On All Saints’ Day in 2009, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in North Plainfield, New Jersey, closed its doors for a final time. This book is a love story, a eulogy, good words spoken from and about the last years of a congregation’s ministry.
This book is not an instructional handbook, it’s a memoir of a pastor and her people written to provide comfort and encouragement for others walking through similar journeys. The chapters narrate the challenging conversations, bold generosity, and faithful witness they chose in closing.
Eulogy for a Faithful Church speaks of a congregation who looked at their resources and capacity and asked, “Given this reality, how do we be the church? How can we best make the gospel known?” Then, with grief, sacrifice, and trust in God, the people chose to say goodbye to both a sacred place and a beloved community. Their story, woven together with Scripture, names the faithfulness of a community of faith which chose to die and, in doing so, found new life.
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Eulogy for a Faithful Church
The Story of a Congregation’s Courageous Ending and Enduring Legacy
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The Story of a Congregation’s Courageous Ending and Enduring Legacy
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- 1. Summer 2006
- 2. November 2006
- 3. December 2006
- 4. 2007–2008
- 5. 2008
- 6. 2008
- 7. Summer 2008
- 8. Fall 2008
- 9. January 2009
- 10. February 2009
- 11. 2009
- 12. Eastertide 2009
- 13. Spring 2009
- 14. June 2009
- 15. Summer 2009
- 16. August 2009
- 17. All Saints’ Day 2009
- 18. All Saints’ Day 2006
- 19. November 2009
- 20. Winter 2009–2010
- 21. 2010-Present
- 22. 2009-present
- 23. 2023
- 24. 2009-Now
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