Gloria DEI Lutheran Church Elca

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Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
1101 North River Boulevard, Wichita, Kansas Sunday Eucharistat 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.Mondays, Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Eucharist 5:30 p.m.
Thursday Matins: 10:00 a.m. The Third Monday, Compline (Prayer at the close of day) 8:15 p.m.

First and foremost, we are Gathered to Worship. We dont gather ourselves, but we are gathered by the Holy Spirit. Through the means of gracethe Word and Holy SacramentsGod has called us out and gathered us as his people. So the Church is not like the Rotary, the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, or any other voluntary organization. We dont join of our own gumption or initiative. Rather, the Holy Spirit has called [us] through the Gospel, enlightened us with his gifts and sanctified and kept [us] in the true faith... (The Small Catechism, The Apostles Creed, Third Article).

And our highest calling as those gathered by the Holy Spirit, is to worship our Triune God. We are baptized in the name of the Father, and of + Son, and of the Holy Spirit. And it is in that same name that we are gathered every Lords Daygathered to offer our praise and thanks to God, to proclaim and hear the Word proclaimed in scripture, liturgy, hymn and homily, and to joyously celebrate the Holy Eucharist. Worship of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is what the angels and Church Triumphant ceaselessly do in heaven. In our Sunday gathering, we experience a foretaste of that heavenly praise. It is the source and summit of our lives as Christians.

Secondly, we are Sent to Serve. Of course we serve God in worship, but we continue to serve him by serving our neighbor, after we leave worship. That service takes place as individual Christians in our various vocations, and also corporately as members of the Body of Christ. So we serve in our families by caring for those entrusted to us, and we serve in our homes and places of employment by diligently assuming the tasks set before us. And we serve more specifically as the Church by teaching, by serving on committees and boards, by singing or playing music, by helping with any number of social ministry ventures, and on and on. Rightly understood, our whole life is one of serviceservice to God and service to the neighbor.

Welcome to our website. We hope you will find it to be an aid and inspiration as you are
Gathered to Worship

Through the means of grace, we are God's people being renewed in a liturgical community that acknowledges its roots and diversity: challenging, teaching healing and caring for the people of God. We are a family in this place, the offspring of Christ, brothers and sisters in faith.

Office Assistant: pgalusha@gloriadeiwichita.com
Director of Music & Christian Education: alindal@gloriadeiwichita.com
Youth Director: kshriner@gloriadeiwichita.com

Send mail to webmaster@gloriadeiwichita.com with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: September 20, 2010