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Midweek Worship: Prodigal Grace

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 | In the words of Rev. Ashley DeTar Birt, “For a very long time, my challenge was the parable of the prodigal son. …Trying to make sense of these characters was hard for me, but what I eventually came to realize is that every single one of them, regardless of what they’ve done, receives grace.” Though we may resonate with one or more characters of this story, together we challenge ourselves to immerse ourselves in the story of each character, and we open ourselves to receive God’s unique gift of grace.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022, Midweek Bulletin

Copyright acknowledgements: Music covered under CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A.Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission.
Holden Evening Prayer: Text and Music: Marty Haugen Procession of Light: Text and Music: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Evening Hymn: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Evening Thanksgiving: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Psalmody: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn: What Wondrous Love Is This. Text: North American folk hymn, 19th cent., alt. Music: W. Walker, Southern Harmony, 1835; arr. Paul J. Christiansen, 1914-1997, alt. Text and Music: © 1955 Augsburg Publishing House. Public Domain. Prayers written by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org. Adapted Rev. A. Kenitzer

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Bishop Current is coming to SOTC!

Sunday, April 10

We have an awesome opportunity in a couple of weeks to welcome Bishop Amy Current, bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod, to SOTC! In an effort to better connect with congregations in the synod, members of the synod staff have been visiting congregations in person. 

At the same time, Bishop Current has been meeting (via Zoom) with over 100 congregations in the synod in an effort to learn the hopes, fears, and sense of mission within various congregations. Though completely separate from Bishop Current’s visit on April 10, Shepherd recently had the opportunity to participate in this virtual conversation as well.  For this conversation, Pastor Aleese was asked to bring together our Council president (Delene McConnaha) and two other lay leaders. To round out the conversation, Pastor Aleese asked Heather Allen (previous Council president) and Mackenzie Gilbert (current Council liaison) to join the conversation.  Ask any one of these people how the conversation went and they can assure you that the conversation was incredibly positive and affirming of Shepherd!

If you’d like to hear more about this conversation, stop Delene, Heather, Mackenzie, or Pastor Aleese when you see them. And, if you’d like to help us welcome Bishop Current in true Shepherd form, join us on April 10 as we celebrate Palm Sunday!

Find out more about Bishop Current.

Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt

Breakfast | 8:00am
Egg Hunt | 8:30 am

Join us on Easter morning for fellowship and fun before worship! Families of youth attending camp will be serving breakfast starting at 8:00 am. We likely will need some help from other families to provide egg casseroles, fruit, and muffins. If you are willing to help, here is the link to sign up. Questions, contact Leslie Eichelberger or Colleen Bentz. 

Our annual Egg Hunt will be outside (weather permitting). All are welcome to join us! Please be mindful that the egg hunt will begin promptly at 8:30 so we can transition to worship starting at 9:00 am. 

Willing to help gather candy and assemble eggs? Congregation members are invited to bring candy and put it in the box in the narthex. We’ll assemble eggs on Sunday, April 10 during fellowship. 

March 30 Lenten Midweek Meals and Worship

A reminder that we continue to gather for a meal from 5:30-6:15 pm and worship from 6:30-7:15 pm. This Wednesday we will take another look at our Gospel reading and consider God’s role and our role in repentance and bearing fruit.

March 30 Menu is: Baked potato bar, mac, and cheese, dessert

Supplies needed to make laundry soap? 

We need you, Shepherds! We’re joining with Grace this Lent to collect items to make laundry soap for families in our community.  Challenge yourself to bring one of these items each week between now and the end of Lent! 

  • baking soda (4 lb. boxes)
  • borax (4 lb. boxes)
  • Fels Naptha bar soap
  • Oxi Clean (4 lb. containers)
  • Washing soda

Holy Week at SOTC

Be sure to mark your calendars to join us as we remember the final week of Christ’s life. All are welcome!

Palm Sunday Worship
Sunday, April 10 @ 9:00 am
(note: we will process outside, weather permitting. We will begin in the narthex, process out the side door, onto the sidewalk, and around the church parking lot.)

Maundy Thursday Worship
Thursday, April 14 @ 7:00 pm
(note: will NOT include a meal as has sometimes been the case in previous years)

Good Friday Worship
Friday, April 15 @ 7:00 pm

Easter Sunday Worship
Sunday, April 17 @ 9:00 am

Family Night @ SOTC

Sun, April 10 @ 6:00 pm

This February, a small group of families gathered together for a meal and fellowship to help welcome some of our new member families. Since then, it’s clear that there is a hunger for more fellowship among young adults and families with youth PreK-High School. 

