Perry Culver, Pastor Tel: 318-671-1363

E-mail: pculver@bellsouth.net

Web:

www.christlutheranlcms.org

Newsletter Staff

Editor: Joan Holland

Proofreader: Bob Holland

Feature Reporter: Judy Bartz

Photographer:

Glenda Conradi

Contributors:

Church Members

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What’s Inside Page

B’days/Anniv 11

Servant List 10

Chairman’s Article 6

Good Samaritan 3

Lutherans for Life 7

LWML 11

Game Nights/VBS 5

Fun Page 12

Pastor’s Article 8

Photo Pages 2 & 15

Music Notes 13

Youth 9

Serving God by Serving People July 2012

The Mission of Christ

Lutheran Church is

proclaiming the Gos-

pel, reaching lives for

Christ and celebrating

God’s love.

Pastor Culver officially welcomes Bethany Culver, Dayna

Meshell and Zachary Gramm into membership. An exciting day for

these young people and their families!

CONGRATULATIONS TO BETHANY, DAYNA AND

ZACHARY ON THEIR CONFIRMATION DAY!

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At right, Daisy Heitner standing next to

one of the four stained glass windows re-

cently installed along front of church

Building.

Below and lower right, are Jeff &

Marilyn

Meeks and

friends at

their 40th

Wedding

Anniver-

sary

Party.

Pastor and children during children’s sermon on Pentecost Sunday.

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During recent weeks we were honored to

have the following guests worship with us:

Frederick Kocher

Mark, Angela, Michael & Matthew

Randolph from Mood, TX

Raymond Platt & Ray Meshell from

Stonewall

Jeff, Marilyn and Matthew Meeks from

Hackettstown, NJ

At 6:00 p.m.

In the Sanctuary

Good Samaritan—Bethesda Campus

North Auxiliary Chapter 7

Thanks for keeping the Campbell Soup Labels coming in. We also sent in a donation to

Good Sam, given to us by former member Dru

Fugate. (Thanks to Marie Carlson for helping me make 150 cupcakes for Dru’s grand daugh-

ter’s wedding.)

Coming up in September, we will be hav-

ing our annual Chapter meeting. Emily Oliver

(Monroe) will be informing us next month on the exact date.

Please keep the Good Samaritan home in

Cypress, TX in your prayers.

…………………

THANKS for your prayers and good wishes for me while I was vacationing in England. The re-

union with my family was absolutely embracing.

God has truly given me, not only my personal family, but my church family who means every-

thing to me. You’ve been with me through some

difficult times and the good times too.

God Bless You All!

Judy Bartz

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Dress for Success

We continue to need the same items which

we reported before including clothes suitable for

business wear, shoes and accessories. We also need

shopping bags with handles and wire clothes hang-

ers with the cardboard roll to hang pants. We ap-

preciate whatever articles you have to donate to this

program.

Sue Oppliger, Program Coordinator

CONGRATULATIONS TO Jonathon

Gramm and April Riehle who were mar-

ried on June 23rd. Jonathon is a grand-

son to Jeanette Joiner and is a long time

member of Our Savior/Christ Lutheran.

We wish God’s richest blessings on these

two young people as they continue down

the road of life together.

Thank You!

We would like to thank everyone who

came out May 26 to help us celebrate our 40th

wedding anniversary. Your presence really

helped to make the evening special. We espe-

cially want to thank all those who went above

and beyond the call—jumping in to help with

the work before, during and after the party.

You are appreciated more than you know and

the love and care you have shown our family is

priceless. Thanks again to everyone.

- Jeff and Marilyn Meeks

Zumba Classes

Don’t forget we have

two classes on Tuesdays:

Zumba Gold at 10 a.m.

and Zumba at 5:30 p.m.

Please call Diana

Kirklin for additional

info at 321-537-2697 or at dkirk-

lin@hotmail.com.

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Christ Lutheran’s VBS will be Monday,

July 9 through Friday, July 13, 5:30 to 8:30

p.m. Meals will be served at 5:45 p.m.

Our theme will be Amazing Desert

Journey with a “Twist!” New Crafts, New

Games, New Activities!

