by Pastor Tim Koester | Oct 5, 2021 | Church, News and Events
Something new Last Saturday, we held a Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for Pastor Denny Anderson. Denny was of course a member of Saint Michael but also so much more, including serving as the NE Synod Bishop and President of Trinity Lutheran Seminary. The...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Sep 1, 2021 | Church, News and Events, Worship & Music
Remember how awesome Easter worship was this spring? If not, let me remind you that around 400 people grabbed a lawn chair and shouted “Christ is Risen” about a hundred times in God’s great outdoor sanctuary! It was a morning I will not soon forget....
by Pastor Tim Koester | May 11, 2021 | Church, Worship & Music
Caution: Data ahead! But also information about changes coming to worship and other activities at Saint Michael. So read all the way through. The good stuff is at the end! This graph from the Douglas County Health Department, shows the number of...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Apr 21, 2021 | Church, Humanity, Theology
When George Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020 there was broad condemnation of the actions of Derek Chauvin and the other police officers. Only two days later, on May 27, 2020, Omaha police chief Todd Schmaderer said in a statement: We are deeply disturbed by what we...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Apr 7, 2021 | Church, Worship & Music
The Alleluias have returned! Like a bright, yellow daffodil announcing spring’s arrival, the refrain of Easter is punctuated by a Hebrew word that means, “Praise the Lord”. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! During Lent, we fast from saying that word...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Mar 18, 2021 | Church, Humanity, News and Events, Uncategorized
There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. – Gal. 3:28 Even before the senseless murder of Asian Americans in Atlanta this week, the ELCA had designated this...
