Pinewood Lutheran Church

09/07/2026

Rally Day!
Sunday, September 13th:

Sunday School at 9:45
Bible Study at 10:00
Church service at 10:45

Come join us!!

08/30/2026

Pinewood has this policy for children in check too!! 😊😊😊

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Children’s Policy at St. John
We wanted to make sure everyone is aware of our policy regarding children in church:
If your kids are loud, please still come to church.
If you’re running late because getting everyone out the door was a battle, please still come to church.
If your toddler won’t sit still, please still come to church.
If your baby needs to eat, please still come to church.
If your child asks questions at the least convenient time, please still come to church.
If someone cries, drops a toy, needs a snack, or has to make their third trip to the bathroom, please still come to church.
If your child doesn’t know all the words, all the prayers, or exactly when to sit and stand, please still come to church.
If you feel like you spent the entire service managing your children and heard approximately 12% of the sermon, please still come to church.
If Sunday morning feels messy instead of peaceful, please still come to church.
If you’re worried your children are distracting the people around you, please still come to church.

Because children do not learn how to be part of the Church by staying home until they can sit quietly.

They learn by being here.
They learn the hymns by hearing us sing them.
They learn the prayers by hearing us pray them.
They learn to worship by watching us worship.
They learn that church is home because we make room for them here.

The wiggles, whispers, dropped crayons, crying babies, and little voices are not interruptions to the life of the Church.

They are evidence that the Church is alive.

So bring the babies. Bring the toddlers. Bring the big kids. Come late. Sit in the back. Sit in the front. Step out when you need to and come right back in.

Just come.
Children are not simply the future of the Church. They are part of the Church right now.
And at St. John, there is a place for them here.

08/08/2026

Burlington Days!! Come down for the fun 😊

08/06/2026

06/25/2026

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06/25/2026

Support local bookstores!! Free shipping though June 26th!!

⚠️ Local bookstores can’t survive if everyone buys their books on Amazon. If you value having independent bookstores in your community, now is the time to support them. DeColores Books & Gifts has an online bookshop where you can order virtually any book in print. Just type the title, author, or ISBN into the search box and have it shipped directly to your door.
📚 Free Shipping through July 26
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📚 Every order supports a local independent bookstore
The convenience is the same. The impact is not.
Choose local. Choose independent. Help keep bookstores like DeColores here for future generations.
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06/16/2026

The beginning of our Bethany Lutheran College.
Almost 100 years old!

June 16, 1927: The Norwegian Synod opens the convention which votes to buy Bethany Lutheran College. After a weekend of debating the pros and cons of buying the school, the motion was made by Rev. George Gullixson to buy the school. Despite concerns over funding, the motion passed and Bethany Ladies College became Bethany Lutheran College - a two year school and high school.

06/14/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_3kooM3ALg

10 am service time today

Today's sermon theme: ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ Sermon...

06/10/2026

Psalm 46:7 (ESV)
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

A Mighty Fortress IS our God!!