by Shelly | Dec 1, 2009 | Wendell
In one sense, the church year begins with Advent. In another, it begins with Easter. How can the church year have more than one beginning? Well, it depends upon how we recon time. If we figure it chronologically, there is a beginning, a middle, and an end. If we...
by Shelly | Nov 1, 2009 | Wendell
The Thanksgiving holiday comes around only once a year. Here at Grace Lutheran Church, however, we don’t wait until November to give thanks. Every Sunday Morning and on each church holiday we celebrate the Eucharist. Eucharist is the ecclesiastical word for...
by Shelly | Oct 1, 2009 | Wendell
Getting to know Corvallis was lots of fun last summer. There were people to meet, and activities to take in: the band concerts on Tuesday nights, The Farmer’s Markets, Red White & Blue Days, DaVinci Days, plays in the park, and much, much, more. In fact there was...
by Shelly | Aug 28, 2009 | Wendell
One thing that has been in the news a lately has been the concern about the family who allowed their daughter to go without medical treatment, because of their Christian scruples. Their daughter subsequently died, apparently as a result of medical conditions which...
by Shelly | Jun 29, 2009 | Wendell
Recently, someone asked me my goals for Grace Lutheran Church. And I had to pause for a moment, because I hadn’t articulated those goals before. As I took stock of the question, however, I came to the conclusion that my primary goal for Grace would be that we become...
by Shelly | May 28, 2009 | Wendell
The last Sunday, the last day, in May is Pentecost, that day when we will celebrate the mighty rush of breath that blew upon the first disciples on the Jubilee of the Resurrection. Perhaps some of you, maybe even many of you, remember those years, back in the...
