Join Us for Adult Instruction Class!

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Written By Christopher Gillespie

We invite all prospective, new, and long-time members of St. John to join us on Sunday, February 10th after our Divine Service for our first Adult Instruction Class. All are welcome, whether inquiring and curious, or life-long and seasoned.

Your faith, your life as a Christian, and our life together as Christ's church are essentially interconnected. Our time could go by many names: Faith Formation, Christian Initiation, New Member Class, or Information Class. But probably the oldest name is the Catechumenate, that is, the time while one is receiving instruction in the chief articles of the Christian faith towards being received into the congregation's fellowship.

If it sounds serious, that's because it is! Christ Jesus is the one who stands in the breach between life and death. Using the Luther's Small Catechism as our guide, we'll explore the faith as it is given to us by Jesus and confessed by our fellowship. Learn what you believe, how you express it, and why you believe it.

Christopher Gillespie

The Rev. Christopher R. Gillespie was ordained into the Holy Ministry on July 25, A+D 2010. He and his wife, Anne, enjoy raising their family of ten children in the Lord in southwest Wisconsin. He earned a Masters of Divinity in 2009 from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Christopher also is a freelance recording and media producer. His speciality is recording of classical, choral, band and instrumental music and mastering of all genres of music. Services offered include location multi-track audio recording, live concert capture and production, mastering for CD and web, video production for web.

Also he operates a coffee roasting company, Coffee by Gillespie. Great coffee motivates and inspires. Many favorite memories are often shared over a cup. That’s why we take our coffee seriously. Select the best raw coffee. Roast it artfully. Brew it for best flavor. Coffee by Gillespie, the pride and passion of Christopher Gillespie, was founded to share his own experience in delicious coffee with you.

His many hobbies include listening to music, grilling, electronics, photography, computing, studying theology, and Christian apologetics.

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