We may not be able to come to church for Sunday School or other faith formation activities, but the internet provides many resources appropriate for Christian faith formation for Lutherans. Be sure to check out the new at-home Christian Formation resources and links found under the Engage and Connect Tab. We’re adding new ones weekly. […]
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COVID-19 ResponseOur primary concerns are the safety and health of our church family and community members during the uncertainties surrounding the spread of COVID-19. We will post further information about this suspension of ministry activities on our COVID-19 Response Page as we learn more. Please take a few moments to read Bishop Humphrey’s message of […]
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During Lent, Trinity has been focusing on The Ten Commandments during Sunday morning worship. Each Sunday, the sermon highlights the meanings of two commandments for our lives today. Since we are unable to meet for worship over the next few weeks, the sermons can be read by clicking the links below. Also, special handouts and […]
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Do you do a lot of online shopping using Amazon? Now, you are able to designate Trinity Evangelical Lutheran, Stephens City as a charity that will receive 5% of your eligible purchases. AmazonSmile is a subsidiary of Amazon.com that provides shoppers the opportunity to donate to their favorite charity every time they shop online. In […]
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We. This is the word for today. Each of us is an essential member of much larger realities—families, congregations, communities, nations, relationships of all types. How we speak and act affects whether each “we” to which we belong is a heaven or a hell, whether it is life-giving or life-harming. Jesus calls us to walk […]
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Forgetting our identity is our greatest spiritual malady. We, as siblings in Christ, are vessels of a great and everlasting love. We need to remember and remind each other of the mystery we carry in the depth of our being. This is why we come together, again and again, to pray and praise, to share […]
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Each week, we come to hear the word of grace and share in the holy supper, that we may taste and see the healing power of the kingdom in every moment of life. We want to feel and know what we so often forget: We are blessed. The life of the one who is everlasting […]
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“Follow me,” Jesus says, and four young men immediately leave what they are doing to be with him. It is impossible to know what was in their hearts… Maybe Jesus’ words excited their imagination and stirred hope for a world very different from the one in which they lived. Poverty was everywhere. Nutrition was poor, […]
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“What are you looking for?” Jesus’ question cuts to the heart of our humanity. What will satisfy the ache in our heart for that something more that is so hard to name? What do we need to live a life of joy and purpose, a life in which the light of love and abundance cause […]
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Jesus stands in the shallows of the Jordan River, his feet in the mud. Wading toward John the Baptist, he is surrounded by the confused, the wandering, the lost, the sad, the broken, the fearful. People like us. They come, confessing their sin and hoping it is still possible to change their lives and know […]
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