July 14, 2025
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lagers with the Lord, Monday, July 14th, 6 pm at Buckshot’s!
Congregational Meeting, Sunday, July 27th, 10 am to authorize the Church Council to sell the existing parsonage and to borrow up to $100,000 to build a new parsonage on church property next to Trinity Lutheran Church.
Summer Fellowship Servers needed! Sign-up in the Narthex or call the church office if you are willing to serve fellowship on any Sunday June through August.
Luther Park Golf Outing, Thursday, August 7th, 9 am. $50 per person, includes cart. At Sioux Creek Golf Course in Chetek. 9 holes. Prizes, Raffle, and fun to help Luther Park Bible Camp! To register, email at info@lutherpark.org or talk to Pastor Brad.
MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD
Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
Tonight we have Lagers with the Lord, one of my favorite things every month, and not just because I get to drink an expertly made Old Fashioned by Ding. It’s because I get to dive into God’s Word with other people and we get to explore scripture. I love the insights people give, the questions they ask, and the conversation afterwards. I also love the opportunity to share some of the insights I have or I have read and give people a chance to learn a little more about scripture, or at least think about it in a new way.
See, the thing about God’s Word is that it is a living and active thing, as it says in Hebrews. And with this living and active thing is that we are constantly learning and growing as we explore it. It is why I am constantly surprised by it. Just this past week, as I prepared for my Sunday sermon, my eyes were opened to a fresh way to view a very familiar passage of scripture that gave it a new and powerful meaning. I will never forget being a camp counselor and hearing the same parable of Jesus over and over again in the Christ Walk play, having no clue what it meant, until suddenly I got it. Because that is the thing about the Holy Spirit and God’s Word. It is always active and always working.
For as we grow and change in the world, as we have experiences in the world, we hear scripture and the Holy Spirit works on us and sometimes those scriptures have deeper meanings. Words we have heard time and time again now come at us with fresh expressions. Sometimes the insight of someone else changes how we might see it. And that is the joy of scripture. That is the joy of hearing it, reading it, studying it with people of all ages. For what a child gets out of it compared to an 80 year old can be completely different but also completely valid and amazing.
I encourage you to take some time with God’s Word, whether it is attending something like Lagers with the Lord (tonight at 6 pm. We are going to be looking at the story of Mary & Martha) or Bible Study on Monday mornings at 10 am or maybe it is watching our devotions on Facebook or doing your own five minute reading of scripture every day. For God’s Word is living and active and it moves us, creates us faith, inspires us, challenges us, and makes us think. And these are things we need in life, every day. May God bless you and be with you always!