Sunday School Team We are continually praying and seeking any members interested in being a part of our Sunday School team to do one of the most important things here at Faith: love, nurture, instruct, play joyfully with in Christ all our...
Fresh off another powerfully impactful LCMS Youth Gathering (YG), I thought it perhaps edifying to use the next few months to share big key theological takeaways that were instilled upon me, our adult volunteers, and most importantly, our high...
“Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.” Psalm 96:1 This past month, a visitor to Faith Lutheran Church Naples, FL, talked with me between services and this is basically the conversation we had: Visitor...
I recently went through my change to donate to the Pregnancy Resource Center, LWML on their 80th Anniversary, and a First Responders Fund of SW Florida. I just noticed the number of US quarters that are being produced. (Guess I wasn’t...
Years ago, our art class from O.E.Dunckel Jr. High, was invited to a local pottery place to make clay pots. They gave us a glob or gray clay and they helped shape them into small jars. No matter what shaped they ended up as our teacher took these...
Holy Week and Easter Sunday with the messages of Pastor Hildebrant, Pastor Maconachy, and myself and from each of you reminds me of God’s Truth: There is power in peace. There is a hope in forgiveness. There is reconciliation in love. From...
Did you know we are living in one of the most opportune times to grow Lutheran education in America? Right now, LCMS schools (early childhood, elementary and high schools) are the second largest parochial educational system in the United States...
“And now, why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on His name.” Acts 22:16 Southwest Florida is seeing record-breaking numbers as vacationers come to see the beauty, enjoy the weather, and the freedom...
A parishioner dozed off to sleep during the sermon on Sunday morning. “Will all who want to go to heaven please stand, the pastor said. The entire congregation stood except for the lone sleeping parishioner. The pastor motioned them...
“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish another with all wisdom” Colossians 3:16 I have been receiving the Kiplinger Report over the past year. In the current report, the economic forecasters are...
