Joy to you in the wonderful Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
“We exist to bring the message and example of Jesus Christ to Greater Boston and beyond.” Yes, this, our mission statement, is ambitious, and yes, we admit we will never accomplish it perfectly. But thanks be to God for nevertheless entrusting us with the keys of His Kingdom through His Holy Word in the Bible, and His precious Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
As Lutheran Christians we believe, teach and confess Christ crucified, risen, and coming again on the Last Day. We also heed His admonition to love our neighbors as ourselves. All this we do in an atmosphere of liturgical reverence, a high regard for His gift of music, and even a healthy sense of humor which acknowledges that we are saved by grace, not works!
Please consider your new or expanded participation in our exciting ministries located “deep” downtown in the beautiful and accessible Back Bay area of America’s most walkable city! The volunteers and staff of First Lutheran stand ready to help you “let your light so shine before others that people will see your good works and give glory to your Father in Heaven” (Matthew 5:16)!
Thanks for reading this; and may God richly bless your day!
Yours for Christ and His Kingdom,
Ingo R. Dutzmann, Senior Pastor
Happenings at FLC
Lutheran Essentials October 24th, 2018
Lutheran Essentials meets in the undercroft of the church on Wednesday evenings 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 […]
Shine: The vision
Shine is a generosity journey for the First Lutheran Church of Boston that was launched in September. If you’ve heard Pastor’s sermons and the video series during the Bible study hour, you'll know that we’ve been focusing on God’s radical generosity towards us, his people. In the upcoming weeks, we will continue to focus on God’s amazing generosity. But now [...]
Lutheran Essentials October 17th, 2018
Lutheran Essentials meets in the undercroft of the church on Wednesday evenings 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 […]
Ceremony and Celebration
The true riches of our heritage in the Church shine through most brilliantly in the liturgical life of the church. Since the days of Adam and Eve this great masterpiece which is the Church’s worship and piety has grown with one generation adding to the work of the last. This liturgy which we have inherited in the Lutheran Church proclaims […]
Shining in Faith: The Generosity of Children
The children of FLC worked on a project this summer. They thought about the gifts that God has so richly given them, and they wrote down the ways that they could practice generosity with the gifts that they had been given. They made them into quilt squares, like an old-fashioned quilting bee, adding their small acts of generosity together to [...]
Music this Sunday: October 14, 2018
This week's incidental music is composed by Matthias Weckmann. Weckmann grew up singing for the brilliant Lutheran composer Heinrich Schütz (whose music will be featured at the upcoming Bach Vespers service on November 24), and ascended to the prestigious post of organist at the Jakobikirche in Hamburg in 1655. The organ in the Jakobikirche, built by Arp Schnitger, was one of the [...]
