The promise and its fulfillment may not look at all alike, even though they are intimately connected. Saint Paul speaks about seeds and plants as he tries to picture resurrection life. Joseph’s brothers never thought they would see him alive again, so how shocking he must have appeared to them as an Egyptian leader! Jesus invites us to sow seeds of new life by loving enemies. The Epiphany season draws to a close as we experience manifestations of God’s revealing light.T
On Sunday, February 23, FELC welcomes the Rev. Brother Chris Markert. Brother Chris was born and raised in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Concordia University in Austin, Texas before attending graduate school in Berkeley, California. As a pastor, Brother Chris has served congregations in Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Houston. Brother Chris also served as the Bishop’s Associate for Mission in the Gulf Coast Synod for nearly nine years before coming to the Southwestern Texas Synod as Director of Evangelical Mission. The reason he is called “Brother” is because he is a friar in the Order of Lutheran Franciscans, the first officially recognized religious order of the ELCA.
Also on February 23 FELC will welcome and install 2025 Congregation Council members, council officers, and team leaders.