When you come to services here, you can expect the historically-received liturgy of the Lutheran Church carried out with reverence and joy in the presence of the Triune God, with the confession of justification by grace through faith ringing clearly. We offer the time-tested and perpetually relevant alternative to blended or “contemporary worship” as it is commonly called.

At our churches we regularly use the hymnal of our church for both liturgy and hymns. We are a biblical, creedal, liturgical, and sacramental church. We follow the Church Year, the liturgical calendar of historic Christianity. We sing time-tested as well as newer traditional hymns that are biblical and Christ-centered. Expect a service that is inspiring, reverent, and Christ-centered.

Some who visit our parish might think that some things like chanting the liturgy, or making the sign of the cross are “kind of catholic.” Well, perhaps they are in the original sense of the word.  Even many life-long Lutheran have never been exposed to the old type of traditional Lutheran worship.   Our worship life reflects what we confess as Christians who see the church continuing through the centuries as a living and breathing body gathered around the Word and Sacraments of Christ. And so we see the continuity of the church throughout the world and throughout time, in heaven and on earth, expressed in the way of worship. At the same time we treasure our evangelical heritage from the Reformation, proclaiming boldly that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, without the works of the law. As we say this we teach that a full Christian confession is both evangelical (gospel centered) and catholic (universal, whole, timeless). Therefore what we believe forms our way of worship – doctrine is not disconnected from practice.

While it may take some practice and learning if you are not used to a liturgical service, we assure you it is worthwhile, as are many things in life which take practice and instruction. Our pastor or other members would be glad to explain the format of the hymnal and other practices to you. Instruction for youth and adults is available for those who would like to learn more or become baptized, communicant members of our parish.

Practically speaking, the service is followed mainly from our hymnal (which contains both liturgy and hymns) and from an insert in the service bulletin – which provides the Scripture readings for the day and other changing items in the regular liturgy.