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Mission Central Guest Speaker

Pastor Fritsche & Family

Rev. Joel and Clarion Fritsche serve the Lord as missionaries of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) in the Dominican Republic. In this role, Joel plants new churches. He also serves as the Director of Concordia Seminary and Mercy Center in Palmar Arriba (which is in the Santiago province of the Dominican Republic). As director, he teaches courses and helps prepare men to be pastors who proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Published: 19 January 2020 19 January 2020
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Sanctity of Life Month 2020

Life Sunday and Sanctity of Life Month

The month of January is regarded as Sanctity of Life Month and January 19 will be observed as Sanctity of Life Sunday. The Rev. Joel Fritsche, Missionary to the Dominican Republic and Director of Concordia Seminary and Mercy Center in Palmar Arriba, located in the Santiago province, will be our guest preacher.

This year we are once again partnering with Essential Pregnancy Services of Omaha in our effort to make a difference in the lives of at risk mothers and their unborn and newly born children. As such you are encouraged to bring baby items and diapers for children newborn to age 2 and place them in the bins in the narthex. Diapers are in great need.

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Published: 05 January 2020 05 January 2020
Last Updated: 12 January 2020 12 January 2020
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Gaudete Sunday

Advent candles with Gaudete Sunday pink candle.

Gaudete Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent, is unique among the Sunday’s of Advent. Though part of Advent, it stands out from it. The pink, or more correctly, the rose candle symbolizes joy in the midst of darkness, mourning and sadness and so this week is set apart from all the other weeks of Advent, which focus on things like repentance and Christ’s coming. Gaudete Sunday gives us another perspective and a glimpse of the joy that awaits us.

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Published: 14 December 2019 14 December 2019
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Advent - Come, Lord Jesus, Come!!

Advent - Come, Lord Jesus, Come!!

The word “Advent” means “coming” or “arrival.” The entire season is one of heightened awareness and longing for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The advent wreath reminds us of God Himself, His eternity and endless mercy, who has no beginning or end. The green of the wreath speaks of the hope that we have in God, the hope of newness, of renewal, of eternal life. The candles symbolize the light of God coming into the world through the birth of His Son. Each week a different candle is lit. The four outer candles represent the advent themes of hope, peace, joy and love. The rose candle is unique among the outer candles in that it symbolizes the joy at the Advent of Christ. It is lit on the third week of Advent. The progression in the lighting of the candles symbolizes the various aspects of our waiting experience. Finally, the light that has come into the world is plainly visible as the Christ candle is lit at Christmas, and we rejoice over the fact that the promise of long ago has been realized.

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Published: 28 November 2019 28 November 2019
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The End of the Church Year and Christ the King Sunday

Christ The King Sunday

With this weekend’s Gospel reading focusing on Signs of the End of the Age, we are we reminded how quickly we are moving to the end of the church year. Next weekend we celebrate the Festival of Christ the King. With this festival we are plunged into the Passion. Jesus is alone; the crowds who sang ‘Hosanna!’ as he entered Jerusalem just five days previously are now shouting, ‘Crucify him!’ He now stands before the most powerful person in the land on a falsified charge.

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Published: 17 November 2019 17 November 2019
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Thank you Jeffrey Blersch

Dr Jeffrey Blersch

What a fantastic All Saints' Day Worship. It was a day filled with thanksgiving for "All the Saints'" and gratitude for Dr. Jeffrey Blersch and his service to Pacific Hills over the last year. He will be missed. We wish him all our best!!

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Published: 09 November 2019 09 November 2019
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Why the Reformation Still Matters

This is a post by Peggy Pederson found at lutheranchurch.ca and was published in the magazine The Canadian Lutheran for Sept/Oct 2012. 

Luther RoseOn October 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses on the door of Wittenberg Cathedral. If that hammer could have announced the seismic changes to come in Europe and the Christian Church, its echoes would have shaken the world. Today, however, it is hardly more than a whisper.

