Messiah News

Mark your calendars for the movie night coming up on Saturday, April 13th at 4:00 PM. All are welcome to attend this fun and free event, so please invite your friends!There will be some light snacks (nut-free) available before and during the movie. Additionally, we will be offering a free pizza dinner for those who would like to stay and eat after ...

Thank you to all who took part in Easter celebrations at Messiah this year! Special thanks to Sheri Backous and Jessica Potts for the wonderful photos.

During the Season of Lent we shaped worship in a couple of different ways. For one thing, we added a part of the traditional Sunday liturgy we haven't used for a while - the Kyrie. ("Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.") We hope that helped support a sense of what Lent is all about. We could keep doing the  Kyrie - is a formal...

This Sunday - Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 - we will once again hear the story of Jesus being raised from the dead. What a glorious story! And what a troubling story, perhaps.  So let me get this straight. Some guy, Jesus, executed by the Roman Empire in the first century on trumped up charges . . . (I get that part. Same old, same old.)...

The Endowment Committee met March 22 and decided to allocate $2000 to match whatever the congregation gives to the Fund for Leaders. Fund for Leaders is money being collected at the Wednesday Lenten services and also the services for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. This money is used to help fund students at ELCA seminaries. The ELCA is terribly s...