Dear Friends, Many people seem to be asking the same two questions: “When are we going to start back to worship in the church building?” and “How can we do this safely?” Greater minds than mine throughout the worldwide church are working to answer these two questions. Saints United Lutheran Church, in consultation with church […]
A Message from Pastor Hopkins – May 19, 2020
Plague, pestilence, pandemic…these are not new phenomena. As a Lutheran pastor, I can look back on how people of faith and Martin Luther himself grappled with the pandemics they faced. In 1527, Martin Luther wrote a short treatise titled “Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague.” Luther shows a surprising degree of understanding of […]
A Message from Pastor Hopkins
Dear Friends in Christ, Self-quarantine and social distancing have become the new normal due to the coronavirus protocols. And in lieu of our loss of personal contact with one another, some individuals become lonely, leading to anxiety and depression. Some don’t know how to reach out to others which compounds their loneliness. The impact could […]
A Message from Pastor Hopkins
Dear Friends in Christ, With so much up in the air about when in-person worship may be allowed again, it’s hard to know what everybody is doing even though I have called many of you. I would like you to help by providing a brief paragraph about what is filling your days at home. The […]
A Message from Pastor Hopkins
Dear Friends in Christ, We are getting closer to the eye of the storm, I believe. Do you remember that movie “The Perfect Storm” with George Clooney? Well, the waves are getting bigger and we are nearing the point when they may crash in on us even more. If you follow the news, you know […]