Tag: worship


  • Mission Jamaica Sunday – Day 2

    Mission Jamaica Sunday – Day 2

    It was a great day in Jamaica! This morning, the full group split up with 12 Lord of Life folks heading to the community of Darliston, and the Trinity group along with the balance of the Lord of Life group heading up to Westhaven Children’s Home and Faith Chapel. To walk in to Westhaven for the first…

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  • New Wednesday Worship

    New Wednesday Worship

    Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.      Worship the Lord with gladness;     come into his presence with singing.  Know that the Lord is God.     It is he that made us, and we are his;[a]     we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.  Enter his gates with thanksgiving,     and his courts…

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  • All In

    “All In” Luke 14:25-33 Pastor Todd Buegler September 3 & 4, 2016 Trinity Lutheran Church Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, and from Jesus, the Son of God who chooses us in our baptism! Amen. It’s a conversation that happens fairly regularly in the Buegler home: It’s usually late afternoon, and either…

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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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  • Mission Jamaica: Day 7

    Today we ate breakfast, loaded the van and headed back up the mountain for our final day at Westhaven.  We arrived and assisted in dressing and preparing some of the children at Westhaven for worship.  It was awesome to see the kids dressed in suits and dresses. At 10:30am, the caravan walked out of the…

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  • Being Together

    Last weekend, I  observed something pretty profound.  One of our good Trinity folks walked into the narthex between services.  She had received some troubling health news in the prior week.  She was no more than 10 to 15 feet into the narthex when she was surrounded by 5-6 concerned people.  There were hugs…there were questions…there…

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  • Overflowing

    This was an amazing weekend.  Quite simply put, I’m overwhelmed (but in a good way).  The welcome of this congregation…the hospitality…the energy and excitement of a vibrant community when God’s Holy Spirit is so clearly blowing through a place. On Sunday evening, Lori and I were sitting in our living room and she asked me…

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