Game Nights for July

Mondays July 16 & 30 will be the Game

Nights this month at 6 p.m. due to VBS. Come

to church and enjoy cool evenings having fun

with fellow members. It’s good to have JC

Barnett and Sue

North playing 42

(dominoes) again.

Sue is a very faithful

friend to member

Louis Wiist. Feel free to

bring your favorite

snacks— just jump in

your car and come

out to the church for GAME NIGHTS!

“Despotism may govern without

faith, but Liberty cannot.”

- Alexis De Tocqueville

CONGRATS TO THE FOLLOWING

YOUNG PEOPLE:

Louise Moore’s grand children: Rance Moore who made the President’s List at

Mississippi State with four A’s and

Katie Whitlock , who recently entered the University of Tennessee’s Dental

School on the Dean’s List.

Louise has a lot to be proud of and we’re proud for her.

Proud parent Sharon McMillon tells us that daughter, Anna, has received top honors from Elm Grove Elementary.

It’s always nice to hear what our young people are achieving! Congrats to you both!

Kaley Constable Howard recently graduated from Remington College with the title of Medical Assistant. Kaley is the daughter of Robin Constable Gras

and Tracey Constable. More congrats!

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Dear Friends in Christ,

I don’t have much to say this month, everything is going really good.

We are in the process of getting a sign put up on the back of the build-

ing with letters about 18 inches high and that can be read from the In-

ner Loop. We will be working with the state to see if we can get some of

the trees trimmed between our fence and the Inner Loop.

Arla and I are getting ready to leave the 1st of July to become volunteer hosts at Goliad State Park. It is something we have wanted to do for some time, but with all the joys of growing old something always came up to keep us from doing it. We will be gone for two months and as I said last month WISH US LUCK. The CLC Prayer Chain is taking shape; Arla should have a working list by the time we leave.

If you would like to be involved in this program give Arla a call.

I hope everyone has a great summer.

To GOD be the glory.

Ken Stump

PRAYERS

Illness Jennifer Ainsworth, Lyle Anderson, Betty Andres, Eloise Culver, Gene Heppner,

Jerry Joiner, Stephanie, Kelly, Sylvia Ladage, Ceil Manning, Warren Manchester, Marilyn

Meeks, Sharon Odom, Peggy Ray, Katie Reuter, Amanda Sparks, Marilyn Symmank, and

Lewis Wiist.

General Wellbeing Our Church, Our Mission and Our Pastor Culver.

In the Military

Paula & Eric Anderson Rebecca & Marcus Cooper Shelton Feibel, Jr.

Raul Garcia III Richard Hester Jeff Kidwell

Jennifer Kidwell . Russell Kirklin Michael Manchester

Warren Manchester, Jr. Brandon McCall Clinton White

NOTE: Please notify Joan Holland, Editor, of any deletions, corrections, or additions that

need to be made to this newsletter. We want it to be as correct as possible. Thank you.

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LUTHERANS FOR LIFE

Our last meeting was on July 1st at

Christ Lutheran. In the future our meetings

will be rotated between St. Paul, Immanuel

and Christ Lutheran. The Baby Bottles we re-

cently handed out need to be returned filled

with your donations, before Labor Day. The

bottles have been divided between all three

churches. If you wish, you can always pick up

another bottle if you fill up your first one. Re-

member, our donations will be going to the Cri-

sis Pregnancy Center.

Many improvements and educational

services have developed at the Center over the

past year. We’re delighted that Pastor & Kris-

tie Ring (St. Paul) have already become in-

volved with this ministry.

Please watch for other events to be held.

Our next meeting will be at Immanuel on Sept.

9th at 2 p.m.

Blessings to all,

Judy Bartz

CLEAR OUT YOUR MAIL BOXES!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wednesday Night Service and Bible

Study: Invite your friends and neighbors to

join us at this midweek evening service at 7:00

p.m. We all know that the overriding mission

and purpose of Christ Lutheran Church in

Shreveport is OUTREACH. Come grow with

us in Christ.

Upcoming Events:

Computer Classes: Anyone interested in

computer classes contact Bernie Conradi or JC

Barnett (MS Word, Excel and Windows operat-

ing system. Next meeting will be July 19th at

2 p.m.