For many Protestant churches, it has been like the “telephone” game, where a little was added here, a little changed there, a little taken away somewhere else. The general population has now moved into a post-Christian era, where differences in Christian theological tenets matter less than choices on the restaurant menu.

So is the Reformation still relevant today?

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Published: 25 October 2019 25 October 2019
Last Updated: 26 October 2019 26 October 2019
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Quiltoberfest

Quilt

The Dorcas Quilters of Pacific Hills hosted a sew-in event in Acker Hall on Saturday, November 19, 2019.  The group's 4 members made up 24 kits with instructions to be pieced and quilted for Project Hope.

12 machines were loaned by Ellen Lessmann, all circa 1940's-1970's in perfect working order.  Remember the machine your grandma sewed on?  One just like it was probably being used on Saturday. 

A delicious lunch was provided by Joann Stastny; she even fed the clean-up crew that was working outside. 

Eight ladies joined in to finish 12 tops, 2 of which are completely finished and 4 more ready to be tied.  One young lady pieced a top all by herself with very little supervision.

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Published: 22 October 2019 22 October 2019
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The Gideons Visit

Gideon Bibles

The Gideons International visited Pacific Hills Lutheran Church recently and presented their mission of sharing God's Word. We thank the Gideons for their visit and sharing God's Word through distributing the Bible.  

Millions of people are living their lives with no access to the Scriptures.  The Gideons, with your help and prayers, can get God's Word into their hands.

Once such story is from prisoner-to-pastor John Krainer

I left home at 16, and by 21, I was out of control.  I shot into a car and was arrested.  I had no hope, no friends, and no family. However, there in my jail cell, I saw a Gideon-placed Bible.  I had never read a Bible before. I learned about Jesus and His love. I prayed for the first time, and I was forever changed in one instant. I vowed to follow God and give my life to Him.

After my release, I became a pastor. My life has been transformed from pain and suffering to joy and service to the King.  Daily, I thank God for his unrelenting love in that jail cell - as he spoke to we through His Word.

-Pastor John Krainer, Colorado, February 2015

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Published: 20 October 2019 20 October 2019
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Mission of the Month

Mission of the Month

In a greater effort to encourage the congregation to be involved with our Board of Missions and Social Ministry, we are introducing the concept of “Mission of the Month” to the congregation. The way this will work, is that the default on the envelope for “Missions” will go to the Mission of the Month.

There are 12 months and so there will be 12 “Missions” of the Month. Some, however, may repeat like Mission Central and Gary Thies and our support of missionaries in the LCMS. What this does is allow you, as an individual member, to know exactly where your mission dollars are going every month and allows you to participate in a general way every month; or you can pick and choose months based on the ministries presented that are important to you. During October, which is National Pastor Appreciation Month, the Board of Missions and Social Ministry is sending $6,000 to Mission Central to sponsor the mission work of Pastor Walter Steele who will be serving in Kenya; Pastor Becker teaching at the LCMS Seminary in Ethiopia; and Pastor Steven Oliver, a friend of Pastor Drebes, teaching at the Chinese Lutheran Seminary in Taiwan. Additional Mission dollars, collected this month, will be sent to Concordia Seminary, St Louis for scholarships for the education of future pastors.

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Published: 20 October 2019 20 October 2019
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  1. Laudamus Choir Visits Pacific Hills
  2. Reformation 2019
  3. St. Michael and All Angels
  4. Aug 2019 Cookout & Courtyard Jazz
  5. Rally Day Kickoff!
  6. A Visit with Rev. John Welge
  7. Legacy Lunch-And-Learn
  8. Our Visit with Pastor JP Cima
  9. Fruitful Summer
  10. July 2019 Courtyard Jazz

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The Baptism of Jesus

The Baptism of Jesus
Drawing by Michelle Steen

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hen Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented. 16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

- Matthew 3:13-17

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Father in heaven, at the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River You proclaimed Him Your beloved Son and anointed Him with the Holy Spirit. Make all who are baptized in His name faithful in their calling as Your children and inheritors with Him of everlasting life.

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Omaha, NE 68124
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