Hello there, My time with you is getting short.  Three weeks from today I will be officially retired.  It is hard to believe it is all coming up so quickly.  Things are falling into place, and I am confident that FPC Marion will continue to thrive.  However, there are a few gaps I am trying […]

Hello there, This will be just a quick note. It is a day late, because of the holiday.  I hope you had a good 4th enjoying and celebrating the freedoms we have in our nation. It will be a good Sunday coming up.  A hand bell quartet will be providing our special music.  I am […]

Hello there, Five of our Middle School youth will be leaving tomorrow morning with Abbie Parker and Grant Dancey for a long weekend mission trip to Omaha, NE.  They will be working with Omaha Urban Plunge that is run by the organization Christ for the City International.  Please keep them in your prayers. On Sunday […]

Hello there, Father’s Day is coming up this weekend.  I recently came across this quip:  “I gave my father $100 and said, ‘Buy yourself something that will make your life easier.’ So he went out and bought a present for my mother.”  But then I believe it was Mark Twain who said this: “When I […]

Hello there, IT IS PENTECOST SUNDAY!  WEAR SOMETHING RED! We celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the church.  So find something red in your closet or use this as an excuse to go out and buy a new shirt or blouse. Paul Holstein will be singing this Sunday for our […]

Hello there, It is my great pleasure to announce that we have hired a new organist.  Marilyn Mark has held various music positions at Lutheran churches in the Cedar Rapids area, and is a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church as well as the American Guild of Organists.  She also retired from Linn-Mar as a […]

Hello there, Reminder: We are starting our summer scheduled this week, with ONE SERVICE at 10:00! It is probably a busy weekend for most of you.  It is a holiday, of course, as well as graduation for many of the local high schools.  So there are parties and celebration and we wish the new grads […]

Hello there, This will be our last Sunday with two services for a while.  On May 26th, (Memorial Day Weekend) we begin our summer schedule with one service at 10:00.  The reason we are shifting to 10:00 is that it is unlikely you will have an interim pastor in place on August 1st, when I […]

Hello there, We have begun to look for a half time Director of Christian Education that, as the job description says, “…will have primary responsibility for designing and leading weekly K-12 Bible Study/Sunday School, Wednesday night K-8 programming, providing support for the middle school and high school Youth Coordinator, and planning for Adult Christian Education […]