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Adult Bible Study ~ 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.

Sunday Service ~ 10:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.

Youth Sunday School ~ 9-9:30 A.M.

Communion ~ 1st and 3rd Sundays

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Wednesday Lenten Services will be held at 6:00 PM and there will be a lite meal served beforehand at 5:30

Please join us. All are welcome.

We believe, teach, and confess the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe, teach, and confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe in him.

*Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death, and resurrection God fashions a new creation.

*The proclamation of God's message to us as both law and gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy in the person and work of Jesus Christ through whom God was pleased to reconcile all things to himself.

*The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God. Inspired by God's Spirit speaking through their authors, they record and announce God's revelation centering in Jesus Christ. Through them God's Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for service in the world.

We believe, teach, and accept the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the sole authoritative source and norm of our proclamation, faith, and life.

We accept the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the scriptural faith we believe, teach, and confess.

We believe, teach, and accept the Unaltered Augsburg Confession and the Small Catechism as true witnesses to the Word of God, normative for our teaching and practice. We acknowledge that we are one in faith and doctrine with all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.

We believe, teach, and confess the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the Treatise, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid expositions of the Holy Scriptures.

We believe, teach, and confess the gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the priesthood of all believers for God's mission in the world.

Pastor Michael Giese

Phone: 361-205-3317

Email: mrgiese1990@gmail.com

Office: Tue, Wed & Fri

9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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PASTOR’S LUCID RAMBLINGS - January 2025

“Is He the Messiah?”

Mark 8:29 [Jesus] asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah!”

Inspired by the article: “CofE bishops claim Christmas carols saying Jesus is ‘true Messiah’ are ‘problematic’” Christianpost.com by Anugrah Kumar.

Brothers and sisters in Christ,

I once talked to a Presbyterian Christian bookstore owner, who told me, “I’m impressed with Lutherans, because of how ‘scholarly’ you are.”

I was naive. Aren’t all church bodies scholarly? How else can we know God, unless we know something about His Word? The above article, posted on Christianpost.com, shows that not all Christian denominations are equal. Bishops within the “Church of England” recently asked their clergy to “edit” the words of Christmas carols to create a more “inclusive” environment. One carol under fire: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” because its phrase, “ransom captive, Israel” does not include the plight of Hamas. Another carol, “Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending” was criticized because it’s reference to Jesus as the “Messiah”.

What does God’s Word say about this? Three of the four Gospels record an incident when Jesus was with His disciples and He asked them, “Who do people say I am?” They answered him, “Some say you are John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.” [Jesus] asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah!”

The Bible says the Messiah’s role is to release God’s people from the bondage of sin. When Jesus was asked by the Pharisees about His mission, He angered them by saying, “…if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free.” (John 8:36b) By His death and resurrection, He succeeded in fulfilling His mission as Messiah.

Christmas blessings,
Pastor Mike