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A Shredding Celebration

January 20, 2019 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

This morning I did a return visit to Joy Lutheran in Rockwall. It’s been over a year since my last visit, just after the retirement of their previous pastor. They are now served by Tom Schwolert, who is a Synodically Authorized Worship Leader while he goes through seminary preparation for ordination. Before worship, I got…

A Shredding Celebration

Jan 20, 2019 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

This morning I did a return visit to Joy Lutheran in Rockwall. It’s been over a year since my last visit, just after the retirement ...

ConFest!

January 16, 2019 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog By The Rev. Kris Totzke

ConFest!

Jan 16, 2019 | Pastor Totzke’s Blog

Sunday was our very first Confirmation Festival (ConFest) in the NT-NL Synod. 20 congregations from around the metroplex sent 180 students and adults to learn ...

Joyful day in Killeen!

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

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. ...