Welcome Visitors If you are visiting today, we welcome you in our Risen and Living Savior, Jesus! • Please let us know you worshiped with us by signing our guest book in the entryway or a Care Card in your pew and drop it in the offering basket. • If visiting, please don’t feel obligated…

Dear friends in Christ, We have been “remembering the Sabbath Day” with personal devotions at home, daily devotions and Sunday worship videos on YouTube, our Radio Service, and with our weekly private and small group communion. We know it just isn’t the same as gathering. We are eager to get back to church, “like calves…

St. Stephen’s News:   Make hay while the sun shines.  Strike while the iron is hot.  Carpe diem (seize the day). There may be more, but these little “proverbs” (wise sayings) encourage grabbing an opportunity when it presents itself, or when conditions allow. While this time of “lock down” doesn’t present many opportunities, it is…

Dear Parents, First off, I pray that this update finds everyone safe and healthy. The events of the last seven weeks have been unprecedented. Businesses change how they operate, if they can operate at all. Tables at restaurants, where people once sat with family and friends for conversation, sit in silence. Concerts, conventions, and other…

Dear Members of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church:   On Sunday, March 22nd, I received a divine call to teach first grade at St. Stephen’s Lutheran School in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.  After prayerful consideration, I have decided to accept this divine call.  I ask that you continue to keep my family in your prayers as we…

Click here for a pdf of this Newsletter All underlined text is a clickable link. Devotional Thought Our Christian hymns are wonderful! One reason is that they carry the Word of God and the truths of God in a form that is easy to remember. The tune sticks in your head and the words come…

Dear Members of St. Stephen Lutheran Church, The Lord has led me to return the call St. Stephen Lutheran Church and School.  There is a lot of work unfinished here. It is evident that St. Stephen has a dedicated staff and supportive congregation and I know God will continue to bless the work done in…

Dear Members of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church; On Sunday, March 22nd, I received a divine call to teach first grade at St. Stephen’s…  What a blessing it is to be given the opportunity to teach the Lord’s little lambs. Jesus says in Matthew 19:14, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder…

March 17, 2020 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I really wish I wasn’t writing this letter. Cancelling worship services goes against everything we are and everything we want to do as a church. However, in faith, we want to obey the Fourth Commandment, “Honor your father and mother…” which we learned means “We should…

From Regarding the Black Plague, by Martin Luther “I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so…

Dear members of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church and School, After much deliberation and prayer, the Holy Spirit has led me to accept the call you have extended to me to serve as the school’s sixth grade homeroom teacher and athletic director.  I ask for your prayers as I serve out my ministry at St. John’s…