I am giving a presentation tomorrow (Saturday) at an elder’s retreat hosted by Grace Lutheran Church in Racine, and attended by the elders of Grace (and their pastors) and yours truly along with a couple of my elders. Pastor Tom Chryst from Grace has asked me to give a presentation of the care and practices [...]
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Caring for our Lord’s Body and Blood
January 7, 2011
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The Presence, by Berthold von Schenk
May 6, 2010
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This book, listed above, isa rather interesting book written if I recall in 1945. Berthold von Shenk is often cited and considered one of the fathers of the liturgical movement in the LCMS. He is without a doubt one of the more interesting characters, that’s for sure. Rev. Paul Sauer did a nice job with [...]
Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Messiah Lutheran Church Kenosha, Wisconsin The Festival of the Most Holy Trinity (June 7, 2009) John 3:1-17 The baptism of Amelia Mary Noble For an audio MP3 of this sermon, CLICK HERE TITLE: “The Divine Love of the Holy Trinity” Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the [...]
Renata's First Communion
June 1, 2009
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Yesterday was a wonderful day at Messiah Lutheran Church here in Kenosha! We had five of our young members, grades 2-5, who received First Communion. Here’s a couple pictures: I’ll try and write about it more, but it was a great day and worth much rejoicing! -LL
This past month has really convinced me of the benefit of pastoral examinations of catechumens. I’ve always avoided it in a formal setting, because I don’t want to contribute to the “pass the test and graduate” mindset. However, exercising pastoral care by teaching children to confess the faith is a great and mighty gift, and [...]
Numbers 9 and Showing Up
April 27, 2009
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We are currently going through the book of Numbers in our daily chapel/catechesis at Christ Lutheran Academy. On Friday our reading was Numbers 9:1-14, which is the second Passover. I was particularly interested in this verse: But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, o?that person [...]
“The Holiest of Nights” -Maundy Thursday
April 10, 2009
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Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Messiah Lutheran Church Kenosha, Wisconsin Maundy Thursday (April 9, 2009) John 13:1-15, 1 Cor. 11:23-32, Ex. 24:3-11 TITLE: “The Holiest of Nights” Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for today is the Gospel from St. John chapter thirteen. On this [...]
Why Commune Younger than Eighth Grade?
April 2, 2009
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Why Commune Younger than Eighth Grade? From the Messiah Messenger, April 2009 By Pastor Todd A. Peperkorn Our congregation is in the process of separating first communion from confirmation, so that while they may be done at the same time, they are not necessarily going to be done at the same time. This move is [...]
In Honor of Gottesblog
March 11, 2009
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This past week my colleague in office, Rev. John Berg, and I made our regular pilgrimage to T.H. Stempers in Milwaukee. For those of you unfamiliar, this is like a candy store (beerhall?) for confessional Lutherans. It is a Roman Catholic supply store run by seven brothers and their mother. They have great service, good [...]
[The following is a proposal that I have been making to our board of elders regarding the practice of confirmation and first communion here at Messiah. I would welcome your comments and suggestions. -LL] A Proposed Practice Regarding First Communion and Confirmation of children at Messiah Lutheran Church By Pastor Todd A. Peperkorn December 18, [...]
