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“Jesus’s Exodus and Our Exodus”
Jesus is God’s Son, His Chosen One, St. Luke uniquely reports the Father’s voice’s saying, the One Who would accomplish His Exodus so that we can have our Exodus. By His death He redeems us from sin, death, and the power of the devil.
“Holy absolution is always available to all who confess”
For some people, Pilgrim’s non-use of so-called “corporate absolution” in the preparatory rite of the Divine Service raises the question of whether or not absolution is available at Pilgrim at all.
“Walk the places of the Passion according to St. Luke”
The locations themselves are not of ultimate importance, of course, but what happened at them, namely, that the Son of God in human flesh freely gave Himself into death for the sins of the world.
Our Mission Statement
The mission of Pilgrim Lutheran Church is to glorify God by receiving the forgiveness of sins by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and sharing that salvation through word and deed with those in our midst, in our community, and throughout the world.
The mission of Pilgrim Lutheran Church is to glorify God by receiving the forgiveness of sins by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and sharing that salvation through word and deed with those in our midst, in our community, and throughout the world.
