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Election Day
Going out to vote is an important civic duty. All of us should take the time to exercise this duty today. However … Yours or my voting has nothing to do with the church. You can be a conservative, libertarian, progressive, or socialist. None of it matters in church. The church only cares that you know […]
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The 24/7 Steward
As a pastor, stewardship should not be relegated to November discussions. It needs to be something that we’re talking about all year. In fact, it is something we should challenge ourselves to do every single day! What is Christian stewardship? It is using our lives for the growth of the Gospel. How are we taking […]
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A Good Warm Up for Sunday’s Sermon
Worship at St. Matthew’s in New Milford begins at 9:30 AM. Worship at Holy Trinity in Garfield begins at 11:30 AM.
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As California Burns, Lutherans Care
California is on fire. Since mid-July, a group of complicated and ever-changing wildfires have destroyed the landscape and property in their paths, notably the Carr Fire in Shasta and Trinity counties and the Mendocino Complex Fire covering Colusa, Lake and Mendocino counties… Several LCMS congregations have been affected directly by these fires. Trinity Lutheran Church […]
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Comfort Zones
For more than a century, St. Matthew’s has been like nearly every other traditionally Lutheran Church: in a comfort zone. All of us like what we like and we are comfortable liking it. Nearly every Lutheran Church is the same. This doesn’t make any congregation that is in the comfort zone bad or out of […]
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Pastor Anthony Iovine 