Palm Sunday Worship & Fair
Hard to believe it, but Lent has been whizzing by, and a week from this Sunday (April 13) will be Palm Sunday. And we have lots of celebrations planned to mark this special day which begins Holy Week. First, at the beginning of the 9:00 AM traditional service we will gather in the narthex […]
As You Like It: Special Interest Groups at LCC
The success of our Simply Social events has gotten us thinking…perhaps there might be smaller, special-interest groups that people might like to form among church members. So with the help of Council President Denice Higman and Council Secretary Laurel Ackerman, LCC is surveying our congregation to see what they might like to get together to […]
Giving Gets Easier
In the past, if you wanted to order flowers to beautify our worship space, there were three ways you would sign up. You’d sign your name on the list on the white board in the Narthex, or you could fill out a form, or you could go online and make a donation. You were then […]
Cathedral Choir Makes a Splash at LCC
Isn’t that just like our Lord, that at the times when we need help the most, God always provides. Case in point: We’re all still recovering from last fall’s double-whammy hurricanes. Even as houses and our church are sloooowly making their way back to being restored, our spirits have still been sagging a bit. The […]
Midweek Lenten Journey
Welcome to the Gift of the Rest of Lent! So, you’ve gotten your ashes (or not!), so now you can just jump right to Holy Week, right? Wrong! If you think that, you’re missing out on the beautiful gift of Lent, which is a time the Church sets aside for contemplation, self-examination and study. […]
Lenten Good Gifts Campaign
The disciple of Lent often includes giving of ourselves in various ways to help us focus on putting God first in our lives. Each year during Lent our church gets involved helping with the ELCA’s Good Gifts Campaign. Led by our Children’s Education Team, this year we have decided to focus on nutrition for at-risk […]
Ashes to Begin the Journey
We invite you to begin a Lenten journey with us that will begin this week with Ash Wednesday and will continue on toward Jesus’ Passion and resurrection. On Ash Wednesday, we will offer worship with Communion and the Imposition of Ashes at noon, followed by a soup lunch. Then at 7:00 PM, we will again […]
Mount Olivet Youth Choir Comes to LCC!
Mark your calendars – The Cathedral Choir of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis will be offering their talents at our 9:00 AM service on March 16! This choir, which is comprised of high school-age singers from over 30 different schools, has a wide range of musical backgrounds. In their home congregation, they sing […]
New Approach for Lent
Every year around now we all start thinking about what yummy thing we think we should give up for Lent. Bruce and I haven’t really followed that tradition ourselves, for the same reason we don’t make New Year’s resolutions either: we know we probably won’t follow them. Plus, at least for this pastor, I’ve not […]
Shining a Light on Valentine’s Day
When we think about Valentine’s Day (oh, and Happy Valentine’s Day to all who celebrate it!), we often think of Cupid shooting his arrow, maybe chocolates, and romantic love. But one of the things I’d like to focus on today is the exchanging of Valentines. When I was in elementary school, I actually dreaded V-Day […]
