What We Believe For God so loved the world that he gave is only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. John 3:16 NRSV All Saints Lutheran Church confesses the Triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
All Saints Lutheran Church confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as power for the salvation of all who believe.
All Saints Lutheran Church believes 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.
All Saints Lutheran Church confesses that the proclamation of God’s message to us as both Law and Gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy through word and deed, beginning with the Word in creation, continuing in the history of Israel, and centering in all its fullness in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
All Saints Lutheran Church believes the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the written 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.
All Saints Lutheran Church accepts the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith, and life.
All Saints Lutheran Church accepts the Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the faith of this congregation.
All Saints Lutheran Church accepts the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it in faith and doctrine all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
All Saints Lutheran Church accepts the confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, and the Treatise, the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid interpretations of the faith of the Church.
All Saints Lutheran Church confesses 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 Church for God’s mission in the world.
Taken from the “Confession of Faith” in the Constitution of All Saints Lutheran Church, Byron, Illinois |
September 22, 2023
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Monday Afternoon Bible Study 1:30 pm Meets via Zoom. Led by Pastor Janet Wold. Contact Pastor Wold if interested in participating. Tuesday Night Bible Study 7:30 pm Meets in the Main Conference Room Led by Steve Reid Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study 1:30 pm meets in the Fellowship Hall. Led by Pastor Janet Wold, this study resumes on Wednesday, September 13. Sunday Morning Bible Study 10:00 am meets In the Small Conference Room. Led by Steve Jones, this study resumes on Sunday, October 1.
October 28 – Halloween Hallway and Chili Supper November 5 – All Saints Sunday November 5 – Canned Goods for People Helping People deadline November 12 – Monetary Donations for People Helping People deadline December 2 – Decorate the church for Advent
Scripture Text
September 17 – 16th Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 50:15-21 Psalm 103:8-13 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35
September 24 – 17th Sunday after Pentecost Jonah 3:10--4:11 Psalm 145:1-8 Philippians 1:21-30 Matthew 20:1-16
October 1 – 18th Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 Psalm 25:1-9 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32
October 8 - 19th Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:7-15 Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46
October 15 – 20th Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 25:1-9 Psalm 23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14
October 22 – 21st Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 45:1-7 Psalm 96:1-9 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22
October 29 – Reformation Sunday Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 46 Romans 3:19-28 John 8:31-36
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Al-Anon Meets Sunday Evenings at 6:00 pm
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