A Famine Not of Bread

Click here to listen to this sermon. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Like most congregations, Trinity has a church book that contains a running record of all of the marriages, baptisms, deaths, and confirmations. With Trinity observing its 125 th anniversary this past year, it was a book that was turned to quite often in order to recall important events and people in the history of the congregation. At our celebration, Hilda was recognized as our oldest living member and she was so happy to be able to join us for that day. Little did we know that one of the names entered into that book during this year would be for Hilda. With her departure, a godly woman, a mother and grandmother and great-grandmother is no longer here—a friend and sister in Christ and faithful member of Trinity is not among us now. Were it my duty to paint sadness and sorrow, it would be easy to point to the reality of these mortal remains and let them speak louder tha...

Click here to listen to this sermon. Don, Steve, Jim, Barb, Brenda, other family and friends of Gwen: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Though each of us wishes we did not need to be here, (or at least that it would be for a different reason,) it is fitting that we are here at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jasper this morning. Though her failing health limited her ability to be with us here the last few years, many of the most important moments of Gwen’s life took place in this church. Gwendolyn Ann Larson was received as a child of God through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism here at Trinity Lutheran Church on August 19, 1934. Here, on May 16, 1948, she publicly confessed the faith given to her in her baptism in the Rite of Confirmation. Gwen and Don were united in Holy Matrimony here at Trinity on August 29, 1954. With her departure to be with the Lord, a wife and mother and grandmother and great grandmother is no longer here—a friend and sist...