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<p>December 4, 2024 Dear Friends, This Wednesday begins our Advent midweek services! Come along for Evening Prayer at 7pm, as we learn from St. Peter how to prepare for the coming of Jesus in glory! Wednesday evenings are also a great opportunity to join us for Bible Study at 6pm<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/12/03/advent-midweek-soup/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Advent Midweek (+ soup!)</span></a>

<p>November 30, 2024 Dear Friends, The pastors of the St. Cloud Circuit are pleased to offer you an Advent Devotional that we’ve written for the days leading up to Christmas. It begins tomorrow, the first Sunday of Advent. You can download a copy of the devotional here, or you can<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/11/30/advent-devotions/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Advent Devotions</span></a></span></p

<p>November 26, 2024 Dear Friends, First of all, join us tomorrow evening for our Thanksgiving Eve service at 7pm! There’s also Bible Study right beforehand at 6pm. Second, as we enter into the season of Advent and a new Church Year, let’s work together on reviewing the basics! Here’s an<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/11/26/learn-by-heart/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Learn by heart!</span></a></span

<p>November 19, 2024 Dear Friends, Advent is right around the corner! Mark your calendars to come along for our midweek Advent services – a great way to use the church’s calendar to renew and refresh your devotion to God’s Word. Come along to hear how St. Peter teaches us to<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/11/19/advent-midweeks/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Advent Midweeks!</span></a></span></p>

<p>November 12, 2024 Dear Friends, Our third Family Night of the year is tomorrow evening, starting at 5:30pm with pizza and followed by a lesson for the kiddos on Joshua, the leader of Israel. Join us whether you’ve got kids or not! It’s a great time for fellowship, and it<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/11/12/family-night-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Family night!</span></a></span></p>

<p>November 5, 2024 Dear Friends, Just a quick note this week to say thanks for all the generosity on Sunday! The breakfast in support of LCMS Disaster Relief raised $1,614 to support the clean-up effort in the Southeast. Pray that God would continue to supply all the needs that have<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/11/05/thanks-for-your-generosity/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Thanks for your generosi

<p>October 29, 2024 Dear Friends, Stick around for a special breakfast between worship and Bible Class this Sunday! Proceeds from a free will offering will go to support LCMS disaster relief efforts in the Southeast, where hurricane damage has been extensive and devastating. You can find out more about LCMS<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/10/29/turn-back-your-clocks/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Turn

<p>October 22, 2024 Dear Friends, Just a few reminders this week: First, no chapel or Wednesday morning Bible Class this week. However, Wednesday evening Bible Class and Vespers are still on! Second, come along for the voters’ assembly on Sunday after Bible Class. One of the items on the agenda<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/10/22/a-few-reminders/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">A few reminders</span></

<p>A reminder, you can help out with disaster relief through https://www.lcms.org/hurricane-response. Also – your offerings during coffee hour on Sunday, November 3 will go to support LCMS Disaster Relief. Come and give generously! October 16, 2024 Dear Friends, First, some house-keeping. While our constitutional revision is under review by the<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/10/16/doing-good/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class

<p>Family Night tomorrow! 5:30pm pizza and a lesson on Moses! October 8, 2024 Dear Friends, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master” (Matthew 25:21). In Sunday morning Bible class, we’ve talked a<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/10/08/faithful-stewards/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Faithful Stewards</span><

<p>October 1, 2024 Dear Friends, First, just a quick reminder to be thoughtful about your time! Take stock and see — how do you use your time? How much time do you spend on your responsibilities? How much time do you spend on frivolities? How much time do you spend<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/10/01/time-in-the-word-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Time in the Word</span></a></span></p>

<p>September 24, 2024 Dear Friends, First, thanks to everyone who chipped in, worked, organized, and participated in the pork chop dinner on Saturday! It was perfect weather and the food was delicious and the company was great! The free-will offering amounted to over $2,100 in support of the Pregnancy Resource<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/09/24/the-timeline/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">The Timelin

<p>September 17, 2024 Dear Friends, Two reminders for you today! First, Wednesday Evening Bible Study is back this week. Tomorrow (September 18) at 6:00 pm, we’ll take a closer look at some of the Old Testament texts that we can’t get to on Sunday morning. Count on Sunday Bible Class<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/09/17/wednesday-evening-bible-study/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Wednesday Evening Bib

<p>September 10, 2024 Dear Friends, In case you missed it, here’s a recap from Bible Study on Sunday! We’re working on seeing the big picture of the Old Testament, and we started with Genesis 1. You can think about what God’s doing in creation as kind of like building a<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/09/10/family-night-kicks-off/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Family Night Kicks Off!</span></a></span><

<p>September 3, 2024 Dear Friends, Just a brief note today, first to encourage you to invite your friends, family, and neighbors to our pork chop dinner on Saturday, September 21! Delicious food, good company, and a free will offering that will go to support the Pregnancy Resource Center! Volunteer help<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/09/03/pork-chops-in-the-park/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Pork Cho

<p>August 27, 2024 Dear Friends, First, take a look at the most recent issue of The Cloud, our circuit newsletter! It’s a great publication, useful for helping our local congregations to walk together! You can also find printed copies at church. Then, “If anyone honestly desire to do the will<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/08/27/a-willing-spirit/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">A willing spirit</span></

<p>August 20, 2024 Dear Friends, Let me introduce our coming Bible Studies beginning this fall! The big focus this year will be the Old Testament. One of the things we have learned as we’ve worked through Revelation on Sunday mornings is just how much the Old Testament is in the<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/08/20/the-forest-for-the-trees/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">The forest for the trees</span>

<p>August 13, 2024 Dear Friends, Let’s think about comparison. On the one hand, there’s the absolutely vile kind of comparison that was displayed by the Pharisee in Sunday’s Gospel lesson: “God, I thank you that I am not like other men” (Luke 18:11). How would you describe this? Maybe – comparing<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/08/13/how-do-you-compare/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">How do you compare?

<p>August 6, 2024 Dear Friends, They say that exercise is the single best thing for improving your physical health and wellness, which also impacts your mood and motivation, etc. Our modern life has us sitting around a lot more than in former generations, and so what once was obvious and<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/08/06/the-lamb-who-conquers/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">The lamb who conquers</sp

<p>July 23, 2024 Dear Friends, A bunch of business items to start: 1) The schedule is normal tomorrow (Wednesday, July 24), but I’ll be away at a conference next Wednesday (July 31), so there’ll be no Bible Class or Vespers next week! 2) The Constitution Update will be on the<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2024/07/23/when-kingdoms-totter/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">When kingdoms totter</span></a></span>