Sacramento Valley Chapter Lutherans For Life #313

09/09/2025

Join us in a fundraiser for the Sacramento Valley Chapter of Lutherans for Life. Bring your family and friends to Leatherbys Family Creamery,, Citrus Heights, on Tuesday, September 9. The food is good & oh awesome are the ice cream, shakes, etc. See you there!
5:00 - 10:00 p.m.

02/22/2024

LFL CHAPTER MEETING
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Town & Country Lutheran Church
4049 Marconi Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95821
3!:00 P.M.
All are welcome to attend. We will be discussing life issues.
For more information contact Norb Huber via [email protected]

01/05/2024

Check this out.

It’s a brand new year, and we’re hoping your New Year’s resolution includes upholding LIFE! What can you do to uphold life in your community? Join What About Mondays January 8 at 9 PM ET/ 8 PM CT to talk about things you can do – RIGHT NOW – to uphold the lives of others. DM us or email [email protected] for the Zoom code.⁠
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(Did you notice there’s something else NEW too? What About Mondays will begin a half hour EARLIER this year. Hope you can join us!)

01/04/2024

I have personally experienced (and still do) the loss of very special people in my life--my husband, parents, in-laws who were my second set of parents, best friends, pastors who touched my life, relatives whom I cherished & loved, fellow LWML sisters in Christ, fellow LFL partners, and so many more friends & acquaintances. Heaven truly will be a huge family reunion for me. But right now my heart still hurts and grieves for the loss of these people. No, not all at one time but suddenly without any warning it just occurs. My mood changes, tears flow, and it still hurts.
Do you have grief issues? Where or what do you do when they occur? With whom can you share that sadness? Or do I even dare admit I'm having these struggles? After all, I am God's child; I know & trust in His promises. Promises of hope, peace, being with me ALWAYS in all circumstances, and being taken to heaven when He calls me home. Then I'll not only see Jesus my Savior but be reunited with my loved ones. Personally, I am blessed with Stephen Ministry books for comfort, a recent LWML booklet for widows, etc. Do you wish you could have comfort each day from an email? Perhaps you have thought of joining a Grief Support Group but some are unsure which one to attend or should you do it. I have been there. Before my husband passed away, I had joined support groups which were amazing.. Thanks to my husband's neurologist suggestion. But grieving was different & I didn't go to one for 6 months. I finally decided I needed to share my feelings with others who could understand what I was experiencing. I went to the one Hospice recommended. There were about 20 of us in the group. My sorrow was not nearly as devastating as some others where there was murder involved, family situations unbelievable, an individual who was so devastated couldn't even speak for weeks. Me, being who I am, made a point to sit next to that individual to say hi & share a touch at our meetings. I also took my Christian comfort information & shared it. We were told that was inappropriate & not to do it. But those grieving around the table were wanting it--listening & wanting more. So I discreetly shared the best I could so I wouldn't be kicked out. And I "HAD" to be there for the new friend who was unable to speak but after 3 or 4 weeks shared name and eventually was able to share more.
So why am I sharing? Because we are humans who have hurts, losses of various kinds, daily struggles, and grief that sneaks upon us without warning & can cause depression. I know. I've been there. It's not fun. But there is hope--in Christ. We have His Word. But there are other helps available to whom we can reach out.
I want to encourage anyone who is struggling with issues such as these, please reach out to someone for support.
Our LFL Chapter provided seed money for a Grief Share Support Group in the communities of Sacramento Foothill Farms, North Highlands, Antelope, Citrus Heights, and more. It's leader is a friend of mine, Ali Bohnhof who also lost her husband. Sessions are held at Zion Lutheran Church, North Highlands.
Please contact us at [email protected] for additional info.
God's blessings on your day.

01/01/2024

The members of our LFL Chapter wishes you a Merry Christmas (yes, we are still celebrating the 12 days of Christmas) and blessings from our God for the new year to be filled with His hope, peace, love, and joy. May you know the amazing love God has for you wherever you are in your life.
We look forward to new opportunities for our Chapter this new year.

11/28/2023

Sacramento Valley Lutherans for Life Chapter Meeting
DECEMBER 3, 2023
2:30 - 4:00 P.M.
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH
4000 SAN JUAN AVENUE
FAIR OAKS, CA 95628
The meeting will be brainstorming about the future events of our Chapter and a need for election of officers. Due to COVID, the Chapter fell into a slump so it's time to bring it back to life. Our desire is to have a thriving Chapter providing God's love, hope, and information to help people in our communities who daily face a variety of life concerns from conception, abortion, loss of a child via miscarriage or other means, disabilities, long term illnesses, care for the elderly & disabled, where do I go for help, legal decisions not only for the elderly but while young & why it's important, making wise end of life decisions, death, and grief. We want to help you find professional help and/or organizations, and Godly, good information to help those hurting and searching for answers.
Norb Huber, Acting President, member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Rocklin, will be leading this meeting.
PLEASE RSVP: [email protected]
Pizza will be served at the meeting so we need to know how many pizzas to purchase. Thanks!