This group is not meant to be exclusive; rather, the goal is to bring together people of similar life experiences to grow together in relationship and in faith. 

If you haven’t been able to join us yet, mark your calendars for our April gathering. Know that Pastor Aleese will be in touch via email with further details. 

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Worship: Full to the Brim – Prodigal Grace

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 | Many of us are familiar with the story of the prodigal son. But as we look deeper into this story, it’s apparent that not only is the younger son’s actions “prodigal” in nature. The father’s actions also exemplify that which is prodigal—extravagant, lavish, and even illogical love. Join us for worship as we hear the promise that we, too, are offered that same prodigal love of our God, and as we are invited to receive the compassionate embrace of our Father.

Sunday, March 27, 2022, Fourth Sunday in Lent Bulletin

Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A.Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. Text and Music: Lloyd Larson. Text and Music: © 2017 Agape, a div. of Hope Publishing Company. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded. Text and Music: Lloyd Larson. Text and Music: © 2020 Lorenz Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling. Text and Music: Will L. Thompson, 1847-1909. Text and Music: © OCP. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound. Text: John Newton, 1725-1807, alt., sts. 1-4; anonymous, st.5. Music: W. Walker. Southern Harmony. 1835; arr. Edwin O. Excel, 1851-1921, alt. Public Domain. Offering: Near the Cross. Text and Music: Lloyd Larson. Text and Music: © 2010 Lorenz Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Communion Song: Lamb of God. ELW Setting. Text and music © 2022 Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: There’s A Wideness in God’s Mercy. Text: Frederick W. Faber, 1814-1863, alt. Music: North American, 19th cent. Text and Music: © 1977 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription.

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Bishop Current is coming to SOTC!

Sunday, April 10

We have an awesome opportunity in a few weeks to welcome Bishop Amy Current, bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod, to SOTC! In an effort to better connect with congregations in the synod, members of the synod staff have been visiting congregations in-person. 

At the same time, Bishop Current has been meeting (via Zoom) with over 100 congregations in the synod in an effort to learn the hopes, fears, and sense of mission within various congregations. Though completely separate from Bishop Current’s visit on April 10, Shepherd recently had the opportunity to participate in this virtual conversation as well.  For this conversation, Pastor Aleese was asked to bring together our Council president (Delene McConnaha) and two other lay leaders. To round out the conversation, Pastor Aleese asked Heather Allen (previous Council president) and Mackenzie Gilbert (current Council liaison) to join the conversation. Ask any one of these people how the conversation went and they can assure you that the conversation was incredibly positive and affirming of Shepherd!

If you’d like to hear more about this conversation, stop Delene, Heather, Mackenzie or Pastor Aleese when you see ’em. And, if you’d like to help us welcome Bishop Current in true Shepherd form, join us on April 10 as we celebrate Palm Sunday!

Lenten Midweek Meals and Worship

Wednesday, March 23

Reminder that we continue to gather for a meal from 5:30-6:15 pm and worship from 6:30-7:15 pm. This Wednesday we will take another look at our Gospel reading and consider God’s role and our role in repentance and bearing fruit.

March 23 Menu: Hot Chicken Sandwiches, Chips, Veggies or Fruit, and Dessert 

We still have a few openings for our last Lenten meal on April 6.  If you can help, please sign up here!

Easter Flowers

Sign up between March 6 – March 27

Would you like to purchase flowers to help SOTC decorate for Easter? There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex or you may contact the office. Please indicate who you would like the flowers to be in honor or memory of. The cost is $10 per flower.

Can you help make laundry soap? 

Did you know that families can go months with only one batch of the laundry soap we’re making? And better yet…one batch only costs about $25 to make! Challenge yourself to bring one of these items each week between now and the end of Lent! Thanks for your support of our community!

  • baking soda (4 lb. boxes)
  • borax (4 lb. boxes)
  • Fels Naptha bar soap
  • Oxi Clean (4 lb. containers)
  • Washing soda

Eastern Europe Crisis Response

Lutheran Disaster Response is accompanying our companions in Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, as well as such ecumenical partners as Lutheran World Federation and Church World Service, in their humanitarian responses to the crisis. These partners provide refugees with immediate support and supplies such as food, blankets, water, and hygiene kits. If you would like to help support these efforts, give here.

Holy Week at SOTC

As we cross the halfway mark in the season of Lent, be sure to mark your calendars to join us as we remember the final week of Christ’s life. All are welcome!

