Faith & Fellowship

Bob Sturm received the CUF Community Service Award.
  Catholic United Financial, fraternal benefit society, annually recognizes an individual from St. Raphael Parish who has demonstrated and committed achievements in both their church and community.  Robert Sturm is the 2022 recipient of the award. Sturm is very involved in St. Raphael’s Parish,...
  The Parish of St. Raphael Catholic Church has been celebrating its annual Fall Festival for forty-six years.  The celebration, which started in September 1977, has taken on different agendas and menus through the years, but the festival remains the same—to celebrate and praise God for the...
St. Paul Lutheran Church
  St. Paul Lutheran Church is celebrating—celebrating community and celebrating it’s 150th anniversary!  The anniversary was actually two years ago, in 2020, and there were events planned for every month of the year under the theme “150 Years of Walking With God.”  Unfortunately, the COVID pandemic...
Board members of the Springfield Area Historical Society gathered Friday, June 17 for the annual Museum Summer open house. The museum was will with new displays for the season. Board members in attendance were Director Steve Renner, Director Bob Sturm, President Cheryl Diede, Secretary Marge Renner...
Maxine (Max) Meine was recently awarded the 2021 Catholic United Service Award at St. Raphael Church on Saturday, November 20.  Meine’s family including her grandchildren watched as Christa Schilling, a local Member Advisor with Catholic United presented the award to Meine.  “Every year St. Raphael...
Pastor Dan Larsen
Pastor Dan Larsen will preach his last sermon at Zion Lutheran Church in Springfield on Sunday, October 17.  He has served the congregation as part of a three-point parish since the summer of 2019.  He has accepted a call to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Henning, Minnesota. “I first came to Zion in...
Springfield Area Nativity Pageant was represented in this year’s Riverside Days Parade.  The Nativity Pageant will be held December 10 & 11, 2021. 
Pastor Julie Smith
Pastor Julie Smith will preach her last sermon at St. Johns Lutheran Church on Sunday, April 4.  She has accepted a brand new position with the National Lutheran Churches in Mission for Christ (LCMC) Board  as the Coordinator for Districts and Fellowship Groups.  St.. Johns and St. Paul Lutheran...
Father Phil Schotzko
Hundreds of parishioners, community members and friends came out to honor Father Phil Schotzko, on his retirement. Father Phil, pastor of St. Raphael Catholic Church will retire on July 1, 2020.  Last Wednesday evening, June 17 the St. Raphael parish honored him with a Drive-Thru Grab & Go Meal...
Eric Mueller
St. Paul Lutheran Church will host a recital of organ and piano music this Sunday, March 15.  Everyone is invited to attend the 1:30 p.m. program in the sanctuary of the church followed by a dessert reception in the fellowship hall.  There is no admission charge for the event. Eric Mueller, a...

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