Biblical · Confessional · Liturgical · Sacramental
Delivering Christ Jesus
and His Gifts for You
A confessional Lutheran parish and school in Random Lake, Wisconsin — gathered around Word and Sacrament since 1855.
Sundays at 9:30 a.m. · Divine Service
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. · Divine Service
Our Church
St. John Ev. Lutheran Church in Random Lake, WI gathers at Sherman Center to receive Christ’s gifts of Word and Sacrament. We are a confessional, liturgical congregation of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, faithful to the Scriptures and the Book of Concord. Visitors are always welcome.
Our School
St. John Ev. Lutheran School in Random Lake has served families with Christ-centered education since 1855. Children grow in the faith through daily catechesis, the liturgical life of the parish, and a rich academic curriculum rooted in the Lutheran tradition.
Sermons, Catechesis & News
Recent sermons, Bible studies, and articles from St. John.
- “Into the Marketplace” Friday of Trinity 23 (observed) 2026
The Pharisees go into the marketplace and wash it off. Jesus goes into the marketplace and lets the unclean touch Him, and they are made well. He carries their uncleanness, and ours, outside the gate to the cross. Then He gives a washing that reaches the heart, and sends us back into the marketplace with His light on us. - “You Haven’t Outgrown Hearing” Friday of Trinity 22 (observed) 2026You can finish catechism class, but you cannot finish hearing Jesus. His Word gives the forgiveness you cannot produce and sustains the faith you cannot keep alive yourself. You keep receiving because He keeps giving.
- Jeremiah Chapter 26Jeremiah 26 opens Part Two of the book by returning to about 609 BC and the Temple Sermon, now showing what that hard word cost the prophet who preached it. As Jeremiah is put on trial for speaking the Lord’s words, the chapter contrasts his rescue with Urijah’s death and points ahead to Jesus, who was handed over for our offenses. On All Saints’ Day, we consider the call to hear and turn, and the promise that there is no condemnation for those in Christ.
- “Beloved, Now!” The Feast of the All Saints 2026At the font, God names you His child; at the cross, Christ bears your sin and hides your sonship in His. The baptized saints are children of God now, even as the world and their own eyes cannot yet see what they will be. As we remember those who died in the faith, we wait for the Lamb to reveal them—and us—as His own.
- “This man deserves to die!” Sts. Simon and St. Jude 2026The priests and prophets said it of Jeremiah: “This man deserves to die!” The verdict was wrong about him, and it is right about us. Jesus took that verdict in our place, so no charge is left against you, and nothing can separate you from the love of God in Christ.
