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April 12th Special Voter’s Assembly

Dear Family of Faith,

Yesterday, Council met briefly following our Potluck and is requesting a Special Voter’s Assembly on April 12th after the Divine Service.

Kathy Timbs is stepping down from doing the books for KRRC, our congregation’s radio station. We need to put someone else on KRRC’s bank account to assess where the station is at financially. Council is recommended adding myself and Bob Hulse to the account. We will need minutes from an official meeting of the congregation to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know via email ([email protected]) or text (541-218-2046).

Peace in Christ,

Pastor Laws

Holy Week 2026

Dear Family of Faith,

We have daily services during Holy Week, March 29th – April 5th, 2026. See our schedule below:

• Palm Sunday (3/29) – 10:00 a.m., Divine Service (followed by our 5th Sunday Potluck)
• Holy Monday (3/30) – 10:00 a.m., Matins (St. Matthew’s Passion Reading)
• Holy Tuesday (3/31) – 10:00 a.m., Matins (St. Mark’s Passion Reading)
• Holy Wednesday (4/1) – 10:00 a.m., Matins (St. Luke’s Passion Reading)
• Maundy Thursday (4/2) – 6:00 p.m., Divine Service
• Good Friday (4/3) – 6:00 p.m. Good Friday Service
• Holy Saturday (4/4) – 6:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR (865 NW 5th St, Grants Pass, OR 97526)
• Easter Sunday (4/5) – 10:00 a.m., Divine Service

I hope you are able to attend some or all of our special services this week! If not, check out our podcast feed to listen to the sermons!

– Pastor Laws

2026 Continuing Education Class

Greetings!

Faith Lutheran Church is hosting a Continuing Education Class this Summer! Details & registration are available through CTSFW, click here.

Peace in Christ,

Pastor Laws

Lenten Services A+D 2026

Hello Family of Faith!

During the Season of Lent, we have the following extra services:

LENT

• Ash Wednesday (2/18) – 6 p.m., Divine Service
• Wednesday Lent Midweeks (2/25—3/25) – 5 p.m., Soup Supper, 6 p.m., Vespers.
  • During our five Wednesday midweeks, we will be meditating upon the Passion of Christ according to St. Matthew’s Gospel.
  • Unless noted, our normal Thursday schedule will continue as normal (9:00-9:45 am: Individual Confession & Absolution, 10:00-10:45 am: Matins, 11:00 am-12:00 pm: Bible Study).

HOLY WEEK

• Palm Sunday (3/29) – 10:00 a.m., Divine Service followed by our 5th Sunday Potluck
• Holy Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (3/30—4/1) – 10:00 a.m., Matins
• Maundy Thursday (4/2) – 6:00 p.m., Divine Service
• Good Friday (4/3) – 6:00 p.m. Good Friday Service
• Holy Saturday (4/4) – 6:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR
• Easter Sunday (4/5) – 10:00 a.m., Divine Service

I pray you are able to attend some or all of these extra opportunities to “Listen to Him”!

Peace in Christ,

Pastor Laws

Update on the Website

Hello Family of Faith,

I have shared some of this at our last Council and Voter’s Assembly, but I wanted to give you all an update on our new website.

A New Website???

• Why a new website? Our current setup has been having a lot of problems, particularly as we have been experimenting with self/digital hosting to save on hosting costs.
• Bryan is working on the server, purchasing equipment and getting the technical/hardware side set up, as mentioned in our January Voter’s Assembly.
• I am working on building the website and writing the pages for it.

Status

• In the early weeks of January (when we had Bible class on break), I began writing and designing a new website for Faith.
• It will be launched in the next month or two in a simple state, and in the coming months it will be expanded.
• Content from our old site will be moved over, with special attention to Pastor McCoy’s Scholia audio and e-books.

