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.
- A Treasure Worth Crossing an Ocean For
Why immigrant Lutherans built a schoolhouse before almost anything else, and why that heritage still shapes St. John today. - Jeremiah Chapter 7 Bible Study — July 5, 2026This Sunday Jeremiah stands in the gate of the temple and preaches against the one thing Judah trusted most — the building itself. “The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD,” they chanted, certain God would never let His own house fall, even while they stole, murdered, and burned incense to Baal. But the house is no shelter for the people who profane it. The Lord names what it has become — a den of robbers — the very words Jesus would carry into that same temple, overturning the tables and driving out those who had made His Father’s house a market.
- “The freedom no country can give you” Trinity 5 2026Beneath all our Fourth-of-July talk of freedom lies a deeper freedom no fireworks can give and no tyrant can take away. Out on the open sea Simon Peter thought himself free — his own boat, his own water, his own catch, answerable to no one — and pulled up empty nets all night long. Then Christ climbs uninvited into the boat, the nets tear with the catch, and Peter falls down terrified: “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man.” The Lord does the one thing the open sea never can: He does not depart, but catches the sinner alive — “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.”
- Jeremiah Chapter 6 Bible Study — June 28, 2026📋 A note on the recording: No audio or video is available for this session. The recording failed to capture. What follows is a … Read more
- “Clouds Without Water” Friday of Trinity 4 (observed) 2026St. Jude will not let us grow comfortable: the Lord saved a people out of Egypt and then destroyed those who would not believe. Faith can die, and a baptized man can become a cloud without water — all the look of a Christian with no rain in him. But the same Lord who judged the unbelieving in the wilderness comes down the mountain to a demon-tormented boy and a father who can barely pray, and He is faithful where our faith is little. Our safety is not the strength of our grip on Christ but His grip on us.
