Bethany Lutheran Church – West Branch, Iowa

Yesterday in worship we gave thanks to God for all God has done; especially for the reconciling work of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, on the cross and through His resurrection.  Through this work we believe we are able to stand before God as saints as Christ has taken away the sin that so often covers us.  This is good news and sheer grace.

On this day, we give thanks and remember those saints who have died in the past year and those newly baptized saints in the past year.  This year we also recognized our “senior” saints among us (those 80 and over).  We were fortunate several were able to worship with us.  Here is a photo of those present.

Once again, the West Branch Area Religious Council is hosting a Community Prayer Service of Peace and Healing.  This will take place on Sunday, October 30 at 5:30 p.m. at Bethany.  This is a short service and involves prayer around the cross similar to what we do on Wednesday evenings in Lent.  See the flier below.

Prayer Service of Peace Flier