A Few Final Notes

• Our sermon feed or website may have times when it is down in the meantime. This is due to our initial move to self/digital hosting not playing well with WordPress.
• Moving to a static-site generator (Hugo) will reduce/eliminate those problems. In the last decade, static sites have grown in usage due to how fast they can run compared to bulkier sites.
• Since this is not my (Pastor Laws’) primary field, things are taking a while, but I am excited to learn this new skill and about the potential for this new website for communication and catechesis.

Peace in Christ,

Pastor Laws

Fall 2025 Voter’s Assembly

Dear Family of Faith,

Our Fall Voter’s Assembly will take place on November 2nd, 2025.

Please find attached my report, along with a resolution I will be bringing to our Voter’s Assembly. There is also a paper copy in your mailbox at Church.

Peace in Christ,

Pastor Laws

Fall 2025 Voter’s Report

To Establish Evening Divine Services on Certain Church Festivals (2025)

Luther Classical College Visit

Dear Family of Faith,

This Sunday, October 26, 2025, we will have a special presentation during our Sunday School hour, 8:45-9:45 am.

Pastor Timothy Rossow will speak about an Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregation in Wyoming which started a college, and now has students applying from all over the country, and even internationally. This college is founded on the new/old practice of classical education and is at the forefront of this growing movement in the country and in the LCMS. This is the very philosophy of education used by the Lutheran Reformation and by C.F.W. Walther from the founding of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

Pastor Rossow will also be preaching for our Divine Service.

Come and join us for this fascinating presentation, and to celebrate the Reformation’s rediscovery of the Holy Scriptures and justification by grace through faith in Christ!

– Pastor Laws

Check out Luther Classical College’s website for more information, and to subscribe to their quarterly journal (Christian Culture) and monthly newsletter (Ad Fontes): https://www.lutherclassical.org/

Adults’ Sunday School: Studying Luther’s Large Catechism

Greetings!

This year, our Adult Sunday School will be walking through Luther’s Large Catechism, exploring the Scriptures and the chief teachings of the Christian faith. Each week we’ll read about 20 paragraphs together—about one commandment per session for the Fall Quarter.

If you don’t already own a copy of the Large Catechism, let Pastor Laws know and we’ll get you a paperback copy. If you have a Book of Concord, you already have it inside. Pastor will be using Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions (Reader’s Edition of the Book of Concord). If you use another translation, you’ll still be able to follow along, provided your edition has paragraph numbers.

Recommended editions (available from CPH or Amazon):
1. Luther’s Large Catechism (with Study Questions) – Paperback
2. Martin Luther’s Small and Large Catechisms – Leather Cover Edition
3. The Book of Concord: Reader’s Edition

Fall Reading Plan
We’ll begin September 7 with Luther’s Prefaces and then move through the Ten Commandments this Fall. You can download the full Fall reading plan here:

> Fall 2025 Large Catechism Study (PDF)

I look forward to learning, praying, and growing together as we sit at the feet of Christ’s Word and hear how Dr. Luther taught the Word of Truth in a simple and clear way!

Peace in Christ,

Pastor Laws

Summer Voter’s Assembly

Dear Family of Faith,

The documents below were placed in the mailboxes of every member this past Saturday. Please read these and give your consideration to them before our upcoming Voter’s Assembly on August 3rd, following the Divine Service.

The first is an update on KRRC, and the second is a motion to host a Continuing Education class at Faith next summer. They will both be revised based on any feedback I receive from now until August 2nd, and then presented to the Voter’s Assembly for consideration.

For the KRRC update, we are looking for member(s) of the congregation to come alongside myself to seek underwriting for KRRC. KRRC is not paid for by the Church budget, and requires outside funding to stay open. In order to keep our radio station operating, we will need volunteers as we had in the past. If you are interested, please speak to me.

Peace in Christ from Grass Valley, CA!

– Pastor Laws

A Ministry Decision Before Us

Continuing Education Motion

No Matins/Bible Class for Thursday, November 28th, 2024.

Hello, Pastor Laws here.

Just wanted to reiterate what was in our announcements on Sunday, that our normal Matins & Bible Class is taking a week off for Thanksgiving. It will resume next Thursday.

Peace in Christ,

Pastor