Beginning February 11th

When it comes to Holy Scripture, there is more good news than can be contained in just four books. In a rare and beautiful way, Isaiah does not simply prepare us to meet the Christ of the New Testament, the prophet Isaiah declares the gospel of the Lord’s salvation as if it were already accomplished. Scholars say you can scratch any page of the New Testament and Isaiah will be found underneath. So throughout Lent and Holy Week, we will experience the finished work of Christ‘s cross and empty tomb through the eyes of one who saw the Lord‘s redemption and restoration generations before the evangelists who walked with and wrote about our Lord Jesus.

   February 11 - Transformation in the 5th Gospel | Isaiah 40, Luke 9:28-36

   February 18 - Homecoming in the 5th Gospel | Isaiah 49, John 12:20-33

   February 25 - Patience in the 5th Gospel  | Isaiah 42, Mark 8:27-38

   March 3 - Restoration in the 5th Gospel | Isaiah 55-56, John 2:13-22

   March 10 - Exaltation in the 5th Gospel | Isaiah 52-53, John 3:14-21

   March 17 - Honor in the 5th Gospel  | Isaiah 43, Mark 10:32-45

   March 24 - Redemption in the 5th Gospel | Isaiah 52, Mark 11:1-10

   March 31 - Resurrection in the 5th Gospel | Isaiah 60, Mark 16:1-8

Beginning Wednesday, February 14th

*No 8:40 service on March 20th

Early Service | 8:40 AM

Musical Meditations | 12:00 PM

Late Service | 6:00 PM

Lent is often described as a journey. But where are we going? Of course, during this season, we follow our Savior to the cross, but not just to awkwardly gawk His pain and suffering. Death looms large for us during Lent, not just because it‘s Jesus‘ destination, but because His journey is one we all will make one day, too. The space between our journey‘s beginning and its end is full of both joy and heaviness. The temptation might be to skip steps on the road. But each step is placed on our path by His purpose. Through a series of mini-journeys this Lententide, we will be reacquainted with the pilgrimage we all undertake, a journey we do not take alone, but accompanied by the Christ who walks beside us and goes before us, from Dust to Dawn.

Wednesdays at Noon | February 14th - March 20th

The season of Lent invites thoughtful reflection, and the music of Christ’s church has a way of focusing our reflection on what matters most. On Wednesdays in Lent, beginning Ash Wednesday, you are invited to a series of half-hour organ and piano recitals from Director of Parish Music Dr. Christopher Evatt, featuring music for unhurried contemplation. Fill your soul and meditate on the work of Christ, the enormity of the Father’s mercy, and the Spirit’s call to faith and repentance.

Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?

Beginning February 18th | Room 115 | Led by John Grunow

When's the last time you stepped up to the counter and ordered one medium-size Jesus, extra generous, and heavy on the bling? Perhaps you prefer yours extra small, and hold the onion please. Here's the same question: When's the last time you took a hammer and a chisel to the Jesus of the Bible and formed Him into your own personal Jesus? Reading through Pastor Matthew Richard’s book, Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? not only reminds us who the real Jesus of the Bible is, but it also reveals to us twelve false christs who are embraced, loved, promoted, and revered, even by well-meaning Christians. This class includes out-of-class reading; books will be available in the church office beginning February 4.

What the Church Needs Most: 1 Corinthians

Continuing through April | Luther Commons | Led by Pastor Brakhage

Ask ten people, “what does the Church need most?“, and you‘re likely to get twelve different answers! In times of turmoil and upheaval, it can be common for well-meaning Christians to prescribe their perfect antidote to solve all the Church‘s problems. Unfortunately, the cures they‘d recommend often only address the part of the problem they can see. The real issues go deeper, so what the church needs most needs to go deeper too. In a walkthrough of 1 Corinthians, we will study Paul‘s words to a church in upheaval, revealing what the Church needs most just might be foolishness, unity, purity, restraint, humility, fellowship, love, and a whole lot of Jesus.