Palm Sunday Worship
Sunday, April 10 @ 9:00 am

Maundy Thursday Worship
Thursday, April 14 @ 7:00 pm

Good Friday Worship
Friday, April 15 @ 7:00 pm

Easter Breakfast/Egg Hunt
Details forthcoming

Easter Sunday Worship
Sunday, April 17 @ 9:00 am

Family Night @ SOTC

Sun, April 10 @ 6:00 pm

This February, a small group of families gathered together for a meal and fellowship to help welcome some of our new member families. Since then, it’s clear that there is a hunger for more fellowship among young adults and families with youth PreK-High School. 

This group is not meant to be exclusive; rather, the goal is to bring together people of similar life experiences to grow together in relationship and in faith. 

If you haven’t been able to join us yet, mark your calendars for our April gathering. Know that Pastor Aleese will be in touch via email with further details. 

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Worship: Full to the Brim – You are Worthy

Isaiah 55:1-9 | What do you consume on a daily basis? Our dietary habits may be revealing, pointing to what nutrients we are and are not offering our physical bodies. But what about everything else we find ourselves consuming? Are we consuming that which fills us to the brim? Or, leaves us craving something more? In our worship this weekend, we’ll take stock of the difference between what we “think” fills us and what “actually” fills us, and after hearing the story of the Israelites, we too will be offered Christ’s invitation to come to his table of mercy and grace. Join us for worship, as we pull up a chair to the only meal in which we are filled and sent forth to bear fruit in Christ’s name.

Sunday, March 20, 2022, Third Sunday in Lent Bulletin

Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A.Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Gathering Song: All Who Are Thirsty. Text and Music: Brenton Brown and Glenn Roberts. Text and Music: © 1998 Vineyard Songs. Covered under CCLI subscription. Hymn of the Day: Come to Me, All Pilgrims Thirsty. Text: Delores Dufner, OSB, b. 1939. Music: The Sacred Harp, Philadelphia, 1844; arr. Selected Hymns, 1985. Text: © 1992, 1996 Sisters of St. Benedict. Music: © 1985 Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Offering: As the Deer Runs to the River. Text: Herman G. Stuempfle Jr., b. 1923. Music: David Hurd, b. 1950. Text: © 2002 GIA Publications, Inc. Music: © 1983 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Communion Songs: Lamb of God. ELW Setting. Text and music © 2022 Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. You Are My King (Amazing Love). Text and Music: Billy J. Foote. Text and Music: © 1996 worshiptogether.com songs. Covered under CCLI subscription. Sending Song: The Wonderful Cross. Text: Isaac Watts, J. D. Walt, and Chris Tomlin. Music: Lowell Mason, Chris Tomlin, and Jesse Reeves. Text and Music: © 2000 sixsteps Music. Covered under CCLI subscription.

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Midweek Worship: What Grieves God’s Heart

Luke 13:31-35 | Jesus is clear that he desires to gather all his children under his wings of care. And yet, when Jesus looks upon Jerusalem, he is grieved. Today, when God looks upon the world in compassion, desiring nothing more for God’s children other than abundant life, there may be many things that grieve God’s heart. Join us for a time of midweek worship as we offer our prayer and praise to God, and as we uplift the things of this world and the things of our own lives that grieve God’s heart.

Wednesday, March 16, 2022, Midweek Bulletin

Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A.Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission.
Holden Evening Prayer: Text and Music: Marty Haugen Procession of Light: Text and Music: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Evening Hymn: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Evening Thanksgiving: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Psalmody: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn: Chief of Sinners Though I Be. Text: William McComb, 1793-1870. Music: Richard Redhead, 1820-1901. Public Domain Covered under One License subscription. Prayers were written by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org. Adapted Rev. A. Kenitzer

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Lenten Midweek Meals and Worship

Starting Wednesday, March 16

5:30 – 6:15 pm | Meal 
6:30 – 7:15 pm | Worship Service

Our worship service will use the first half of the Holden Evening Prayer Service and then will spend time looking at the previous Sundays’ Scripture/theme. 

March 16 Menu: Walking Taco’s

If you’re willing to help provide food for a meal, please sign up below. Each group of people will determine what they would like to serve. Sign up here or on the signup sheet in the narthex. Questions re meals? Contact Colleen Bentz, team lead for our Social Team.

Easter Flowers

Sign up between March 6 – March 27

Would you like to purchase flowers to help SOTC decorate for Easter? There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex or you may contact the office. Please indicate who you would like the flowers to be in honor or memory of. The cost is $10 per flower.

