Keith Hillesland

Hi, Everybody:This Sunday, October 11, is the 19th Sunday after Pentecost and Scrip Sunday (register online at www.ShopWithScrip.com and enter HTLC’s enrollment code, B768EC1D14576 – you get full value of the gift cards and HTLC gets a percentage!).  It’s a pretty normal Sunday (new normal, that is) with Zoom Coffee Chat at 9:15, Zoom Communion at 9:45, Zoom Sunday School at […]

Pastor Tia’s devotion for October 8, 2020: Dear carefree Saints!  The night after my birthday my bike was stolen from our garage. When we were just about to leave to the beach on that extremely hot morning, the garage door stood wide open. My husband ran back in and yelled: “Tia, your bike is gone.”

Devotion for October 6, 2020 by Pastor Tim Huff of Holy Trinity: What Do You See?  COVID steals the ones we love. Jobs “disappear.” Contacts are restricted to virtual only. Innocent people killed in the streets. When devastating circumstances rock our lives, even the most faithful among us can be shaken with doubt. We cry

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, October 4, is the 18th Sunday after Pentecost and Animal Blessing Sunday.  The Live and Stuffed Animal Blessing will be online this year via Zoom at noon.  If you and your pet or stuffed animal would like to participate, just send me an email with your name and pet name (I mean the name

Children are Blessing from God: Genesis 4:1       The Scripture clearly teaches that children are blessed gifts from the Lord. God designed them to be a blessing. They are supposed to be a joy. They are a true treasure from the Lord to grace our lives with fulfillment, meaning, happiness, and satisfaction. Parenthood is

Pastor Barbara’s Devotion for Tuesday, September 29, 2020:Photo by Vicky Sim on Unsplash I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13 How do we access this strength Paul speaks of in Philippians? Well, others who have gone before us can help us see our way through.  Did you know that the

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, September 27, is the 17th Sunday after Pentecost and normally would be Lutheran Loose Change Sunday (as if anything were normal anymore).  Our new normal continues this week with our Online Worship Service which is available on our website each Sunday morning (or Saturday night if the stars are in alignment and Inspector Morse isn’t on TV).  Zoom

Pastor Tia’s Devotion for 09-24-2020: Dear gifted Saints!  Just before my 8thbirthday, my auntie took me shopping. I still remember it vividly because it was nothing that usually happened in my life. Nobody had taken me shopping for clothes before. At least not that I could remember. My parents just bought us what we needed.

God is a Birdwatcher My family decided during the summer that we would add some new flowers to our backyard. As we were discussing our options for plants and flowers, the patient and knowledgeable worker in Gardening noted: “The hummingbirds love these ‘Salvia Greggii.’ I have these in my backyard and the hummingbirds are always

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, September 20, is the 16th Sunday after Pentecost and our regular Fill the Food Barrel Sunday.  Last week, as our “God’s Work Our Hands” project, we added an extra Food Barrel week, and the response overflowed the barrel!  Let’s see if we can add to it again this Sunday and help fill LOV