All that we believe, teach, and confess must faithfully be taken from
the Holy Scriptures. We believe that the Holy Scriptures are God's divinely inspired word, without error, that are able to
make us wise unto salvation.
We believe that God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is three persons in one God, not three
gods and not one person, but Triune.
We believe that God loves us and is very merciful, but He is also a just God. He has looked
down upon His creation with great love and tender mercy, sending His only Son Jesus Christ into this world to take on human
flesh. This Jesus Christ who is truly God and truly man gave His life upon the cross so that our sins may be forgiven.
Jesus took the burden of our sin upon Himself at the cross enduring our punishment. His love is
so great for us that He gives us His perfect righteousness. By virtue of
the cross, God declares that our sins are forgiven and we are righteous and welcome
in His sight.
Through Christ's death and resurrection our relationship with God is restored. God
is once more our Father and through His mercy we are His children.
We believe that God sends His Holy Spirit to announce to us the Good News that is; the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. We believe the Holy Spirit comes to us through God's Word and the Sacraments of Holy Baptism
and Communion.
We do not believe that we come to God of our own efforts, strength, desire, or decision. But rather God decides that He loves us, that He wants to be our Father and we His children. So
He sends His Spirit to us to convey the riches of Christ's gift of forgiveness so that we may be restored to God. We
believe we are saved through faith through Jesus Christ's action upon the cross. But faith itself is God's gift to us
created by the Holy Spirit through the means of grace: God's Word, Baptism, and Communion.
We believe that Christ has come to free us from the bondage to sin. Christ's death and resurrection
forgives our sins and enable us to have a new life. God not only has restored our life with Him through the cross of
Christ, but is working to restore our relationships with others so that our relationship
with Him and others will be one of love. God gives us a new life in which we can care for one another.
The good works are the fruit of faith, the result of God's gracious working in our lives.
THE LORD’S SUPPER is a Sacrament instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Lord’s Supper is celebrated at this congregation in the confession and glad confidence that,
as he says, our Lord gives into our mouths not only bread and wine but his very body and blood to eat and to drink for the
forgiveness of sins and to strengthen our union with him and with on another. Our Lord invites to his table those who trust
his words, repent of all sin, and set aside any refusal to forgive and love as he forgives and loves us, that they may show
forth his death until he comes.
If you have questions regarding Communion, please speak with the Pastor.
Pastor Hardy is leading a study and review of Luther's Small Catechism Thursday evenings in the Library.
There is more information on the Belief & Practice page of the LCMS web site.
