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Fredericksburg Lutheran Church
LOCATION:
Fredericksburg is located at 616 33 Rd in Minden, NE. Our worship service starts at 9:30 Sunday mornings and we would love to have anyone come and worship with us and share the love of Christ! Communion is offered the second Sunday of the month.
Upcoming Events
March:
Church Service at 9:30 am each Sunday:
(following service)
- Sunday School
- Coffee, cookies, fellowship
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31st - EASTER - Sunrise Service at 7 am. Breakfast following service
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HISTORY:
Fredericksburg Lutheran Church began with 40 acres purchased from C.B. and Q Railroad at it's present location. Pastor Simon Larsen was the first pastor beginning in October of 1879. In 1886, the church was destroyed by a tornado. Another church, built on the same land, was completed in 1888. In 1911, additions were added and reconstruction done. This building held the carved figure of the Compassionate Christ and two paintings, one of which was painted by Queen Louise of Denmark, the other painted by Mrs. Carrie Hapeman of MInden. In 1986, the church was hit by lighting and destroyed. The church shown above was dedicated in 1988.
ELCA:
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with nearly 3.3 million members in more than 8,900 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region.
We are what God has made us – people whom God has created by grace to live in union with Jesus Christ and has prepared to live faithful, fruitful lives by the power of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:8-10). In Jesus Christ, God has reconciled us to God and to each other. As we gather around word and sacraments, this life in Christ is what defines, shapes and guides us as a community of faith, the church.
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By God’s grace we can and do live confidently and generously in this community of faith and in service of others, amid the mysteries and paradoxes of this life in Christ – including our human limitations and failings, and the ambiguities, uncertainties and suffering that we experience.
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Just as God has joined us to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in baptism, we are also joined to others, not only in the ELCA and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), but in all communities of Christian faith around the world. In Christ none of us lives in isolation from others. Jesus is our peace and has broken down the walls that divide us – walls of judgment, hatred, condemnation and violence – and has made us into one, new human community (Ephesians 2:14-15). This spiritual communion depends only on God’s mercy that comes to us in the word and sacraments. That alone is enough for unity, and so we yearn for this communion with all Christians at the Lord’s table.
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Because God gives us our unity in Christ, we are able to see and respect the diversity within Christ’s body. We receive it as a gift and embrace it, rather than treating it as a threat or a problem to be solved (1 Corinthians 12:12-13). We respect and honor the diversity of histories, traditions, cultures, languages and experiences among us in the ELCA and in the larger Christian community of faith. We seek full participation of all in the life and work of this church and will strenuously avoid the culture of any one group becoming the norm for all in the ELCA. And we strive to address the ways that racism, sexism, classism and other forms of injustice limit participation and harm people, communities and the whole body of Christ. In all these relationships the ELCA serves reconciliation and healing with other Christians, while repentantly acknowledging its failings and wrongs, trusting in God’s forgiving mercy.