Devotion on Blooming Where You Are Planted Something that I want to share and use to encourage you all today are the 5 ways to bloom where you are planted. Oftentimes, we get so caught up in what we wish we were doing, or what we wish we were being used for, that we forget where God has us now. For me, I dream big and oftentimes forget to see what is right in front of me. God will put you where he wants you and it is your job to trust him and be present in where he

Small churches have tremendous impacts for the kingdom of God in their local communities and in other countries around the world.  Over five hundred of our member churches in LCMC have one hundred members or less.  These two facts are why serving, encouraging, and equipping the leaders and members of our small churches is one of the priorities in LCMC 3.0. I served two congregations of one hundred members or less in my years of ministry and know from personal experience that, while such churches may be small numerically, they can impact people’s lives in powerful ways. To better

Did you know that there are over 8000 promises that God gives us in His Word?  And these aren’t just words of fluff or tall tales.  These are words that give life, words that will bring justice, words that may have happened already, and ultimately these are words that bring hope = a confident expectation of what will most certainly occur.    During this 40 day season of Lent, it’s the perfect time to meditate on the promises of God as we journey once again with Him to the cross.  Remembering what He did for us, who He is, and how

In 1882, Louisa Stead wrote the words to. “‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” in the midst of personal tragedy. On a beautiful sunny day, Louisa Stead, her husband and daughter, Lily, decided to go on a picnic on the Long Island Sound. While enjoying their picnic, they heard a cry of a young boy calling for help. Mr. Stead quickly ran to the rescue. The boy was in the water, with his head scarcely above the water when Mr. Stead dove in to help. However, both he and the boy drowned while Louisa and Lily watched helplessly

Feed LOVE!  This is the food collection theme for the foodbank this month as Valentine’s Day… the holiday of LOVE… is a primary focus!  I’d like our church to show Christ’s love to those dealing with food insecurity by FEEDING LOVE and providing comfort foods such as pastas, bread mixes, and hearty soups.  Bring these items throughout the month to CLC and we’ll get them to the foodbank.  This catchy theme is also being played out in our Youth Ministry these days.  Every other week, our youth support the foodbank and FEED LOVE by filling snack bags that are distributed

1 Corinthians 14:26 Good Order in Worship 26 What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. Recently we hosted a night of worship and prayer at Christ Lutheran Church in Whitefish, MT. The idea of this service is to provide a space to make 1st Corinthians 14:26 come alive. We did not set a time limit, we did not have a setlist of songs that we were going to sing, we did