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Rev. Steven E. Thomas, Pastor

      Pastor Steven Thomas was born in Houston, Texas. He graduated from New Mexico Tech with a BS in Chemistry. He was working as a chemist in Baltimore for a few years, and then decided to pursue the dream of being a pastor. In 1993, Pastor Steve graduated from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. He is married to Pastor LaDonna Thomas who serves at St. David Lutheran Church in Hanover, PA. They have one daughter, Rebekah.

      Pastor Steve enjoys kayaking, reading, and motorcycling. Pastor Steve’s passion is always looking for greater understanding - especially in how our expanding scientific knowledge reveals additional wonders of God.

      Some of his favorite books are The Bible (of course), Awareness by Anthony DeMello, The Shack by William P. Young, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, E=mc2 by David Bodanis, and the Tolkein trilogy.

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Sample Sermon

The Prodigal Son

Theodicy Sin Suffering

What Life Is All About

Keeping Sabbath

Jessus the Prism of Life

Malaria is a killer.

It is a disease that is preventable.

It is a disease that kills 800,000 people every year. Most of them are under 5 years old.

Can you imagine that kind of pain and loss –

And on such a massive scale?

    Malaria is also a disease that primarily affects the poorest people in the world. So there has not been a lot of research into a cure – until now. Because there is no money in it for the pharmaceutical industry. That is why this is primarily a church issue – because Jesus spoke a great deal about caring for the poor and how it is an essential part of our relationship with God (i.e. “The rich man and Lazarus, Lk 16:19-31 as well as all of the teachings of the Torah and the prophets of the Old Testament).

    Now the church is mobilizing to significantly address this issue. The entire Lutheran church in all of the countries of the world are uniting to strike a large blow against the devastation of Malaria. With this large, international effort, the church has also been able to enlist the partnership of governments and other service organizations to try to bring an end to this massive suffering.

    So the time is now. Not too long ago, the world had no idea that we could eliminate polio. Now it is a routine vaccination. Research has finally begun to find a cure for malaria.

    In the mean time, we can provide mosquito nets, education in how to reduce the number of mosquitoes, and medical treatment for those affected. Surprisingly enough, we have recently invented mosquito netting embedded with mosquito repellant. Now we just have to make sure that as many people as possible have those nets to protect their families.

    The time is now.

    Our special envelope for May is dedicated to helping with the Malaria Campaign. I urge you to consider as significant a gift as you can bear to help with this cause. I would also like to challenge our congregation and our congregation council to act with boldness and make a special, large, one-time donation to this significant cause.

    There are many special causes for various diseases and issues that people face. And I believe we should bless those causes when we can. However, there are few causes that are so specifically targeted to the poorest of the poor – and on such a massive scale. 800,000 die every year – mostly children – and it is preventable, with our help.

    This campaign is a chance to be a part of something that actually changes the world. Image a world, one day, where we can talk about this massive killer of malaria as a distant memory.

    May Jesus Christ guide your heart and guide our congregation in this effort

Yours,
            In Christ,
                        Pastor Steve