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bruce metcalf
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This evening our small congregation joined with extended family and friends in our annual Christmas eve candle lite service !! Even with several inches of new snow on the ground and freesing rain in the air we filled the church !! Being born and rai…
By looking at the number of people who belong to this web site (3100 out of millions) we as a people still aren't studying the Bible in any great numbers !!. I know in our congregation only our core group is really involved!! It appears that many pe…
We are 1/2 way through Revelation in our sunday morning Bible study and have found this a very interesting book !!! With both my wife and myself being in our 2nd yr. of Lay School we have more understanding of scripture then most of the others and h…
Between reading assignments for our N/W Wis. lay school which I attend and the Bible study Our Pastor is doing and my own daily reading I am becoming much more fluent in scripture then at any time in my life . Between the professors at school and ou…
It's not even Thanksgiving yet and the radio stations are playing Christmas music !! And although it comes at no surprise there is not a Christian song amoung them !!!! For example they play 3 versions of the "12 days of Christmas " !! The old stand…
Yesterday I received the fall issue of "The Story " which is a magazine from Luther Seminary in St. Paul Mn.
I was suprised as I hadn't ordered it and was unaware any reason why someone else would have ordered it for me,but also excited as this publ…
I get 2 online daily devotionals plus I have a yearly daily devotional from guidepost. I get something nearly everyday from each but somedays one touchs me more then others,,, today Guidepost did that for me !!! A devotional from Mary Lou Carney rea…
Over the last several years we have tried a number of different curriculums for our sunday school and confirmation programs .One think we have found lacking in all is there is no training in the actual church service!! In my class I have incorparate…
An experience this weekend reinforced my understanding of God's presence around us !! While at a wedding reception friday night I met a classmate of mine that I hadn't seen since gratuation 40+ yrs. ago!! We struck up a conversation and spent the ne…
thank you so much !!! I knew the wealth of knowledge available at this site would come up with a answer !!!! thanks again !!
bruce
A retired gentleman who has been attending our church for several years and untell today has never explained why he hadn't joined our congregation. He told me that one word in our creed bothers him very much and he had even asked other members with…
we also have many names ,,father ,husband ,grandfather or in my case "bumpa" , and even our given name but the most important name we have is "child of God"!!
the rest just pales to that one !!!
bruce
First off I'm far from an expert in the Bible but at least in my experience those who feel the Bible is difficult are the one's who try to interpet the Bible to match their ,wants and needs instead of reading it first through the eyes of the people…
WOW!!! if this was your first ,I can't wait to read your next !!!! I fully agree that we don't study or practise the "11 th commandment" nearly enough !!! We us a 3 yr lectionary to teach the Bible but forget as you said we need to understand the ba…
our small congregation uses lay people who Pastor has mentored to fill in when he's away and 3 weeks ago was my 3rd attempt!! I can't say I'm not nervious but I do take the responsibility serious !!!I too remember it's God's words not mine that I'm…
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- What is the name of your congregation / organization?
- Our Savior's Lutheran ,,bloomer wi.
- What is your role in your congregation / organization?
- sunday school teacher /commitee member
- What is most challenging about engaging in Scripture?
- Am attending lay school to learn enough to feel confident while discussing scripture
- Share a Bible passage that is especially meaningful to you.
- John 3:16
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merry Christmas
This evening our small congregation joined with extended family and friends in our annual Christmas eve candle lite service !! Even with several inches of new snow on the ground and freesing rain in the air we filled the church !! Being born and raised in west-central Wisconsin a little thing like a winter storm wouldn't stop our service !! We hear stories about how traditional churchs are in a downturn ,but tonight as we lite our candles and turned down the lights and sang Silent night I knew G… Continue
Posted on December 24, 2009 at 9:31pm —
Opening the Scripture
By looking at the number of people who belong to this web site (3100 out of millions) we as a people still aren't studying the Bible in any great numbers !!. I know in our congregation only our core group is really involved!! It appears that many people still rely on clergy to hold all the Biblical knowledge they need and I,m unsure how to change that other then what I,m already doing !! Both my wife and myself belong to Northwest Wisc. synods Lay School of ministry, we are in our 2nd year and a… Continue
Posted on December 16, 2009 at 9:49am — 4 Comments
Paul's letters
Between reading assignments for our N/W Wis. lay school which I attend and the Bible study Our Pastor is doing and my own daily reading I am becoming much more fluent in scripture then at any time in my life . Between the professors at school and our own Pastor I have found answers to my many questions !!
