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This Sunday (March 4) meet Gracie, our newest parishioner at pet-friendly worship. Worship begins at 2 p.m. on the tiled floors of the lower level, the pet-friendly chapel in Fellowship Hall. Please use the Hilliard entrance. A few simple songs, a little scripture, some prayers, communion — and blessings for Read more…
Join us Saturday morning (Feb. 24) as we celebrate the start of something new in Lakewood and Rocky River: Good Soil Lutheran Ministries, one the newest congregations of the ELCA. Worship begins at 10:30 a.m. at our Lakewood campus, 16511 Hilliard Road, with Bishop Abraham Allende of the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the ELCA preaching and presiding. Midway Read more…
As of February 1, Good Soil Lutheran Ministries is one of the newest congregations in the ELCA. The new congregation carries on the ministry of Faith Lutheran Church in Lakewood and Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Rocky River and step into the future offering opportunities to connect with God and Read more…
This is going to be a big year for Good Soil Lutheran Ministries as it officially becomes a new congregation of the ELCA! We’re looking forward to new and innovate worship and learning opportunties, the development of Good Soil Garden in Rocky River and further growth in community activities at Read more…
Here’s what’s coming up in the next week as we journey to Christmas morning: Sunday, December 17 – Christmas Pageant presented by our kids (and thanks to our Sunday School teachers) during our 10 am. worship service in Rocky River. Thursday, December 21– 7 p.m. in Lakewood. The Light in the Darkness: A Service of Healing and Hope. Worship and a Read more…
Get your pup or other pet blessed on the first Sunday of Advent this weekend at the Lakewood Abbey campus of Good Soil Lutheran Ministries — 16511 Hilliard Road, Lakewood (across from Harding Middle School). The sign outside says “Faith Lutheran Church” but you won’t be able to miss the Read more…
Here is the interview with Bishop Eaton that I referred to today during my sermon. Her Reformation Sunday sermon is in here, too. You may have to sign up for free for Day1 and download in order to listen. You won’t regret it! What a powerful Reformation Sunday, as we Read more…
People throughout the Caribbean and Florida and Houston are struggling to recover from this fall’s battering by hurricanes. How bad is it in Puerto Rico? People are dying for lack of power and water. Read about the situation in this story in yesterday’s New York TImes. And then go to Read more…
We’re looking for community partners to turn a one-acre field behind Our Savior’s Rocky River Lutheran Church, 20300 Hilliard Boulevard, into vegetable gardens that will: Feed the hungry, producing healthy, organic vegetables for the Lakewood Community Meal network, Rocky River Meals on Wheels and area hunger centers. Teach gardening, Read more…