11/25/2023

I'm so thankful for having had the blessing of opening my home for Thanksgiving dinner this year. I didn't do a head count but was told there were 30-35 people present. A beautiful sunny afternoon where little children could run & play outdoors; eat out on the patio, take walks, etc. And they played so hard & loud : ) My family and guests took care of the turkey, ham, shrimp, etc. There were three tables of food--granted one was just for desserts.
We had scrumptious American food with lots of Russian, Ukraine dishes. I was truly overwhelmed at all the work people put into the preparation of their dishes. We could have fed probably another 20 guests. It was such an amazing day with so many loving people gathered together. My job of cooking was to make frozen fruit salad & a fruit punch that wasn't needed--saving the ingredients for another time. A grandson Timothy, wife Val, & 4 small children stayed with me a couple days; plus another great granddaughter. I don't see them often so this was a bonus joy.
I was too busy to think of taking pictures but maybe someone else can share their photos.
In the evening, I asked the guests to join me at that time in helping a grandson with his church to send Christmas cards with a note to a certain ship going out to sea in December. We need 5000 cards or notes to these being deployed who are not home now nor will be at Christmas. Having been the wife of an Air Force officer during the Vietnam War, I know how much notes & cards are appreciated during their deployment & especially during the holidays. The goal is to send a small token/gift with the card or note to every one of these 5000 service personnel. These will be sent by my grandson to the servicemen & women.. Please pray that the goal will be reached. The deadline is quickly drawing near.
This grandson's mom started this by having her children write notes, send cards, draw pictures, make tapes, etc. to service people during the Afghanistan War. After the war, one of the recipients went to their home to personally thank them for their notes etc.--something my grandson has never forgotten. He was in the Army & has a special place in his heart for our vets.
During the Korean War, I had a cousin serving in the Army in Korea (tankers). I was a young teen who wrote letters to her cousin Roy. He had 2-3 friends who had no one writing them letters so he asked me to write letters to them and I did. Honedtly I'd forgotten about that till now.
Yesterday for me was a blessing. Today I helped 4 great grandchildren make turkey puppets. It was fun to do that despite the messy glue everywhere. The glue can be wiped off easily. What a Thanksgiving! Thanks to God!! He is so faithful.

11/08/2023

PLEASE READ. This is a dangerous book. Be informed!

Beware of the book "Conversations with God"! Oprah is pushing it. It is scary that someone would be bold enough to write a book from God's point of view contrary to His Word. Please send to all with kids or grandkids. If you have children or grandchildren, work with children at church, or you have neighborhood children whose parents you know, please take note of the information below and pass it along to others. Schools were distributing this book to children through the Scholastic Book Club.
James Dobson talked about this book twice this week. It is devastating. Parents, churches and Christian schools need to be aware of it. Two particular books are, Conversations with God and Conversations with God for Teens, written by Neale D. Walsch. They sound harmless enough by their titles alone. The books have been on the New York Times best sellers list for a number of weeks, and they make truth of the statement, "Don't judge a book by its cover or title."
The author purports to answer various questions asked by kids using the "voice of God". However, the "answers" that he gives are not Bible-based and go against the very infallible word of God. For instance (and I paraphrase), when a girl asks the question "Why am I a le***an?" His answer is that she was 'born that way' because of genetics (just as you were born right-handed, with brown eyes, etc.). Then he tells her to go out and "celebrate" her differences.
Another girl poses the question "I am living with my boyfriend. My parents say that I should marry him because I am living in sin. Should I marry him?" His reply is, "Who are you sinning against? Not me, because you have done nothing wrong."
Another question asks about God's forgiveness of sin. His reply "I do not forgive anyone because there is nothing to forgive... There is no such thing as right or wrong and that is what I have been trying to tell everyone, do not judge people. People have chosen to judge one another and this is wrong, because the rule is "'judge not lest ye be judged."
These books are false doctrine of the devil and quote in error the Word of God. These books (and others like it) are being sold to school children through (The Scholastic Book Club) and we need to be aware of what is being fed to our children.
Our children are under attack. So I pray that you be sober and vigilant about teaching your children the Word of God, and guarding their exposure to worldly mediums, because our adversary, the devil, roams about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). We know that lions usually hunt for the slowest, weakest and YOUNGEST of its prey.

10/02/2023

04/27/2023

Thank you, Heidi, for your love and dedication for pro life choices.

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Here are clips from the hearing. It was a battle for sure.

01/22/2023

Three of four representatives of our Sacramento LFL Chapter at the Walk for Life today. Awesome! Exciting!
Nathan Brauer with son Judah & David Kretzmann. Dave's wife Ann was a participant, also.

01/22/2023

The three guys (Ann was probaby the photographer) at the San Francisco Walk for Life today. ✝️👍🤟 THANK YOU!