Hosanna Lutheran Church

Hosanna Lutheran Church As a Christian family of faith, we are gathered to grow and sent to serve.

Women’s Retreat fun
04/19/2026

Women’s Retreat fun

We are here and ready for you! Looking forward to your arrival! 😃
04/17/2026

We are here and ready for you! Looking forward to your arrival! 😃

03/14/2026

Weather Update – Sunday Worship Cancelled

Out of an abundance of caution due to the weather, all activities at Hosanna for Sunday, March 15 are cancelled. The safety of our members and community comes first, and we want everyone to stay safe.

Take care, stay warm.

God, we long to see ourselves as you do because we know that like that day in the Galilee, there is still work to do.Lik...
03/12/2026

God, we long to see ourselves as you do because we know that like that day in the Galilee, there is still work to do.
Like that day on the hillside, this world is full of people who are hungry. We are hungry for justice, hungry for companionship, hungry for reasons to hope.
Like that day on the hillside, this world is full of people who need healing. We need healing for our bodies, healing for our minds, healing for broken relationships.
And like that day on the hillside, there is surely enough to go around, but we doubt and deny that truth.

So call us again, loving God.
Say our names.
Hand us the baskets of bread and fish.
Tell us it’s our turn.
Help us see ourselves the way you see us, for we know that together the impossible is possible.

—prayer by Rev. Sarah A. Speed |

“The same power that turned five loaves and two fish into a feast for thousands—with leftovers—empowers us ‘to accomplis...
03/11/2026

“The same power that turned five loaves and two fish into a feast for thousands—with leftovers—empowers us ‘to accomplish far more abundantly than all we can ask or imagine.’ Do we allow this truth to settle into our bones and animate our actions?

I’ll admit, I tried to avoid this passage because it felt overly optimistic in light of today’s world. People still go hungry. Wars rage. The earth groans under our misuse. Yet if we reimagine the systems we created, studies show it is possible for every human being to have what they need. That would require massive restructuring, international cooperation, and the reallocation of resources—but not more than we already possess. We don’t need a miracle of multiplication. We simply need to use what we’ve been given.”

—from the artist’s statement for “Far More Abundantly” by Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman |

Out-of-the-box God, I dream of a vibrant church full of intergenerational joy. I dream of a country without hunger and a...
03/10/2026

Out-of-the-box God, I dream of a vibrant church full of intergenerational joy. I dream of a country without hunger and a world without war. I dream of a neighborhood where we know each other’s names, and a city where we eradicate poverty. I have dreams stacked upon dreams and can’t help but wonder—what if they aren’t impossible? Show me the work that is mine to do. Amen.

—prayer by Rev. Sarah A. Speed |

“God does not start with the problem: How do we feed all these people? God starts with what God has—which is everything,...
03/09/2026

“God does not start with the problem: How do we feed all these people? God starts with what God has—which is everything, held in her hands. And God also starts with what God has given us—five loaves, two fish. With God, all things are possible because God knows that God is always… God. It’s us who break faith, it’s us who listen to scarcity, it’s us who fear our own hunger. Our God is a God of abundance. However loud the scarcity of the world grates, God delights in feeding the hungry, in accomplishing what we dare not imagine.”

—Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail (.mcmizzie), from her commentary on Mark 6:32-44 and Ephesians 3:20-21 |

“Jesus did not have a microphone. It was the people in the front who passed the still, small voice of God back to those ...
03/08/2026

“Jesus did not have a microphone. It was the people in the front who passed the still, small voice of God back to those behind them. It was the people in the front who passed more than enough food back to those who were hungry. In our propaganda-filled global information system, we must remember: God is not holding the mic. God is present in the still, small voice and in the smallest offerings, multiplying one by one. The message, the compassion, the corners of bread, and the pieces of fish all return in abundance.”

—from the artist’s statement for “Scarce Abundance” by Hannah Garrity |

God made us in God’s image, each person whom we meet,Extravagantly loving all of humanitySo I’ll return the love which h...
03/07/2026

God made us in God’s image, each person whom we meet,
Extravagantly loving all of humanity
So I’ll return the love which has formed me from the start
Loving my creator, myself, and every heart

—from the hymn “I Come With My Devotion” by Rev. Anna Strickland |

Holy One, we humans are more similar than we are different. We long to be loved. We long to be seen. We long to be heard...
03/06/2026

Holy One, we humans are more similar than we are different. We long to be loved. We long to be seen. We long to be heard. We long to matter to someone. If I can help someone feel loved and like they matter, then I want to do just that. Open up room in my heart to give the same love that I long for. Open up room in my heart to offer the love that my neighbors deserve. Amen.

—prayer by Rev. Sarah A. Speed |

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2815 57th Street NW
Rochester, MN
55901

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