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 […]
Preschool Reopening
A “Ray” of sunshine flooded our church and Day School campus last week when the LCC Day School was finally able to have the official ribbon cutting for the re-opening of the Preschool! Tampa Bay Rays mascots Raymond and DJ Kitty were on hand to help us celebrate this milestone event in the life of […]
Calm Between the Storms
Now that many of us who have been affected by the 2024 Hurricanes are beginning to get our lives back together, with restoration, relocation and reconstruction of our homes and church facilities, there is one other “r” that we need to consider: Renewal. We’ve all been through a lot, and even those of us whose […]
Update on Our Rebuilding
If you’re anything like your pastors, you’re getting itchy to get our church back to normal. Pastor Bruce and Pastor Lisa are especially eager to get their offices off of their kitchen table! With that in mind, we’d like to give you a progress report so you will know that there is indeed light at […]
