by Pastor Tim Koester | Dec 3, 2024 | Church, News and Events
In the Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastors are “called” as opposed to “assigned” or “hired”. I know it can feel strange. Believe me, it was strange for me when I went through it. The hope however, is a process where the Holy Spirit...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Nov 27, 2024 | News and Events
Ok. Hold on. This is going to be more complex than your usual movie review. I can’t remember when I first learned who Dietrich Bonhoeffer was. I know it wasn’t in the Lutheran school of my childhood but it could have been in the spiritual crisis I had while at...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Nov 19, 2024 | Church, News and Events
On Sunday, November 17th, Saint Michael Lutheran met for our annual congregational meeting. I want to express my personal thanks to Jon Fredricks, outgoing council president, for his four years of dedicated and skilled work on behalf of the congregation. Thank you...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Oct 11, 2023 | News and Events
Violence has once again broken out in the land of Israel and Palestine. The savage killing of other human beings is evil and robs the world of goodness. Yet the cycling of this violence, with no lasting effort for humans to make the same sacrifice for peace as we do...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Sep 20, 2023 | Church, News and Events
Nearly eight years ago, I was called to Saint Michael as the “Senior Pastor”, which is interesting because I’ve been the only called pastor during that time. I have however, crossed into the “55 and older” category, so maybe there is a discount on church supplies I’ve...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Feb 15, 2023 | News and Events
After much prayer and conversation at a recent retreat, the church council arrived at a consensus to seek someone to help SMLC raise up leaders, develop disciples, and equip people to be engaged with youth, their families and others in the congregation. In other...
