Join us for the musical The Cotton Patch Gospel, a re-imagining of Jesus’ life as if he were born in Gainesville, Georgia in the 20th century. Native Illinoisan Phillip Kaufmann will perform this one-man show. With the help of audio and video technology, Phillip portrays over 20 characters, plays 11 musical instruments, and sings his […]
Join us for the Harvest Halloween Party after Sunday school. We’ll enjoy a potluck meal together (please bring food to share), then play games, hunt for chocolate, and more! LMC will provide drinks. We love costumes; bring them for your kids to change into or wear them to church (what’s a few wriggles?). This event […]
Come join us for the fall workday on Saturday, November 1! We’ll work from 8:00 AM to noon and then break for a delicious lunch. The to-do list includes tasks for all ages both indoors and outdoors. Workday is always a great time of fellowship while working shoulder to shoulder to beautify our church. Please see Davis […]
We’ll honor those who have gone before us in the family of faith. In lieu of a sermon, we’ll enjoy a hymn sing together. We’ll also have a time of candle lighting in honor of those who have passed on.
We invite newer attendees of LMC to join the pastors for lunch after the worship service. It’s a great chance to get to know Pastors Barb, Richard, and Nathan better, while they get to know you better. If you would like to attend, please contact the church office.
We’ll celebrate our annual covenant membership renewal, committing to our shared convictions and covenant to our life together of care, discernment, forgiveness, and accountability. This will be our fourth worship service celebrating 500 years of Anabaptism. Pastor Richard will preach on 1 Corinthians 11: 17-26. He writes, “This week we engage in several rituals as […]
Pastor Nathan will share about his recent Community Peacemaker Teams delegation trip to Iraqi Kurdistan. His text will be Revelation 21: 1-5.
We begin a 6-week Advent worship series called “Be Amazed!” Our theme this first week is “Be amazed: Hope in the furnace.” Pastor Barb will preach on Daniel 3: 1, 8-30. She writes, “This is a story about power – an earthly ruler seeking power set against the power of God. This is also a […]
We continue our 6-week Advent worship series. Our theme this week is “Be amazed: Peace in the valley of bones.” Pastor Richard will preach on Ezekiel 37: 1–14. He writes, “As Ezekiel looks over a scene of utter devastation, God asks him a seemingly absurd question, ‘Can these bones live?’ God amazes us by demonstrating […]
Adults will gather for a congregational meeting in the sanctuary, in lieu of their Christian Formation classes. (Children and youth will meet for their Sunday school classes as usual.) After the meeting, we’ll enjoy a delicious potluck in the Fellowship Hall together!
Our Advent series continues. Our theme this week is “Be amazed: Joy in the desert.” Pastor Barb will preach on Isaiah 55: 1–13. She writes, “After years of longing, the view of things for the people of God risks becoming constricted. Their hope diminishes, making it increasingly difficult for them to see past the present […]
Our theme this week is “Be amazed: Love comes down.” Pastor Richard will preach on John 1: 1–18. He writes, “Many Christians focus on going to heaven someday. But the main storyline throughout the Bible is that God repeatedly reaches out to humanity on earth. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Incarnation when […]