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.
- The Singing Church, and an Invitation
Why the Lutheran church sings, and an invitation to bring your child to St. John Lutheran School. Enrolling now. - Jeremiah Chapter 9This week’s class takes up Jeremiah 9, where the prophet names the root sickness twice — **”they do not know Me”** (Jer. 9:3, 9:6) — and hands us the one boast that survives it: **”that he understands and knows Me”** (Jer. 9:24). Paul later routes the whole Gospel through that verse: no flesh may boast, unless it boasts in the Lord (1 Cor. 1:31).
- “You Have Come from Afar” The Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2026The four thousand Jesus feeds in Mark 8 are Gentiles — outsiders with no claim on the God of Israel. Paul says the same of us: once strangers, far off, until brought near by the blood of Christ. What Christ did on that Gentile shore, He does again in the Sacrament, filling those who have no right to the table with more than enough.
- “He Crossed the Water for This” Friday of Trinity 6 (observed) 2026The Gerasene demoniac was a man no one could bind. James names the wisdom that builds a life like that: earthly, unspiritual, demonic, breeding envy and self-seeking until it makes “every evil thing.” Then Jesus crosses the sea to unclean pagan ground for this one man, and with a single word, “Come out,” He drowns Legion under the water. The man is left sitting, clothed, in his right mind. That is his Baptism, and ours, where the same word of Christ still drowns what binds us and seats us at His table.
- Education for Real Life: The Doctrine of VocationA Lutheran education prepares your child for every calling, not just church work. Meet the doctrine of vocation.
