Welcome to Parma Lutheran Church
5280 Broadview Rd Parma OH 44134
216-351-6373
[email protected]
Pastor Jeffrey "Jay" Plummer
Parma Lutheran Church is rooted in Christ.
Christ is Love, so we are Love.
We worship, pray, share, feel, help, fellowship, mourn, and celebrate together.
Please view the many offerings, classes and activities we have available.

Come worship with us!
Sunday 10:30 am
NEW Wednesday 5:30 pm
Holy Communion is celebrated at both services.
All baptized believers are invited by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to come to His Table to receive Holy Communion.
Non-communing children and adults may come forward to receive a blessing.
We offer Sunday worship via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 819 8177 9713
Passcode: 362022
216-351-6376
CHURCH HOURS
Monday- Thursday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
[email protected]
Sunday 10:30 am
NEW Wednesday 5:30 pm
Holy Communion is celebrated at both services.
All baptized believers are invited by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to come to His Table to receive Holy Communion.
Non-communing children and adults may come forward to receive a blessing.
We offer Sunday worship via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 819 8177 9713
Passcode: 362022
216-351-6376
CHURCH HOURS
Monday- Thursday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
[email protected]
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Parma Lutheran Church
“The Church on the Corner Doing Good Things”
Pastor Jeffrey “Jay” Plummer
5280 Broadview Road, Parma, Ohio 44134
Pastor’s Cell: 440. 502.1192
Church Office: 216.351.6376 Church Office Email: www.plcparma.org
Son Beams Newsletter
February 2025
Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
As much as I love to lead worship, my greatest honor and blessing is to be trusted enough to be asked to be with people as they go through their deepest struggles, heart breaks, guilt, physical and emotional pain, injury, illness, near death, grief, and setbacks of every kind, as well as being with those celebrating their greatest joys in life. But here’s an important thing for all of us to consider, we as Christians are all ministers who care for other members of our church family, and we’re all pastors to help shepherd one another.
As each of us become aware that one of us is struggling with bodily illness or injury, or in struggles of the mind, heart or spirit, all of us may minister and pray for and with one another. But for that to happen those who are going through a tough time must be brave and reach out and ask for help.
One of the frustrations I had as a pastor serving military members was trying to convince these tough warriors that it’s okay to ask help when you’re hurting. Asking for help is an act of bravery! So often we want to do everything on our own, by our own strength, because we don’t want to appear weak. But God created us for relationship with one another so that we might help one another.
As a member of your church family, as your pastor, as a minister, I want to know when you’re hurting. I want to visit you when you struggle in mind, body, or spirit, or if you’re feeling lonely. But you’ll need to be brave and call, text, or email me, and sometimes you’ll need to remind me. Kim, our church administrator, reminds me sometimes that I need to check my email and voicemail. So, if you don’t hear back from me after you call, text, or email me, say within 24 hours, then call the main office and leave a message with Kim.
None of us should ever suffer alone. We are here for one another. We are family in the truest sense of the word. We may not be united by blood or marriage, but we are united in Christ! We are members of Christ’s body, the church. We are the stones that make up Christ’s church with Jesus as our corner stone, the rock solid foundation upon whom we are built.
Serving together with you in ministry,
Pastor Jay
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Beloved Family in Christ,
Believe it or not, this is my fourth winter with you. It's become an annual thing that early every winter I write a letter discussing the dangers of driving or being out in winter weather, like driving in snow and being exposed to extreme cold. Parma Lutheran Church used to have a policy of cancelling church events if the local authorities broadcast closures on radio and/or tv. Instead of figuring out whether we may have cancelled a worship service, fellowship or youth event, due to weather, my advice is to practice caution, and if in doubt, error on the side of caution. Coming to a worship service or church event is not something we ought to risk our lives to attend. If we know ahead of time that the weather looks bad and that we might have to cancel an event, we will get the word out about the cancelation via MailChimp or phone chain. Like tomorrow, we know it will be very cold. It might be best for our seniors to stay home and stay warm and not attend Bible study. But I'll be here, Lord willing. So, I'm not going to say it's cancelled. Instead, I advise that we each assess the situation according to our own sensibilities. If you feel it might be too cold to go out, then, please, don't go out. If the weather is bad on a Sunday morning, I am not going to risk my life coming in, and neither should you. We'll do our best to get the word out about possible cancelations either by MailChimp or phone chain. But if you don't hear anything, again, my advice to you is that you do not risk exposing yourself to the dangers of extreme weather conditions.
