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EVENTS and NEWS
Potluck Dinner May 20 right after church in the parish hall. A Viewing of pictures and hear about Pastor Lentners’ recent trip to prominent Biblical places (such as Ephesus and the hill in Athens where Paul preached). All are welcome.
St. Paul received a Kroger Community Rewards check for what was earned by those who linked their cards to us during the last year. However, all participants (current and new) must re-enroll for the coming year (May 2012-2013) during April. To enroll or re-enroll, visit www.krogercommunityrewards.com and click on “Michigan”, then on “Enroll”. You must have an online account at Kroger.com. Kroger Organization Number is: 90803
Recomended Viewing PBS Specials
“Martin Luther: Driven to Defiance” Click Here
“Martin Luther: Reluctant Revolutionary” Click Here
Recomended Viewing From the Internet Archive of Public domain movies. Click Here
Video ”Can’t Turn Away” Click Here
New Newsletter for Winter of 2012 On-Line now. Click Here
Visit Historic St Paul Lutheran Church
Sound bites
from past sermons…
“ Each of us is a miracle of beauty, a masterpiece of design, and no one design is ever repeated. Are we also irregular? Of course! All kinds of irregularities — physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, you name it. We are irregular human beings but still miracles of beauty, shaped in utter uniqueness by a loving and creative Creator.”
“If we begin from the heart, sometimes we even refer to our “heart of hearts” for emphasis, then everything else become secondary and we are only judged by the nature of our heart. And if we lead with a heart of gratitude, it colors whatever our chosen path; it warms the people we come in touch with; it keeps us on a more positive note in this world that is so full of the negative.”
“Haggai spoke to his people about 500 years BC and was trying to help them grow in their faith and trust that God cares no matter what our struggles are in how we think God works. We are living through changes of our own but the message of trust in God is the same. God’s picture of the world is so far up ahead that we live in hope because we can’t yet see it.”
“a person’s identity doesn’t come from outward symbols or from the company we keep or from what is worn or said. It doesn’t even come from the country of our birth or where we live right now. Our identity, says Paul, comes from the God who created us.”
“Learned optimism” is the attitude that failures and negative experiences are just flukes or, at best, just one-time occurrences. They’re externally caused, not brought on ourselves. Irregular, not permanent. Specific to one situation, not generalizable to successin other experiences or endeavors. ………… We don’t need to learn helplessness from our pain, and we don’t need to resort to a positives-only picture of life with God. We can learn optimism by trusting God, taking every thought captive and choosing hope.
“When you are stuck in anything you do not want to be stuck in, the way out is to throw your energy into helping someone else.”
“You are all well aware that in my tenure here at this church I have never chased anyone about coming to church. When it comes to one’s faith, that has to come from within because these are choices that we make.”
“Whether we like to think about this life with “signs” from God or not, that’s an individual thing; but it is sad, in my view, if a person thinks that our individual lives have nothing to do with the ongoing creation of the universe. We are living that ongoing creation and the “birth” of new life is our “sign” of God’s continuing creation.”
God’s Work. Our Hands.
God’s Work. Our Hands.
Our Mission: “God is calling us to rise up, bear burdens, build bridges, break chains, and build hope.”
Pastor Lentner
Pastor Timothy H. Lentner has been with this congregation since 1967. During those years he worked in the mental health field in Ann Arbor until taking early retirement in 1993. Since then he is employed part time by Mercy Memorial Hospital’s Family Center as a therapist and consultant, all of which provides a unique arrangement for a small congregation.
He has a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Capital University, Master of Divinity from Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan, and a Doctorate of Ministry in psychology from Andover Newton Theological School. He is committed to this congregation and its rural life style.