Dear Partners in Ministry, Thanks be to God for all that is taking place in our congregation and the delight of God’s generosity that we experience in so many different ways.  Generosity is the focus of this final year of our three-year series on stewardship.  First, We Give of Ourselves.  Our stewardship and discipleship journey […]

Call Committee Update The call committee interviewed its first candidate on Monday, September 12th.  Dave DeVries began with a tour of the Rock Falls/Sterling community.  We enjoyed pizza and pie together followed by a three hour formal interview.    After call committee discussion, a decision was made to release the candidate.   With the retirement of synod […]

Representatives from multiple churches within the Central Conference met once and discussed the following possibilities to observe the 500 anniversary of Martin Luther.  The theme is:  “The Legacy of the Lutheran Reformation and Its Influence in Shaping Current Ecumenical Dialog and Relationships”   Note:  This is an Observance vs. a celebration. Possible Events for  this […]