Dec 10
The December 2025-January 2026 edition of The Focus Newsletter is now available online via the button below: For archived issues of The Focus, see the menu under the “About” tab. If you have something to submit for the February Focus, please send it to office@oslcissaquah.org on or before Monday, January 26. If you know someone …
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Dec 04
10:00 am Worship We welcome you to worship this Sunday! This Sunday, Pr. Kristin-Luana is the presider, and Pr. Olaf is the preacher. Here is this week’s Sermon News: Earthrise, Apollo 8 (Christmas Eve, 1968)—Humanity’s first glimpse of its own world from the moon. Advent 2: Earthrise Remember the year 1968? It was a year …
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Nov 29
10:00 am Worship We welcome you to worship this Sunday! This Sunday, Pr. Olaf is the presider, and Pr. Kristin-Luana is the preacher. Here is this week’s Sermon News: Image credit: Kelly Latimore, Christ in the Rubble Digital Icon. 1. Advent, Prince of Peace, Isaiah 2:1-5 When Isaiah wrote this, in the 8th century before …
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Nov 22
10:00 am Worship We welcome you to worship this Sunday! This Sunday, Pr. Kristin-Luana is the presider, and Pr. Olaf is the preacher. Here is this week’s Sermon News: Frank James is the one on the right. This link (https://www.uaine.org/suppressed_speech.htm) leads to his thanksgiving speech written (but not delivered) for the 350th anniversary of the …
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Nov 15
10:00 am Worship We welcome you to worship this Sunday! This Sunday, Pr. Olaf is the presider and preacher because Pr. Kristin-Luana is on vacation in Canada. Here is this week’s Sermon News: Image Credit: Adamo Tadolini, St. Paul Statue in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, 1838, Vatican. Luke 12:5-19 As we continue our visioning …
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Nov 13
The Mid-November 2025 edition of The Focus Newsletter is now available online. To go to the newsletter now, click on this link: The Focus – Mid-November 2025 For archived issues of The Focus, see the menu under the “About” tab. If you have something to submit for the December/January Focus, please send it to office@oslcissaquah.org …
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Nov 11
On Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, Edmonds Lutheran Church and Edmonds United Methodist Church hosted the ecumenical event United in Faith: A Call to Action. This inspiring gathering is part of a growing national and global movement of faithful resistance—standing in solidarity to protect the integrity of our democracy, Christian values, and our shared future. During that evening …
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Nov 07
10:00 am Worship We welcome you to worship this Sunday! This Sunday, Pr. Kristin-Luana is the presider and preacher because Pr. Olaf is presiding and preaching at Mt. Si Lutheran in North Bend. Here is this week’s Sermon News: Image Credit: Adamo Tadolini, St. Paul Statue in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, 1838, Vatican. Acts …
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Oct 31
10:00 am Worship We welcome you to worship this Sunday! This Sunday, Pr. Olaf is the presider, and Pr. Kristin-Luana is the preacher. Here is this week’s Sermon News: Image Credit: Niels Larsen Stevns, Zacchaeus, 1913, Randers Kunstmuseum, Denmark Meeting Jesus in Different Ways, Luke 19:1-10 Zacchaeus is one of my favorite characters in the …
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Oct 25
10:00 am Worship We welcome you to worship this Sunday! This Sunday, Pr. Kristin-Luana is the presider, and Pr. Olaf is the preacher. Here is this week’s Sermon News: Image Credit: Original Seal of Martin Luther, October 31, 1517. Reformation Sunday, Romans 3:19-28 Lutheran Theology tells us that God’s grace is a free gift from …
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