Can you help make laundry soap? 

Help us get off to a great start this Lent! We’re collecting raw materials to help families in the Muscatine community make their own laundry soap, and are looking for the following items:

  • baking soda (4 lb. boxes)
  • borax (4 lb. boxes)
  • Fels Naptha bar soap
  • Oxi Clean (4 lb. containers)
  • Washing soda

We’ll gather materials throughout the season, and then our Family Faith Night crew will put these raw materials together to make laundry soap to benefit the families of Lutheran Services of Iowa (LSI). Want to get in on the fun? Mark your calendars now to join us at Grace on April 20 at 6:30 p.m.!

New Contact Directory!

Looking to contact your fellow Shepherds? Or, looking to get in touch with some of our new member families? Take a look at our updated contact directory! Revised narrative directory coming soon. Go to the members-only section of our website. If you have forgotten our password, contact the office.

Eastern Europe Crisis Response

Lutheran Disaster Response is accompanying our companions in Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, as well as such ecumenical partners as Lutheran World Federation and Church World Service, in their humanitarian responses to the crisis. These partners provide refugees with immediate support and supplies such as food, blankets, water, and hygiene kits. If you would like to help support these efforts, give here.

Bishop Current is coming to SOTC!

Sunday, April 10

In a desire to connect with congregations within the Southeastern Iowa Synod, the Office of the Bishop for the Southeastern Iowa Synod offered to visit SOTC to catch a glimpse of what ministry looks like in this place! To that end, we are excited to welcome Bishop Amy Current on Sun, April 10. She will preach and preside over communion, and remain with us for fellowship and our education hour. Make sure to join us as we offer a warm welcome and as we celebrate Palm Sunday!

SOTC Goes to EWALU!

June 19-24

The word is out! In lieu of the ELCA Youth Gathering, our High School Youth will be participating in the Uplifted program at Camp EWALU. 

In addition, we are taking a crew to confirmation camp. If you have a youth in confirmation, or a youth who will soon be beginning thier confirmation journey, talk to Pastor Aleese for more information. 

Have younger kids? There are opportunities for other ages that week as well!

Let’s fill some vans and drive north! For more information, check out EWALU’s list of summer camps. High Schoolers and confirmation youth are asked to confirm with Pastor Aleese by March 20 if they are interested in attending.

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Worship: Full to the Brim – Under God’s Wing

Luke 13: 31-35, Psalm 27 | Above all, it is Jesus’ desire to fulfill the purpose for which he was sent: to safely gather us under God’s wings of mercy. At times, we might get in the way of Jesus’ mission taking shape within us by resisting or rejecting God’s Word. And, at times, it may seem as though the powers of this world get in the way of Jesus’ mission to bring healing and liberation to all people. But in the end, as people of faith, we trust that nothing will get in the way of Jesus completing that which he was sent to accomplish: to reconcile humanity to God and to each other. Join us for worship as we hear God’s faithful promises, and as we receive Christ’s gift of mercy in the sacrament of communion.

Sunday, March 13, 2022, Second Sunday in Lent Bulletin

Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A.Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: Come, Holy Ghost. Text and Music: Ruby Davenport. Text and Music: © 2010 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP), a division of MorningStar Music Publishers. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross. Text: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915. Music: William H. Doane, 1832-1915. Text and Music: © OCP. Near The Cross. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: Thy Holy Wings. Text: Carolina Sandell Berg, 1832-1903, sts. 1,3; Gracia Grindal, b. 1943, st.2; tr. composite. Music: Swedish folk tune; arr. hymnal version. Text: © 1983 Gracia Grindal, admin. Selah Publishing Co., Inc. Music: © 2006 Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Offering: El Shaddai. Text and music: John W. Thompson, Michael Card. Text and music: © 1981, 1982 Mole End Music (Admin. by CURB | Word Music Publishing). Covered under CCLI subscription. Communion Song: Lamb of God. ELW Setting. Text and music © 2022 Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer. Text: William Williams, 1717-1791; tr. William Williams and Peter Williams, 1722-1796, alt. Music: John Hughes, 1873-1932. Text and Music: Public Domain.

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Midweek Worship: Full to the Brim in Our Journeys

Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 | After our first Sunday in Lent, we ventured into the wilderness with Jesus. From that place of wilderness, Jesus would be led into ministry, and finally led to his cross and resurrection. But what about us? Where do our journeys lead? And even more deeply, what might it mean for us not to race ahead to the “destination” of our journey, but to simply “be” in the spot we are—right now—on our journey? Might that be exactly where we are meant to be? And might that be exactly where Christ meets us? Join us for worship as we consider where we are on our journeys and as we claim the truth that God, our refuge and strength, fills us to the brim wherever we find ourselves.

