Registration for our mostly outdoor VBS is open! June 14-18 9am-11:30amIf you have questions or would like to volunteer, contact Sarah Shadday 314-330-3782Register here!Hope to see our Rainforest Explorers soon! VBS Volunteers, please, join us for a volunteer meeting on either Saturday, May 22 at 9am or Sunday, June 6 at 10:10am to talk about … Read more
The book What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense is an important book in the “marriage debate.” This book most likely won’t cause anyone to change sides in the marriage debate, but it offers good information. It helps readers through a thought process of why marriage should be between a man and a … Read more
One of the accounts we recently read was about Jesus praying in the Mount of Olives. There are more than a few ways to talk about this in the home. Visit some gardens and talk about Jesus prayed in a Garden. See if Jesus can catch the disciples “sleeping” by play a game like Peekaboo. … Read more
John 20: 19-31 When considering the infamous account of “doubting Thomas”, we often skip over the beginning, and focus on questions of why Thomas demanded to see our Lord himself, and refused to accept anything else. To be sure, that is important for us to consider. But it’s far too easy to skip over what … Read more
April is an exciting month for our family this year. We’re entrusted with the blessing of sponsoring another Godchild. I looked at my pictures a year ago from the day the baptism will be and found this picture. It’s my child, listening to God’s Word shared by Pastor Gashchler. It’s amazing to look back and … Read more
My kids and I were reading a Storybook Bible the other day. One of the accounts was about David and how God looked at David’s heart to choose him as king. Later, I read through 1 Samuel 16 and 17 and was once again amazed at how intertwined Saul and David’s lives were. … Read more
Luther knew how to teach with a sense of humor, even using sarcasm to help show us our wrongdoing. In teaching the 2nd Commandment, he lamented how little God’s name is faithfully invoked when we are in need. Rather, we are more likely to invoke God’s name to validate our lies and false testimony! What … Read more
Till the Night Be Past: The Life and Times of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a biography about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He was a Lutheran pastor who was involved in assassination attempts on Hitler. This book is printed by Concordia Publishing House and is a quick read. The author did much research and presents the information in a … Read more
Psalm 118: 19-29 Palm Sunday is one of our most iconic Sundays of the year: the visual of the procession, our Lord on a donkey, children singing, palms being waved and strewn on the path. Perhaps it’s the only time Jesus received praise worthy of a king! We heard earlier from John’s Gospel that the … Read more