Keith Hillesland

Devotion for December 17, 2020, from Pastor Tia Pelz of Christ the King: Mary was a perfectly normal girl, a perfectly normal woman, like you and me. Well, Josef wouldn’t agree with that, of course. After all, he fell in love with her and no other. Anna and Joachim would certainly see it differently, their […]

Devotion for December 15, 2020 from Pastor Tim Huff of Holy Trinity: The Spirit of Justice and Joy  The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives,

Hi, Everybody: Thanks to all who voted last Sunday on the HTLC constitutional changes.  40 members drove by and safely voted and everybody voted “yes.”  Now we can hold a virtual Annual Meeting! (you knew there would be a down side) This Sunday, December 13, is the 3rd Sunday of Advent.  Besides the usual online worship service

Devotion for December 10, 2020 from Pastor Barbara Caine of Holy Redeemer:  Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her  womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to

Devotion for December 08, 2020 from Vicar Anand Darla of Good Shepherd South Asian Ministries: The God’s Family No Christian questions the origin of the family. The Bible lays it out before us in unambiguous terms. God created the family. But why? God answered that question in the Old Testament long before any New Testament writers took up

Devotion for December 2, 2020 from Pastor Tia of Christ the King: Today, I want to introduce you to Pastor Johann Hinrich Wichern and his wife Amanda. The two of them ran the Rauhe Haus in Hamburg, Germany, the city I lived in before coming to the States. There they took care of boys and

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, December 6, is the 2nd Sunday in Advent.  Online Worship Service and Zoom Coffee Chat/Communion are as usual, but there is no Adult Forum.  Instead, HTLC members please come by the church from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for our Drive-By Voting.  According to our constitution, we need to vote with in-person written ballots to change our

Devotion for December 01, 2020 from Pastor Tim Huff of Holy Trinity:  “In the beginning was a home and the home was God’s peace,  and God was peace.”  Lo The Poet  The devotion for today is drawn from “Worship at Home for the Holidays” by Mary Scifres and B.J. Beu.  As you prepare to read

Devotion for November 27, 2020 from Pastor Barbara Caine of Holy Redeemer: Dear Church,Today is the day after Thanksgiving! This is the wonderful meal that I had yesterday. It’s sad to say, but true, that, in spite of the fact that I was warm, healthy, safe, and ate a delicious meal, I struggled all day

Hi, Everybody: Before I forget, Briita Ehlers has a message for the women in our email audience:  “Ladies, get your mammograms!”  (she didn’t have a chance to do it in person last month) This Sunday is the 1st Sunday of Advent, so dust off those Advent candle wreaths and fill those Advent calendars with treats!  Online Worship, Zoom