“May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to you….” These words from Psalm 19 preface the words of preachers from Andrews to Atlantic Beach. The Gospel or Good News of Jesus Christ—the saving and life-giving news of God’s love and forgiveness for you and for me—proclaimed in pulpits […]
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An EMT, a lawyer, and a pilot walk into… It sounds like a joke, but it’s not. On the last weekend of September, participants in the NC Synod’s Lay Preaching and Synod Authorized Minister formation programs gathered in Salisbury for a weekend intensive focused on worship and preaching. Every person participating in what is now
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“God’s calling me to something more” Brad Alexander has spent the last thirteen years working as a purchasing agent for a company that installs windows, exterior doors, mirrors, and bath accessories for new construction homes. On most Sunday mornings, you can find Brad at Redeemer, Gastonia, where he’s the congregation council president, an adult Sunday
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Lay Preaching Program commissions first cohort “Let us build a house where prophets speak, and words are strong and true, where all God’s Children dare to seek, to dream God’s reign anew.” —All are Welcome, ELW 641 What do an insurance salesman, a paramedic, an HR rep, a teacher, and a church musician have in
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