3/8/26 Weekly Congregational Update

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Dear Congregational Members and Friends,

 

Here are this week’s updates to pass along to you:

 

  • This Saturday, the Crafty Ladies will meet to work on their hobbies in Fellowship Hall from 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. If you have any questions on this, please reach out to my wife, Beth.

  • Don’t forget to reset your clocks Saturday evening before going to bed due to Daylight Saving Time beginning.  We will lose an hour of sleep.  Remember, “Spring forward, fall back.”

  • It appears that scams are making their rounds again, concerning pastors and their members.  There is a text out there, supposedly from me, asking you to do an errand for me as I am heading into a meeting, so please reply to my text.  First of all, I never sign a text or email “Rev. J. Chris Fischer.”  Secondly, always check the source.  Is the email from my email address or the text from my cell phone number?  When in doubt, call or text me directly and ask me.

  • Is there ever a time in your life when you may doubt God’s presence?  Sunday, I will be preaching on the First Reading from Exodus 17:1-7 as we look into this topic for our sermon message.

  • Wednesday evening, we continue our Lenten meals and worship services. At 6:00 p.m. our Lenten meal will take place in Fellowship Hall, followed by our mid-week Lenten service at 7:00 p.m.  We will explore the Lord’s Prayer petition, “Thy kingdom come.”

  • I am saddened to inform you of the death of Ernie Thoms early this morning at the Rainey Hospice House.  We keep his wife, Jeanette, and family, in our thoughts and prayers.  I will send you an email with the funeral arrangements when they are finished.  (In case you are wondering, we will still dedicate the Mechanical Room in Fellowship Hall in Ernie’s name at our later date.) 

 

“Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant, Ernie Thoms.  We humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming.  Receive him into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. Amen.”   – Evangelical Lutheran Worship, p. 283 

 

In Christ,

Pastor Fischer