Pastor Goede Third Sunday of Easter 2020 Most of you have seen in the prayer requests that my mom continues in hospice. I think she will likely live several more weeks, but it’s always difficult to say for sure. She’s tiny and curled up now. She worried about her weight after she entered middle age, … More The Creative Hope of Resurrection

The Hyde Park Refugee Project is currently preparing to resettle their sixth family in the spring. Be on the lookout for future requests for gently used clothing, furniture, and household goods. They will also be needing volunteers to teach English to both children and adults, and to show the family how to navigate bureaucratic ropes … More Hyde Park Refugee Project

This Sunday, 1.19.20, Shelley Barnard will conclude the adult forum series on comparing related Assyrian and Bibical texts. She’ll lead us in a discussion of the Mesopotamian poem The Righteous Sufferer, which tells the story of the unjust suffering of a righteous man, and compare it to the biblical story of Job. Adult forum is … More Connecting Assyrian and Biblical Texts

Annual Meeting on January 26, 2020, at 12:15pm Please plan on staying after the second service (or coming back after the first one) on January 26 for our Annual Meeting. We have some important items on our agenda this year, particularly the adoption of a 2020 budget, the election of new Council members, and voting … More Annual Meeting – 1.26.20

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Worship December 24, 4:30pm — Christmas Eve service with children’s nativityDecember 24, 8:00pm — Christmas Eve service with choirDecember 25, 10:45am — Christmas Day service

Do you like Christmas cookies? If the answer is yes (and how could it be otherwise?) please join us on Saturday Dec 21 at 1 pm for an afternoon of Christmas cookie baking at Augustana. Bring the ingredients for 5 dozen of your favorite cookies (or more than one type if you like) and bakers … More Christmas Cookie Baking

Darkest NightSaturday, December 21, at 7pm Not everyone feels so holly-jolly at this time of the year. If you feel lost, alone, or afraid, let the light of Christ break into this longest, darkest night of the year.

Christmas caroling at Montgomery PlaceThursday, December 12, at 5pm, 6pm & 7:15pm A fun evening of visiting homebound members and our friends at Montgomery Place. We sing to rehab patients on the second floor at 5pm, visit homebound members at 6pm and return to Montgomery Place to sing with residents at 7:15pm. Come for all … More Christmas Caroling

Advent Evening Prayer is an opportunity to step away from the holiday frenzy of advertising, jingles and commercialism. Hit the ‘reset’ button at Augustana and spend a quiet hour preparing for the Light of the World. Wednesday December 4th at 7 pm: With our partners in the South Conference at First Trinity Lutheran Church, Bridgeport, … More Advent Evening Prayer

Augustana’s annual celebration of our Swedish origins, our commemoration of Sankta Lucia (Saint Lucy) is coming up on Sunday December 15th at the 10:45 am service. We’ll celebrate with a potluck afterwards. Please look for the sign-up sheets in the narthex, for volunteers for the pageant and for the potluck. Last year, Lise Sveen wrote … More Feastday of Sankta Lucia, Dec. 15th