Genesee Lutheran Parish: St John and Genesee Valley

07/08/2026

Temporary, shortened worship next week and some future weeks! This upcoming Sunday, we will gather for the shortened Service of the Word, but WITH Communion (those don’t usually go together, we know. . .). This will be the 2nd and 3rd Sundays for July and August, and maybe one in September.

This is because we will be responding to the Church wide request for discussion on the following:

“Dear Siblings in Christ,
The task force leading the ELCA in reconsideration of a subsection of the social statement Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust is excited to share an opportunity for you and your congregation to participate in this important work this summer.
The task force has released a new study to foster conversation across this church and to generate feedback that will guide its work.”

07/05/2026

Not sure what the algorithm is doing. . . and why it’s not showing recent posts most recently. . .

THERE IS NO WORSHIP TODAY! Worship at another church of your choice on this 5th of July!

06/30/2026

Dear friends, due to so few being in town, there will be NO worship on the 5th!

Please worship at another church of your choice, wherever you may be!

Safe travels for the 4th!

06/21/2026

Worship at home or a church of your choice today!
There is NO Dwelling in the Word today 6/21.

Happy Fathers Day to all fathers and father figures!

06/13/2026

3rd Sunday after Pentecost. The laborers might be few, but the Lord will be witj them. And with you too!

Genesee Lutheran Parish; Genesee, Idaho; Paul Collins, Lay Pastor; ...

06/07/2026

06/07/2026

Today we hear the call to follow Jesus. In doing so, we join Christ at his table, where we are healed and raised from death. Come to worship, and may your faith make you well.

Genesee Valley Lutheran Church
9 am
1844 Old highway 95

05/30/2026

https://youtu.be/pkYRr850mEk

Oh, my! Paul, what a challenge you had on THIS message! As a life-long Lutheran, I hadn't really thought about what others were thinking about the Holy Trinity! But you with your background and experiences, you truly had a right to challenge the concept of Three in One!

For those who ARE NOT Lutherans and who think that we are "wacky" in our beliefs, Paul really does delve into the REASON that we Lutherans accept and believe that God, Jesus, & Holy Spirit are a Triune God!

Don't watch this unless you plan on watching beyond about SIX MINUTES of the video. chuckle. Thanks! Verna

Genesee Valley Lutheran ChurchGenesee, IdahoPaul Collins , one of...

05/05/2026

Yes, I know it's the wrong season. . . but I blame Charles Dickens!

In the second verse of the hymn ‘Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”, the opening line states “Here I raise my Ebenezer". And we have Charles Dickens to blame for ruining that word for us!

The connotation of a miserly scrooge is NOT what that word, that name should represent to us. There’s an enormous amount of irony there. . . and while Dickens’ does redeem that character. . . the word ACTUALLY comes from 1st Samuel chapter 7: “Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, ‘Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

If the Holy Spirit, our Advocate were a physical object, the Spirit would be an Ebenezer. Ebenezer means “stone of help.” The exceptionally helpful website gotquestions.org summarizes this quite beautifully: “From then on, every time an Israelite saw the stone erected by Samuel, he would have a tangible reminder of the Lord’s power and protection. The “stone of help” marked the spot where the enemy had been routed and God’s promise to bless His repentant people had been honored. The Lord had helped them, all the way to Ebenezer.”

If ya wanna know more. . . join me at the Valley Lutheran Church this Sunday at 9 AM. Synod Authorized Minister Paul leads worship.