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The Holy Eucharist is celebrated every Sunday at Our Redeemer. All who have been baptized into Jesus Christ, trust him as their Savior, and believe, as Jesus said, that he is present in the bread and wine and that through him we receive the forgiveness of our sins, are invited to join us at the Lord’s Table. The center cups (light colored) are filled with grape juice instead of wine. If you would like to receive the Common Cup, it is passed at each table after the individual cup. |
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Lutherans receive the body and blood of the Lord as a healing and spiritual nourishment of their souls and bodies in the Eucharist, and the sacrament contains and conveys God’s grace and Spirit with all His gifts, protection, defense, and power. Those who desire prayer according to James 5 may make their request to Pastor or one of the elders. Is anyone sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. - ESV |
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The first thing expressed in my seal is a cross, black, within the heart to put me in mind that faith in Christ crucified saves us. "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness." |
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Now, although the cross is black, mortified, and intended to cause pain, yet it does not change the color of the heart, does not destroy nature - i.e., does not kill, but keeps alive. "For the just shall live by faith," by faith in the Savior. But this heart is fixed upon the center of a white rose, to show that faith causes joy, consolation and peace. The rose is white, not red, because white is the ideal color of all angels and blessed spirits. |
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This rose, moreover, is fixed in a sky-colored ground, to denote that such joy of faith in the spirit is but an earnest and beginning of heavenly joy to come, as anticipated and held by hope, though not yet revealed.
And around this ground base is a golden ring, to signify that such bliss in heaven is endless, and more precious than all joys and treasures, since gold is the best and most precious metal.
Christ, our dear Lord — He will give grace unto eternal life. |
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While a professor at Wittenberg, Martin Luther devised this seal which he declared was meant to be "expressive of his theology." This explanation is the gist of a letter written to his friend, Herr Spengler, town clerk of Nuremberg.
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