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Worship
We invite
you to worship with us:
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Winter months |
Sunday morning 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. |
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Summer months |
Saturday evening 6:30 p.m.
Sunday morning 9:00 a.m. |
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Media Ministry |
Worship Broadcast
(Audio) Winter months: Sunday 8:00 a.m. (cable
channel 3)
(Audio) Summer months: Sunday 9:00 a.m. (cable
channel 3)
(Audio and Video) All year: Thursday 11:00 a.m.
(cable channel 7) |
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Special services |
Special service times can be found in the weekly
bulletin, accessible on the "News"
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 Why
does our Lord gather us for worship?
The most precious gifts and treasures our Lord gives
us are His forgiveness, life and salvation. Through
His innocent life and bitter sufferings and death,
Christ has purchased and won us from sin, death and
the devil. Through Jesus Christ, all the sins of the
world were paid for and the wrath of God was appeased.
Christ has reconciled the whole world to God. Jesus
Christ serves us again and again as His Gospel is
proclaimed, as His people are baptized and as His Word
is read. He serves us as His forgiveness is pronounced
and penitents absolved. He serves us as He gives us
His body and blood under the bread and wine to eat and
to drink. This is how our Lord gives us forgiveness,
life, and salvation. What a blessing it is to be
called and gathered for worship by our good and
gracious God!
What is at the heart and center of Lutheran
worship?
Lutheran worship puts the focus squarely on Jesus
Christ, who is present for us and with us through His
Word and Sacraments. Lutheran worship is, therefore,
Christ-centered, not man-centered. When we are
gathered for worship, we are not contemplating some
far-off Christ or meditating on abstract concepts, or
pondering various principles for living. Neither are
we in church to be amused or entertained. Christ is
living and active among us, right where He has
promised to be in His Word and Sacraments. Jesus said,
“Lo, I am with you always, to the very end of the
age”(Matt.18:20). When He gathers us around His Word
and Sacraments, He fulfills this promise to us once
again.
(These questions and answers are taken from Rev. Dr.
A.L. Barry's pamphlet "What About...Lutheran Worship."
The entire pamphlet is available
on this site for your
reading pleasure. You will need a current version of
Adobe's free
Acrobat
Reader.)
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