ELCA Disaster Relief Team needs donations of cash for the California wildfire victims. As many of you know California has several wildfires erupting in populated areas.  Paradise, CA has been destroyed, including 90% of homes, schools, hospital, and churches including the ELCA church. In Thousand Oaks-Malibu the fires have destroyed hundreds of homes. The ELCA

Pentecost Sunday 09.09.18 (Nothing) ventured, nothing gained.  Do any of you live your life like that? Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Maybe it was how you made whatever investments you could to prepare for retirement.  Maybe it was taking a chance asking for a promotion or a raise at work.  If anything, nothing ventured, nothing gained

Pentecost Sunday 07.22.18 If you were (asked to) describe the state of affairs in our world to a visitor from some other galaxy what would you say?