Weekly Service
- Divine Service: 11:00 a.m.
- Sunday School and Social Hour: 10:00 a.m.
Divine Service
At Our Savior’s, our Divine Service—derived from a German term meaning “Service of God”—invites you to experience how God serves you. Rather than simply serving, we receive His boundless forgiveness, life, and salvation as we listen to His Holy Word, partake in His Sacraments, and respond with prayer, praise, and thanksgiving.
In the Divine Service, we receive God’s Word as He speaks to us through the Scriptures, the preaching of His Gospel, and the absolution that declares our sins forgiven for Jesus’ sake. His Word is living and active, calling us to repentance, strengthening our faith, and giving us the assurance of His promises.
At the Lord’s Supper, Christ Himself comes to us in His true Body and Blood, given under the bread and wine, for the forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation. As Scripture warns against unworthy reception (1 Corinthians 11:27-29), we ask all visitors to speak with the pastor before communing, so that all who come to the altar may receive this gift in faith, discerning the Lord’s body rightly.
Music & Liturgy
Our worship embraces the historic liturgy known as the common service—a treasured tradition over 1,600 years old that connects us with the early church. We sing the same words and confess the same truths passed down through generations because we have the same Christ. Our hymnal is shared by Christians around the world and includes timeless hymns dating back to Ambrose of Milan (c. 340–397 AD) as well as the Psalms once sung in the Old Testament temple, as well as faithful hymns written in our own day. It is worship that allows children, parents, and grandparents to participate together because we are all speaking the same language: the Word of God!
At Our Savior’s much of our service is sung. We sing because God calls us to do so. As Scripture teaches, we are to “speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in [our] heart to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:19) and to “let the word of Christ dwell in [us] richly… teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in [our] hearts to the Lord” (Colossians 3:16). Our singing unites us as the Body of Christ on earth, and it joins us to the heavenly worship of the saints and angels around the throne of the Lamb (Revelation 5:9-14). In this way, our hymns and liturgy are not merely acts of tradition but confessions of faith that proclaim Christ’s saving work to one another and the world.
Feasts and Festivals
Our Savior’s gathers with neighboring congregations for most of the feasts and festivals of the church year. These include, but certainly are not limited to: Ash Wednesday, Maundy (Holy) Thursday, and Good Friday. We also gather with congregations in the panhandle to celebrate some feasts and festivals. The date, time, and location varies each year for all of these services. Please contact us for information about any upcoming feasts and festivals.
Midweek
During the seasons of Advent and Lent, we also gather every Wednesday night for Vespers. We have a meal at 6pm, followed by our service at 6:30pm. Adult Bible Class will follow the service