Calvary Lutheran Church

TREM Lenten Services: “Love Thy Neighbor”
Wednesday 02/25 Calvary Lutheran, Two Rivers
Soup supper at 4:30pm with worship at 6 pm
Wednesday 03/04 Zion United Methodist Church, Mishicot,
worship at 6 pm
Wednesday 03/11 Grace Congregational UCC, Two Rivers,
Dinner church at 6 pm
Wednesday 03/18 St Peter the Fisherman, Two Rivers,
worship at 6 pm
Wednesday 03/25 Froedtert Holy Family Hospital Chapel, Manitowoc
worship at 6 pm.

In a statement released to the synod on January 12th, Bishop Anne Edison-Albright shares, "Bishops, Pastors and Deacons in the ELCA are called to speak publicly “in solidarity with the poor and oppressed, calling for justice and proclaiming God’s love for the world.” Common narratives sometimes present that call as separate or a distraction from our call to proclaim the Gospel, the Good News of God in Jesus Christ. But this is not the case. Jesus’ death on a cross and astounding resurrection is not separate from his commands to love one another, his frequent teaching on economic justice, and his care for the alien, the orphan, the widow, and the outcast. It’s all part of the Good News of how God defies human expectations–the expectations we have about who is “last” and who is “first,” and even our expectations about life and death. God’s grace is more powerful than death, and a call to oppose everything death-dealing in this life."

Read the full statement and access a PDF version: https://www.ecsw.org/news/bishops-message-being-lutheran-in-violent-times

A verse for the day.