Collecting My Thoughts

We don't have church newsletter/bulletins (a Covid casualty?) anymore, but for special occasions we do have handouts on Sunday--and yes...

Our church, UALC, is having a “combined” service today—the 9 o'clock (traditional) and 11 (modern) are meeting at 10 a.m. and then havin...

 Next Saturday we'll be saying our final good-byes (for now) to Luan Zangmeister who died on April 16, 2026.  We were fellow members of ...

Helen is a member of our church, UALC, Sunday School class and Thursday Bible Study is turning 100.  She still lives in her own home and unt...

An unusual baptism. They are all special, but yesterday I saw something different. Sweet little guy. Hair combed. Wiggling and smiling, but ...

  Darlene Reese Dimitrovski Obituary March 30, 2025 - Beggs Funeral Home I was reading through my blog and came across a 2018 message from m...

I glanced across the aisle at church today and watched a three year old in her mom's lap. She almost made it to one of our Christmas ca...

We sat behind Julia for many years in the early service at UALC.  Also we used to see her in Lakeside where she and some lady friends would ...

This morning our Bible study group gathered at Sunny Street Cafe on Reed Rd (breakfast and brunch only). Madelaine and I exited our cars at ...

 This note was sent to the congregation: "In the midst of June's heat wave, UALC had the opportunity to welcome people from all acr...

Don't you just love seeing the kiddoes after a week or two of VBS? I don't recall the exact numbers, but I think the pastor said ca...

 After 9 am church service and Sunday School at Windermere school we drove across the river to have lunch with our Mill Run brothers and sis...

Message from UALC: We pray for each shoebox that will be brought to Mill Run this week, from our church and other churches in the area. We ...

This prayer appeared in our church newsletter. "Almighty God, we pray for peace on this upcoming Election Day. Protect our polling plac...

After Sunday School on July 28 (Lytham Rd. congregation at Windermere school while our regular space is being remodeled) we drove to our chu...

 Our senior pastor, Steve Turnbull, sent this e-mail this afternoon addressing the assassination attempt on President Trump. "First, as...

Our church is offering an educational unit on "Depolarization" to help members face the increasing divisions especially in the cur...

When we began attending UALC in 1974 we met a young couple who were students at Luther Seminary in Bexley, Dave and Pam Mann (although she m...

I think our women's group (WOW) at UALC has shown every Beth Moore video available. I wouldn't say she can't speak against Trump...

Does anyone else get a big boost of energy on January 1? It's happened before. Today I sorted and tossed old notebooks, set up a new 3-r...