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Adult Bible Study ~ 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.

Sunday Service ~ 10:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.

Youth Sunday School ~ 9-9:30 A.M.

Communion ~ 1st and 3rd Sundays

Welcome Winter Texans

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Please join us. All are welcome.

We believe, teach, and confess the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe, teach, and confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe in him.

*Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death, and resurrection God fashions a new creation.

*The proclamation of God's message to us as both law and gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy in the person and work of Jesus Christ through whom God was pleased to reconcile all things to himself.

*The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God. Inspired by God's Spirit speaking through their authors, they record and announce God's revelation centering in Jesus Christ. Through them God's Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for service in the world.

We believe, teach, and accept the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the sole authoritative source and norm of our proclamation, faith, and life.

We accept the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the scriptural faith we believe, teach, and confess.

We believe, teach, and accept the Unaltered Augsburg Confession and the Small Catechism as true witnesses to the Word of God, normative for our teaching and practice. We acknowledge that we are one in faith and doctrine with all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.

We believe, teach, and confess the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the Treatise, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid expositions of the Holy Scriptures.

We believe, teach, and confess the gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the priesthood of all believers for God's mission in the world.

Pastor Michael Giese

Phone: 361-205-3317

Email: mrgiese1990@gmail.com

Office: Tue, Wed & Fri

9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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PASTOR’S LUCID RAMBLINGS - June2025

“Christian Nationalism”

Matthew 6:10 10 Let your kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven.

Inspired by a Canadian Lutheran Article titled: “A Lutheran Response to Christian Nationalism” as found at: https://www.canadianlutheran.ca/a-lutheran-response-to-christian-nationalism/

Brothers and sisters in Christ,

For years Americans have argued whether or not we are a “Christian Nation” – that is, a nation based on Judeo-Christian values. Our Pledge of Allegiance states that we are “One Nation under God” and our currency states, “In God We Trust”.

Those critical of the United States being a “Christian Nation” counter that “Separation of Church and State” has moved us away from Judeo-Christian roots – as we are a nation of many diverse groups.

In an era of much division, which side should we stand?

Some Christians desire a nation ruled by Christian Nationalism, to the extent of promoting violence to achieve its means. They state that the Church has been passive and must unite against the forces which are destroying our nation.

This philosophy believes in a distant Jesus. It believes that He was here at the founding of our nation, but has since left. They believe that they must work toward “bringing Him back” to be at the center of our daily lives.

They seem to be unaware that Jesus never left. He’s here in Word and sacrament every time we gather in His name. To say that He’s no longer in our country is a perversion of His promises.

Jesus promised, “I will not leave you all alone.” (John 14:18) He hasn’t abandoned us. We have been empowered to live with confidence, even when the world appears hostile. We have hope, confidence, and comfort as Christ works through His Word and Sacraments in an increasingly Godless world.

In Christ, Pastor Mike