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Devotion from Vicar Anand Darla of Good Shepherd South Asian Ministries for October 26, 2020: 1John 2:15 Christ minded Christian by Vicar Anand Darla GSSAM   Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  When you love money and things, […]

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, October 25, is Reformation Sunday!  It’s the Sunday we celebrate Martin Luther kicking off the Reformation by nailing his 95 theses about church reform to the Wittenburg church doors back in 1517 (actually, on October 31st!).  Be sure to wear red when watching the Online Worship Service or tuning in to Zoom Coffee Chat at 9:15 (drinking

Devotion from Pastor Tia Pelz of Christ the King, October 22, 2020: The other day I met God at the grocery store.  I have never enjoyed grocery shopping much. But there were definitely times when I liked it more than these days. Like when the kids were really little and going grocery shopping was my

Devotion for October 20, 2020 – Pastor Tim of Holy Trinity ?? Choices ??  Making wise decisions isn’t always an easy task. We’re faced with decisions every day.Decisions that keep us up at night. Some are life-threatening, or life-changing and those kinds of decisions are scary and hard!  Take this job or that job?  Say

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, October 18, is the 20th Sunday after Pentecost and Children’s Sabbath.  We have some of our children and their families bravely taking turns as liturgists and readers in our online worship service.  Pastor Barbara will be providing the Homily this Sunday as part of our monthly sermon-sharing program between the Tri-City ELCA Pastors.  It’s a Sunday

​​Vicar Anand’s Devotion for October 15, 2020: Today’s Word of God for our morning devotion with “The Holy Spirit & Prayers “ is taken from   Matthew 6:8–13 which says ;  “So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.  “Pray then, in this way:  ‘Our Father who

Here is Pastor Barbara’s Devotion for October 13, 2020: 6On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. 7And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all

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