If you are able to contribute to the Beyond SNAP program, please bring your gifts to Gloria Dei by May 31. Pastor, John and Gloria will take them to the Synod Assembly for you. Here is the description of Beyond SNAP: Beyond SNAP* *Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps) It is a tradition of the … [Read more…]
Springtime brings such a colorful contrast to the death and drabness of winter. The tree is outside the Gloria Dei office. The flowers are in the entrance off of Broadway.
The 10am Wednesday Adult Study “We Must Plant the Church” continues in May: May 6 – Working Together: Lutherans Uniting May 13 – In Modern Times: Becoming an American Church May 20 – The Future of the Lutheran Church
466 Works is a Community Development Corporation started by the Pastor and lay folks at Mount Carmel Baptist Church. They are inviting all of the residents and churches to be a part of the revitalization of the neighborhood in which Gloria Dei resides. 466 Works is instrumental in moving the city of South Bend to … [Read more…]
You went where on your holiday? Amongst other experiences I spent a few days at St. Augustine’s House in Oxford, MI. Only four hours from here is the only Lutheran monastery in North America. I posted pictures on my blog and Facebook page. There are several lovely short videos of images and monks chanting on … [Read more…]
October 31, 1517 is the 500th anniversary of Luther posting the 95 Theses. His call for debate and his personality and the theological, social, and economic issues of the time were the perfect mix to institute a monumental, worldwide change. We still reel from and react to the changes that his posting initiated. Misconceptions abound … [Read more…]
This past Sunday, Palm Sunday, we read the Passion account from Mark 14:1-15:47. This is a lengthy narrative. We asked people to take different parts and everyone in the sanctuary had a copy of the Passion account. The congregation played the part of “the people.” The congregation speaks those horrific words to Pilate about … [Read more…]
“The gift that keeps on giving” is a proverbial saying that describes a gift or decision or action that has a lasting impact. One example is establishing an endowment fund. An endowment is a way in which money can be given as a gift and then the impact of the gift continues for decades to … [Read more…]