Last year when I was on deployment, Pr. Phil Ressler and his congregation- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Old Bridge, NJ were a tremendous blessing and source of encouragement. They sent me care packages, calling cards and hardbound copies of Luther’s Small Catechism to give to our troops and their loved ones. I was 8
Every month our Elders take 30 minutes out of their meeting to Prayer Walk their families; but they do this using their phones- they “Let their phones do the walking”. This past month, we welcomed a new Elder at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Westfield, NJ. He asked for more information on how this
By God’s grace, we are establishing food pantries in our Lutheran congregation in Newark and Jersey City. The members of our churches there are establishing the guidelines for how this ministry will be carried out and they have identified congregational leaders to help their pastors with this ministry. It is important to learn the Scriptural
