Hyde Park vibraphonist and composer Thaddeus Tukes will play at Augustana on Friday, March 22, from 7pm to 9pm at a benefit to raise money for Shelley Barnard, our parish administrator, during a time of low income and high medical bills for her and her family. You can help by: ++buying tickets for both you … More An Evening with Thaddeus Tukes for Shelley Barnard

Since I preached about the four martyred church women in El Salvador, The New York Times published a story that gives the full picture of how those long ago events still reverberate today. “MS-13, Trump, and America’s Stake in El Salvador’s GangWar: U.S. investment is guiding the fight to contain the violence in El Salvador, … More Four Martyred Church Women in El Salvador

by Lise Sveen December 13th is the feast day of Santa Lucia, commemorating Lucia of Syracuse. She was martyred in 304 by Diocletian. Lucia and her mother were nobles. Lucia was engaged to be married to a pagan. Her mother had had a long and serious illness, and Lucia prayed at the tomb of the … More Why Do We Celebrate Sankta Lucia?

On Sunday, November 11th, as a part of our Stewardship focus in November, we worked through an exercise on stewarding our health and families as we look ahead to the reality of our deaths.  This exercise is intended as a communications tool – to help us clarify our thoughts and communicate them with family and … More Stewarding our Health and Families

November 2018 Dear Members and Friends of Augustana: As the Augustana community works on our plans for ministry at Augustana in 2019, we also need to think about our personal financial engagement in that ministry.  Practically speaking, we need to estimate our income for budget purposes, but just as importantly, this is a time for … More Deepening Roots, Growing Branches, Bearing Fruit

We set our clocks back one hour this Sunday, November 4th.

  What a fun Oktoberfest celebration we had last Sunday!  Augustana members really stepped up their game with the potluck items they brought – a big thank you to everyone who brought a dish, they were delicious! A word of thanks, also, to the group that organized this year’s event – especially the work of … More Thanks for a Great Oktoberfest!

Lutherans believe in the sainthood of all believers, so every year we remember those who are gone on the first Sunday of November, All Saints Day. If you have lost someone this past year, or if you continue to feel the weight of a less recent loss, please record their name in the Book of … More The Book of Life

Nursery Attendant Needed Augustana has an opening for a nursery attendant. We need someone for the second service only and will pay $20 per Sunday. If you love small children and feel capable of watching a dozen at a time, please talk to Pastor Goede or Carolyn Rahaman about the position.

Augustana’s annual Oktoberfest celebration is this Sunday, October 28th after worship in the fellowship hall (and in the courtyard if the weather cooperates).  Organizing committee for this year’s Oktoberfest is Jim Vondracek, John Nielsen, Bennie Currie, Max Kellogg and Gary Worcester.  Bruce Tammen is providing his homemade bratwurst and Jim and Chris Barnard brewed a … More Oktoberfest – Sunday October 28th