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.
- “Cursed on the tree so the barren tree could live.” Friday of Trinity 3 (observed) 2026
A fig tree in full leaf promises fruit and has none; Jesus walks from the cursed tree into a temple just as green—crowded and busy but turned from a house of prayer into a market. James names it a third time: a church that seats the poor man at the footstool. All leaves, no figs—the dead faith even the demons have. But the cure is not “grow your figs or be cursed too.” The Lord of glory is hanged on a tree and made a curse in the barren tree’s place; He becomes the poor man in the filthy clothes so the poor man can be seated in glory, and He is Himself the new house of prayer where you are welcomed and fed. Living faith receives Him, and the figs follow—not to be saved, but because the tree is alive. - The Catechism Is a Prayer Book, Not a TextbookLuther wrote the Small Catechism to be prayed for life, not crammed for a test. See how a Lutheran school forms children by it.
- Jeremiah Chapter 4–5 Bible Study — June 21, 2026The Lord sends Jeremiah running through Jerusalem to find one righteous man so the city may be pardoned—and finds none. The foe gathers from the north and Jeremiah’s vision unmakes creation itself over a people wise to do evil. The one Just Man is found at last outside the walls, and for His sake the city is spared.
- “He isn’t using a club. It is a broom. He’s sweeping you home.” Trinity 3 2026The religious men accused Jesus—“This Man receives sinners and eats with them”—and He took it up as His glory, answering with the lost sheep and the lost coin. The affliction that sweeps through your life is not a club driving you out but a broom sweeping you home: His pursuit, not your punishment. He lights the lamp of His Word, finds the worn coin that still bears His image, lays the sheep on His own shoulders rejoicing, and carries you to the rail. You came in a lost coin; you go out treasure in the King’s own hand.
- “There’s Always More Where That Came From” Friday of Trinity 2 (observed) 2026For twelve years she had been unclean — exiled from the assembly, emptied by physicians who took everything and healed nothing. So she comes to steal a cure from the fringe of Jesus’ garment, certain God’s mercy runs out like everything else has. But His power goes out from Him and nothing is subtracted: she came to take a cure and leaves a daughter. There is always more where that came from.
