
The theme for our Lenten midweek services this year is “Christ Concealed in the Old Covenant.” Service times will be 1:00 and 7:00 PM each Wednesday. Maundy Thursday and Good Friday service times will be at 7:00 PM. Each service will explore how God pointed forward to His Messiah for the world even while He […]
LeRoy Krause: Celebrating the Gift of Faith: Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17, Luke 15:1-8
February 13, 2018 by
Born on April 17, 1928, in Kansas, LeRoy Krause began his career as a Kansas farmer, working with his father, Martin, and brother, Melvin. Later, he developed skills in woodworking and also began home remodeling. In 1960, he and his wife, Betty, moved to Lampe and began a career in the building business. Soon, he […]
