Every Sunday night folks from Grace and St. John Lutheran (Crane Creek) in Tripoli gather to “Run with God”. It’s an opportunity to support one another as they improve health […]
Congregations
Confirmation Class includes Visiting Elderly
When two or more congregations share a pastor one of the many details that needs to be worked out is “Where to hold confirmation classes?” Usually, the solution is […]
“Feed the Farmers” Powerful Witness
As farmers brought in their harvest around Mitchell county, something different than usual happened. People showed up around lunch time with 400 sack lunches that contained a ham sandwich, homemade […]
Toward a Better Church Council Meeting
Church council meetings. Love them? Hate them? Dread them? Be a Better Church Council Member One of the ways to have a better church council meeting is to be a […]
Concert in the Country Result of Geo-Parish Work (Or Why You Should be on Facebook)
Wednesday night, April 29, the four congregations that make up Cross Roads Lutheran Parish—Faith in Mitchell, St. Luke in Nora Springs, Rock Creek and St. John in Osage, worked together […]
How Does Your Garden Grow?
More and more congregations are either plowing up land on their own property to plant gardens or participating as a congregation in local community gardens. It seems like a […]