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- By Pastor Andrew Palmquist, Bethany Lutheran Church, LuverneJanuary 17, 2024Like many of you, our family was hunkered down inside during the brutal cold temps and dangerous windchills our community experienced over the weekend. Our church’s leadership wisely decided to cancel services and classes on Sunday morning so families could stay safe and warm at home. I shudder to think of having car trouble out in the extreme cold! A great blessing our family enjoyed (pastor…
- By Pastor Jeremy Wiersema, Reformed Church of SteenDecember 20, 2023For forty years the Israelites had been moving around in the wilderness. They didn’t travel far, but they couldn’t stay in one place. What was the reason they remained in the wilderness? To say it in a single word? Fear! Forty years earlier Moses had told the people to go into the land. They were too afraid. Their spies came back and told tales of tall people with powerful armies. The people…
- By Pastor Nita Parker, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, HillsDecember 13, 2023This will seem like an unusual article for this time of the year, and my life will never be normal again, so please bear with me. I like to use Christian music to find my way these days. I usually find a piece of scripture and tie them together to try to make sense of what I am feeling. Since Dec. 21, 2021, nothing makes sense. That is the day that my son died. It was senseless to me, and yet I…
- By Pastor Josh Hayden, Living Rock Church, LuverneDecember 06, 2023You and I have seen the wars over the past year and their devastation. We may even have heard rumors of wars that “could happen” soon if things don’t change. If you are a follower of Jesus, you might be wondering, “Is this the end of the world?!” If you are not a follower of Jesus, the reason why Christians seem to go into a tizzy every time a war or catastrophic event happens is because of a…
- By Pastor Joe Steenholdt, Christian Reformed Church, LuverneNovember 01, 2023Growing up, my parents taught me to fold my hands and close my eyes when I prayed. This posture was a good practice not to get distracted and remain focused. Yet, how does one follow the instruction from 1 Thessalonians 5:17 to “pray without ceasing” if you always have your eyes closed and hands folded? Then it is good to consider prayer as not only a separate quiet time — but as essential to…
- By Pastor Jeremy Wiersema, Reformed Church of SteenOctober 25, 2023“Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every king of evil.” (I Thessalonians 5:21-22 NIV) I wish we all could trust everyone. When I was in second grade, I learned a really hard life lesson. I learned that not everybody in the world had my best interest at heart. It was the first day of school and our teacher asked us what was the best part of our summer vacation. I was excited to…
- September 20, 2023St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. Luverne…
- By Pastor Andrew Palmquist, Bethany Lutheran Church, LuverneSeptember 28, 2021For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. (2 Corinth. 4:6) When the author and poet, Robert Louis Stevenson, was 12 years old, he found himself one evening looking out into the dark from his upstairs window, watching a man light the streetlamps. When his governess…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyOctober 20, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village (continued from 10-15-20 edition of the Star Herald.) Churches (continued) The first permanent house of worship was the school house erected in the Grout neighborhood during the spring of 1875. Services were later held in a newer school building closer to Beaver Creek village. The present church edifice was…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 26, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of Hills Ranking second in size among Rock county villages is Hills, situated in the southern part of Martin township, two miles from the Iowa state line. It is located at the junction of the Great Northern and Illinois railroads, giving it transportation facilities excelled by no other town in the county excepting…- By Erin Jacobsma, office manager, American Reformed ChurchApril 30, 2019Boxes, boxes, and more boxes. I swear they are multiplying! Some are stuffed full and unopened, some are in the process of being cleaned out and disassembled, and thankfully some are empty, flattened and ready for recycling. My family recently moved to a different home and after the initial unpacking of all the essentials, the flurry of cardboard removal has slowed to a trickle. I have been…
By Martha Fick, Good Samaritan, Mission EffectivenessMay 03, 2016And He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered Him, ‘You are the Christ.’” (Mark 8:29 ESV) An elderly woman walked into a local country church. A friendly usher greeted her at the door and helped her up the flight of steps. “Where would you like to sit today?” he asked politely. “I vould like to sit in de front row please,” she replied. “Are you sure you want to do that?” the…
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