Summer Worship Schedule Reminder Every summer, the students from area schools head home and families vacation out of town. First Lutheran uses the slower pace in the city as an opportunity to join our two services together and shine as a single family in Christ. For July and August, Sunday worship will include Bible study at 8:30 AM and continue [...]

  Lutheran Essentials meets in the undercroft of the church on Wednesdays at 7pm.  You can reach the undercroft by going around to the back parking lot of the church and descending the staircase to the kitchen.  Knock on the door if it is closed and some one will let you in.  You can also join us remotely via our […]

Last week’s readings emphasized God as the source of our strength and confidence. This week stresses God as the source of all true wisdom. There are so many competing voices in the world, claiming to be the way. Jeremiah says that even some who have God’s Word have lost their way, for they have handled it falsely. As Jesus taught in […]

Lutheran Essentials meets in the undercroft of the church on Wednesdays at 7pm.  You can reach the undercroft by going around to the back parking lot of the church and descending the staircase to the kitchen.  Knock on the door if it is closed and some one will let you in.  You can also join us remotely via our livestream.  […]

[Picture: Parable of the Unjust Steward, by Andrei Mironov (Russia)] Pastor Hopkins preached this sermon on the Ninth Sunday After Trinity, 8/18/2019. The text for the sermon was the day’s gospel lesson, continuing to verse 13. To read the Bible texts for the Ninth Sunday After Trinity, click here. Yikes; this is a tricky text. You’ll have to pay attention […]

  Lutheran Essentials meets in the undercroft of the church on Wednesdays at 7pm.  You can reach the undercroft by going around to the back parking lot of the church and descending the staircase to the kitchen.  Knock on the door if it is closed and some one will let you in.  You can also join us remotely via our […]