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Drammen Lutheran Church Mission Statement:

Called by God's grace and equipped by the Holy Spirit, we nurture and challenge each other to grow in proclaiming the good news of Christ Jesus through celebrating worship, studying God's word, and showing hospitality by serving our neighbors both here and around the world.

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  • A caring congregation that will gladly welcome you
  • Preaching/teaching that is centered on the Word of God
  • Activities for the whole family

We welcome you to worship with us each Sunday morning at 9:00am. Coffee and fellowship follow worship.

Drammen Lutheran Church Fall Fest Sunday September 27th. Worship service at 10am with Warren Petryk special music followed by chicken dinner, silent auction, bake sale, kids games. 

 

 

September 13, 2026  
Dear friends in Christ grace and peace to you. The message for this week comes from 
Genesis 50:15-21.

We are all familiar with the story of Joseph but just in case you are not let me briefly recap. Joseph was the youngest of twelve sons born to Jacob. Joseph was despised by his brothers. They thought him spoiled, their dad’s favorite. So, they devised a plan. The brothers grabbed Joseph, threw him into a well, took his coat given to him by his father and told their father that Joseph had been killed by a wild animal; all that is left of him is this coat. Joseph was taken from the well by a trader and sold into slavery in Egypt. Joseph soon found favor with the Pharaoh and is put in charge of the whole land of Egypt. A severe famine besieged the region for seven years. But because of Joseph’s foresight Egypt had stored up reserves of grain and cattle. Jacob living in a neighboring land and in need of grain sent ten of his sons to Egypt to buy grain not knowing that their long lost brother and son was now in charge of the stores in Egypt. The brothers and their father were eventually reunited with Joseph.

As we begin the reading for this week, Jacob is on his death bed, he has some requests of his sons before he dies. At the appointed time, Jacob dies and Joseph makes sure that his father’s wishes are carried out.
But now, Joseph’s brothers worry that now that their father is gone Joseph will seek revenge for what they had done to him so many years ago.  

Some of us probably know families where the parents have died and the remaining children drift apart. It appears that the glue that held them together was one or both of the parents. And now that the adhesive is gone, some might dig up past hurts and they distance themselves from each other. 

God intends for us to live in harmony with each other. That’s not to say that it is always harmony. There are usually some periods of hardship. In the story of Joseph and his brothers, forgiveness prevailed. Even though some bad blood had passed between them, even though what happened to Joseph was bad, it turned out to be in everyone’s favor. 
God is mysterious in the way that he works. When we see a dead end or a closed door, God already has a plan in place. It might take a while for God’s plan to develop and it requires patience and above all faith and trust in a God who loves us for God’s plan to come to fruition but in God’s time it will. 

May the peace of God be with all of you as you trust in the Lord to fulfill his plan in you.
Michael Isaacson