SERMON Lectionary 26a 2017 Philippians 2 By Pastor Leo E. Longan “Let the same mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but Read More …
SERMON Lectionary 23a 2017 Matthew 18 By Pastor Leo E. Longan I’m not sure I would have chosen Matthew 18 for a Rally Day sermon, but as an obedient son of the church, I’ll take it on. It’s a good place to dive into the Reformation, Read More …
SERMON Lectionary 22a 2017 Get behind me, Satan By Pastor Leo E. Longan It has been a horrible week in America, no doubt about it. Millions of people are displaced by the storms on the Gulf Coast, many lost everything, about 35 people have lost their Read More …
SERMON Lectionary 20a 2017 The Syro-Phoenician Woman By Pastor Leo E. Longan It’s been a pretty rough week in America, since the debacle in Charlottesville last Saturday, when many appalling, vicious, racist things were said, shouted and chanted. No wonder we are, as a Read More …
Restlessness By Pastor Leo E. Longan There’s so much high beauty in the lessons this morning I hardly know where to begin. The first words of the first lesson and the last words of the gospel are both set to glorious music in Handel’s MESSIAH: Read More …
Devotional for April 2016 By Pastor Noel ILAGAN It was a late winter morning and I was riding on the 6-line subway train from the Bronx to Manhattan in New York. The passengers on the train were doing their own thing – either trying to Read More …
As previously reported, our Parish House boiler is kaput as of June 1, and the congregation voted to replace it by accepting the lowest of three bids received, $25,000. We put out the word to our members and friends, hoping to complete our fundraising by Read More …
Dear friends of Christ, As most of you certainly know by now, the boiler in Ascension Hall (Trinity’s old Parish House) is kaput and must be replaced before the next heating season. Three bids were obtained; the lowest from Kew Forest at just under $24,000. Read More …
A radically inclusive welcome in the name of Christ is extended to all people without exception, embracing all categories of human variety. Trinity Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church of Middle Village is a family of Christian believers, members of the body of Christ, called to love Read More …