By now, we will have found out about our new Associate Pastor. This is an exciting time for the congregation and the ministry for Christ, Faith Lutheran Church, and the Southwest Florida community. It reminds me of Samuel 16:6-13 “When...
Christ the Lord is risen today!Saints and angels say:Raise your joys and triumphs high;Sing ye heavens and earth reply.(LSB #469, st. 1) I am so happy! It’s April! Congratulations, we made it through Season, Winter, Day...
This year something unique happens and that is that Easter Sunday is on the last day – the 31st of March. And even though you are reading this during the middle of Lent, it always good to remember the Resurrection. I have heard people...
February 14, 2024 is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. It is also St. Valentine’s Day. Ash Wednesday is one of the two days in the Church calendar which encourages fasting and abstinence. Valentine’s Day, as...
What Will Be New This New Year With the 2024 celebrations come the inevitable challenges to make a “new you” for yourself. The commercials push for us to remake ourselves in our own new image; whatever image that might be. So often...
I have always loved barns. When I was a kid, like most kids, I would be hurriedly running in and out of the house, constantly leaving the doors open behind me! From out of nowhere would come the booming voice of my dad, “Close...
A long time ago, when I was a student at Albion College, Michigan (with Methodist ties) we had mandatory Chapel Service attendance. I was familiar with the Methodist hymns we sang at Wesley Chapel because for years my grandmother played the...
Thanks be to God! For a combined total of over 30 years, Pastor Brad and Pastor Treglown have had the honor to serve you as pastors. Your appreciation is evident and we also appreciate you. We are very grateful to God and we want to thank you...
Martin Luther is known as the “Father of the Reformation”. October marks the month when we take time to reflect on what took place within the church during this reformation. Martin Luther lived in the dark times of the Middle...
September is, by tradition in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Christian Education Month. It is a time when the church celebrates the gifts of Christian education and looks forward to opportunities of growth for the upcoming year. I think of...
