St. John's Lutheran Church and School (New Boston, Michigan)
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St. John's is a congregation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
located in New Boston, Michigan
. The church also operates an elementary school
for children from preschool through eighth grade.
families living in Ash Township
in 1856. Pastor
Hermann Lemke of Raisinville Township held the first German Evangelical Lutheran service on November 23, 1856 in the home of a member of the congregation. Several months later, services were being held twice a month with all services conducted in German
. The church was formally established on Easter Sunday April 13, 1857 with the official name of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of the unaltered Augsburg Confession
.
"To extend to others the love God
has shown to us.
To follow His command, "When God's children are in need, you be the one to help them out." (Romans
12:13).
To help meet spiritual and psycho-social needs of our church members, especially those with special needs, such as the homebound, ill, grieving, alone, lonely or despondent."
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 2.3 million members, it is both the eighth largest Protestant denomination and the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S. after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Synod...
located in New Boston, Michigan
New Boston, Michigan
New Boston is an unincorporated community in Huron Charter Township, Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.Huron Township includes three separate communities, the largest community is New Boston, the two smaller being Willow and Waltz...
. The church also operates an elementary school
Lutheran school
Lutheran schools and education were a priority for Lutherans who emigrated to the United States and Australia from Germany and Scandinavia. One of the first things they did was to create schools for their children. This strong educational tradition was handed down from Martin Luther himself. The...
for children from preschool through eighth grade.
History
The church has its roots in a group of GermanGerman American
German Americans are citizens of the United States of German ancestry and comprise about 51 million people, or 17% of the U.S. population, the country's largest self-reported ancestral group...
families living in Ash Township
Ash Township, Michigan
Ash Township is a civil township of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 7,610.-Geography:...
in 1856. Pastor
Pastor
The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....
Hermann Lemke of Raisinville Township held the first German Evangelical Lutheran service on November 23, 1856 in the home of a member of the congregation. Several months later, services were being held twice a month with all services conducted in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. The church was formally established on Easter Sunday April 13, 1857 with the official name of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of the unaltered Augsburg Confession
Augsburg Confession
The Augsburg Confession, also known as the "Augustana" from its Latin name, Confessio Augustana, is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Lutheran reformation...
.
Mission
St. John's mission statement reads:"To extend to others the love God
God
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
has shown to us.
To follow His command, "When God's children are in need, you be the one to help them out." (Romans
Epistle to the Romans
The Epistle of Paul to the Romans, often shortened to Romans, is the sixth book in the New Testament. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by the Apostle Paul to explain that Salvation is offered through the Gospel of Jesus Christ...
12:13).
To help meet spiritual and psycho-social needs of our church members, especially those with special needs, such as the homebound, ill, grieving, alone, lonely or despondent."