Caring and Serving

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“This is love—the God who became a human baby for us, who suffered for us, who rose from the dead to give us everlasting life. This is love, shining into our own darkness to give us joy and salvation.” 

Lutheran Hour Ministries Daily Devotions – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life 

End-of-Life Conversations Event at St. John's

Thanks to all who attended and helped with the End-of-Life Conversations event hosted by Portage Area Lutherans for Life.  A special thank you to our speakers:  Dr. Aric Fenske, Bob Mendrala, Linda Kruger and Jennifer Chvojicek.

Links to resources that were discussed at the event: 

• Christian Medical Directives  
• Final Victory: Contemplating the Death and Funeral of a Christian
• The Basics on Advance Directives: Thy Will Be Done
• Ventilators, Feeding Tubes, and Other End-of-Life Questions

Watch here for our next 14-week session, Fall 2026.

Suggested Free-Will Donation of $25

More information at GriefShare.org click here. 

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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.” (2 Corinthians 1:3–6, ESV)