VBS: We are still preparing for the CLC

Vacation Bible School which is scheduled to be

July 9—13 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. We

would appreciate any monetary donations you

might like to give for VBS snacks, meals and

supplies. Please give money for meals to Jan

Shavers; other VBS donations to Rebecca Coo-

per. We could also use more volunteers to help

in many ways.—please contact Rebecca.

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Southern District Convention Report

Theme: It’s Time – That They May Know Jesus

The Southern District Convention took place June 14-16, at Atonement Lutheran Church in Metairie, Louisiana.

The Southern District comprises congregations in the geographical area of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the

Florida Panhandle. There were over 200 delegates in attendance from about 150 congregations. I liked the fact that

this convention was held at a church instead of a hotel conference room or cruise ship. The reason sited was to reduce

cost. Hooray!

On Thursday evening were the regional caucuses for election of the four district VPs. The opening worship ser-

vice also took place Thursday evening. It was a beautiful service with lots of music and it was great to hear so many

MEN (and women as well!

Friday was a mission emphasis day which not only addresses reaching out as a pastor or church worker, but

very valid to the lay people to use in their ministry of sharing the Gospel. Remember that “lay people” are YOU! The

first speaker was Dr. Kurt Senske and he spoke on our calling from God to live as his people. The next speaker was

Prof. Tony Cook and he spoke about the society and culture in which we are living and have our mission. The lunch

hour included a shortened Lifetree Café (www.lifetreecafe.com) experience. The last speaker was slotted to a hus-

band/wife team, Greg and Susan Finke, who introduced the idea of missional communities. They were the lead speak-

ers at the Southern District Missions Summit this past January in Slidell, Louisiana. They will be holding five workshops

this fall in various regions of the district. We need some members to go to this, it is great! The evening concluded with

a memorial worship service in thanksgiving for the service of professional church workers who had died during the tri-

ennium.

Saturday was the convention business day. President Kurtis Schultz was re-elected to a fourth term by a wide

margin. The four regional vice-presidents were ranked in the following order: First VP Warren Davis (Pensacola, FL),

Second VP David Doroh (Florence, AL), Third VP John Karle (Natchitoches, LA) and Fourth VP David Lewis (Hernando,

MS). The District Board of Directors (BOD) was elected, as were members of the Concordia College Alabama Board of

Regents, the Church Extension Fund BOD, and the Committee for 2015 District Convention Nominations. Circuit Coun-

selors were also elected for all 14 circuits in our Southern District. I want to bring up one election that did affect our

congregation was the Church Extension Fund Board of Directors. This vote was a big issue and moved up to allow more

time to discuss. The Church Extension Fund takes investments from people like you (investors) and uses the money for

mission outreach to build new churches. It is a great ministry and our very own Harv Wilkening has served for 35 years

in leading this ministry. It is sad that he did not make the board, but I want to focus on all the good that he has done

and all the churches he has helped. Thank you Harv for your many years of service! It was sad to see some of the

changes take place, but Harv, GREAT JOB!

The convention adopted various resolutions regarding governance of the Southern District Church Extension

Fund, an emphasis on outreach to the increasing Hispanic population, and encouraged the growing relationship be-

tween the Southern District and the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. Other resolutions encouraged the

teaching of seminary level courses at Concordia College Alabama and supported the Lutheran Malaria Initiative.

This was a very missional and peaceful conventions. So we continue joining God where he’s already

in mission, “that they may know Jesus.”

Pastor Perry Culver

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HI! I hope every father out there had a great Father’s Day!

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Old Business:

• The Youth worked at Holy Angels’ Summer Camp sometime toward the end of June. Should have more info on this activity in next month’s issue.

• We had a great swimming/gaming party on June 30th at the homes of counselors—Terri & Mike Holland and Russell & Diana Kirklin

.

New Business:

• We will be going back to Holy Angels on July 7th and every other month following to work with the residents in whatever capacity they need that particular month.

• We plan to pass out VBS flyers on July 8th and will be helping with this activity during the week of July 9—13th. This will be a great experience for everyone so please come and bring the kids!

• More fun at Dress for Success when we go on July 21st to sort out business clothing for “women in need.”

