by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Jun 8, 2025 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
On Pentecost Sunday in our congregations, churches are adorned in red to symbolize the fire of the Holy Spirit, readings tell the story of Pentecost, and hymns invite the Holy Spirit to come into our lives. It is the day we commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit...
by Joshua Drobena | Jun 5, 2025 | News Releases
The Rev. Dennis Lauritsen, pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Riverside, Illinois was recognized by the congregation on June 1, 2025 at a worship service observing his retirement and almost 25 years of service as their pastor. Bishop Wilma S. Kucharek of...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Apr 19, 2025 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
Most church-goers can tell you about Jesus’ resurrection on Easter morning. Many of us may even have their favorite gospel text of this event. Nevertheless, each time we hear this “old, old story of Jesus and his love,” as ELW hymn 661 describes it, we are invited to...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Mar 5, 2025 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
This year, 2025, the Christian church commemorates the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. Nicaea, a city in modern-day Turkey, is where the emperor Constantine convened a council in 325 A.D. to settle disputes in Christian theology and practices. It is...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Dec 23, 2024 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
It can be said that night is a time when we are most vulnerable to distress. We might remember sleepless nights when a child’s illness, or our own, caused a fever to spike, coughing, congestion, or pain to escalate, or other maladies of body or soul to predominate....
by Joshua Drobena | Dec 18, 2024 | News Releases
During Advent, the church prepares for the coming of Christ. However, Advent and December is also a time when many congregations gather together to begin celebrating the holiday spirit. On Sunday, December 15, 2024, the congregation and friends of Holy Trinity in...
