Vacation Bible School
aka: VBS
Every summer we invite children from 4 years old through the 5th grade to enroll in Vacation Bible School. The themes change every year, but the message is the same. We want your children to learn about the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and have fun doing so!
Youth Group
We gather periodically for service, fellowship, Bible study, and activities. Call the church office for more information.
Higher Things Conference 2027
Matthew 5:17 – “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”
The Ten Commandments. Two tablets of stone carved with “thou shalt nots.” Torn down from courthouses by a culture that calls them outdated. Wielded by the pious to knock down their enemies. And held at arm’s length by sinners afraid of what they’d see in the mirror. In all of it, the Ten Commandments feel like a weapon. The law kills, after all.
We should fear and love God in a way that looks like something. Don’t do those things of death. Do these things of life. And we have sinned. And so there is death all around us. All of us. But the law exists to do more than show us our sin. It shows us how things are supposed to be.
Torah means more than just the first five books of the Bible. It means more than just the Law. Torah literally means the teachings of God. It’s revelation. Because the law teaches us more about God than it does about ourselves. The Law only really teaches you one thing about yourself. You’re a sinner. You aren’t the one who created this law, but it teaches us a lot about the one who first spoke it. You have a God who insists He be God to you. Have no others. He insists He be the one to care for you, to save you. Each commandment paints a picture of God caring for creation. If you want to know what the law really looks like, look to Jesus, not you. The law paints a picture of Jesus, who fulfills it for you, even when you could not. The gospel paints a picture of you. Only here does the law look like a lamp to our feet. A light to our path. It won’t save you. It doesn’t have to. But it teaches. Each commandment is a good Gift from God, guarding something important to Him. You.
Join us in 2027 for Torah.
Sunday School
We have Sunday School every week beginning at 8:45 a.m. We have four classes which serve 3-year-olds to those in the 8th grade. They begin with a snack and opening worship, then separate into classes.
Catechism and Confirmation
Catechism Class is a three-year program for youth that concludes with Confirmation. We accept children into the program who are deemed ready by their parents, typically around the 5th grade. Contact Pastor Solum for more information.
Confirmation is a custom of the Church which links the catechumens (those who receive the teaching of God) to their baptism. In baptism, we are brought into the faith by the Holy Spirit. We live the new life given in our baptism as we confess our sins, grow in God’s Word, and receive the Sacrament of the Altar. In Confirmation the baptized publicly confess the promises of God which belong to them. More important, though, is the formal instruction leading up to confirmation from the Small Catechism. This builds on the groundwork of faith given them in their baptism and through the teaching of their parents and the preaching and teaching in the church. Catechumens dive deeper into our Lutheran theology and prepare for lifelong growth in God’s Word.
First Communion can either happen at Confirmation or earlier. Communion is given to those who believe and are baptized, and have learned the Ten Commandments, Apostles’ Creed, Lord’s Prayer, Word’s of Institution, and can say what the Sacrament of the Altar is and why they should receive it.
