Christ Lutheran Church

Join us tomorrow at 10:00AM for our traditional service. Face masks are required and social distancing will be practiced.

Join us tomorrow at 10:00AM for our Traditional service! There will also be an extremely important congregational meeting following the service. Please attend if you are able. If you are planning to attend, please leave a voicemail with the church at 845-357-1003 or email [email protected] so we can plan seating arrangements. Face masks are required.

Weekly Commemorations Saturday, 27 June 2020 Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria (ca. 376-444)... Cyril defended the orthodox teachings about the person of Christ. After a conflict involving all of the major Christian leaders of the time, it was decided that Cyril's interpretation, that Christ's person included both divine and human natures, was correct. (image source: Wikipedia)

Weekly Commemorations Thursday, 25 June 2020 Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (1530) On this day in 1530 the German and Latin editions of the Augsburg Confession were presented to the Emperor Charles of the Holy Roman Empire. The Augsburg Confession was written by Philipp Melanchthon and endorsed by Martin Luther, and consists of a brief summary of points in which the reformers saw their teaching as either agreeing with or differing from that of the Roman Catholic Chur...ch of the time. Philipp Melanchthon, renewer of the church (1497-1560) Though he died on April 19, Philipp Melanchthon is commemorated today because of his connection with the Augsburg Confession. Colleague and co-reformer with Martin Luther, Melanchthon was a brilliant scholar, known as "the teacher of Germany." (image source: Wikipedia)

This week at CLC: There will be an important congregational meeting this Sunday (6/28) following the 10:00AM service. We are asking that everyone please attend if you are able. Thank you.

Weekly Commemorations Wednesday, 24 June 2020 John The Baptist (ca. BC-ca. 28-36AD)... John said, "[Jesus] must increase, but I must decrease." And so his birth is celebrated half a year before Jesus', just as the daylight in the northern hemisphere begins to wane. Jesus honored John as being the greatest prophet. (image source: Wikipedia)

Join us tomorrow at 10:00AM for our Traditional service! If you are planning to attend, please leave a voicemail with the church at 845-357-1003 or email [email protected] so we can plan seating arrangements. Face masks are required. Today's service will be posted here and on our website at https://www.christlutheransuffern.org/weekly-services later today.

Weekly Commemorations Wednesday, 17 June 2020 On June 17, 2015, Clementa C. Pinckney, Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lee Lance, DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Tywanza Sanders, Daniel Lee Simmons, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, and Myra Thompson were murdered by a self-professed white supremacist while they were gathered for Bible study and prayer at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (often referred to as Mother Emanuel) in Charleston, South Carolina. Pas...tors Pinckney and Simmons were both graduates of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. A resolution to commemorate June 17 as a day of repentance for the martyrdom of the Emanuel Nine was adopted by the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on August 8, 2019. Congregations of the ELCA are encouraged reaffirm their commitment to repenting of the sins of racism and white supremacy which continue to plague this church, to venerate the martyrdom of the Emanuel Nine, and to mark this day of penitence with study and prayer. See more

On this day in 1715, our congregation was founded by Palatine Germans in Mahwah!

Today's service, The Second Sunday After Pentecost, is now available for viewing. Readings and bulletin available on our site at https://www.christlutheransuffern.org/weekly-services

Join us tomorrow for our Traditional service at 10:00AM! As part of our new guidelines for worship, please contact us ahead of time by leaving a voice mail at 845-357-1003 or email us at [email protected] so we can prepare seating arrangements. Tomorrow's service will be uploaded to our website, https://www.christlutheransuffern.org/weekly-services, later Sunday afternoon for those that can't attend.

Weekly Commemorations Thursday, 11 June 2020 Barnabas, Apostle (?-61AD): Barnabas was not numbered among the twelve apostles, but the book of Acts gives him that title. After Paul was converted to Christianity, Barnabas welcomed him to Jerusalem, and later the two traveled together on missionary journeys.

Weekly Commemorations Tuesday, 9 June 2020 Columba (521-597)... Aidan (ca. 590-651) Bede (ca. 673-735) These three monks from the British Isles helped keep the light of learning alive during the Middle Ages. Columba founded three monasteries off the coast of Scotland. Aidan was a pastor who led people to works of charity. The Venerable Bede was a Bible translator, historian, and hymnwriter. (images: Wikipedia)

View today's service (6/7/20) in full! We are now able to worship in-person. If you would like to attend on this or any upcoming Sunday please leave a voicemail at the church at 845-357-1003 or email [email protected]. Readings and bulletins available on our site at https://www.christlutheransuffern.org/weekly-services. We will be uploading these full services tentatively for the next month or two until our normal worship setting is resumed. All services recorded during the shutdown will be available on our site.