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- By Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, St. John Lutheran Church, LuverneOctober 11, 2022Before going to seminary, I was a private investigator working insurance fraud cases. Part of my job involved clandestinely sitting outside of a subject’s home in the back of my surveillance van. Often I would arrive well before sunrise, get a suitable position, but the person wouldn’t leave their home all day. During one case, after I sat outside of a man’s house for nearly a week with no…
- October 11, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Pastor Walt Moser, First Baptist Church, LuverneOctober 04, 2022I searched the internet for what other people believe is the greatest need in the church today and found a variety of answers. One person said we have a false idea about who Jesus is, another said we don’t understand the holiness of God, another said discipleship, another said we don’t really know who Jesus is and live accordingly. All the answers I saw reflected a broken or tattered…
- October 04, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Pastor Nita Parker, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, HillsSeptember 20, 2022John 12:44-46: “Then Jesus cried aloud: ‘Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.” Greetings! As I read this text, I was thinking of all the people who have been baptized, confirmed and learned about Jesus in our area. Where…
- By Pastor Ann Zastrow, Grace Lutheran Church, LuverneSeptember 13, 2022“God’s Work, Our Hands” is a tagline for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) when its congregations have a day of service, both within the congregation and out in the community. Different places do different sorts of activities. Common examples are making fleece blankets, doing painting or cleaning projects in the church or community, helping a food or clothing pantry get organized…
- September 13, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Pastor Bob Junak, Rock River Community Church, LuverneSeptember 06, 2022Many years ago I accepted a position as site manager at a Bible camp. The former manager had been employed there for many years. All I heard from everyone was that I had “big shoes to fill.” However, it went beyond words. It seemed like whatever I did, it wasn’t like the former. I continued to hear, “That’s not the way James would do it.” To be transparent and honest, I lost all my confidence and…
- September 06, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Pastor Andrew Palmquist, Bethany Lutheran Church, LuverneAugust 30, 2022It seems as if an increasing number of people are asking these questions: “Do you have to go to church be a Christian? Is it really necessary to go every week?” There is an old saying: “Going to church does not make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.” Christians do not go to God’s House in order to be Christians. Christians attend worship at church because they…
- August 30, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, St. John Lutheran Church, LuverneAugust 23, 2022It is human nature to share the good things we experience in our life with others. If you go on a trip, you write on the postcard, “Wish you were here!” If you go out to a restaurant and you find your meal delicious, you don’t keep it to yourself. You say to the person with you, “Here, try this.” You want to share with them how wonderful it is. So, for our relationship with Jesus Christ, why does…
- August 23, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- August 16, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Pastor Walt Moser, First Baptist Church, LuverneAugust 16, 2022God constantly uses the lives of Bible characters to teach us, to encourage us, and to warn us. Who can forget the impact of the truths lived out in the lives of men like David, Moses, Gideon, Peter, or Paul? What about the lives of Esther, Ruth, or Deborah? It is impossible to leave truth in the theoretical realm when you see it revealed in the lives of real-life men and women. That is what…
- By Pastor Jeremy Wiersema, Reformed Church of SteenAugust 09, 2022Do you know what you believe? How committed are you to what you believe? Those are extremely important questions for us to consider. Most Midwesterners like myself have a tendency to be stubborn. Oftentimes people think being stubborn is a bad thing, but I don’t see it that way. I believe that there is good stubborn and there is bad stubborn. Bad stubborn is often seen in kids when they won’t…
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