Category: The Church
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Who To Vote For?
I’ve noticed an almost universal reaction when the topic of the elections, especially the presidential election comes up. There is a sigh…sometimes the rolling of the eyes, and the statement: “I can’t WAIT for this election to be over.” Election exhaustion. We’re all there. It’s a long enough process as it is, but this year…
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A Capital Campaign Update: We’ve Got a Great Story to Tell
Hello Trinity friends, Normally, I use this blog to share sermons, or devotional thoughts or reflections. But occasionally I also use it to share important news in our life together. Today I have one of those updates that I’m really excited to share. We are now a couple of weeks into our “A Story to…
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Signatures and Prayers
One of my responsibilities this morning was to sign all of the certificates for Trinity’s 10th graders. On Sunday afternoon, 44 of them will affirm the promises made on their behalf, in the waters of baptism. God made promises to each of these amazing young people as well: The promise of eternal life The promise of…
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Our Need to Give
Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, and from Jesus, the Son of God who fills our hearts! Amen. Ivan the Great was the tsar of Russia during the Fifteenth Century. A brilliant military strategist, he united Russia and drove out their enemies. He was however, so consumed by his military campaigns that…
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God’s Grace, Step By Step: Pastor Kubisa’s Story
On September 24 & 25, Trinity hosted Pastor Kubisa Sunsthene as a special guest. Pastor Kubisa is a pastor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with an amazing story of life, love and transformation. Our sermon that weekend was an interview with Pastor Kubisa.
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What is Trinity?
On the surface, Trinity Lutheran Church is many different things: It is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America It is a community of believers (over 4,000), called together to grow disciples of Jesus Christ It is worship, faith formation for all ages, fellowship and service These are all accurate descriptions of our…
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A Prayer for Memorial Day
God of all Grace, As a community, we gather today to remember. We remember the men and women who gave their lives in defense of their nation, and of freedom, here and abroad. We remember neighbors, friends and family members who we love, and who we miss dearly. We remember that though they came from…
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If Not Here…Then There…
This morning, the Buegler family had the opportunity to worship at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Northfield. I was “off” and as is our habit on these days, we’ll take the opportunity to worship with a different community. We chose St. John’s in Northfield because one of the pastors there, Jonathan Davis, is a good…
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Intoducing Next Year’s Intern: Alex Becker
Trinity has been assigned Alex Becker to serve as our pastoral intern for the 2016-2017 school year. Alex is a student at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, in their “Distributive Learning” program. He and his wife, Gabbie and their 3 1/2 year old daughter, Ellie, currently live in Salisbury, North Carolina where Alex serves as…
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Mission Jamaica: Epilogue
“So when people ask, how will you tell the story about what you’ve experienced this week?” That’s the question we talked about at devotions on Sunday night. When you experience something special, something profound, how do you begin to share it? We tell stories. We tell the stories of the people we’ve met. We tell…