Shelby Watkins, Secretary and

Terri Holland, Counselor

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SERVANT SCHEDULE FOR JULY

Sunday 1st

Elders—Mike Holland a& Mike Reeves

Ushers –Phillip Feibel & Bernie Conradi

Greeters—Dottie McIntosh & Lori O’Connor

Reader – Michael O’Connor

Acolytes –Madison Foss & Phil Moorehead

Altar –Terri Holland & Lori Culver

Nursery –Andy Culver & Dayna Meshell

Flowers –By Mike & Rene’ Reeves in celebration of Jim

and Sigrid’s Anniversary

Money Counters - Dottie McIntosh & Mike Reeves

Sunday 8th

Elders – Mike Holland & Mike O’Connor

Ushers—Phillip Feibel & Chris Reeves

Greeters -Dottie McIntosh & Lori O’Connor

Reader –Lori O’Connor

Acolytes –Matthew Holland & Andy Culver

Altar –Judy Bartz & Doris Moorehead

Nursery –Phil Moorehead & Zachary Gramm

Flowers -By Mike & Terri Holland in honor of son Mat-

thew’s and Mother Joann’s birthdays

Money Counter: Mike Reeves

Sunday 15th

Elders –Mike Holland & Rob Meyer

Ushers—Judy Bartz & Doris Moorehead

Greeters—Dottie McIntosh & Lori O’Connor

Reader – Paul Gabor

Acolytes –Wesley Williams & Bethany Culver

Altar –Melissa Meeks & Lori O’Connor

Nursery –Matt Holland & Cheyenne Gramm

Flowers –By Bernie & Glenda Conradi in celebration of

their anniversary and in honor of Leonard Service’s Birth-

day & Jim and Amanda Jacobe’s birthdays

Money Counters: Dottie McIntosh & Dona Festervan

Sunday 22th

Elders – Mike Holland & Russell Kirklin

Ushers—Phillip Feibel & Bill Marshall

Greeters—Dottie McIntosh & Lori O’Connor

Reader –Judy Bartz

Acolytes –Cheyenne Gramm & Zachary Gramm

Altar –Rene’ Reeves & Sue Meyer

Nursery –Wesley Williams & Bethany Culver

Flowers –By Judy Bartz in memory of late husband Jerry.

Money Counters—Dottie McIntosh & Lori O’Connor

Sunday 29th

Elders—Mike Holland & Chris Reeves

Ushers –Phillip Feibel & Ben Bull

Greeters—Dottie McIntosh & Lori O’Connor

Reader – Michael Holland

Acolytes –Dayna Meshell & Phil Moorehead

Altar –Terri Holland & Lori O’Connor

Nursery –Andy Culver & Matthew Holland

Flowers –By Mike & Rene Reeves in honor of son Chris’

Birthday.

Money Counter - Dottie McIntosh & Dona Festervan

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Cleaning Crews—Saturdays

7/07— Judy Bartz & Ludy Parker

7/14—Rob & Sue Meyer

7/21—The Moorehead Family

7/28—Rene’Reeves & Diana Kirklin

8/04—Mike & Lori O’Connor and Dottie McIntosh

** Due to the Stumps being out of town July & August,

we are in need of more help with more teams. If you can

help, please get in touch with one of the Board of Lay

Leaders or any of the present team members.

Mowing Crews

Idema—

7/01: Russell Kirklin, Kristy Ring, Wesley Williams

Bert Kouns—

7/08: Rob Meyers, Mike Reeves, Zack Gramm

Idema—

7/15: Paul Gabor, Mike Holland, Matt Holland

Bert Kouns-

7/22: Russell Kirklin, Andy Culver, Matt Holland

Idema -

7/28: Terri Holland, Mike Holland, Andy Culver

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Lutheran Women in Mission

Daughters in Christ

Our ladies “day out” was enjoyed by

about 15 people at the Olive Garden. Evidently

it turned out to be quite entertaining and I’m

truly sorry that I missed it. After some cute

pranks and orders being mixed up, they all

enjoyed some really delicious desserts—yum!

Our Mite Box donations have been

averaging about $100 per month. Thanks to

all of you who are so willing to help provide

funds for the projects we chose at the

convention.

We are still doing the Grace Home

project—providing a meal on the 4th Thursday

each month.

Our meetings will resume again on

Sunday, August 5th after church service.

Lunch will be provided.

