Comments for St. Urho's Lutheran Church

Comment on Great is Thy Faithfulness! by Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:15:31 +0000

Pastor Michael and Pastor Terri,
On occasion, I “google” my son’s name because I have found interesting articles relaying info about his college days or his missionary work in Tanzania. Recently I did find the latter – and it was a blog post by you back in June 2010 – “Our Brother in Tanzania” – talking about Aaron’s work and asking the church to pray for him. I appreciated so much knowing Aaron had been in your prayers and also what you said about “sharing a ministry, which is to be living symbols of the connectedness among Christians all over the Earth.” I don’t know if you have met Aaron; I have not had a chance to ask him. I do see that you will be leaving Romania soon; Aaron too (and his wife Allison) will conclude their teaching at KEMPS in Bukoba, TZ at the end of this calendar year and will be back home in Iowa. Aaron has been in TZ for 3 1/2 years now. I can’t imagine what it will feel like for my children and you folks – leaving your work, the people . . . your passion for the past three years. I will pray for a positive transition for my children and will keep the two of you in my prayers as well. Thank you for the work you have done overseas, and may God bless the next chapter of your lives. Sandy Caya

Comment on Iron Sky by Geta

Geta — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:17:32 +0000

That party is not “peasant’s” is peasantistics – I’m not sure if that word exists…and was created by wealthy, rich nobils – people who trusted in God and in the romanian earth’s richness.They also were a little extremists but were very patriots in the same time.
I enjoy Your article very much.

Comment on The Advent Fast by PastorM

PastorM — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:20:48 +0000

I’m not a wild-eyed utopian. There’s no chance that all churches, or even all congregations of a single church body, would suddenly declare an annual winter return to the Middle Ages. None at all, and there are good reasons not to. (Plumbing, for one, although that isn’t what I was getting at).

But I do think that the liturgical and historical themes of Advent — still alive in some parts of the world — deserve more attention than they get. Used carefully, they are a tool that can prise open the door for churchgoers, and offer them something better than they usually get.

As for the churches in and around Kingston, well, they are all pretty small. I do wonder whether one or two of them might not become the host church for a service that could be led by different pastors in different years, or even by all six pastors at once. (And then another one or two might agree to serve as the Easter Vigil hosts for the whole area).

Comment on The Advent Fast by Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:07:18 +0000

On reflection – maybe it is truly hopeless. I note that when Christmas does NOT fall on a Sunday (e.g. most years), of 6 ELCA churches in our immediate vicinity 5 have NO service on Christmas Day. Furthermore, NONE of their Christmas Eve services extend beyond midnight,

Comment on The Advent Fast by Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:07:46 +0000

The only realistic possibility would be for all churches in the west to seriously celebrate Advent and boycott the Thanksgiving to Christmas madness. Perhaps we should officially change the name of the season to Immanuel or Christ-With-Us and let the secular culture have their “Christmas” since they have already appropriated it. Then at the end of the “that” season, exchange gifts and greetings on Epiphany. Let’s put it up to the council and then let the Bishop promote it to the Pope and other leaders. I see it now, a grass-roots movements of Christians opposed to Christmas.

Comment on The Advent Fast by Pastor Joelle

Pastor Joelle — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:47:26 +0000

And now there’s a movement to just furgittabout Advent altogther. Let’s just all join the crowd and sing Christmas songs because everyone else is doing it. Why should the Church be out of step with the rest of the culture :-/

Comment on Movie Night! by Luther: hero or heretic? « Clujul Evanghelic

Luther: hero or heretic? « Clujul Evanghelic — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:00:52 +0000

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Comment on Built on a Rock by Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:33:43 +0000

LSB, 645, Stanza 4:
Here stands the font before our eyes,
Telling how God has received us.
The altar recalls Christ’s sacrifice
And what his Supper here gives us.
Here sound the Scriptures that proclaim
Christ yesterday, today, the same,
And evermore, our Redeemer.

Comment on I Heart It Too, But Come On by PastorM

PastorM — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:31:11 +0000

Aww, shucks, ma’am. War’n't nuthin. Give Eric and the kids our love!

Comment on True Places by PastorM

PastorM — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:30:00 +0000

James! Great to hear from you. Nothing we’d like to do more than visit Southern, although I can’t think when.