November 6 2016 Announcements

20161106announcements Stuff the Stocking Food Drive    Caring Committee News  The Faith Lutheran Caring Committee was asked by the Meridian Township Human Services Director if we could provide support to families during the Christmas/Winter school break. There is a need for food items during this two week break from school because...

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November 6th 2016 Worship Folder

Let’s Talk Resurrection When the Sadducees encounter Jesus with a technical question, he responds by humanizing and placing divine value upon each character in the Sadducees’ hypothetical scenario. Jesus’ response is about resurrection and about naming people as children of God and of light. The answer Jesus gives the Sadducees...

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October 30, 2016 Announcements

Join us Sunday October 30th: 9:00am: How Lutheran’s Interpret the Bible 10:00am: Worship Service, New Member Sunday Quarterly Meeting: Immediately following the worship service. Youth Group Fundraiser (partnering with Membership Development) Chili Chowdown–immediately following the quarterly meeting. The youth group will be offering a Chili meal (vegetarian choices as well),...

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October 30, 2016 Worship Folder

Reformation—Then and Now Next year, Lutheran churches throughout the world will mark the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation. The anniversary remembers 1517, when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. That action sparked a series of reforms in theological understanding of...

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October 23 2016, Worship Folder

God Be Merciful We may expect the religious insider to be blessed, the moral person to be right with God. But as is so often the case, Jesus’ parable for today sweeps away conventional expectations. Jesus surprises the disciples and us when he says it’s not the Pharisee but rather...

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