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Article: Last sermon Pastor to retire the pulpit after 11 years at Grace Lutheran.(Neighbor)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- June 30, 2001
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Byline: LaTanya S. Letcher Daily Herald Staff Writer
Jim Schroeder's sermon this Sunday at pastor of Grace Lutheran Church will remind members that the church is the body of Christ and we're all parts of that body.
"None of us are more important than Jesus," Schroeder said, "and we all need Jesus as the head of the body."
After Sunday, sermons like that will be no more. Schroeder's 11 years as pastor of Grace Lutheran will have come to an end.
For 11 years, Schroeder said he has tried to minister to people for whom it is OK not to have your act entirely together. He loves the church's tongue-in-cheek motto -"Some of the area's most respectable sinners attend ...