Upcoming Events

Please join us for worship and Holy Communion every Sunday at 10 am - all are welcome! Masks and social distancing are required. Worship services will also be livestreamed and can be accessed here.  

James Linden of Troop 704 is working on his Eagle Scout rank and is going to use the landscaping at LMLC for his service project. He has planned a native wildflower and pollinator habitat garden within the Tom’s Creek Road landscaping bed. According to his plan, he will clear a portion of the bed of invasive plants and will add the following plants: 

· Coneflowers

· Black-eyed Susans

· Mountain Mint

· Bee Balm

· Butterfly Weed

· Joe-Pye Weed

· Red Twig Dogwood

The different color plants will attract a variety of pollinators. The sidewalk location will be a high visibility area which can educate students and the public about the role of pollinator gardens. James anticipates that the project will be completed by June 2025.

How you can help:

· Share perennials (listed above) from your garden.

· Volunteer to help.  Stay tuned for work days!

· Contribute to offset the cost of plants and supplies for this project.

· Prayerful support James in his work and all creation.

For further information or donations contact Nancy Prichard, bruprich@aol.com 

Do you like to sew, quilt, knit or work with fabric? Join us on Tuesday, June 10 from 1:30-3:30pm in Fellowship Hall. Bring a project to work on, ideas to share, and your creativity. We will discuss how we might serve Christ Jesus with our talents: previous projects have included making quilts for the Von Bora Haus residents, prayer shawls and other items to donate to folks in need.  

 Questions? Contact LMLC Member Susan Pautler, spautler1@yahoo.com.

This year the Fellowship Committee plans to observe quarterly Birthday Fellowship celebrations as follows:

June 8: June, July & August Birthdays

Sept 28: September, October & November Birthdays

Dec 7: December Birthdays & Advent Fellowship

We need hosts for the June 8th, Sept 28th and Dec 7th celebrations. Please email Carla Liversedge or Marcia Barrow if you can host! If you have not provided your birthday month to the Church Office, please email the LMLC Office with your information.  

Luther Memorial Lutheran Church will celebrate its 140th anniversary as a congregation on Sunday,       April 19, 2026. The Anniversary Committee is collecting photos of LMLC events, worship and members, as well as historical documents related to the congregation's life and traditions. The committee will create displays and slideshows with these items for our celebration worship and luncheon.

We can accept these items either as digital files or hard copies. Please email digital photos or files to Carol Reynolds (carolreynolds691@gmail.com) or Marcia at the church office (luther@lmlc.com).       

For photo prints or hard copies of documents, news clippings, etc., please drop them off at the       church office. Please write your name on the back of your items, as well as an approximate date of the photo; we will scan items and return to you. 

We will invite former clergy and congregation members to join us for the official celebration: if you       have addresses of previous members to share, please email that contact info to the Anniversary Committee chairperson, Diane Catley (dwcatley@gmail.com). 

If you have questions about our 140th celebration or want to help with the event, please contact a       committee member: Linda Libey, Susan Pautler, Isis Quinlan, Carol Reynolds, Pastor Bryan Katz, Diane Catley or Pastor Monica.                    

Happy New Year! May 2025 be a time of faithfulness, joy and peace. You're invited to participate in the following faith activity:

Read the Bible chronologically. Every day, you read a few chapters in the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, organized to explore the story of God and God's people across the passage of history. Any NRSV Bible will work, and you can find a schedule here: Chronological Bible Reading

Participants will be invited to gather on occasion to discuss their experiences of reading Scripture chronologically, and how it changed their relationship with God in Christ Jesus. Our first discussion will take place in February, stay tuned!

The Luther Forum adult Bible Study will be on break during the summer months.  Class will resume at 8:45am on September 11, 2025 with the study focusing on the Book of Revelation.

Please check the LMLC calendar for the choir rehearsal dates!   If you have any questions or would like to join the fun, please email Amy! 🎶 

The Thursday morning 8 am Men’s Bible Study meets weekly on Thursdays at 8 am via Zoom. The focus of this men's Bible Study is to study the Gospel reading designated by the Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday. Please contact Bill King or Mark Pierson if you have any questions.  

Interested in joining The Well Campus Ministry for upcoming events?  Check the Luther Memorial calendar to find out what's happening, read the weekly e-mail on The Well website page, visit The Well Facebook page, or e-mail thewell@lmlc.org and ask to receive the weekly e-mail about upcoming activities!  

Peace and Hope, a new digital Synod Authorized Worshipping Community in the Virginia Synod, launched in June 2021 to provide a place for congregations to combine their gifts to provide digital worship and digital learning opportunities for individuals around the Synod.  

If you are out of town for the weekend or are in need of a digital worship service, feel free to visit www.peacehopeva.org.   Services take place at 10 am and 7 pm each Sunday and may be viewed here.  Click here to view the latest recorded worship service.  If you have any questions, reach out to Pastor Monica or Pastor Bryan. 

All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse creation.  Thanks to Rev. Colleen Montgomery of the Virginia Synod for this gift of online worship!   More information on this and Pastor Bryan Katz's Peace and Hope Digital Ministry...