Saint Ansgar's Lutheran Church offers Christain education through various Bible studies and Sunday School. Sunday School runs each Sunday from September to June at 11:00 for all ages. Sunday School is a means by which parents can nurture their children in the Christian faith.
Adults are encouraged to continue study of the Word. At present, we have one Bible Study on every Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm. The study of God's Word is desirable for the healthy completion of one's life here on earth.
Saint Ansgar's Lutheran Church is a "Worshiping Church". Our worship service is a "Glorious and Joyous Celebration", in response to God's magnificent grace, love and kindness. The victorious power of God's Word is the central focus of our preaching. Enthusiastic singing of God's marvelous works involves the congregation. Purposeful variety and unity of content adds to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit as He touches lives in personal, creative ways. Our gathering for worship is to renew our commitment to:
We believe, teach and confess that through Holy Communion the Lord our God is giving to us the forgiveness of sin. For this reason it is called a Sacrament (a means of Grace). Holy Communion is a Banquet of Celebration of God's love toward us. It is a banquet of remembering that God loves us so much that He gave his only Son to die for us (John 3:16).
We teach that in Holy Communion all four elements exist -- Bread & Wine; Body & Blood. We receive communion to strenghen our lives as Christians.
The benefits of Holy Communion:We welcome all believers in Jesus Christ to the Lord's Table, without requiring membership here. However, we lovingly hold to what is known as the "Real Presence", in that we are spiritually recieving Christ's Body & Blood (Matt 26:26-28: "This is my body... this is my blood")>
- It is Thanksgiving
- It is a Celebration of Christ's victory
- We receive healing - emotional, physical, and spriritual
- We receive the forgiveness of sins
- We are strengthened to lead a Christian life
- We show commitment to God and His service
- We enjoy fellowship with other Christians
- Our Faith is nurtured
- In Holy Communion we experience the presence of God, through the Bread & Wine
We believe, teach and confess that Jesus Christ is true God and true Man, born of the Virgin Mary. We teach that he is God incarnate (God-Man) and as the Son of God, He is the only means by which God reconciled us to Him (Acts 4:12, John 3:16, John 14:6)>
Jesus Christ lived a sinless life, thus was able to offer his death to God the Father as the payment for our sins. Thus, we can truly be the children of God to receive his full blessings.
The mission of the Christian church is to make these blessings (forgiveness of sins) available to the whole world. This is done by believing what Jesus Christ has done for us (John 6:47). This free gift of Salvation is offered to all people.
We believe, teach and confess that the words of God which were handed down to us from the Prophets and the Apostles are the only true Word of God. This is collectively known as the Bible, also known as the Old & New Testaments.
These words are the Word of God, as opposed to some who claim the Bible "contains" the Word of God. The Bible is God speaking to his creatures in human language.
The words contained in these 66 books are the will of God expressed for our benefit. It is inspired, authentic and reliable for faith and practice. The words teach us what we are to do as well as what we are not to do.
This is called The Law. It also tells us of God's plan to regain or save us to Himself so that we might spend eternity in heaven with him. This is called The Gospel.
Namely that Jesus Christ was a child, died and rose again in order to accomplish those requirements for God that we ourselves could not (John 6:44, Eph. 2:8-9; Phil. 1:29)