Please take care of yourselves, and may God bless us in our travels and keep us safe. Amen.
Journeying with you in Christ,
Pastor Jay
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Here’s a new feature in the Son Beams Newsletter!
It’s the Q & A page!
If you have a question about worship, administration, or leadership at Parma Lutheran Church, send your question or questions to [email protected]
Why did we move the Saturday worship service to Wednesday?
During my first year or more as your pastor, I took Mondays off. Working six days a week wore me out. Keep in mind, pastors work an average of 50 hours a week. I believe it was in the spring of 2023 that I started taking two days off a week, Mondays and Tuesdays, but taking Mondays and Tuesdays off were not good days for me to take off. By the time I got to the church office on Wednesdays I was already behind on what I felt I had to get done for that week. So, I stopped taking Tuesdays off. Now I was back to working six days a week, which tires me out. Taking Mondays off wasn’t good either because our bookkeeper works Mondays. If I’m not here on Mondays, I rarely have an opportunity to work with Peggi, which means I’m not doing my job as a supervisor and team leader. I concluded Mondays and Tuesdays were not good days for me to take off. So, what other days could I take off and have two days off in a row and to make the best use of my time? Some may ask, why do you need two days off? When I work six days a week I’m physically, spiritually, and emotionally worn out by the weekend. Plus, taking only one day off a week isn’t good for my family life. With all this in mind, I asked the Saturday worship community if they would be amenable to shifting worship from Saturday to Wednesday, so I could get two days off a week and be more administratively productive. Taking Friday and Saturday seems the best days for me to take off. That way I’m only taking one day off during the work week, and I still get two consecutive days off. Regarding church administration, working Sunday through Thursday allows me to work on Mondays with our bookkeeper, and I’m in the office or making home or hospital visits and getting all the administrative work done that I need to get done during the regular work week. I realize asking the Saturday worship community to change their day of worship was asking a lot of them, but they understood and graciously agreed. I am grateful to them for their willingness to make this change. I now feel more productive through a better use of my time.
Will Wednesday’s worship be the same liturgy as the Sunday before or will it be the same as the upcoming Sunday?
For those who use the Christ in Our Home devotional you may have noticed that the daily readings and devotionals reflect a pattern. The pattern is Monday through Wednesday look back to the preceding Sunday, and then Thursday through Saturday look ahead to the upcoming Sunday. So, the Wednesday evening worship service will look back to the previous Sunday.
What differences will there be from the Sunday worship service in comparison to the Wednesday worship service?
The Wednesday evening worship service will be a bit shorter than the Sunday worship service. We usually do not sing all the verses of the hymns, we don’t sing the Holy, Holy, Holy, we recite it, there’s no children’s message, and we will sing more traditional, easy to sing hymns on Wednesday evenings since it’s a smaller gathering of worshippers. If we know the hymns or the hymns are easy to sing, the smaller group of worshippers will be more inclined to sing. We also use the piano rather than the pipe organ. Barbara Tibbitts, who is a retired music teacher, is our accompanist on Wednesday evening. With the piano accompanying our singing, the Wednesday service feels, at least to me, a bit less formal than when we use the pipe organ. The sermon on Wednesday night will be similar to the previous Sunday sermon. I’m always thinking about the sermon I’m going to preach. So, Wednesday’s message might be a bit different, yet with the same points.
How will we host our Wednesday evening Lenten and Advent meals and Devotionals?
We will slightly change the start time for the Advent and Lenten meals, which will now begin at 6:00 PM, which is a thirty-minute shift to the right from previous years. The Wednesday worship service will begin at 5:30 PM. If we do the Advent and Lenten meals from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM, and do the devotionals from 7:00 – 7:30 PM, the Wednesday worship community will be able to eat with us.
…and during the Lenten and Advent season, will the message during worship be the same as the devotional after the meal?
The Advent and Lenten devotionals have their own running themes throughout each of the two church seasons.
I came to worship on Sunday and had Holy communion, am I able to take communion again on Wednesday?
Pastor Jim Singer, one of my beloved pastors, used to say that coming to the Communion Table is “like getting a hug from Jesus.” For us Lutheran-Christians, we believe in the Real Presence of Christ at the Communion Table in, under, and through the bread and wine we eat and drink. Like a hug from a loved one, we do it as often as we can. So too we might come to the Communion Table every opportunity we get! I would come to the Communion Table every day if I had the opportunity!
Blessings in Christ
Pastor Jay Plummer