Church Reopening Guidelines

Pastor Arnold and the Church Council have come up with a list of guidelines for reopening church for services. This letter will also be sent via email to everyone we have email addresses for and by mail to those we don't. Please read the letter carefully. If you have any questions, please email Pastor Arnold or call him at the parsonage. We thank our God that we will be able to gather together again for worship!

Our services will resume this Sunday, May 31, at 9:00 A.M. We will also be starting our mid-week summer services on Monday, June 1, at 7:00 P.M.

In-Person Services Restarting May 31

We will be resuming services in-person starting on Sunday, May 31. A letter will be coming soon with information on how we will be following the guidelines put forth by Oconto County.

Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Call Day and Graduation

Our Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary will be holding a virtual call day and graduation service today at 10 A.M. You can view the service online. May God bless those men who will be serving us in the pastoral ministry!

MLC Graduation/Call Day

Tomorrow, Saturday 16, at 10:00 A.M. Central time, Martin Luther College will be livestreaming its virtual graduation and call day service. The stream will also be available to be watched at a later time. My God bless our new teacher graduates as they are assigned to serve in our schools and to our new pastor track graduates as they continue their studies at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary!

Guidance from Oconto County

Oconto County has released re-opening guidelines. Included in there are guidelines for churches. This information is obviously brand new. Pastor Arnold has been in contact with our congregation president on this matter, but that was before these were released. The Council is scheduled to meet next week. One of the guidelines is that there should be no more than 50 per service. Since our first summer service would normally be on June 1, it might make sense to have our first service back on May 31. This assumes that the state will not issue a new order next week. This would also enable the Council to meet, to implement the new procedures for services, to publish those changes, and to have the church building itself thoroughly cleaned.

Keep an eye on this site for more information. For now, the sermon and service will be posted online like usual for Sunday.

Supreme Court Ruling

Many of you are no doubt aware that the state Supreme Court struck down the extension of the safer-at-home order. What does this mean for services? The short answer at this very moment is: we don't know. Local governments are debating how to handle this. Brown country has extended the order there. Watch the website for further guidance as we hear from state and synodical officials.

Lutheran Meditations from Last Week

As promised, here are Pastor Arnold's Lutheran Meditations (PDF, 58K) for this past week which were broadcast on WOCO radio. He looked at different verses from Psalm 103 to find comfort and strength for times like these.