Gimli Lutheran Church

09/13/2026

Gimli Lutheran Church Blessing of the Backpacks Sunday Sept 13 @10:30 ( During Worship Time) Spread the Word

09/13/2026

09/13/2026

Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 2001, a day of unimaginable violence changed countless lives.

Today we remember.

We remember those who died in New York, at the Pentagon, and aboard Flight 93.

We remember first responders, caregivers, chaplains, neighbors and strangers who moved toward suffering to help.

We remember survivors and families whose lives were forever changed, and those who continue to live with illness, trauma and grief.

And as people called to ministries of service and accompaniment, we ask what faithful remembrance asks of us now.

May memory deepen our compassion rather than our fear.

May grief strengthen our commitment to peace rather than hatred.

May we resist every attempt to divide neighbors from one another because of religion, race or nationality.

And may we continue to show up wherever people are hurting, carrying the love of Christ into a world still longing for healing.

God of mercy, hold all who grieve.
Make us instruments of your peace.
Teach us the ways that lead to reconciliation, justice and hope.

Amen.

09/13/2026

“Welcome those who are weak in faith but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions.”
—Romans 14:1

The church has never been a community where everyone thinks alike.

Paul knew that.

The early Christians disagreed about food, worship, religious practices and what faithful living should look like. His response was not to tell them that their differences did not matter.

He reminded them that something mattered more:
“God has welcomed them.”

That can be difficult to remember when disagreements become sharp and we are certain we are right.

But Christian community is not built by sorting people into those who belong and those who do not. We belong because God has welcomed us.

Diakonia calls us to practice that welcome: listening before judging, making room for difference, protecting one another’s dignity and remembering that the person across from us is also beloved by God.

We do not have to agree about everything to belong to one another.
God has welcomed them.
God has welcomed us.
May we welcome one another.

09/13/2026

Original Post from The Abiding Place page

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory,
forever and ever.
Amen.

09/08/2026

Psalm 34:18

“The Lord is near to the broken-hearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”

God of compassion and mercy, our hearts are heavy with grief as we mourn the tragic deaths of four young people.
We pray especially for their families, friends, classmates, neighbours, and all whose lives have been forever changed by this terrible accident. Surround them with your loving presence in these days when words seem inadequate and sorrow is so deep.
We pray for the wider communities touched by this tragedy—for young people who have lost friends, for teachers and schools, for first responders, medical personnel, and all who came to help. Grant them comfort, strength, and peace.
O God, you promise to be near to the broken-hearted. Be near to us now. In the questions that have no answers, in the tears that continue to fall, and in the emptiness left behind, remind us that we do not walk through this valley alone.
Into your eternal care we commend these four precious young lives. May their memories be held tenderly among us and may the love they shared continue to live in the hearts of all who knew them. Give comfort to those who mourn, strength for the days ahead, and the peace of Christ that holds us even in our deepest sorrow. Amen

Our Deepest Condolences to the families who have been affected by this tragic loss. Our Prayers continue to be with you.

08/16/2026

We surprised Tom with a Celebration for his Birthday...We are truly Blessed here at Gimli Lutheran to have Tom as a Congregational and Worship Leader.

08/16/2026

The Seeds We Sow - Galatians 6:7-9 (KJV)
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Every day the soil of our lives receives seed. There is no neutral moment. The thoughts we allow to linger, the words we speak, the way we meet another person, and the quiet posture of our hearts all fall into the ground. God has spoken the unchanging law: whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. He will not be mocked.

The harvest will match the seed.

• We can sow love or hate.
• We can sow listening or interrupting.
• We can sow understanding or misunderstanding.
• We can sow contentment or discontentment.
• We can sow balance or imbalance.
• We can sow peace or chaos, confidence or insecurity, certainty or uncertainty, assurance or doubt, courage or fear, trust or distrust.

Each choice is a seed.

▪️The flesh is always ready with its familiar packets:

• the sharp reply that interrupts,

• the restless discontent that refuses rest,

• the imbalance that drains both body and spirit,

• the misunderstanding that hardens into distance.

▪️Yet the Spirit offers better seed.

📍LOVE that chooses the good of another.

📍LISTENING that makes space for a soul to be heard.

📍UNDERSTANDING that seeks to know rather than to win.

📍CONTENTMENT that rests in what God has already given.

📍BALANCE that honors both the need for strength and the need for stillness.

These are seeds sown to the Spirit, and they will produce life everlasting.

The danger is not that we will sow nothing. The danger is that we will sow without noticing.

One hurried interruption,
one unchecked wave of discontent,
one day of living out of balance,
one moment of choosing to misunderstand rather than to understand - these are seeds of the flesh, and they will grow corruption.

One deliberate choice to listen fully,
one quiet return to contentment,
one steady step back into balance,
one patient seeking of true understanding - these are seeds of the Spirit, and they will grow a harvest of righteousness.

Do not grow weary in well doing. The season of reaping is coming. Keep sowing the good seed in the ordinary hours. Keep breaking up the hard ground where old patterns of hate, interruption, misunderstanding, discontentment, and imbalance have taken root.

Keep seeking the Lord until He rains righteousness upon the field of your life. In due season the harvest will come, and it will not lie.

Father, open our eyes to the seed we hold in our hands each day. Forgive us for the times we have scattered hate instead of love, interruption instead of listening, misunderstanding instead of understanding, discontentment instead of contentment, imbalance instead of balance. By Your Spirit teach us to sow what brings life. Make us faithful in the small plantings so that the fruit of righteousness may rise from the ground of our lives. Keep us from growing weary. Let every seed we sow today honor You.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

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