Worship Services
ONLINE WORSHIP SERVICES
Please Note: Worship Services and all activities in the building are cancelled through 3/29/20. The church elders and council will continue to evaluate and adjust as the situation warrants. Please watch this website and our Facebook page for further updates.
During this time, we encourage you to participate in online worship services, Bible studies and prayer. A few recommended resources for online worship, available at a variety of times (Please be sure to note the time zone of the service you are following):
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Catawba, NC – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grace-from-redeemer/id1315839632 or https://www.facebook.com/RedeemerCatawba/
Prince of Peace, Springfield, VA – poplc.org
Our Shepherd, Avon, IN – https://www.ourshepherd.org/
Village Lutheran, Ladue, MO – http://www.villagelutheranchurch.org
Faith Lutheran Church, Capistrano Beach, CA – faithcapo.com
Daily Services from Kramer Chapel at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN – https://www.ctsfw.edu/daily-chapel/?fbclid=IwAR2U3FCWxDssQRBi1vsPoMb59ZRQAV21VeQh2nKhVIirYtQ5lDpXdNne5ig
Matins, Monday through Friday mornings, Saint Paul, Hamel, IL – http://www.facebook.com/stpaulhamel
SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES
Please Note: In Luther’s explanation of the fourth commandment, he writes that we should fear and love God so that we do not despise our parents and other authorities, but honor them, serve and obey them, love and cherish them. Our governmental authorities have urged us to limit our gatherings to ten people or less as a measure to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We believe it is our civic duty and a way of loving our neighbors to heed and respect the counsel of the authorities and that our obedience is a witness of our faith to our neighbors. Therefore, we have temporarily closed the building to worship services and meetings.
Under normal circumstances, Sunday morning worship is regularly at 10:00AM with coffee/fellowship at 8:30AM and Sunday School for adults and children at 8:45AM.
HOLIDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE
(For Specific Times please see our Home Page)
Advent Midweek Services (Preparing for Jesus’ coming)
Morning and Evening Worship each Wednesday, beginning on the Wednesday after Thanksgiving and continuing until Christmas
Christmas Eve (12/24) Services (Celebrating Jesus’ birth)
Two Services: Early Evening Family Service and Candlelight Festival Communion Service
Christmas Day (12/25) (The Celebration continues)
Christmas Morning Worship Service
Lent Midweek Services (Preparing to remember Jesus’ death and resurrection) Beginning on Ash Wednesday (date varies)
- Ash Wednesday service – Morning and evening worship services on Ash Wednesday, Communion and Imposition of ashes (The sign of the cross on the forehead is to help us remember our mortality)
- Other Lenten Services – Morning and evening worship services on the Wednesdays between Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday
Holy Week (The week of Jesus’ death)
- Palm Sunday (Jesus enters Jerusalem)
Holy Communion - Maundy Thursday (Jesus institutes the Lord’s Supper)
Morning and evening Communion Services
At evening Service, stripping of the altar - Good Friday (Remembering Jesus’ death)
12:00PM (noon) Watch Service (Jesus’ time on the cross)
Evening Tenebrae Service (Service of growing darkness) - Easter Sunday (Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, His and our victory over death)
- Early Morning Sunrise Service (Usually outside, weather permitting)
- Morning Festival Communion Services
Thanksgiving Day – (Thanksgiving is not part of the Church Year but rather a day of national thanksgiving established by the United States. Historically God’s people have set aside days of thanks to remember God’s blessings and offer Him thanks. We gather on Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Thursday of November) to reflect on the many blessing to mind, body, soul, and country which God has bestowed on us and give Him thanks.) Morning Worship Service
