Announcement Packet 20190414

A Place with Jesus The movement of this day—from shouts of praise to words of denial and cries for crucifixion—mirrors the path of discipleship. The lives of Jesus’ followers hang in the balance between faithfulness and betrayal. For Peter, the act of denial is subtle and insidious. He claims not...

This is a special musical performance of Do This and Remember Me by the Chancel Choir at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan

This is a special musical presentation of Don’t My Lord Deliver Daniel by the Faith Lutheran Chancel Choir at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan.

Below is a link to the Faith Family April Newsletter. April2019

Facing Death Mary of Bethany recognizes Jesus’ mission: he has come to die. Perceiving the new thing God is doing, she embraces his death and pours out her devotion to Jesus in an extravagant act. The prophet beseeches the Israelites to forget the old pattern of salvation—the dry way through...

Less Grumbling, More Humbling Grumbling! The crowd around Jesus—the “in” crowd, that is—was grumbling. Grumbling because Jesus welcomed those who traditionally had been set apart: tax collectors and sinners. Who are those who cause us to grumble? Whose seemingly undeserved handout or unearned status change filled our hearts with resentment...

This is a special musical performance of Come to the Water by the Faith Lutheran Church’s Chancel Choir.

Announcement Packet 20190324

Fertilized, Fruitful, and Free God’s word for us today is nutritious and wholesome, though hard to digest. The gospel reading seems oddly brutal alongside the abundance and comfort of the texts from Isaiah (“delight yourselves in rich food”) and Psalm 63 (“My spirit is content as with the richest of foods”)....