Faith Lutheran News

April 3 Message

Easter is a time of love, A time of death and pain undone, So we may know the power of The love that alive for everyone. Love unstained and free, Redeeming us- let it be so within you and me. Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book has Mowgli, the man cub, ask the animals...

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Ash Wednesday Lent begins on the 22nd, with our 7 pm Ash Wednesday service. This is a day of reflection and repentance. During the Wednesdays in Lent, we will be studying the life of Paul, who was the epidemy of Repentance and Reflection. Here was a man who was Saul...

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Message for August 23

A Path to Joy One of the less desirable aspects of Southern California is the traffic. The I-10 around Beaumont has had its share of highway “improvements” of late. Lanes and exit ramps have been closed. It seems better now that improvements have moved to the east. I...

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Message for July 19

“Persistance in Prayer” We will take a journey in the weeks ahead through the Lord’s Prayer. At every major turn in the Life of Jesus, he is in prayer. The disciples see this and ask him to teach them how to pray. The normal prayer to God in those days was lengthy....

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April 3

  This Sunday is Palm Sunday, which begins the events of holy week. Our reading for Sunday is passion account in Luke, chapters Luke 22 – 23. This is the ultimate expression of God’s Love for us. Through it we are reconciled, redeemed and reminded who we can be....

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March 8 Message

This Sunday we have the pleasure of having Bishop Rev. Dr. Andrew Taylor with us. He is a dear friend of the congregation, Pastor Larry Koger was a close friend. He has decided not to run again for Bishop, which is a six-year commitment. I thought it good to have him...

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March 2 Messge

As we saw last Sunday, there is change in the air for Jesus. From the mountain top of the Transfiguration, we will begin the journey of Lent to the Cross. March 2, at 7 pm is our Ash Wednesday service, the start of Lent. Ashes and Communion will be the focus. We know...

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Message for Feb 22

This Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday. We remember Jesus on the mountain top with three of his disciples. Jesus is in dazzling white and Moses and Elijah join him. This is Moses’ opportunity to enter the promised land after all those years of leading the people of...

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Message for Feb 15

In our Gospel text for this Sunday, Jesus urges us to “love our enemies and do good to those who hate you” or at least “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” Not easy words to follow and I will say more on Sunday morning. We do however have a real-life...

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Message for January 18

This Sunday we listen in on the first sermon of Jesus in Nazareth. When he preached at other synagogues, he was praised by everyone. At first, the home town crowd joins them and “speaks well of him”. Sadly, their opinion will quickly change. We will consider that next...

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