This Summer, we will have a Bible Study series in connection with our nation’s 250th anniversary: “Christianity & America: Reflections on Freedom over 250 Years.”  

By reflecting on the history of our country and comparing it with the teachings of the Bible, we have a lens with which to view modern day events and issues, which will, Lord-willing, help us find out true freedom in Christ.

Our Christianity & America Bible Study will be every Sunday from 10:30am-11:15am

During our Divine Services, we will be singing some distinctly Lutheran American hymns to give us a deeper foundation.

Here is our proposed outline for the study:

1. A People’s Quest for Ordered Liberty
2. Three Biblical Foundations
3. “Of Plymouth Plantation” & The Mayflower Compact
4. A Sermon Aboard the Arabella: “A Modell of Christian Charity”
5. Puritans, The Quakers & William Penn
6. “The First Communion in the New World” How a Painting Illustrates Conflicts in Christianity
7. Two Kingdoms: The Lutheran Understanding of Church & State
8. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” & The Great Awakening
9. Freedom & Natural Law: Treatise of John Locke
10. A Timeline of Denominations in America
11. The Father of American Lutheranism, The Revolutionary War, and the Comfort of the Gospel
12. The Lutheran Who Was the First Signer of the Bill of Rights: Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg
13. The Cure of Souls & the Ordering of Society: Early state constitutions and the protection of the Christian faith
14. Revivalism
15. Populism & Popular Churches; Individualism & Privatized Religion
16. Lutherans in the Civil War: U.V. Koren & C.F.W. Walther on Liberty
17. 20th Century Freedom: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Reflections on American Freedom

SOUTH-MADISON AREA ELS/WELS JOINT EASTER VIGIL

Join Faith Lutheran Church Oregon, Resurrection Lutheran Church Monroe & Verona, Western Koshkonong Lutheran Church, Risen Savior, McFarland, and Sursum Corda Classical School for our annual joint Easter Vigil Service. This year’s service in our yearly rotation will take place at Faith Lutheran Church, Oregon, WI.

The historic service begins at sunset outside with fire and candlelight in an atmosphere of solemn anticipation with the Service of Light. The Service of the Word highlights the account of Creation and Old Testament readings of deliverance. The Service of Holy Baptism highlights Baptism as an act of deliverance for each individual Christian. The liturgy builds to a crescendo at the proclamation “Alleluia, Christ is risen!” and a dramatic transition from darkness to light for the Service of Holy Communion.

The south Madison area Easter vigil will take place here at Faith on Holy Saturday, Apr. 4 at 7:27pm. The fire will be lit around 7:15.

Email Pastor Hendrix for questions or more information.