196 viewsTishreden" [Table Talk] group which is currently studying the Smalcald Articles of The Lutheran Confessions. Group meets every other Saturday morn from 9-10:30 in the Fireside Room.
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Pastor John C. Bestul635 viewsPastor John C. Bestul has served The Lutheran Church of Our Savior since 2007. After graduating from San Jose State University in 2001, he taught in the public school system of San Jose, until attending Concordia Theological Seminary of Ft. Wayne, in 2001. He served his vicarage/internship at St. John's Lutheran of Topeka, Kansas and received his Master of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary. Prior to accepting the pastoral call of The Lutheran Church of Our Savior, he served as Pastor of Rollingwood Lutheran Church of San Pablo, CA. He and his wife, Rachael, have four sons [John, Jacob, Isaac and Joseph] and one daughter (Katherine).
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Pastor Dennis Bestul3272 viewsPastor Dennis E. Bestul has served The Lutheran Church of Our Savior since 1983. Prior to that he served Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bessemer, Michigan, from 1978-1983, and Redeemer Lutheran of Menahga, MN, Christ Lutheran of Wolf Lake, MN, and Gethsemane Lutheran of Snellman, MN from 1974-1978. His vicarage was at Redeemer Lutheran Church of Spokane, WA, in 1972-73. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in 1974, received the Ecclesiae Christi Award of his alma mater in 1985, and the Alumnus of the Year award in 2010. He and his wife, Barbara, have four grown children [Michelle of Elgin, IL, Rev. John of Cupertino, CA, Rev. Mark of Elgin, IL, and son David of San Jose] and seventeen grandchildren.
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Lutheran Braille Workers440 viewsLutheran Braille Workers
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Luther's Refutation110 views
Printed in Wittenberg in 1521, this framed page is from the first edition of Luther's refutation of Pope Leo X's bull of condemnation. Written in German, it begins with these words: "It is certain that the pope does not have power, nor can he command the church, in articles of faith, neither commandments of morals or good works." The "Refutation" is a gift to the church from Henry and Erika Stelling, July, 1990.
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Altar Mosaic235 views
Designed by an artist in Mexico, the altar mosaic was cemented piece by piece to its support backing. It was then raised as one piece from its face down position on the floor to assume its role as the 30+ foot floor-to-peak background for the altar and cross which dominate the chancel.
Note how the flow of the mosaic colors establish a pattern of light which draws the eyes from the cross to Heaven. The mosaic was purchased for the sanctuary by the Lutheran Women's Guild of the congregation
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Pastor Adam Debner822 viewsPastor Adam Debner has served the congregation as Assistant Pastor since July of 2018. After attending Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan (LCMS), from which he earned a B.A. in Religious Studies in 2013, he attended Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2014, where he was a member of the Concordia Theological Seminary select men’s choir, Kantorei, and was a member of the Fort Wayne Bach Collegium. He married Emily Selim on May 24, 2015, served his vicarage (internship) at Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church, Zionsville, Indiana, and was awarded a M. Div. degree from Concordia Theological Seminary in May, 2018. Adam was ordained at his vicarage congregation and was installed as Assistant Pastor of the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in July, 2018.
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Chancel Seal933 views
The pulpit seal was designed by Martin Luther. At its center is a cross- to remind us that faith in Christ who was crucified saves us.
The heart is placed upon the center of a rose, to show that faith causes joy, consolation and peace.
Around this background is a golden ring, to signify that such bliss in heaven is endless, and more precious than all joys and treasures, since gold is the best and most precious metal. Christ, our dear Lord, will give grace unto eternal life.
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Martin Luther148 views"Let the man who would hear God speak read Holy Scripture!" These words of Dr. Martin Luther should, indeed, be echoed by every church that bears his name. With open Bible in hand--facing out toward the world--Luther reminds us all that the Word of God is God's Word to us and God's Word for the world.
As we leave the sanctuary, having heard the Word of God and having seen the life and love of our Savior portrayed in faceted glass, may we proclaim the eternal truths which God restored to His Church through the great Reformer: "We are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone!"
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Nativity253 views"And she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger..." [Luke 2:7]
The Virgin gently lays in the manger the Holy Child, God in the flesh come to save us. His earthly guardian, Joseph, looks on, as the angels who had sung, "Glory to God in the highest!" now watch in awe. A star overhead marks the place of His birth: a stable that He shares with cattle. A lamb and shepherd's staff [which forms the vertical beam of the stable] remind us of the shepherds to whom the Christmas message was first proclaimed. A cross behind the head of the infant Savior declares His later words: "For this purpose I came into the world." [John 18:37] And, the descending beam of light from above portrays the presence of God the Father, who "so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son." [John 3:16]
In Luther's words, Welcome to earth, Thou noble Guest, in Whom this sinful world is blest!
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