Sermons and Thoughts from Pastor Todd
Last Sunday afternoon, members of Trinity Lutheran Church gathered on Zoom for our first-ever online annual meeting. I love annual meetings. I really do. And while I would much prefer … Continue reading Trinity Annual Meeting Recap: We’re Moving Forward
Beds for Kids, a wonderful non-profit organization, which has been serving families in need in both Steele and Waseca counties since 2010, will officially become a ministry of Trinity Lutheran … Continue reading Beds for Kids Moves to Trinity
Dear friends, This is not a note I’d hoped to be writing to you. Trinity has made the difficult decision to again suspend in-person worship, effective immediately. There are three … Continue reading Trinity Suspends In-Person Worship
Dear friends, On Sunday, Trinity’s congregational council made the decision to carefully re-start indoor worship in the sanctuary. This will begin Sunday, October 18 and will take place only during the 10:45am worship … Continue reading Trinity Goes Back to Face-to-Face Worship…Carefully
As the pandemic has drawn on (and on…and on…and on…), an interesting debate has emerged about the role of face masks – their effectiveness and their necessity. I will be … Continue reading Faith, Liberty and Face Masks
It is horrible, and my heart breaks. George Floyd was restrained. He wasn’t fighting or resisting. In fact, he was begging “please.” Watching the video, I can think of no … Continue reading Race, Violence and George Floyd
Dear friends, Trinity’s leadership has drafted a tentative plan to reopen our building and to prepare for when we can meet, talk and worship together again face-to-face. We are looking … Continue reading Trinity’s Reopening Plan
Dear friends, I hope you are well and healthy! During this strange time in our life together as a community, I wanted to give you an important update on the … Continue reading An Important Update on the State of the Church
Guest blog: Pastor Cindy Halverson, our amazing and gifted visitation pastor, shares a word today… “Pray for our country. This will be the first Easter in the history of our … Continue reading A Word of Hope
Dear friends, It is with sadness that I need to let you know that Pastor Ray Haugland died of an apparent heart attack yesterday. Pastor Ray came to Trinity in … Continue reading Rev. Ray Haugland, former Trinity pastor, has died…
In my years in ministry, I’ve walked into a lot of hospital rooms. And in doing all these visits, I’ve noticed something: I almost never visit the patient alone. With … Continue reading Distant, but not Separate
