We had a panel of school lunch experts (a.k.a. kids) taste test 100 years of sack lunches from 1900 to today. Here’s what they thought about spam, tuna wraps, Lunchables, and everything in between.
Monday, January 30, 2023
Friday, January 27, 2023
Shining a Light in the Darkness : Lutherans in Uruguay are sharing God’s Word
Story by Kevin Armbrust | Photography by Erik M. Lunsford | Winter 2023
“It is difficult to know where the Holy Spirit takes us, what will happen in the future,” noted the Rev. André Luiz Müller, president of the Lutheran Church of Uruguay (LCU). The LCU is growing, yet it is only present in a few areas of Uruguay. “We are not currently in each department [state] … because Uruguay is a difficult country to work in.” But Müller’s hope is to “take the Gospel to every corner of this country!” Recently, that plan began to take shape in new ways.
This past August, two new locations for preaching and teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ were dedicated in the northwest region of this small country in South America. Uruguay is a largely rural land full of cattle, sheep and canola. German settlers brought Lutheranism to the country long ago, and now the LCU is renewing this work, continuing to spread the Gospel and working to plant churches.
LCMS missionaries in Uruguay work with pastors of the LCU and of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil to spread the Gospel and serve God’s people. The Rev. James Sharp, regional facilitator for the LCMS Office of International Mission, has worked in the country with his wife, Angela Sharp, since 2015. Recently, the Rev. Philip Jaseph and his wife, Deaconess Rachel Jaseph, were called to join the work in Uruguay.
Read more, here.
Bethany Lutheran Church
1011 Ulatis Drive
Vacaville, CA
(707) 451-6675
mychurch@gobethany.com
Website
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Memory Verse: John 6:27
The church confesses to Christ, “You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). The church is encouraged to “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly ...” (Col. 3:16). Psalm 1 teaches us to meditate on God’s Word day and night. It is our great opportunity and joy to read and study God’s Word. One beneficial practice is to memorize the Scriptures and, in so doing, to meditate on it.
The LCMS invites everyone to memorize a verse together each week.
This week’s memory verse: John 6:27
"Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal."
Bethany Lutheran Church
1011 Ulatis Drive
Vacaville, CA
(707) 451-6675
mychurch@gobethany.com
Website
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Memory Verse Challenge
The church confesses to Christ, “You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). The church is encouraged to “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly ...” (Col. 3:16). Psalm 1 teaches us to meditate on God’s Word day and night. It is our great opportunity and joy to read and study God’s Word. One beneficial practice is to memorize the Scriptures and, in so doing, to meditate on it.
The LCMS invites everyone to memorize a verse together each week.
This week’s memory verse: 1 John 1:7
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin."
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Memory Verse Challenge
The church confesses to Christ, “You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). The church is encouraged to “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly ...” (Col. 3:16). Psalm 1 teaches us to meditate on God’s Word day and night. It is our great opportunity and joy to read and study God’s Word. One beneficial practice is to memorize the Scriptures and, in so doing, to meditate on it.
The LCMS invites everyone to memorize a verse together each week.
This week’s memory verse: Proverbs 18:10
"The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe."
Bethany Lutheran Church
1011 Ulatis Drive
Vacaville, CA
(707) 451-6675
mychurch@gobethany.com
Website
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Who influenced you to become a DCE?
“It was actually my DCEs and my pastors who encouraged me to pursue a career in ministry,” says Alexis Wood, who is studying to become a director of Christian education at Concordia University Irvine, Irvine, Calif.
Monday, January 9, 2023
Q&A with Chaplain Gregory Todd
Story by Megan K. Mertz | Photography by Erik M. Lunsford | Fall 2022
In May, Chaplain (Rear Adm.) Gregory Todd was promoted to chief of chaplains for the U.S. Navy, supervising the 1,100 chaplains who minister to nearly 650,000 personnel and their family members in the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Todd’s interest in military chaplaincy began in the seminary. After graduation, he spent several years serving in both a parish and the Navy Reserve before making the leap to active duty, where he has been ever since. Todd and his wife, Teresa, have five daughters and four grandchildren and attend Immanuel Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Va.
How did you become a military chaplain?
A: While attending Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, a friend told me about a chaplain candidate program where I could join the Navy part time and learn about naval chaplaincy. It was kind of like ROTC for seminary students. Since I had grown up in Seattle and loved the sea, I was intrigued. During the summer, I attended the basic chaplain training course and, quite frankly, wasn’t that impressed. It was too much about classroom work and policy. But the next summer, I attended a Marine Corps course. We spent two weeks living in the field with Marines, learning how to function and minister in an austere environment. I loved it! I saw it as an opportunity to bring the Gospel into an authentic, rugged and sometimes edgy environment.
Read more, here.
Bethany Lutheran Church
1011 Ulatis Drive
Vacaville, CA
(707) 451-6675
mychurch@gobethany.com
Website
Friday, January 6, 2023
Memory Verse Challenge
The church confesses to Christ, “You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). The church is encouraged to “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly ...” (Col. 3:16). Psalm 1 teaches us to meditate on God’s Word day and night. It is our great opportunity and joy to read and study God’s Word. One beneficial practice is to memorize the Scriptures and, in so doing, to meditate on it.
The LCMS invites everyone to memorize a verse together each week.
This week’s memory verse: Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Bethany Lutheran Church
1011 Ulatis Drive
Vacaville, CA
(707) 451-6675
mychurch@gobethany.com
Website
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Who influenced you to become a DCE?
“My aunt. She really nurtured and fostered me and grew that Christ-like servitude in my heart from such an early age,” says Emily Minor, who is studying to become a director of Christian education at Concordia University Irvine, Irvine, Calif.
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