Hymn Festival Semper Reformanda 10/01/2017
Thanks for coming! Just in case you missed this event… Recordings from this Sunday’s Hymn Festival is available on soundcloud.com
Sermon on October 1, 2017
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 on September 24, 2017
Laborers in the Vineyard By Pastor Emmanuel N. ILAGAN Trinity Lutheran Matt. 20:1-16 — Sept 24, 2017 KEY MESSAGE: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. It is good to be back and Read More …
Sermon on September 17, 2017
SERMON Lectionary 24a 2017 Forgiveness; Seventy Times Seven Times By Pastor Leo E. Longan Peter comes to Jesus today with a loaded question about the limits of forgiveness: if another member of the church injures me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Jesus’ Read More …
Sermon on September 10, 2017
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 on September 3, 2017
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 on August 27, 2017
SERMON Lectionary 21a 2017 Confession of Peter/OUR TOWN By Pastor Leo E. Longan Our gospel today, the story of Peter’s confession, for some reason reminds me of a beautiful moment in Thornton Wilder’s play OUR TOWN, in which a young girl, Rebecca, tells her brother George Read More …
Sermon on August 20, 2017
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 …
The PAX DOMINI
The PAX DOMINI By Rev. Emmanuel N. ILAGAN My personal circumstances have limited the meaning I ascribe to the greeting “Peace be with you” — until a few days ago. I have always thought of the greeting that we say to each other during Sunday Read More …
Bear One Another’s Burdens
FROM THE PASTOR: “BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS AND SO FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST” (GALATIANS 6:2) The current health care crisis in our beloved country weighs heavily on my heart. Though I don’t expect it will affect me personally (I just went on Medicare), Read More …