Fairhaven, MN
October 15, 2020 Dear friends, Maybe you’re familiar with that great picture of Rev. C. L. Wuggazer in the display case in the fellowship hall. He was Concordia’s first called pastor in 1887. I have some things to share about him in the future, but for today I only mention
October 8, 2020 Dear friends, What is the foundation of our church? Decades before the stones were laid and the bricks stacked for this building, a group of Germans Lutherans took it upon themselves to establish Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession in Fair Haven, Minnesota. What
October 1, 2020 Dear friends, Our gradual for this Sunday comes from Psalm 33. It’s a fitting Psalm for your meditation considering the ever increasing attention given to the upcoming presidential election. Here’s the whole Psalm. It’s worth your time. Psalm 33 1 Shout joyfully to the Lord, you righteous.The praise of
September 24, 2020 Dear friends, On Sunday, our first communion hymn will be “Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense” (LSB 741). Here’s the first verse: Jesus Christ, my sure defenseAnd my Savior, now is living!Knowing this, my confidenceRests upon the hope here given,Though the night of death be fraughtStill with many
September 17, 2020 Dear Friends, First of all, don’t forget to mark your calendars for Pork Chops in the Park on Saturday, October 3, 4:30-6:30pm! You can find some more by clicking here. Invite your friends! There are a few other things on the calendar to notice as well: Sunday
September 10, 2020 Dear Friends, The Collect for Sunday goes like this: O Lord, keep Your Church with Your perpetual mercy; and because of our frailty we cannot but fall, keep us ever by Your help from all things hurtful and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
September 3, 2020 Dear Friends, It’s a picture of heaven, really. Imagine a life where you were never selfish, where you never hesitated to do good, where you never paused to wonder whether this or that will benefit you. Imagine a life free from the shackles of sin, free from