Keith Hillesland

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, January 17, is the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany and Fill the Food Barrel Sunday.  Zoom Coffee Chat and Communion will be as usual (9:15 and 9:45 a.m. – same Zoom details) as well as Sunday School at 10 a.m. (to be included in Sunday School info emails, please contact Marta).  Confirmation Class will resume this Sunday (Pastor […]

Devotion for January 14, 2021 from Pastor Tia Pelz of Christ the King: Dear Saints,  Today’s devotion is inspired byJoy Oladokun’s song “i see america”  Here are the lyrics to her song: https://genius.com/Joy-oladokun-i-see-america-lyrics  I saw God in front of a motel yesterday. She was darker than the preachers say. She had a 2-year-old in her arms. A tiny

Devotion for January 12, 2021 from Pastor Tim Huff of Holy Trinity: My God, you will not abandon my hope. You will hear my prayer and satisfy my desires. I will pray and wait for your grace. Hear me and fulfill my hope. The following is the prayer which opens a collection of Martin Luther’s

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, January 10, is the 1st Sunday after Epiphany, Scrip Sunday, and the Sunday we commemorate the Baptism of Our Lord at the Jordan river by John the Baptist (now there’s a fortuitous last name!).  There’ll be a chance to commemorate your own baptism during the pre-recorded service, so be sure to have a bowl of water nearby

Devotion for January 7, 2021 from Pastor Barbara Caine of Holy Redeemer: Jan 7, 2020 Caine Devotion Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus

Devotion for January 5, 2021 by Vicar Anand Darla of Good Shepherd South Asian Ministries: Lamentations 3:22-23The steadfast love of the Lord never ceaseshis mercies never come to an end.  As we as church and people of God successfully entered into New year 2021 by His Amazing. Grace.  ‘New Year’ brings New Cheer! Beginning something new, receiving something

Hi, Everybody, and welcome to a well-deserved New Year! First, some sad news:  long time HTLC member Betty Roa passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 27.  Please keep her family and friends in your prayers.  There are no plans for a memorial service at this time. This Sunday, January 3, 2021, is the 2nd Sunday of Christmas (the twelve days

Devotion for December 31, 2020 from Pastor Tia Pelz of Christ the King: “Between the years” is what Germans call the time squeezed between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. It is this precious space in-between. Time is strangely weightless, haphazard, timeless during these days. At least, that’s how I always feel about it.  These are

Devotion for December 29, 2020 from Pastor Tim Huff of Holy Trinity: Blessing by Brother David Steindalrast. May you grow still enough to hear    the small noises earth makes in preparing for the long sleep of winter,       so that you yourself may grow calm and grounded deep within. May you grow still enough

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, December 20, is the 4th Sunday of Advent, which means Christmas is dangerously tantalizingly close.  It is also traditionally our Sermon-in-Song Sunday, when the choir takes over the Sermon slot in the service with a short program of seasonal songs, usually linked (sometimes tenuously) by a theme.  Of course, with COVID restrictions preventing us from rehearsing and performing,