PUZZLE ANSWERS

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth

and the life. No one comes to the Father except

through me.” John 14:6, NIV

Bible Quiz:

C (See Luke 21:29-31.)

“The Constitution only guarantees

the American people the right to

pursue happiness. You have to

catch it yourself.”

- Benjamin Franklin

JULY SPECIAL DATES

BIRTHDAYS

Lori Culver—3rd

Cheyenne Meshell—3rd

Sandra Hanson—5th

Nina Fertitta— 9th

Michael O’Connor—11th

Lyle Anderson—12th

Matthew Holland—14th

Mack McKinley—17th

Madison Cooley—18th

Laura Bowman—20th

Robin Gras—20th

Chris Reeves—27th

Jeff Foss—28th

Bill Marshall—31st

ANNIVERSARIES

Jim & Sigrid Reeves—4th

Bernie & Glenda Conradi—14th

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PUZZLE FUN

CARTOONS

BIBLE QUIZ

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MUSIC NOTES

The Story of “How Great Thou Art” Steve Randolph

When we sing “How Great Thou Art” at St. Paul, our fellow church member, Inga Lill Westbloom, thinks of her home church in Sweden. Inga, who moved to the United States from Sweden in 1981, with her husband, Ulf, was baptized, confirmed, and literally grew up in the Lutheran church in Monsteras, Sweden, where a former pastor, Reverend Boberg, served during the time that he composed: “O Store Gud” (which eventually became “How Great Thou Art”). Inga said that the version of the hymn that is sung in Sweden differs slightly from what we sing in the United States.

“How Great Thou Art”, one of the best-loved hymns of all time, began as “O Store Gud”, a nine-verse poem, composed in 1885 by Reverend Carl Gustov Boberg, a Swedish minister. Reverend Boberg was inspired by a powerful thunderstorm that occurred as he was walking home from church. Years later, Reverend Boberg described that day by saying:

It was that time of year when everything seemed to be in its richest coloring; the birds were singing in trees and everywhere. It was very warm; a thunderstorm appeared on the horizon and soon thunder and lightning. We had to hurry to shelter. But the storm was soon over and the clear sky appeared. That evening, I wrote the song, “O Store Gud”.

Reverend Boberg’s first two stanzas (as translated into English by Stuart K. Hine) poetically describe the power of God that nature displayed that afternoon:

O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder When through the woods and forest glades I wander

Consider all the works Thy hands have made. And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;

I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur

Thy power throughout the universe displayed. And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze:

(Refrain) Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou art. (Repeat)

"O Store Gud" was first published as a poem in the Mönsterås Tidningen (Mönsterås News) on March, 13, 1886. Before long, the poem was set to an old Swedish folk tune, and in 1891 all nine verses were published in the 1891 Covenant songbook, Sanningsvittnet.

One day a German nobleman, Manfred von Glehn, heard the hymn while he was in Estonia, where there was a small Swedish-speaking population, and he translated Boberg’s Swedish poem into German. The German version was titled: Wie gross bist Du. A few years later, I. S. Prokanoff, a Russian hymn-writer and translator who was sometimes called the “Martin Luther of Russia”, translated the German text into Russian, and called it “Velikiy God” (Great God). Reverend Stuart K. Hine learned ”Velickiy God” while he and his wife, Edith, served as missionaries in the Ukraine. Hine loved the song and sang it often during his missionary journeys, and while in the Carpathian Mountains, Hine was inspired to translate some of the verses into Eng-lish. Eventually, Hine’s translation of two of Boberg’s verses, along with two of his own verses (which Hine composed later) became the well-known four-stanza version of “How Great Thou Art” that is sung today.

Reverend Hine composed the third verse after he entered a Russian village and asked if there were any Christians living there. He was sent to the home of a man named Dmitri, who’s wife had learned to read af-ter a Russian soldier had left a Bible behind several years earlier. Very few of the villagers were able to read at that time, and as the Hines approached the house, they heard Dmitri’s wife reading about Christ’s crucifix-ion to several of the villagers. As she read, the villagers began calling out to God, repenting, and saying how unbelievable it was that “Christ would die for their sins”. As the Hines stayed outside the house and listened,

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Stuart wrote down some of the phrases that the villagers used, and those evolved into the third verse:

And when I think that God, His Son not sparing, Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in; That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin.

