Prayful Church

Savior Divine Lutheran Church, Palos Hills, IL seeks to help people connect to God through prayer. This blog will focus on the many aspects of prayer.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

A Christmas Prayer

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Eternal God, with the flurry of activities surrounding our celebration of Christmas, may we be attentive the miracle of this day. You allow...

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Holy Week Prayer

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Eternal God, help me to capture the meaning of this week for myself. Help me to see what it meant for Jesus to eat the Passover Meal with h...

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Remembering Jesus in Hurricane Season

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We have already seen the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey and now Hurricane Irma is also on its way to Florida. These fierce winds ca...

Thursday, May 4, 2017

The National Day of Prayer

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The first Thursday in May has been designated as the National Day of Prayer. It is my hope that this day will make us think more deeply abo...

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

For the families of the victims in Egypt

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Let us pray for those who lost loved ones recently due to acts of violence in the Coptic Christian Churches in Egypt. "Lord God, we p...

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2017

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We are now in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which extends from January 18 - 25. The theme this year is "Reconciliation - the ...

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Post-Election Praying

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Following the presidential election we face uncertainty on many issues. While we might have thought that all of our angst was gone after th...

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About Me

Rev. Martin W. Pauschke: I have been pastor at Savior Divine since July 2004. Prior to my current position, I had served at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Maywood, IL, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Runnemede, NJ. I graduated from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, IN, with a concentration in musicology and graduated from Concordia Seminary in Exile (Christ Seminary - Seminex) in St. Louis, MO. I received a D. Min. degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.

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