I wrote on FB this week about my experience preaching last Sunday when the local, the global, and the gospel of the day were in a rare conjunction. I talked about the Good Samaritan and Jericho Road the same week the world and a group of dignitaries saw the conditions migrants live under now in this county.
This FB post received more comments than anything else I have posted in a long time.
Both Bishop Eaton and Bishop Briner have suggested congregations not have remote or virtual Holy Communion services. I suggest First Lutheran abide by this advice and not have Holy Communion services
The poncho-like vestment worn at most worship services is to be worn by the presiding minister at Holy Communion. Since there was no sacrament, the vestment was not worn.
Church signs with message boards like the one at First Lutheran Church in Edinburg can create some interesting situations. Sometimes the sign does not communicate what is intended. Following 9/11 at