Years later, after World War II, Hine composed the fourth verse of “How Great Thou Art”. Hine visited a Pol-ish refugee camp in Sussex, England, where some displaced Russians were being held. Hine found two pro-fessing Christians in the camp, and one of them told a story that provided much of the inspiration for the fourth verse. The refugee said that he had been separated from his wife at the end of the war and had not seen her since. At the time that they were separated, his wife was a Christian, but he was not. However, he had since been converted, and now he had a deep desire to find his wife so that they could share their faith together. The refugee told Hine that he did not believe he would ever see his wife on earth again, so he longed for the day when they would meet in heaven, and could share eternal life. This man’s story inspired Hine and became the basis for the final verse to “How Great Thou Art”:

When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!

Then I shall bow in humble adoration, And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!

Even though the translation by Hine (along with the two verses that he later composed and added) is the best-known version of “How Great Thou Art”, it was not the first English translation. The first translation was actually completed in 1925, by Reverend E. Gustav Johnson....

… Dr. J. Edwin Orr heard Hine’s version of the hymn sung in India and brought it to America, where it was published in 1954. Eventually George Beverly Shay and the Billy Graham Gospel Choir, directed by Cliff Bar-rows, began to sing “How Great Thou Art” at crusades. Billy Graham once said that the reason he liked this hymn was because it glorifies God and “turns Christian’s eyes toward God rather than upon themselves.” In the years since “How Great Thou Art” was first heard in America, several artists, including Elvis Presley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Roy Rogers released recordings of the hymn. The United Church of Christ released the New Cen-

tury Hymnal in 1995, which included an updated English translation of “How Great Thou Art.” According to the editors of the New Century Hymnal, this translation was created “to restore the meaning and flavor of Boberg’s original hymn...."

Submitted by Lori Culver

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CLC Ladies enjoying a wonderful luncheon

at Olive Garden on Youree Drive. This

“Ladies Day Out” is a popular event and

one the ladies look forward to.

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On June 23rd CLC hosted an AARP Driving

Workshop to its 50+ members. As you can see

it was very well attended. The seminar in-

structor was Carole Preston a teacher at

LSUS.

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Bible Believing!

Lutheran Christians believe the Bible to be the inspired, inerrant and infallible Word of God. We hold the Old and New Testaments to be a special revelation from God concerning His plan of salvation for the whole world. Bible reading and Bible

study are important to us as we continue in our relationship with the very Word made flesh—Jesus Christ.

Holy Spirit Heeding!

Lutheran Christians believe that we can-not by our own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called us by the Gospel, enlightened us with His gifts, sanctified and keeps us in the true faith. We were saved 2000 years ago when Jesus

said from the cross, “It is finished.” The Holy Spirit applies that to each of us through the gift of faith.

Sacraments Receiving!

Lutheran Christians understand that God works through means. He has chosen to be active and present in the water of Holy

Baptism and the bread and wine of Holy Communion as His Word is connected with these elements. God comes to us with His promises of grace, forgiveness and new life. Faith receives the blessings

bestowed in and through these means of grace!

Love Sharing!

Lutheran Christians awakened to God’s grace in Jesus Christ and aware of His

overwhelming love for lost and condemned sinners are eager to share this love with all people. Christ Lutheran Church is here to make everyone a disciple of Christ by teaching the world administering the Sac-raments, by supporting one another in

love, however necessary, and by using the gifts of the Holy Spirit daily.

Cross Embracing!

Lutheran Christians embrace a theology of the cross. We approach our faith realis-

tically and the words of Christ truthfully when He told us that is the world hated Him and persecuted Him it would most certainly do the same and more to His disciples. St. Paul affirms this when he

said that when he was weak then was He

strong. We understand we are poor, mis-erable sinners—saved only by God’s grace alone.

New Life Living!

Lutheran Christians enabled and directed

by the Holy Spirit honor our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by living lives devoted to Him. Having received salvation as a gift, our response is to uphold the Ten Commandments, to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,” and “love

your neighbor as yourself.” At Christ Lutheran Church we are reminded by this simple phrase: Serving God, Serving Peo-ple.

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