by Rachel | Apr 9, 2019 | Pastor's Patter |
On April 1, 1974, for the first time in the history of the United States, a national speed limit was put into effect. The purpose was to conserve gasoline during the energy crisis. At first, having to drive no faster than 55 miles per hour seemed like an April Fool’s...
by Rachel | Oct 21, 2018 | Pastor's Patter |
If you were lucky enough to survive the Bataan death march, then you would have found yourself a prisoner of war at Cabanatuan, the most brutal prison camp in the Philippians during World War II. Thirty percent of Allied prisoners held in Japanese camps did not...
by Rachel | Jun 25, 2018 | Pastor's Patter |
Bob, weary from a long day and half a night behind the wheel of his eighteen-wheeler, down- shifted off the California interstate and listened to the engine growl toward a parking spot in the rest area. To him, the non-descript, nearly deserted pit stop seemed to be...
by Rachel | May 26, 2018 | Wedding |
MLC members, Rachel Rippe and Jared Meiergerd were joined in marriage on May 26, 2018, at Martin Luther church. Rachel is the daughter of Randall and Becky Rippe and Jared is the son of Francis and Patty Meiergerd. The Martin Luther Church family wish God’s...
by Rachel | Apr 20, 2018 | Pastor's Patter |
How then shall we live? After Martin Luther had finished explaining a passage of scripture in a sermon or a lecture, he would ask this question: How then shall we live? Truth had been revealed to Luther’s parishioners or students. They had been enlightened, but the...