Atonement Lutheran Church and Piedmont Valley Lutheran Church
Christ our Savior is Born! We will not be having our regular morning services on Sunday, December 24th.
We will instead be holding Christmas Eve service at Atonement Lutheran Church, 4 pm, and Piedmont Valley Lutheran Church 6:30 pm. Sunday, December 24th.
*There will be no Christmas day service at either Church on December 25th.
Please take a moment and fill out the Congregational Vitality Survey for Atonement Lutheran.
There are no wrong or right answers as we want your honest and true opinions. This is a tool to begin a conversation and new ways of working together to strengthen the whole church and gain insights on the ministry at Atonement, and to move the ministry forward to more effectively participate in the mission of God.
Click the link below to be taken directly to the survey.
You are invited to join Pastor Sonja Pilman’s last day with us for a
farewell brunch as a parish, Atonement & Piedmont Valley
at Piedmont Valley Lutheran Church,
Sunday April 16 starting at around 11:30 AM.
After attending the worship service at 9 AM you may help with preparing and
setting up food or enjoy coffee and conversations until Atonement arrives after their service
for brunch and pictures with Pastor Sonja. Hope to see you there!
Read Pastor’s Letter to the Congregation here:
Today’s Bible reading and devotion from Christ in Our Home is read by Carla Garner, Piedmont Valley Lutheran Church.
May you journey well through Holy Week and be inspired by these words:
Today’s Bible reading and devotion from Christ in Our Home is read by Larry Bailly from Atonement Lutheran Church.
May you journey well through Holy Week and be inspired by these words:
Today’s Bible reading and devotion from Christ in Our Home is read by Jane Cecil from Atonement Lutheran Church.
May you journey well through Holy Week and be inspired by these words:
What is true humility?
Holy Week begins on Sunday, April 2 with Palm / Passion Sunday, where there is only one truly humble person in the story: Jesus the Christ. You are invited to carry this theme of humility through to Easter.
Every day, in each story, look for the one you regard as humble. Think about: Why did you think that particular person is humble? And then reflect on yourself, how does your humility compare?
Look for growth in people’s characters. Are there characters who seem to gain or lose humility in the course of the story from the triumphant entry to the resurrection?
We recorded devotional videos for you to watch Monday, then Tuesday, and Wednesday (April 3-5) on our website under News. Then we have services on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Saturday Easter Vigil, Easter Sunday Sunrise service and of course Easter service.
Use this time. A deep and meaningful understanding of humility is a worthy and lasting gift to take away from this season of Lent and the celebration of Easter.
Come on the ride, the ups and downs, all of it, and let it change you. Amen.
Here are the hula oops!
If you were wondering what we are doing with the hula hoops during Lent, the secret is out! We are using them as a hanging mobile for our weekly Lenten Services.
We have a cutout of an image for the theme of the evening and color it and write our thoughts and prayers on it.
Atonement already had a Lenten service, look at one of the mobiles with the cutouts! And Piedmont Valley has their mobiles ready to go for this Wednesday, March 8.
See you at Piedmont Valley at 5:45 for soup supper and 6:30 for the service! Or next week at Atonement again, same times.
With great sadness, we announce the passing of our beloved member Len Hofer. He died on Monday, February 27, 2023 and will be greatly missed.
Friday, March 3 at Piedmont Valley Lutheran Church, 16155 Spring Valley Rd, Piedmont, SD 57769 there will be a viewing at 10 AM and a funeral service at 11 AM followed by a luncheon.
Join in person or on Zoom with the following link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86922079124?pwd=b0s1NmJpNzZBT2lvcXhKdUczMHNzZz09
Passcode: 239799
The obituary can be found on the website westriverfuneral.com/obituary/Len-Hofer
Please keep Len’s family in your prayers as they mourn and find hope in blessed assurance.
Compassionate God,
give courage and faith to all who mourn, that they may have strength to meet the days ahead with steadfastness and patience; not as those who are without hope, but in thankful remembrance of your great goodness, and in the joyful expectation of eternal life in your presence, with those they love; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Amen.