St Marks Lutheran Church

read moreWe are a lively, welcoming congregation of all ages. We gather together in the name of Jesus as Christ-Centered People who love and serve God, love and serve each other and love and serve the world around us.

read moreSt. Mark's Lutheran Church is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) and Central States Synod (CSS). Through Worship, Baptism, Communion, Sunday School, Confirmation, Vacation Bible School, Music Ministries and service to the larger community we share in the joy of being children of God. We believe that God is the loving Creator of the world who is still actively at work creating and renewing the life of the world and its inhabitants. We believe that Jesus is the Son of God, sent to the world in love to teach, heal and proclaim the Good News of God for all people.

read moreSt. Mark's provides two different Christ-centered worship styles with our first service beginning at 8:30a being a more traditional Lutheran worship. This includes music from a wonderful sounding pipe organ, vocal choir and bell choir. Worship service is about an hour and follows the current Lutheran Book of Worship. The service is projected on the wall which reduces paper usage. 1st service attire is typically business causal clothes and the pastor and assistants are typically robed. The 2nd service begins at 11:00a and has music led by an excellent volunteer band called Disciples of Faith which contains electric and acoustical guitars, drums, and vocalists.

read moreThe sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Do you want to be right, or do you want to have a relationship? When a teenager spends $200 on the world's coolest sunglasses is it the time to comment on the foolishness of the purchase. We live in a culture of invitation. Television invites us to join complicated story arcs so that we feel connected to the characters. Commercials invite us to see their product as a new movement and invite us. Third Sunday of Advent The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page.