UPDATES YOU NEED! updated 01/21/2021

NO IN-PERSON, INDOOR WORSHIP SERVICES WILL BE HELD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. We review the COVID-19 situation and re-evaluate as health experts give instruction. Our office is staffed to answer the phones from 9am-noon, Monday-Friday. Click here to see a staff listing for direct numbers and email addresses. If you are experiencing a pastoral emergency (hospitalization, etc.) please use the link above to email a pastor directly. This is probably the fastest way to reach them.

If you have questions about our closure, please feel free to contact Pastor Glen or Pastor Becky. They can relay any concerns to our Re-Opening Team. This team meets on a monthly basis and works with the Vision Board to continually address the changing needs to keep our church family and community safe.

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Video devotions are on hiatus for Lent. Please call 784.8876 and enter extension 201 to listen to daily recordings on the phone Monday-Friday beginning Ash Wednesday and going through Lent.
Devotions are sent Tuesdays and Thursdays.
This is a special endeavor during this time of COVID-19 to offer
hope and inspiration. Each video features a pastor, staff person,
​or ELC member offering scripture, ​a personal devotion, and prayer.
E-News is sent on Fridays.
Our "regular" e-newsletter includes announcements for the church,
links to online worship and worship bulletins, calendar, pictures
and more! This email has been sent out every Friday for over
​15 years and will continue after the pandemic as well.
LIVE STREAM WORSHIP & DEVOTIONS:
For Sunday morning worship:
For Wednesday evening worship during Lent:
Devotional videos are updated on Tuesdays and Thursdays (on  hiatus during Lent). Worship goes live at 9:30 on Sunday mornings. Worship is available to watch anytime after it's live too! We celebrate Holy Communion the first Sunday of each month. Click here for home altar tips.
Some things to remember from Bishop Arends and Assistant to the Bishop Howe: 
  1. Our decisions are guided by our love for one another; we are more interested in caring for the neighbor and most vulnerable than we are in simply protecting ourselves.
  2. Every decision is made within and for a community and context. When our decisions differ, we will not disparage one another.
  3. Now is the time to get more comfortable (if you’re not already) praying on the phone with people; not just saying “I’ll keep you in my prayers,” but praying with them as they can hear you.
  4. Get off the computer, especially social media, for some time each day.
  5. When you are tired, rest. When you need a friend, reach out. It’s okay to need and ask for help.

Since this is a first-time pandemic for all of us we are fumbling through it, making our way as we go, grace upon grace upon grace is for you and yours. Be gentle with yourselves and others. We will do our very best to keep you informed and connected to one another. Most importantly, you are not alone.

In Christian love,
Bishop Jim Arends and Pastor Libby Howe
​La Crosse Area Synod
 WORSHIP SERVICES


NO IN-PERSON WORSHIP SERVICES
​WILL BE HELD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
ELC YOUTUBE CHANNEL

​When worship resumes, services are at:
Saturday: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

When worship resumes, Office Hours will be:
8:30a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday - Thursday
​Friday 8:30 a.m. - noon

​Nursery staffed Sunday mornings & Wednesday evenings!