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A Day Unlike Any Other

• "A Day Unlike Any Other" (Matthew 25:13)

Sunday Morning Worship - 11/12/2017

The final three weeks of the Church Year are traditionally concerned with “the last things.” The lessons of the Church bring a special opportunity to reflect on the end of time and on the end of our earthly lives. In the Apostles’ Creed, we affirm our belief in the resurrection of the body, which is God’s good but temporary gift to us while we are living on earth. With all who have died in the faith before us, we await the coming of the Lord. Paul writes, “We shall all be changed.” Our faithful worship helps us prepare for that glorious event!

Please join us for Sunday worship at 8:20 AM or 11:00 AM.  Pastor Joshua Baumann's message is titled “A Day Unlike Any Other” based on Matthew 25:13.

Sunday's bulletin can be found at this Bulletins Link.

Clothing and Book Drive for Rosebud

The Board of Missions & Evangelism requests your help!  We will be taking clothing and books to Rosebud Reservation.  We will have boxes set up in November in the narthex to put items in if you wish to donate.  We will take gently used books and clothing but request that the clothing be clean.  If you have any questions please speak to a member of the Board of Missions & Evangelism: Justin Bell, Dodie Hardy, Dennis Ryckman, Lindsey Schilling, Norma Schilling, Bob Green, Melissa Neyhart, Debra Ramquist, or Carlene Barber.  Deadline to have items turned in is November 30^th.  Thank you!

Blessed? You Bet!

• "Blessed? You Bet!" (Matthew 5:1-12)

Sunday Morning Worship - 11/05/2017

You are not alone—never have been, never will be! In His faithfulness to you, your heavenly Father has promised to never leave you nor forsake you! As you gather in His name on this All Saints’ Sunday, the triune God fills you with His presence through His Word and through the body and blood of Christ in Holy Communion. In a mysterious way, this fellowship you have with God also unites you to all believers of every time and place. That’s what you confess when you say you believe “in the communion of saints.” You are not alone! You are a member of the Body of Christ! You are part of a community that is eternally blessed by Jesus and lives to confess His name before the world!

Please join us for Sunday worship at 8:20 AM or 11:00 AM.  Pastor Cory J. Rajek's message is titled “Blessed?  You Bet!” based on Matthew 5:1-12.

Sunday's bulletin can be found at this Bulletins Link.

Reformation Service - It's Still All About Jesus

• "Reformation Service: It's Still All About Jesus", The 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church. Sermon by Rev. Scott Sailer - SD District President. 

Christ Exalted in All the Earth

• "Christ Exalted in All the Earth" (Psalm 46)

Reformation Weekend Recap

Thank you so very much to all those who came to worship services on Sunday and to the Saturday evening concert to help us celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation this past weekend! What a wonderful weekend we had together as with voice and song and stringed instruments we praised God's great and glorious name together.

Mariachi San Pablo was an absolute delight to have among us as well! There were individuals from all over the state, the circuit, and the community that came to join us. The choir sang marvelously both in the morning and in the afternoon! The Brass group fortified our singing and added that little extra something special.

The meal yesterday provided by the Parish Fellowship Board was perfect. The special red lighting and sound equipment provided by Oahe Light and Sound added the right touch to the sanctuary and turned out great! The Mariachi's music made us want to dance!!!!

We'll look forward to the next 500th year milestone when we, or rather our great, great, great, great, greats get to celebrate the 1000th! It was truly a good weekend in the Life of God's Church in Pierre, South Dakota. A special thanks again to the many that made it go so smooth and did so much behind the scenes. May the Lord Jesus be praised!!!

Mariachi San Pablo Concert

• "Mariachi San Pablo Concert"

Reformation Day Worship - 10/29/2017

“It’s still all about Jesus.” It was all about Jesus when the Lord God first promised a Savior to Adam, Eve, and their descendants. It was all about Jesus with every foretelling of the coming Christ by Old Testament prophets. It was all about Jesus at the manger, the cross, and the empty tomb. It was all about Jesus as the apostle Paul penned, “We hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law” (Romans 3:28). It was all about Jesus when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses on October 31, 1517. It’s still all about Jesus today as we receive the Means of Grace—Word and Sacrament. It will be all about Jesus when He returns in glory on the Last Day. As we observe the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we celebrate that it always has been, and always will be, all about Jesus!

Preaching 10/29/2017 at the 8:20 and 11:00 am services is Rev. Stephen Heimer, Mariachi San Pablo. Rev. Heimer is 39 years old and is the pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in El Paso and Chief Operating Officer of YLM Human Care. With a Bachelor of Arts degree in K-12 Music Education and a Master of Arts in Theology in Culture, he is co-founder of Mariachi San Pablo and Adelante Ministries (2001). He is an alumni of Concordia Seminary and the Cross-Cultural Ministry Center of Concordia University California. Reverend Joshua Baumann, our Associate Pastor, is our Liturgist.

The morning sermon is titled “Christ Exulted in All the Earth” and is based on Psalm 46. 

REFORMATION - John 8:31–36 (Oct. 31)
“Regardless of how terrified the Christian is by the Law and how much he acknowledges his sin, he does not despair; for he believes in Christ into whom he has been baptized and through whom he has the forgiveness of sins. Now if our sin has been forgiven through Christ Himself ... we have become free by the deliverance of the Son.” LW 26:447  -Luther
            
Please join us also for a special Reformation service in the afternoon at 3:00 pm and for the meal following. 

Sunday's bulletin can be found at this Bulletins Link.