The Chief Responsibility of the Christian Parent is Instruction in the Faith of Jesus
A parent's first responsibility as Christians is for the catechization of their children. They bear witness to this responsibility first by creating a home where tenderness, forgiveness, respect, fidelity, and selfless service to others are the rule. That's because a Christian home is best suited for education in these virtues. This task requires parents to embrace self-denial, good judgment, and self-mastery—the preconditions of all true freedom.
"From Above" Vacation Bible School 2021
VBS is back!When: August 2-6 2021 9:30 AM - 11:30 AMWhere: St. John Evangelical Lutheran School, Random Lake, WI 53075
Good government is a gift from God and is worth celebrating
Good government is a gift from God and is worth celebrating. In the act of remembering, we consider our vocation of citizens and be more active in preserving the justice and peace that we have articulated in the Declaration and Constitution. We remember the fourteen generations and their hard work and sacrifices to give us this nation. We work as citizens to remedy our nation's flaws and seek "a more perfect union." And as Christians, we follow our conscience and do nothing contrary to God's Word.
The Sign of the Cross
The sign of the holy cross is one of the traditional ceremonies retained by Luther and other reformers in the Lutheran confession in the sixteenth-century Reformation. Luther urged in his Large and Small Catechisms that it continue to be used. This holy sign has been used in the church from apostolic times and continues to be used in our day.
Happy Annunciation Day!
In this age of information, the messages are often conflicting. There are so many messages that you’re often confused. What is true, what is deceiving, and what is misleading? How can you possibly know? If only you had an angel from God, a holy messenger, to come and tell you what is really real. But you have angels sent by God to speak the Word of Jesus authoritatively.
What Does This Mean?
Why is this happening? What is real? Who should I trust? How did we get so confused? Have we lost our collective minds? I keep asking these and similar questions. We are mixed up. We don’t know up from down. We can’t figure out who is telling the truth and who is lying. We’re back on our heels and disoriented. We are overwhelmed with information, misinformation, and disinformation.
Prepare for the Sunday of the Cleansing of the Temple (08/16)
Our Lord wept over Jerusalem for the destruction that would soon come upon her. For she did not recognize the time of God's visitation in Christ, who had come to bring her peace (Luke 19:41–48). Through His prophets God had consistently called His people to turn from their deceit and false worship. “But My people do not know the judgments of the Lord” (Jer. 8:4–12). They sought to establish their own righteousness rather than receive Christ's righteousness through faith (Rom. 9:30–10:4). So it was that God was in His temple to cleanse it, a precursor to the once-for-all cleansing from sin which He would accomplish in the temple of His own body on the cross. God grant us to know the things that make for our peace—His visitation in the Word and Sacraments—that by the Holy Spirit we may penitently confess “Jesus is Lord” (1 Cor. 12:1–11).
Prepare for the Sunday of the Unjust Steward (08/09)
The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.You will also find this week's Congregation at Prayer guide and links to this week's Bible study.Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers.
The Sunday of the Good & Bad Trees (08/02)
The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.You will also find this week's Congregation at Prayer guide and links to this week's Bible study.Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers.
The Sunday of the Feeding of the 4,000 (07/26)
The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.You will also find this week's Congregation at Prayer guide and links to this week's Bible study.Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers.
The Sunday of Brotherly Love (07/19)
The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers.
The Sunday of the Miraculous Catch of Fish (07/12)
Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.
The Sunday of the Father's Mercy (07/05)
Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.
The Sunday of the Lost Sheep & Lost Coin (06/28)
Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.
Prepare for the Sunday of the Great Banquet (06/21)
Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.
Prepare for the Week of the Sunday of the Rich Man and Lazarus (06/14)
Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.
Prepare for the Week of the Feast of the Holy Trinity (06/07)
This week, we resume public worship, Sunday, May 31st, at 9:30 a.m. If you are unable to join us this Sunday, please use these resources to lead your family together in hearing the Word and in prayer. The printable propers are for use during our live stream.
Prepare for the Week of Pentecost (05/31)
This week, we resume public worship, Sunday, May 31st, at 9:30 a.m. If you are unable to join us this Sunday, please use these resources to lead your family together in hearing the Word and in prayer. The printable propers are for use during our live stream.