May God bless and keep you in 2023. I write to give you a report on the Southwest California Synod from the fourth quarter of 2022. Our fiscal year runs February-January, but since most of us think in calendar years, I report as of December, 2022. At our synod council
Continue readingDedication and Chapel Naming to the Rev. Dr. Nelson W. Trout Chapel Saturday, February 25, 2023, 1PM Lutheran Center 1300 E. Colorado St., Glendale, CA 91205-1406 Worship Service with the Trout Family Sunday, February 26, 2023, 2PM Community Lutheran Church 650 E. 135th St., Los Angeles, CA. 90059 Dr.
Continue readingJanuary 23-24 Serra Retreat Center, Malibu We have all been through trauma with COVID and the aftermath of living with the new normal. Ministry that we have always done among the people had to be done at a distance. And none of us signed up for doing virtual worship. Attendance
Continue readingDear ones, On Sunday morning, November 20, 2022, many of us woke to the news of another shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub. The Q Club in Colorado Springs was violently attacked the night before, with a single gunman killing five people and injuring over two dozen. I was honored to
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