August 18th, 2024
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lunch & Pie Social Today from 10 am till 4 pm!
No Wednesday Worship this week, August 21st. The Men’s Band will be at First Lutheran Church in Cumberland. You are invited to join them
It’s back to school time!! The WOT will be collecting items for our local schools and for kits to go to Lutheran World Relief. There are two different boxes set out for collection so make sure you put yours in the box you want your items to go to. The bags you take off the pews are the ones that go to Lutheran World Relief and each bag has a printed copy of all items needed to fill that bag. There are copies of items needed for our local schools on the display table by the kitchen. Thank you for helping us help others!
Luther Park Golf Outing, Sunday, August 25th, 12:30 pm, at Sioux Creek Golf Course, Chetek. You can sign-up at www.lutherpark.org or talk to PB. Hole games, raffles, and more! Come join PB in a fun afternoon of golf!
Lagers with the Lord August 26th, 6 pm at Buckshot’s
Confirmation Parent Meeting Wednesday, August 28th, 7 pm for all 7th & 8th Grade parents.
Sunday School Begins on Sunday, September 15th at 9:45 am.
MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD
As we exited out of Disneyland on the last day of vacation, I just couldn’t resist. I saw it. I smelled it. I realized I had to have it. So I went over to the cart, to “roasty-toasty (google it),” and got myself some popcorn. There is something about Disney popcorn. It is sprinkled with magic. It has the right amount of salt and butter and it just tastes incredible. And sitting there, on a bench in Town Square, sharing some popcorn with Amy, was a great way to end our vacation.
Psalm 34:8 says: “O taste and see that the Lord is good.” The word “taste” here in the Hebrew means “to try something by experiencing it.” In other words, this verse is an invitation to experience the goodness of God. To open our eyes to experience the goodness of God around us. This goodness comes in the form of the grace and mercy offered us in Jesus Christ. This goodness is in the love of God freely given to us. This goodness is in the beauty of the creation all around us.
We spend a lot of time seeing the world through a lens of pain and suffering and negativity. But the Lord invites us to see the world through a lens of goodness. To tase and see that the Lord is good and to feast on the grace, mercy, and love offered to us by the Lord who gives us all things and brings us to eternal life. Every day the Lord calls us to come to the popcorn cart and enjoy the yummy goodness that is offered to us. This goodness that sustains us, lifts us up, and brings us up. Taste and see that the Lord is good. Experience the goodness of God every day.
May the Lord be with you today and always!