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Joyful day in Killeen!

January 12, 2019 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

We had a joyful celebration at Immanuel Lutheran in Killeen this weekend, as we celebrated the installation of their new pastor Veronica Webber Smith. Pr. Smith and her family moved here from Washington state in December to begin their new chapter in Texas As usual, most of the Heart of Texas pastors showed up…

Joyful day in Killeen!

Jan 12, 2019 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

We had a joyful celebration at Immanuel Lutheran in Killeen this weekend, as we celebrated the installation of their new pastor Veronica Webber Smith. Pr. ...

Epiphany Sunday at Central

January 7, 2019 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Epiphany Sunday at Central

Jan 7, 2019 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

Epiphany only falls on a Sunday every seven years and I was fortunate to get to preach on one of those rare Epiphanies this year ...

Shreveport, LA

December 21, 2018 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Shreveport, LA

Dec 21, 2018 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

We only have two congregations that qualify as the NL portion of NT-NL, and I finally made it to both of them on one Sunday. ...

Congregational Care

December 21, 2018 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Congregational Care

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Most of the time, the congregational care component of my call encompasses transitions and call process. Occasionally it means working with conflict situations. But I ...

Into the Future

December 21, 2018 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Into the Future

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One of the joys of my call is working with Candidacy. In many ways, it feels like working with confirmation students but on a whole ...

Thankoffering Service at Calvary

December 16, 2018 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

Thankoffering Service at Calvary

Dec 16, 2018 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

In the ELCA, there is a tradition that the Women of the ELCA have practiced for years just before Thanksgiving – the women’s Thankoffering Service. ...