All Kids
St. Paul’s is a GREAT place for kids of all ages. From weekly Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, youth retreats, camping, outdoor fun, singing, crafts, and more…St. Paul’s is the perfect place to bring your kids to meet and learn about Jesus.
Starting in August 2020, we have a new treat for the kids and youth: a Director of Christian Education intern from Concordia University, St. Paul Minnesota. Not only will she work with the adult ministries in the church, but she will create new and fun ways to bring even more kids into the church.
Our fall schedule begins on September 13th with an Outdoor Family worship service, followed by a Sunday School rally and kickoff. All children in the community are invited to attend! There will be games, prizes, food, lessons, and music…it’s going to be a great time and the start of a great Sunday School year at St. Paul’s!
Confirmation
A new First Year confirmation class begins in September. This class is for any 6th or 7th grader, or for any teenager who hasn’t been through confirmation. We will study Luther’s Small Catechism, learn the books of the Bible, and more. A letter will go out to all parents in July.
The current First Year class will start meeting again in August. Depending on testing, this class may be eligible to receive First Communion and move forward to the Second Year. COVID-19 messed up our schedule quite a bit, but we will work hard and get back on top of things very soon.
The current Second Year class returns to Wednesday evening meetings starting the first Wednesday in August. As long as we stick to our schedule, you will be confirmed on Reformation Sunday.
Resources
Online Resources will be available soon. Keep an eye out on both the church calendar and this page.
Society and culture do not rule a confessional Lutheran church. We believe, in fact, that the church should reform the culture so that it conforms to Christ. What does this mean regarding the LGBTQ community? What does this mean regarding Abortion? What does this mean regarding Euthanasia? What does this mean regarding race and skin color? Much indeed!
Confessional Lutherans follow the ancient liturgies of the church. Should you come by and visit, you will notice a very clear order and pattern in our service. You will notice that the pastor wears special clothing (no he doesn’t wear a dress and a scarf; it’s called an Alb and a Stole). The sanctuary is adorned with colors and symbols, with crosses and candles. You’ll probably notice that the pastor chants. You’ll notice that the congregation is heavily involved in the service through responses, chanting, singing, reciting creeds, standing and sitting (sometimes kneeling). But what you’ll notice most of all, hopefully, is that nearly everything we say is the Scripture. We sing the Scripture, we speak the Scripture, we read the Scripture publicly, and the sermons are from the Scripture. Jesus is EVERYWHERE in our liturgy and our practice, and this is no minor thing. Lutherans believe that church and worship is “all about Jesus,” and we are very intentional about this.
There’s a lot of talk and speculation about the “End Times” and the “New Millennium”. Famous authors and preachers spend hours talking about the signs and wonders and making predictions about the Last Day. To date, thousands of predictions have been made. To date, none of those predictions have panned out.
Sometimes when we think of “conversion” or becoming a Christian, we think of making decisions, altar calls, promises and commitments on the part of the one being converted. But Lutherans believe as the Scripture teaches, that man cannot come to God, cannot find God through reason or strength, that man is hostile to God from conception, and totally incapable of making himself a Christian or doing the works necessary to appease God.
Yes, it is true. We are poor, miserable sinners. And since this is true, it is also true and necessary that we confess our sins. Our Lord instructs us to confess our sins of thought, word and deed, both sins we know we commit, and the sins we don’t; both sins we intentionally commit and sins unintentional.
In the Lord’s Supper, our Lord delivers to us the true body and blood of the sacrifice at the cross, where He paid for the sin of the whole world. In truth, we do not attempt to explain how this works, that is, how the true body and blood are present in the bread and wine of the Supper. But we simply go to the Scripture where, on the night our Lord was betrayed, He took bread and when He had given thanks He broke it and gave it to them and said, “take and eat, this is my body given for you. This do in remembrance of me.” In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them and said, “This cup is the new testament in my blood, shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do as often as you drink it in remembrance of me.”
Baptism is not just plain water, but it is the water included in God’s command and combined with God’s Word. In other words, water, by itself, is just water. But when God combines His Word to it, powerful things happen! In the Scripture, God promises that all who believe and are baptized are saved (Mark 16), and that we are born again by water and the Spirit (John 3). He instructs us regarding how we make disciples: baptizing and teaching (Matthew 28:19ff). He promises the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit in Baptism (Acts 2:38ff). In Holy Baptism, our old self dies and the new self, wrapped in Christ, comes alive (Romans 6).