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Dear Saints in Christ Jesus,

In response to the COVID-19 virus, Rose of Sharon Lutheran has take the following actions:

Worship Services

As of May 21st, we are now holding small services with 10 people. Please call or email church office for availability. We will continue to post worship services online.  

On-line worship and devotion options available  

You can listen to the worship service audio on the Rose of Sharon Lutheran website at: http://www.roseofsharonlutheran.org/index.php/resources/messages 

We have a YouTube channel where worship services and video devotions are being posted. 

Prayer Requests

If you have a specific prayer request that you would like posted for everyone to see and include in their personal prayers please let me know and I will post it in a future email.

A Word of Promise

“But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel; ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”   Isaiah 43:1

I find this passage of a great comfort not only because of the great assurance that God has redeemed me, but also that God knows me by name and says I am His. As a baptized child of God, I belong to the Heavenly Father and like any loving parent He will do what is in my best interest. Fear not. Through Jesus God has redeemed you. By the working of the Holy Spirit He has called you by name and you are His. 

A Word of Encouragement

Jesus said, “And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20

Pastor Schoenfeld

 

We Have  Saturday Worship at 4:00 PM

When life gets busy and you are unable  to make it to our regular Sunday worship service, join us Saturday at 4:00 PM.

This service will be more informal than Sunday morning while including the essential aspects of Christian worship.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

 

“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”  Romans 3:23

Ever since Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit (Genesis 3) every human being has come into this world as a sinful being.  Our sin separates us from God.  Left to ourselves we would perish for eternity in hell (John 3:36 & Hebrews 10:26-27).

“For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”  John 3:16

God loves you so much that He came into this world as a human being (Luke 2:1-20).   Jesus, the Son of God, lived a perfect life for you (Hebrews 4:14-16), suffered and died upon a cross for you (John 19), and rose from the dead for you (Luke 24).   Now our risen Lord will forgive your sin (1 John 1:8-9) and grant eternal salvation to you if you believe in Him.  

“Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved…”  Acts 16:31

When God blesses you with a living faith in Jesus you will have a place in heaven.  Such salvation comes not by our works but by grace through faith in Jesus (Romans 3:28; Ephesians 2:8-10).  

“And He died for all, that those who live, should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again.”  2 Corinthians 5:15

Now as those who have been given the gift of heaven we live no longer just for ourselves but to serve God and our fellow human beings.  (Ephesians 2:10)