tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31190221357618170312024-03-05T16:56:26.637-08:00 .GethsemaneLutheranChurchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203060316282769595noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119022135761817031.post-62041679959401797022012-08-21T20:05:00.002-07:002012-08-22T12:38:32.018-07:00 Welcome to Gethsemane<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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GethsemaneLutheranChurchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203060316282769595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119022135761817031.post-83764731573879885012011-07-21T13:45:00.002-07:002012-08-14T15:31:38.128-07:00What We Believe<div align="center"></div><div align="left"><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><u><b>Who We Are</b></u></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">We are a community (congregation) of Christians, gathering together frequently to <u>worship</u> God. We also encourage and <u>pray</u> for each other, and for those in our community, state, country, and world. We seek to share with those around us the <u>Good News</u> of God’s <u>love</u> and <u>mercy</u> found in Jesus Christ. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u>Gethsemane</u> <u>Lutheran</u> <u>Church</u> is located at 2723 Orange Avenue, in La Crescenta, California - a suburb of Los Angeles. The congregation was founded in 1955 and includes individuals ages 1 to 90, with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Many visitors to Gethsemane Lutheran Church express that they feel as though they have spent Sunday morning with a friendly family. As Jesus’ <u>disciples</u>, it is our hope always to reflect Christ’s <u>joy</u>, <u>love</u>, <u>peace</u>, and <u>mercy</u> in all that we say and do and with all whom we meet. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">We would like to invite you to join us at <u>worship service</u> on Sunday mornings at 10:00 AM. We also join together in <u>learning</u> at Sunday school, <u>fellowship</u>, <u>community events</u>, and other activities. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><u><b>What We Believe</b></u></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">As Lutheran Christians, we believe that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><ul><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i>Grace</i>. As human beings, we continually sin (fail to act according to <u>God’s will</u>). Because of our <u>condition of sin</u>, we can do nothing to save ourselves from evil or its punishment. We thank and praise God that he alone, by His grace (love for us, which we do not deserve), has accomplished all that is needed for our <u>salvation</u>, so that our sins are forgiven (taken away from us). He assures us that we will enjoy eternal life with Him in heaven. God shares His love with us through the <u>Means of Grace</u>. </div></li>
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</div><ul><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i>Faith</i>. God <u>creates</u> and then <u>strengthens and sustains</u> our faith. Faith (belief, acceptance, and <u>trust</u>) is the “outstretched hand” which receives God’s many <u>promises</u>, including His promises of <u>forgiveness</u> and <u>eternal life</u>. Faith is the only way through which a person receives <u>God’s gifts</u> and makes them his or her own. </div></li>
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</div><ul><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i>Jesus Christ</i>. Jesus is the only true God, and we worship him alone. He is both fully God and at the same time fully man. When Jesus died on the <u>cross</u>, he paid the complete price for our sins, taking our sin and its punishment upon Himself and giving us His <u>righteousness</u> in return. On the third day following His death, Jesus rose from the dead. In His <u>resurrection</u>, Jesus promises that all who believe in Him will also be raised on the last day to live with Him in <u>peace</u> and <u>joy</u> forever, in <u>heaven</u>. </div></li>
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