Hi everyone! Pastor Gaylene here! I hope this writing finds you all well and enjoying a great cup of coffee and this 78 degree weather!
This past week we put 24 bags together for our Blessing Bag Ministry. The Blessing Bag Ministry fills bags with non-perishable food, water, bandanas, socks, and personal hygiene items. These bags are dispersed to two of the Centers of Hope ministries and given to those who are homeless and those who are in need. These two ministries are located in Springtown and in Azle. Volunteers and donations are always needed and appreciated.
This week's message is sort of an opposite from last week’s message. This week will explore Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43. In Matthew’s writing he begins with Jesus’ parable of the wheat and the tares. Tares are a plant that will grow alongside the wheat plants and look a lot like the wheat plant. The problem is the tares are a poisonous plant and if the roots of this plant wrap itself around the wheat plant it will poison the wheat and eventually it will poison the flour which is made from the wheat. We will focus on Matthew’s explanation of this parable. It is a very interesting explanation. I hope you will join us for worship this week and find out just how we fit into this story and God’s plan for these two plants and us! So fear not…”The Weeds Will Not Win the Day”
Hope Lutheran Church in Springtown, Texas is a come as you are, coffee drinking congregation. We welcome ALL who come through our doors. Our summer worship time begins at 9:00. We would love to see you!
Schedule for this Sunday June 19, 2026 9:00 Worship with Communion. ALL are welcome at the Lord’s table of grace, mercy and forgiveness.
Following worship…Council Meeting
Come and see. Come as you are. Come and worship. Come and fellowship.
See you Sunday and as always…the coffee pot will be hot! Love ya’, PGC (Pastor Gaylene Chrystie)
