200 viewsTishreden" [Table Talk] group which is currently studying the Smalcald Articles of The Lutheran Confessions. Group meets every other Saturday morn from 9-10:30 in the Fireside Room.
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Pastor John C. Bestul647 viewsPastor John C. Bestul has served The Lutheran Church of Our Savior since 2007. After graduating from San Jose State University in 2001, he taught in the public school system of San Jose, until attending Concordia Theological Seminary of Ft. Wayne, in 2001. He served his vicarage/internship at St. John's Lutheran of Topeka, Kansas and received his Master of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary. Prior to accepting the pastoral call of The Lutheran Church of Our Savior, he served as Pastor of Rollingwood Lutheran Church of San Pablo, CA. He and his wife, Rachael, have four sons [John, Jacob, Isaac and Joseph] and one daughter (Katherine).
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Pastor Dennis Bestul3290 viewsPastor Dennis E. Bestul has served The Lutheran Church of Our Savior since 1983. Prior to that he served Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bessemer, Michigan, from 1978-1983, and Redeemer Lutheran of Menahga, MN, Christ Lutheran of Wolf Lake, MN, and Gethsemane Lutheran of Snellman, MN from 1974-1978. His vicarage was at Redeemer Lutheran Church of Spokane, WA, in 1972-73. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in 1974, received the Ecclesiae Christi Award of his alma mater in 1985, and the Alumnus of the Year award in 2010. He and his wife, Barbara, have four grown children [Michelle of Elgin, IL, Rev. John of Cupertino, CA, Rev. Mark of Elgin, IL, and son David of San Jose] and seventeen grandchildren.
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Lutheran Braille Workers447 viewsLutheran Braille Workers
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Luther's Refutation114 views
Printed in Wittenberg in 1521, this framed page is from the first edition of Luther's refutation of Pope Leo X's bull of condemnation. Written in German, it begins with these words: "It is certain that the pope does not have power, nor can he command the church, in articles of faith, neither commandments of morals or good works." The "Refutation" is a gift to the church from Henry and Erika Stelling, July, 1990.
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Altar Mosaic240 views
Designed by an artist in Mexico, the altar mosaic was cemented piece by piece to its support backing. It was then raised as one piece from its face down position on the floor to assume its role as the 30+ foot floor-to-peak background for the altar and cross which dominate the chancel.
Note how the flow of the mosaic colors establish a pattern of light which draws the eyes from the cross to Heaven. The mosaic was purchased for the sanctuary by the Lutheran Women's Guild of the congregation
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Pastor Adam Debner833 viewsPastor Adam Debner has served the congregation as Assistant Pastor since July of 2018. After attending Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan (LCMS), from which he earned a B.A. in Religious Studies in 2013, he attended Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2014, where he was a member of the Concordia Theological Seminary select men’s choir, Kantorei, and was a member of the Fort Wayne Bach Collegium. He married Emily Selim on May 24, 2015, served his vicarage (internship) at Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church, Zionsville, Indiana, and was awarded a M. Div. degree from Concordia Theological Seminary in May, 2018. Adam was ordained at his vicarage congregation and was installed as Assistant Pastor of the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in July, 2018.
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