American Ev. Lutheran Church
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November 13, 2025:  Thursday Bible Study on Old Testament of Psalm 37:21-40 May the Lord's Grace shine in, with, and around you in the coming time of national thanksgiving, and in the new Church Year as we renew our awe and wonder at the birth of God's Son, Our Savior Jesus Christ this Advent and Christmas. I am happy to be with you this morning after my morning drive to take James and Jared to their downtown school. Downtown is a traffic mess because of the concerts this wee

November 10, 2025:  Monday Bible Study on Acts 8:5-13 Good morning my dear friends in Christ.  I was shocked this AM when I saw the news that indicated that Chicago, and the eastern shore of Lake Michigan were receiving some rather large snowfalls today.  Around Chicago maybe as much as 18".  Both Melody and I remember all too well what it was like to have 36 inches of snow with 40 - 50 MPH wind when we lived just a couple of miles off Lake Michigan at our farmhouse.  We were

November 6, 2025:  Thursday Bible Study on Old Testament of Psalm 37:1-20 May the heart of Christ's love for you sustain you and keep you throughout this day, and always! Good morning my dear friends. I hope that you will continue to offer prayers as I bring to you the prayers that the prayer chain has been praying for during the week. This week we have had two. One is for a member's grandchild, Lucio, who is being treated for pneumonia. Please pray for his comfort and that t

November 4, 2025:  Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 8:1-4 Dear Bible Study folks, I hope that this passage today is a reminder of the power of the world to seek to undo the work of the Gospel that has been the mission of the Church now for nearly 2000 years. Though we are reading about Stephen's death by stoning, and, in today's passage, the outrage of the Jews at Christians in Jerusalem, and the Jews willingness to chase them down, enter their homes, and begin an early first cent

November 3, 2025:  Monday Bible Study on Acts 7:54 - 8:1 Good morning on yet another lovely autumn day here in Tucson. I pray that your weekend was an opportunity to grow closer to Christ our Lord, and that in that growth, you have become committed to applying the Law of Christ's Love in every circumstance in which you find yourself. I was so happy to see Teri H. back in church on Sunday morning for the first time since her new type of hip replacement surgery nearly a month a

October 30, 2025:  Friday Bible Study on Old Testament of Psalm 36 May the joy of this cool desert morning fill your heart with wonder at the glory of God's creation. Good morning my dear friends. Well, for all the children, tomorrow is a big day, parties at school, trunk or treating, costumes, family get-togethers, and CANDY! With all that we make of Halloween, it has become more difficult for us to truly acknowledge the very next day in the life of the Church, and Her Saint

October 28, 2025:  Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 7:37-53 Good morning my dear friends. Please continue to pray for Becky Prasek as she undergoes testing to reach a diagnosis that will help her specialists to plan a course of treatment. It looks now like it may well be a nerve getting too crowded in her spinal column, so pray for great test results for Becky. Please also pray for Mark and Linda Backer who live in Wisconsin. We pray for their health throughout the past six months

October 27, 2025:  Monday Bible Study on Acts 7:17-36 Blessings and Peace be with you this morning in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. As I walk out the door on these cool and crisp mornings I give thanks to God for such beauty and comfort. I must admit that I think my teens don't get it. For them it seems to be just another day of commitments and schoolwork, so I comment every day to them about the wonderful quality of the morning and deep blue of the morning sky. Perhaps

October 23, 2025:  Thursday Bible Study on Old Testament of Psalm 35 Good morning my dear friends in Christ. Today we will continue our study of Psalms. Please continue to pray for Teri who is home following her hip surgery and several weeks in therapy care. Pray for Becky who is recovering with an unknown cause for extreme weakness. Pray for Larry who had throat cancer treatment yesterday. Pray for a different Larry who is at home recovering from back surgery complications.

October 21, 2025:  Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 7:8-16 Good morning my dear friends.  An urgent matter for prayer today is to keep our parish administrator Debbie, and her husband Jeff in your prayers.  Jeff is about to have a second surgery as he has developed complications from his first surgery.  Please keep them both in your prayers.  Also pray for Becky healing from weakness, and future testing to determine its cause.  Also continue to pray for Teri who is working to rega

October 20, 2025:  Monday Bible Study on Acts 7:1-7 I pray that this beautiful desert morning has lifted your spirits, or no matter where you may be, that the witness of Stephen in our texts today, and for several studies of this part of the Acts of the Apostles, finds you comforted in your faith. Please continue praying for Kandice, Lisa, and Alexis.  Kandice continues in hospice care at home, and is very near to her triumph in Christ, and her entry into His heavenly kingdom

October 17, 2025:  Friday Bible Study on Old Testament of Psalm 34 Blessings and peace to you on Friday morning.  Oh, you noticed?  We have been busy at the church getting the yard sale put together, and I have been in and out around the property checking on the unsheltered group who has been causing problems around our property and the Mormon church across the street.  Yesterday, I did have the police come over to check during the day too.  And apparently last night they cam

October 14, 2025:  Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 6:8-15 Good morning in the Name, and by the Power and Love, of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I would like to ask for your prayers for my sleep patterns. Of late I have been having many dreams, none of them frightening, but they cause me to talk in my sleep, and thrash around. Last night I woke up to having gone over my side guard and was almost on the floor. Thankfully, I was able to get back up without a fall. I don't feel s

October 13, 2025:  Monday Bible Study on Acts 6:1-7 May the Grace and Love of our Savior give you comfort and peace and strength for this, and all coming days. Good morning my dear friends! Our church council met yesterday at American, and one of our business items had to do with homeless people around our building at night, and disturbances which they are causing in the neighborhood. The church property has been trashed, and human waste has had to be cleaned up. I started la

October 2, 2025:  Thursday Bible Study on Old Testament of Psalm 33 Good morning. I am really happy to indicate that people we have been...

September 30, 2025:  Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 5:33-43 Good afternoon my dear friends. May the Love of Christ our Savior, surround you...

September 29, 2025:  Monday Bible Study on Acts 5:17-32 Blessings and Peace on this Autumn morning when the temperature was 66 as we left for school. Please remember that this Sunday is Gospel Music Sunday. I hope that you will come to worship this Sunday to support the Gospel Music group, and take part in the Sacrament of the Altar, and share in the carry-in Mexican meal after worship. We will need some help with breaking down the meal set up in the parish hall, because the

September 27, 2025:  Thursday (on Saturday) Bible Study on Old Testament of Psalm 32 Blessings and peace be with you this Saturday...

September 23, 2025:  Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 5:12-16 Good morning and may the blessings of Jesus Christ hold you in His care today...

September 18, 2025:  Thursday Bible Study on Old Testament of Psalm 31 Blessings and Peace to you as we embark on today's study of the...