November 10, 2025
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mission Madness 2025! Runs from October 5th till November 16th. You can give to a specific mission partner (like Luther Park or WestCAP) or just designate your gift towards Mission Madness. Every time we hit a giving goal, PB will do the following:
$500 PB has to eat five red grapes: Already happened
$1,000 PB has to eat a hard boiled egg: DONE
$1,500 PB has to wear a Packers or Brewers tie every day for one week: DONE
$2,000 PB has to eat cold tuna noodle pasta salad with peas (the meal he hated the most as a child): DONE
$2,500 PB has to drink two ounces of black church coffee. (PB does not drink hot beverages nor coffee of any kind). Done
Currently we have raised $5,301 We only have $250 left to fulfill all our Mission goals for the year! Let’s close them all out and PB will add some extra stuff. If you have an idea, let him know!
NEW MISSION MADNESS CHALLENGE! IF WE RAISE THE FINAL $250 BY NOVEMBER 23RD, PB WILL WEAR AN ELF COSTUME FOR SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS, DECEMBER 13!
Crew Wednesday, November 12th from 3:30-5:00pm, for all 3rd-6th graders!
Kids sing in church on Sunday, November 16th at 9 am!
Deer Hunter’s Worship on Wednesday, November 19th at 6:30 am! Wear your orange and camo!
Annual Mitten Tree is up! Bring in hats, mittens, scarves, and gloves to decorate the tree. We are also collecting items for the Coat Closet as well, like boots, snowpants, and winter coats, which you can put in the box by the Mitten Tree.
Voices of Praise is back every Wednesday at 7pm, join us for singing and fellowship!
There is a new way to give at Trinity: Venmo! You can find us using: @TrinityLutheranBoyceville. If it asks you for a confirmation number, use 1349
MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17
2 As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you?
13 But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14 For this purpose he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by our letter.
16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, 17 comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.
Luke 20:27-38
27 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him 28 and asked him a question: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman and died childless; 30 then the second 31 and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless. 32 Finally the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.”
34 Jesus said to them, “Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage, 35 but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. 36 Indeed, they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. 37 And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is God not of the dead but of the living, for to him all of them are alive.”
Many of you will remember back in the day when you took a road trip you had to pull out this thing called a map. Do you remember a map? You know, that paper thing that you had to unfold to find your way to go places? You may have even owned a road atlas that you used for big trips. Do you remember how, once you opened a map, that it was almost always impossible to get it folded back correctly, or was that just a “me” thing? One of the first things I did when I moved here was buy a series of maps, including a Dunn County one, to help me navigate around when I got called out to some of your places where out there. Reading a map wasn’t always the easiest thing either, which is why it was so easy to get lost. To not know where you are going can be a very frustrating, and anxiety inducing thing.
That is why, in the modern world, GPS is so much more comforting, at least for the most part. It tells you what turns to take. It tells you how long it is going to take. It even tells you when you are going to run into an accident, how to avoid construction, and the best route to take. And it might do it in a cool voice too! Amy’s GPS talks to her in a very posh British accent. I want mine to talk like Yoda, but that could get weird. Either way, having that really gives me a lot more confidence when I have to navigate, especially when I got a van full of kids on a Mission Trip. You have a lot more security when you know where you are going.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we have security because we know where we are going. What do I mean by that? Well, we know that when our mortal life is over, we have eternal life in Jesus Christ. Our readings today deal with the resurrection, and through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have the promise of eternal life. This promise is for us, given to us by our loving Savior. We have not earned it. It has been given, won for us over sin and death by what Jesus Christ has done for us. We are saved by grace through faith, and this is not our own doing, it is the gift of God. As it says in our Job reading, we know that we shall see God, because our vindicator lives, or in the traditional translation, our redeemer lives. And because Jesus rose from the dead, that resurrection is for us as well. That is why God is the God of the living and not the dead, because for us we have eternal life, and this mortal life is not the end of something, but the beginning of something.
Yet, we do forget. We sometimes get lost in life, and we forget that we do have that place prepared in glory by our loving Savior. I remember having to remind my Mom as she prepared to leave this earth, that she was loved by Jesus Christ and that she had a place prepared for her in heaven. She needed that reassurance, to hear that promise again, just like we need the reassurance of that GPS telling us when we need to turn as we drive to our destination. Jesus leads us to our heavenly home, reassuring us that through his grace and mercy that we are loved and saved and that we will be with him in glory forever, reunited with all those who have gone before us.
My friends, the promise of the resurrection is for you and it will not be taken away. Trust in that promise. Have faith. Jesus Christ, the Messiah, has defeated sin and death for you on the cross, and risen from the grave to bring you to eternal life. He has shown you the way and will bring you to eternal life. For that we can say, “Thanks be to God!” Amen