Submitted Article Written by Rev. Brian H. Mathis. Well let me say it Happy New Year; 2015 had for the most part been a good year for me. Yesterday as I was doing like most people thinking about the changes that came and the possible direction the New Year would bring I was thinking about… Read More »
A Note From the Pastor – December 2015
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Decorating our homes with the colors and trappings of Christmas is a tradition many of us dutifully embrace. Within the boxes from the garage, attic, basement hauled up right after Thanksgiving are visual reminders of a season filled with joy, hope, with church and familyfilled activity. As… Read More »
A Note From The Pastor – November 2015
Grady Thorsgard called the office one morning inviting me to stop by to witness the harvesting of a field of corn near their home place. I jumped in the car eager to see the action. My grandfather was a farmer in McIntosh, a small town in central Minnesota, so I had been in harvest fields… Read More »
A Note from the Pastor – October Newsletter
In a conversation with my brother James this summer regarding our move to Northwood, I shared my confidence of getting our belongings in a 20′ Uhaul truck. After all, I told him our children (and their stuff) would not be part of the move. I also assured him of our intention to downsize and only… Read More »
September 2015
Ebenezer Free Lutheran Church September 2015 Newsletter Article Pastor Nate Nash 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of… Read More »
August 2015
Ebenezer Free Lutheran Church September 2015 Newsletter Article Pastor Nate Nash 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of… Read More »
What is Your Identity?
At this moment I’m sitting in the lodge at the YMCA of the Rockies at our Free Lutheran Youth Convention. The theme of this week is “Identity” taken from Ephesians 1:3-14. It’s a fairly long passage, so let me just share with you verses 4b-6. It says, “In love he predestined us for adoption as… Read More »
