Upcoming Events

Save the Date for VBS! Messiah Lutheran is happy to be hosting Vacation Bible School again this summer! Summer will be here before we know it, so mark your calendars for VBS July 17th-21st, 2023. Keep an eye out for online registration that will be opening up very soon! If you have any questions, or if you are interested in volunteering at VBS this...

Children ages 3 years old through 5th grade are invited to Godly Play during the season of Lent. We will be meeting on Sunday mornings during the 10:30 AM worship service at our Hazel Dell campus (Sundays Feb. 26th - March 26th). Participants will start downstairs in the Godly Play room at 10:15 AM, and then be accompanied to the sanctuary in time ...

How often do you reflect back on a "mountain-top" experience in your life? What continuing role does it play other than a positive memory? The Season of Epiphany began and concludes with an extraordinary event, a clear revelation of who Jesus is and what he means to God and to God's Kingdom. At his baptism and now on the Mt. of Transfiguration a di...

Debra Rienstra writes: "Refugia Faith requires a sturdy capacity to grieve, lament and repent. It requires the humility that comes from feeling helpless and small. More important refugia faith compels us to grieve along with others, to build empathy and compassion for those whose griefs we may never have bothered about before."She continues: "Lente...

"Ashes present a great diminishment away from the living tree with its huge crown and its abundant shade. The recognition of this diminishment is a proper experience for men who are over thirty. If the man doesn't experience that diminishment sharply, he will retain his inflation, and continue to identify himself with all in him that can fly: his s...