Candlelight Vigil Planned Sunday For Sydney Loofe

From Antelope County News

The Neligh community will host a candlelight vigil on Sunday night at the Neligh-Oakdale football field to pray for the safe return of Sydney Loofe.

The vigil will begin at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend and is asked to bring their own candles. Grace Lutheran Pastor David Kufahl will lead the prayer service. 

Sydney, the daughter of George and Susie Loofe of Neligh, has been missing since Wednesday after leaving for a date. She was last heard from on a SnapChat prior to the date. Sydney's vehicle is still at her home, and she did not go to work on Thursday. Neither friends nor family have heard from Sydney since.

George Loofe is the high school principal and assistant football coach at Neligh-Oakdale, and Susie Loofe is a teacher at the school and very involved in student and community activities.

A Lincoln Police Department (LPD) officer told Antelope County News that the search continues for Sydney, who is a 24-year-old, 5'7 female weighing about 130 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Her last known location was near Wilbur, Nebraska.

If you have any information on her whereabouts, contact the Lincoln Police Department at 402-441-7204.

Two Minute Prayers for Holy Week from CPH

Concordia Publishing House has posted Two Minute Prayers for Holy Week on their website.

Spend two minutes each day of Holy Week in prayer, reflecting on the reality of your sin and finding hope and comfort in Christ’s Passion and resurrection for you.



All prayers are from the Lutheran Book of Prayer (St. Louis: Concordia, 2005).
They can be downloaded as a PDF here.

Here is a sample of the prayer for today, Palm Sunday:

Lord Jesus, King of kings, today again I praise You with my hosannas and welcome You as the King of my heart. Enter in and take full possession of me, body, heart, mind, and soul. As thousands and ten thousands today vow faithfulness to You until death, acknowledging that they have no other Savior, grant that I, too, join this great host of faithful people to realize both the enormity and bitterness of my sin as well as the course of plenteous redemption to which You committed Yourself.

I confess, gracious Savior, that I have not been as true to You as You have been to me. Other interests have placed themselves above You in my thoughts. Have mercy upon me, and forgive me my transgressions. Sprinkle me with Your blood and wash me clean from the stain of my sin. Strengthen my heart with the assurance of my adoption and transform me according to Your image by the daily renewing of my Baptism. Preserve me in the faith until the end of days, that I may behold You in glory forevermore. Hear my cry, King of my heart and Savior of my soul. Amen.