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...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Mar 9, 2022 | News and Events, Theology
-Psalm 46 – Grounding for uprooted and chaotic times God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam,...
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 | 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...
by Pastor Tim Koester | Feb 24, 2021 | Church, News and Events, Theology
Law and Gospel: How do we pray for God’s kingdom to come in a broken world? The Arrests As of now, over 275 arrests have been made in connection with the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol. News sources report more than 400 investigations have been opened based on some...