We have friends and family who belong to many other religions and a number who belong to other synods within the Lutheran faith and untell now I have felt uncomfortable discussing scripture and… Continue
We have friends and family who belong to many other religions and a number who belong to other synods within the Lutheran faith and untell now I have felt uncomfortable discussing scripture and… Continue
Posted on December 5, 2009 at 9:53am —
The 12 days Of Christmas
It's not even Thanksgiving yet and the radio stations are playing Christmas music !! And although it comes at no surprise there is not a Christian song amoung them !!!! For example they play 3 versions of the "12 days of Christmas " !! The old standard,,,, a comic version,,, and even a "Red Neck " version with 5 flannel shirts,and some parts to a Mustang GT as some of the gifts !! What the gifts have in common in all 3 versions are they were,what my true love gave to me !! Now I have a great fam… Continue
Posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:53am —
new free resource
Yesterday I received the fall issue of "The Story " which is a magazine from Luther Seminary in St. Paul Mn.
I was suprised as I hadn't ordered it and was unaware any reason why someone else would have ordered it for me,but also excited as this publication is full of valuable resources !!! One article I found extremely usefull, "Enter the Bible" is a free resource that explores all 66 books of the Bible as they say "in a fun,interactive and completely unique way.!!! The story tells that it took… Continue
I was suprised as I hadn't ordered it and was unaware any reason why someone else would have ordered it for me,but also excited as this publication is full of valuable resources !!! One article I found extremely usefull, "Enter the Bible" is a free resource that explores all 66 books of the Bible as they say "in a fun,interactive and completely unique way.!!! The story tells that it took… Continue
Posted on November 10, 2009 at 9:55pm —
Comment Wall (15 comments)
- At 4:12pm on November 18, 2009,
Gregory Russell Cross said… - Thank you, for the information, I only have 3 mounths in lay school, but its a wounderfull learning experience for me.
- At 8:27am on October 16, 2009,
Jill Beverlin said…
- Hi, Bruce! Thank you and greetings back from Neenah, WI!!! :-)
- At 7:54pm on October 11, 2009,
Audrey Borchers said… - Thank You! Thank You! Glad to be here! Audrey
- At 7:52pm on September 9, 2009,
Deb said… - Thanks! I'm anxious to look around.
- At 8:36pm on July 26, 2009,
Jean Pierre Appel said…
- Jean Pierre was in Bloomer with pastor Huget. Thanks for the welcome message, hope to meet you in Luther on the 14 of August.
Peace
- At 9:58am on June 4, 2009,
Rev Diane P. Norstad said… - Yes, I was there. Dr. Craig Koester did a fantastic job. I had him for one class in seminary. His classes fill up fast as you can imagine. I thought it was a good conference this year. National assembly should be interesting, too. I hope the press does a good and decent job of covering the issues.
- At 8:14pm on May 29, 2009,
The Rev Patsy Koeneke said… - Hope the sermon went well. Glad you have the opportunity to preach occasionally!
- At 8:49pm on May 11, 2009,
Nancy Clark said…
- Yea Im 42 and thinking about going to college for religious studies I am pretty excited I was lookikng at the Lay school but may go to UW
We are Members of Litlle Plum Lutheran near Pepin and it is VERY small congregation. I am excited where my life is taking me and happy to have the lord with me in my travels Tahnk youso much for commenting
nancy
- At 8:11am on May 6, 2009,
Susanjmb said… - I understand the "choices" issue...especially considering the size of your congregation in Bloomer. OSLC in Sun Prairie has a membership of 2,000+. Makes for a broader base of resources. You might be surprised at how people might come forward willing to teach something from their "expertise", knowing they are not going to be committed for a long term. Another course I taught, "Women of the Bible" evolved more into an art project than a lecture format. After introducing a couple of the notorious women, I assigned them to do dioramas of their favorite scene. One student commented that she wished there were more art projects in Confirmation Class. The success of the yoga and hands on art was due in part to that very idea of using the body, not having to sit still for an hour and a half! Good luck and God's blessings!
- At 11:55pm on May 1, 2009,
Susanjmb said…
- I think you'd like to have conversation with my husband Pastor Dave Berggren about the confirmation course...pastorb@oslc-elca.org or try to find him on BoF. I'm not sure how to advise you to reach him on this space...I'm still a bozo when it comes to navigating this site! Thanks for your interest!
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