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Text: Psalm 86:11–17 Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore. For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from…
Opening Prayer God the Holy Spirit, write the law of love in our hearts by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Text: Matthew 22:34-46 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher, which is…
Gracious Father, on this day celebrating freedom in the United States, we ask for your continued blessings upon our nation. Guide our leaders, that their decisions bring order and justice to our society. Give to our citizens thankful hearts for the freedoms with which they have been blessed. Strengthen our nation and bring us together,…
Opening Prayer God, help us to hear Your Word about love. Amen. Text: First John 3:13–18 Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. Whoever hates his brother…
Closing Prayer Lord, send us Your Holy Spirit. Amen. Text: Matthew 3:13-17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” But Jesus answered and said to him,…
O Lord Jesus Christ, You came into this world to call sinners to repentance and to enlighten all men unto life eternal. We praise You with our whole heart and thank Your great goodness and mercy, that You not only entered at this place and in this church and congregation with Your divine Word and…
The first officers elected for the reorganized ELS in 1918 were: Bjug Harstad, President (Parkland, Washington); John A. Moldstad, Vice-president (Chicago, Illinois); C.N. Peterson, Secretary (Minneapolis, Minnesota); A.J. Torgerson, Treasurer (Northwood, Iowa). Committees also were elected for Missions, Publications, History, and Constitution. It also was determined to continue the publication of the Luthersk Tidende (today, Lutheran Sentinel).
Since the synod from its beginning already was in fellowship with the Wisconsin Synod and the Missouri Synod, the training of pastors and teachers in its early years occurred through these sister synods. In particular, the pastors often were educated at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.