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Four Mile in Mabank

October 10, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

It has been many, many months since my last congregational visit. But it’s time to slowly resume. Pr. Joan Iker just retired so my first road trip was to worship…

Four Mile in Mabank

Oct 10, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

It has been many, many months since my last congregational visit. But it’s time to slowly resume. Pr. Joan Iker just retired so my first ...

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Welcome, The Rev. Adam Stockton

August 9, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Welcome, The Rev. Adam Stockton

Aug 9, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

If you had told me a year ago that an Ordination would look like this, I would have told you that you’re crazy. Handful of ...

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Our Saviour’s, Durant

March 7, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Our Saviour’s, Durant

Mar 7, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

It had been a couple of years since my last visit to Our Saviour’s in Durant, OK, but Pr. Jeff Corson left at the end ...

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Welcome, Pr. Moises Carrasquillo!

February 25, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Welcome, Pr. Moises Carrasquillo!

Feb 25, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

The reason I had to leave Resurrection before their program ended was to join the congregation of First Sagrada Familia in Garland for the installation ...

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Resurrection, Plano

February 25, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Resurrection, Plano

| Pastor Totzke’s Blog

Sunday morning brought me to Resurrection Lutheran in Plano. It’s been almost three years since my last visit to this congregation, after our Synod Assembly ...

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Leadership for Faithful Innovation

February 24, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Leadership for Faithful Innovation

Feb 24, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

A couple of years ago, Luther Seminary invited our Synod to be part of a pilot program to develop new ways of thinking about ministry. ...

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Lutheran Campus Ministry Denton

February 24, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Lutheran Campus Ministry Denton

| Pastor Totzke’s Blog

A couple of decades ago, I thought I may someday be doing Campus Ministry if I was lucky. I’m under no illusion that it could ...

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Grace, Abilene

February 9, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Grace, Abilene

Feb 9, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

Since I am on return visits to many congregations now, I need to find new things to share in these blogs. Today I was back ...

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Ericksdahl Smorgasbord

February 8, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Ericksdahl Smorgasbord

Feb 8, 2020 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

Every two years, Bethel Lutheran in Ericksdahl (Avoca) hosts a Swedish Smorgasbord that serves close to 500 people (including the workers). This is quite an ...

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Welcome, Pr. Ben Dueholm

November 18, 2019 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Welcome, Pr. Ben Dueholm

Nov 18, 2019 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

Following my morning in Shreveport, I drove back to the Metroplex in time for the installation service at Christ Lutheran in Dallas. Pr. Ben Dueholm ...

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