Thirty-one members of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Montgomery, AL attended our Prayer Ministry workshop. We used our book, “iPray” to facilitate a training session which equipped these members to help their fellow worshippers in understanding what the Bible, our Confessions and historic Church worship have said regarding Prayer; not for the sake of
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
The first Sunday he was at Al Udeid Air Base, LtCol Dave Huxsoll came to my chapel service. Before worship began LtCol Huxsoll asked if I was taking Prayer requests. I told him I was and Dave asked that we include his daughter in our prayers- she was being confirmed that Sunday and he
Celebrating Mission Sundays with partner congregations is always special and it was definitely so on January 11th when my family and I were blessed to worship with Pr. Deric Taylor and his flock at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Fair Lawn, NJ. Pr. Taylor and the members were faithful to me during my recent deployment
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
“Urban Immigrant Missions 2015” In a city that never sleeps; everyone needs a prayer. Come and experience firsthand an urban outreach among immigrants which God is blessing. Servant teams will have the opportunity to participate in a prayer based mission approach as we complete home repairs for immigrants and refugees; share the Catechism with children;
After a year of developing relationships with three single moms whose church closed, a Nam vet just out of jail, and an Ethiopian immigrant by informally teaching leadership of a house church, two such plants began this month. How they will grow and mature is uncertain, but one lesson is clear. Do not stop praying
