Music: Special music at both of the Family Worship Services as well as our Children's Christmas Program and Palm Sunday and Easter Children's services. Music time is part of the curriculum.

Summer Activities:

VBS Day Camp-(3yrs-Third Grade) Usually in the first week of August. A Youth Encounter Team is usually present to help with opening worship, music and closing program with parents invited. Field trips (weather permitting) and children bring sack lunches. Runs Monday and Tuesday from 8-5pm, with closing worship Wednesday at noon.

VBS In The Woods- (4-6th Grade) Usually held in the second half of the first week of August. A Youth Encounter Team is usually present to help with programming. Camp begins wiht Wednesday evening worship with family and then we leave for Maplewood State Park for Thursday and Friday. We return to the church at 5 pm on Friday. Many activities planned: Bible studies, swimming, water olympics, campfires and much more. Many parents come along to join in the fun and mentor our young people.

  Help All Ages to Become Better Disciples of Christ:In baptism all are called by God to BE Disciples (Students). This goal is that the Congregation assist the baptized to know that they are loved unconditionally by God and, as adopted children of God, continue on life's journey to become better disciples (children) of God, born again every day as they "remember their baptism" adn "grow in Grace."

  Teach the Building Blocks of Discipleship:Because God's self-revelation is in the Bible, a starting point for increased discipleship is that all baptized get to know the Bible; it's stories about God's relationship with all creation and the stories about Jesus' life, suffering, death and resurrection. This goal thus stresses additional, Biblical teachings such as the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the whole meaning of God's Revelation so that all may know what God expects of them as faithful disciples.

  To Know Who Jesus Is:God is best known to us in Jesus and we are called to be disciples of Jesus. Through stories and personal witnessing, our goal is to help the baptized understand that Jesus Is (God in human form and life) and What Jesus Has Done (saved us from our sin and given us eternal life) and What Jesus Expects Of Us (to follow His examples). The goal is to lead the baptized into a personal relationship with Jesus as Lord.

  To Learn the Meaning and Purpose of the Church:This goal is to assist the baptized in an appreciation of Christ's Church as God's Family on earth-from its beginning with the first disciples (the Book of Acts) through its histpry. Including Luther's life and the history of the Lutheran Church in the United States down to our own Congregation, Synod, plus our relationship with Christians throughout the world.