Wednesday, March 9, 2022, Midweek Bulletin

Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A.Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission.
Holden Evening Prayer: Text and Music: Marty Haugen Procession of Light: Text and Music: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Evening Hymn: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Evening Thanksgiving: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Psalmody: © 1990, 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn: On Eagle’s Wings. Text and music: Michael Joncas, b. 1957. Text and music: © 1979 OCP Publications. Covered under One License subscription.
Prayers were written by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org. Adapted Rev. A. Kenitzer

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Making Sense of the Cross Adult Education

When asked, “Why did Jesus die?” what would you say? Many may respond with something like, “to forgive us our sin.” But what does that mean?

If you’d like to dive deeper into the cross, and the various perspectives that the four Gospels give us of Jesus’ death and resurrection, join other adults (and older youth) as we dive deeper. The conversation will begin at about 10:30 am and will be led by Pastor Aleese.

Lenten Midweek Meals and Worship

Starting Wednesday, March 9

5:30 – 6:15 pm | Meal 
6:30 – 7:15 pm | Worship Service

Our worship service will use the first half of the Holden Evening Prayer Service and then will spend time looking at the previous Sundays’ Scripture/theme. 

March 9 Menu: Various Soups (Cozy Autumn Wild Rice, Red Pepper, Chili, Hamburger Vegetable, Chicken Noodle), Bread & Crackers, PB&J sandwiches, veggies & dip, and desserts.

If you’re willing to help provide food for a meal, please sign up below. We’re looking for teams of 5 people per Wednesday to provide, serve, and clean up a meal. Each group of people will determine what they would like to serve. Sign up here or on the sign-up sheet in the narthex. Questions re meals? Contact Colleen Bentz, team lead for our Social Team.

Easter Flowers

Sign up between March 6 – March 27

Would you like to purchase flowers to help SOTC decorate for Easter? There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex or you may contact the office. Please indicate who you would like the flowers to be in honor or memory of. The cost is $10 per flower.

Can you help make laundry soap? 

For many families in the greater Muscatine community, laundry soap is an expensive item that often gets left to the side. To help, Shepherd is teaming up with Grace Lutheran to gather supplies to make laundry soap.  That’s right…we’re making laundry soap, at a much cheaper rate than buying it outright! Starting March 6, we’ll be collecting the following items:

  • baking soda (4 lb. boxes)
  • borax (4 lb. boxes)
  • Fels Naptha bar soap
  • Oxi Clean (4 lb. containers)
  • Washing soda

We’ll gather materials throughout the season, and then our Family Faith Night crew will put these raw materials together to make laundry soap to benefit the families of Lutheran Services of Iowa (LSI). Want to get in on the fun? Mark your calendars now to join us at Grace on April 20 at 6:30 p.m.!

New Contact Directory!

Looking to contact your fellow Shepherds? Or, looking to get in touch with some of our new member families? Take a look at our updated contact directory! Revised narrative directory coming soon. Go to the members-only section of our website. If you have forgotten our password, contact the office.

Eastern Europe Crisis Response

Lutheran Disaster Response is accompanying our companions in Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, as well as such ecumenical partners as Lutheran World Federation and Church World Service, in their humanitarian responses to the crisis. These partners provide refugees with immediate support and supplies such as food, blankets, water, and hygiene kits. If you would like to help support these efforts, give here.

Bishop Current is coming to SOTC!

Sunday, April 10

In a desire to connect with congregations within the Southeastern Iowa Synod, the Office of the Bishop for the Southeastern Iowa Synod offered to visit SOTC to catch a glimpse of what ministry looks like in this place! To that end, we are excited to welcome Bishop Amy Current on Sun, April 10. She will preach and preside over communion, and remain with us for fellowship and our education hour. Make sure to join us as we offer a warm welcome and as we celebrate Palm Sunday!

Women’s Group

Sat, March 12 @ 8:30 am

In the book of John, Jesus uses the expression “eternal life” quite often. Often, we may understand “eternal life” to imply life after death. But in the Gospel of John, this phrase not only refers to a life that is eternally long but is also a life that is eternally deep – a life that is endless in value and meaning.

Want to learn more? Join us for the Women’s Group as we spend time in study and in fellowship. All are welcome!