Faith Stories

Worship with Ardor

By Janelle Bidne
Communications Director

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines the word ardor as a “depth of feeling” synonymous with words such as “passion,” “enthusiasm,” and “eagerness.” Every Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m., the members of All Saints Lutheran Church in Davenport worship not only with deep sense of ardor for God but with Ardor: the congregation’s contemporary worship band.

God's Work. Our Hands. Together in Shellsburg

By Pat Kane
Diaconal Minister, CrossRoads Mission, Cedar Rapids

On September 29th work began on the roof with seventeen volunteers from St. Mark’s in Marion, Our Savior’s in Cedar Rapids, St. Stephen’s in Cedar Rapids, CrossRoads Mission, St. Mathew’s in Monticello, and Bethlehem in Vinton. Individuals from all walks of life worked side by side together in Shellsburg to help Julie...

Congregations L.I.F.T.

Congregations Unite for Youth Program

By L.I.F.T. (Living in Faith Together) Congregations of Bethany, Faith Messiah, Peach and Trinity of Burlington and rural West Burlington

The congregations of Bethany, Faith, Messiah, Peace, and Trinity, located in Burlington and rural West Burlington, have united to provide a Christian education program for the youth of our congregations called Living in Faith Together (L.I.F.T.).

2009 Youth Gathering

2009 Youth Gathering: A Gathering of Change
By Kendra Greenfield, Windsor Heights Lutheran Church Youth, Windsor Heights

38,000. That’s a lot of Lutherans! You’d think that number would be overwhelming right? But it’s surprisingly the opposite, it’s humbling. When you live in your own little town of Des Moines in my case you feel powerful and important, but when you enter the Superdome and see all those people singing, dancing, and praising you feel so small. You feel powerless and unimportant. You feel like nothing. But then I remember that God doesn’t care where you come from, who your with, or how you praise. All he cares about is you, good old Iowa living corn picking you.