December 2025

by Kyle Backhaus on November 26, 2025

St. Paul Lutheran Church

December 2025 Newsletter

A Thrill of Hope | Pastor Kyle Backhaus

We all have our favorite Christmas carols. Perhaps your favorite is Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas," which last I heard earns her more than 1 million dollars each Christmas. Or, perhaps you treasure "Silent Night," which has been performed by countless artists over the last two hundred years. "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," "O Come All Ye Faithful," "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," "O Little Town of Bethlehem": all of these Christmas carols are beautiful and can remind us what we celebrate at Christmas...

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About the Author

Kyle Backhaus

Pastor Kyle began as an Associate Pastor at St. Paul in 2018. He became Senior Pastor in 2019. Prior to arrival at St. Paul, Pastor Kyle served a dual parish in South Central Texas (Abiding Word-Gonzales Tx, Vineyard of Christ-Rosanky Tx). He received his masters of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in 2014. Pastor Kyle is married to Tessa. They have been blessed with two children, Jolene (2012), Emaline (2015).

Favorite Bible verse: 1 Peter 5:5-7, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.

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