9 Britton Lane, Madison, CT 06443 † Phone: 203.245.4145 † E-mail: lcofmadison@aol.com
About Us...
A Special Welcome Message From Pastor Heide...
Dear Friend,
Let me take this opportunity to personally welcome you to the Lutheran Church of Madison. Our goal is to help the people of our community experience the love of God in fresh and exciting ways. We are honored that you have chosen to visit our website and hope it helps you learn more about our congregation.
We want our ministry to be a place where people experience God, find practical help for life, and establish lifelong friendships. Our primary focus is our worship time on Sunday mornings. We gather each Sunday for worship, fellowship, prayer, and communion. It is our desire to meet God, share blessings and burdens, and celebrate our salvation in Christ. We seek to respond positively to Bible messages that teach us to know Jesus Christ, obey Him, and properly represent Him to the world.
At the Lutheran Church of Madison our doors are open to people from all backgrounds, regardless of where they are on their spiritual journey. Whatever your past spiritual or church experience may have been, we want you to know that you are welcome in our fellowship. We would love to get to know you and our hope is that your first experience here on our website will be just the beginning of a great relationship.
In Christ,
Pastor Volker Heide
Dear Friend,
Let me take this opportunity to personally welcome you to the Lutheran Church of Madison. Our goal is to help the people of our community experience the love of God in fresh and exciting ways. We are honored that you have chosen to visit our website and hope it helps you learn more about our congregation.
We want our ministry to be a place where people experience God, find practical help for life, and establish lifelong friendships. Our primary focus is our worship time on Sunday mornings. We gather each Sunday for worship, fellowship, prayer, and communion. It is our desire to meet God, share blessings and burdens, and celebrate our salvation in Christ. We seek to respond positively to Bible messages that teach us to know Jesus Christ, obey Him, and properly represent Him to the world.
At the Lutheran Church of Madison our doors are open to people from all backgrounds, regardless of where they are on their spiritual journey. Whatever your past spiritual or church experience may have been, we want you to know that you are welcome in our fellowship. We would love to get to know you and our hope is that your first experience here on our website will be just the beginning of a great relationship.
In Christ,
Pastor Volker Heide
Belief & Practice
Overview
With the universal Christian Church, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God: the Father, creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God's Word and Sacraments. The three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God.
Being "Lutheran," our congregation accepts and teaches the Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three short phrases: Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone.
Grace Alone
God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve His love. He sent Jesus, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.
Faith Alone
By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him.
Scripture Alone
The Bible is God's inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.
Who is Jesus?
For more than 2,000 years people have asked the question, "Who is Jesus?". We were not present when Jesus lived on this earth, but in the Bible we have the record of his birth, life, death on the cross, and resurrection. Study of the Bible, God's Word, will enable you to seek out the answer to this age-old question.
What does "Synod" mean?
The word "Synod" in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod comes from Greek words that mean "walking together." The term has rich meaning in our church body, because congregations voluntarily choose to belong to the Synod. Though diverse in their service, these congregations hold to a shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions which they believe are a correct interpretation and presentation of Biblical doctrine. Contained in The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, these statements of belief were put into writing by church leaders during the 16th century. The simplest of these is Luther's Small Catechism. The Augsburg Confession gives more detail on what Lutherans believe. Read an article from the May 2004 Lutheran Witness about what a "Synod" is.
With the universal Christian Church, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God: the Father, creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God's Word and Sacraments. The three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God.
Being "Lutheran," our congregation accepts and teaches the Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three short phrases: Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone.
Grace Alone
God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve His love. He sent Jesus, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.
Faith Alone
By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him.
Scripture Alone
The Bible is God's inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.
Who is Jesus?
For more than 2,000 years people have asked the question, "Who is Jesus?". We were not present when Jesus lived on this earth, but in the Bible we have the record of his birth, life, death on the cross, and resurrection. Study of the Bible, God's Word, will enable you to seek out the answer to this age-old question.
What does "Synod" mean?
The word "Synod" in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod comes from Greek words that mean "walking together." The term has rich meaning in our church body, because congregations voluntarily choose to belong to the Synod. Though diverse in their service, these congregations hold to a shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions which they believe are a correct interpretation and presentation of Biblical doctrine. Contained in The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, these statements of belief were put into writing by church leaders during the 16th century. The simplest of these is Luther's Small Catechism. The Augsburg Confession gives more detail on what Lutherans believe. Read an article from the May 2004 Lutheran Witness about what a "Synod" is.
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