Tag: pastor explains
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Pastor Explains: Revised Common Lectionary
Our congregation, for the most part, uses the “Revised Common Lectionary“, to choose our readings for each Sunday worship. You can read about the history and other frequently asked questions on the RCL here. But for this edition of “Pastor Explains”, I’d like to focus on why we use the Revised Common Lectionary. And why sometimes…
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Pastor Explains – Why I Wear the Collar
I’ve been thinking a lot about the clerical collar I wear these last few months while at Bethany Lutheran. Before I was called to be the pastor here, I rarely wore my clerical collar, mostly because of the contexts I was in. At my internship site I was there to learn from my supervisor and…
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Pastor Explains – Why are the Christmas Decorations Still Up?
So as I write this post, I am preparing for Christmas. I have let our maintenance crew, as well as the congregation, know that we will not be taking down Christmas decorations until January 12th. So my hope is, that when this post goes live a few days after Christmas, the decorations are in fact…