Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, May 3rd, will be the 4th Sunday of Easter, and would have been Nacho Name Tag Sunday if not for COVID-19 (feel free to move it two days later to Cinco de Mayo – but you still have to wear the name tag!). It’s also Good Shepherd Sunday, with Psalm 23 (The Lord …
Today’s Special. Not that long ago, when we walked into our favorite dining establishment, we would see the sign above. Oh for those days again. Let me give you an example. This being Friday, if you drove to the Cracker Barrel in Sacramento their special is The Fish Fry. The special is priced at $9.99 and …
Devotions from Tri-City ELCA Pastors – Pastor Tim of Holy Trinity, May 1, 2020 Read More »
I just googled “differences in rye flour for sourdough bread”. Because, sure enough, we too have started baking our own bread. Like basically everyone I know in my neighborhood. Which explains why a) people present their freshly made breads proudly on Facebook. Why b) everyone now seems to have a sourdough-starter at home with a …
Devotions from Tri-City ELCA Pastors – Pastor Tia of Christ the King, April 29, 2020 Read More »
Devotion for April 27, 2020 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23a[1] Oh, boy….. I don’t know about you, but I’m struggling with some of the fruits of the Spirit Paul talks to the Galatians about. I’m doing pretty well on a few, namely love, generosity, …
Devotions from Tri-City ELCA Pastors – Pastor Barbara, Holy Redeemer, April 27, 2020 Read More »
This Sunday, April 26th, is the third Sunday of Easter. Once again, you are invited to worship with us through this online worship service. We miss you all and we look forward to seeing you at church again someday soon! Please see our bulletin if you’d like to follow along and participate. Today’s worship service was recorded at different …
The Only Way Through Grief I don’t know about you but I sure experience a lot of ups and downs lately. Not just over days but hours! At any given moment there is someone in my house expressing joy, frustration, affection, sorrow, enlightenment, boredom, thankfulness and grief. I would guess you might be as well. …
Devotions from Tri-City ELCA Pastors – Pastor Tim of Holy Trinity, April 24, 2020 Read More »
Hi, everybody: This Sunday, April 26th, is the third Sunday of Easter. Once again, we will have an online worship service available for you on Sunday. Of course, things are still unsettled as to when we can get back to worshiping together in person. As of this writing, the shelter-in-place will still be in effect through May 3rd, …
Greetings, Tia For the last 3 nights I have done something, I wouldn’t have dreamed about doing just six weeks ago. I howled. Like a wolf. Really loud and long at 8 pm for about 2 minutes. One of my neighbors told me about it and said: “Try it, it’s so refreshing and freeing.” I …
Devotions from Tri-City Pastors – Pastor Tia of Christ the King, April 22, 2020 Read More »
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your …
Devotions from Tri-City ELCA Pastors – Pastor Barbara of Holy Redeemer, April 20, 2020 Read More »
As California’s shelter-in-place order continues, we thank you for staying home and helping to slow the spread of COVID-19. We miss you all, and we look forward to a time when we can be together again. For now, please join us for the April 19, 2020 worship service. Please see our bulletin if you’d like to follow along …
