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!

2026 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
June 29-July 3, 2026
8:30-11:30 a.m.
For children ages 4-11

Join us for a Tropical Trek where we will learn how Jesus came to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10)! 

As we traverse fun and exciting places, like a dormant volcano and island caves, we’ll discover how God finds us and helps us in every challenge we face. 

At Tropical Trek VBS, five Bible stories will show kids that God is always there for them, finding them when they’re having troubles, feeling lonely, lost, hopeless, or not good enough.  In fact, God the Father loves us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to save us.  Because Jesus died and rose to life, we have hope and new life in Him!

Click the logo (or here) for the registration form.

Toddlin’ to Jesus



Toddlin’ to Jesus is taught by Lisa Solum, who has a BA in Music Education and is a certified teacher in Illinois and Michigan.  She currently teaches choir at St. John’s Lutheran School in La Porte.  If you would like more information or would like to register, please call the church office at (219) 872-4419 or use our contact us page.

Youth Group

We gather periodically for service, fellowship, Bible study, and activities. Call the church office for more information.

Higher Things Conference

All Things New

2025 HIGHER THINGS CONFERENCES

He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Revelation 21:5

The one who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Jesus promises that just as He is risen, we will rise. The last great enemy has been destroyed. Everlasting life belongs to all who believe…one day.

But for us, some days, that day feels far away. Like it’ll never come… like it’s been made for someone other than you. 

Dear one, hear the promise for you today, too. “Behold, I am making all things new.”…right now. It doesn’t just mean that one day, everything will be fixed. It means that things are allowed to be broken today. Nothing can be so damaged that it can’t be made new. Nothing broken will stay that way. There is a resurrection of all flesh. 

We can look forward with hope, even when everything falls apart around us. The promise isn’t held at arm’s length. When today is still broken, He who sits on the throne wants you to cling to the promise now. You are already a child of God, and so you are already a child of the resurrection. Call the sin that destroys what it is. Call death the last great enemy. It has already been defeated. 

Live a steadfast faith today no matter what things look like because you rest on a yesterday that was made whole on the cross. Realize that God hates the same things you war against too, but he has already won the victory… the victory that makes All Things New. 

Please call the office at (219) 872-4419 if you would like more information.

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.