Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Columbus, Ohio

05/31/2026

Here is the link for Gethsemane's live worship at 9:30 AM.

Holy Trinity Sunday

05/27/2026

As our Muslim siblings prepare to celebrate Eid al-Adha, we extend our prayers and warm wishes for a blessed and joyful holiday.

Eid al-Adha, often called the “Festival of Sacrifice,” commemorates Abraham’s deep faith, trust in God, and willingness to follow God’s call. It is a time marked by prayer, generosity, community, and care for those in need.

While we may not celebrate Eid al-Adha, as followers of Jesus we believe loving our neighbors means honoring the dignity, faith, and humanity of people whose beliefs may differ from our own. Respect, compassion, and understanding help build the kind of community where EVERYONE can flourish!

05/25/2026

Gracious God,
on this Memorial Day, we remember with gratitude those who gave their lives in service to others.
Hold in your care the families who carry both pride and grief,
and grant us the wisdom to honor their sacrifice not only with words, but with lives shaped by justice, mercy, and peace.

Teach us to be faithful stewards of the freedom entrusted to us,
and to seek the kind of world for which they gave so much.
Through Christ our Lord,
Amen

05/24/2026

Here is the link for Gethsemane's live worship at 9:30 AM.

Pentecost Sunday

05/17/2026

Here is the link for Gethsemane's live worship at 9:30 AM.

Easter 7

05/14/2026

This Sunday in Adult Ed, we’re honored to welcome representatives from Kaleidoscope Youth Center (another one of our newer benevolence recipients/ministry partners) — Ohio’s largest and longest-standing organization dedicated to serving and supporting LGBTQIA+ youth.

Since 1994, KYC has been creating safer spaces, providing housing and wellness support, offering leadership opportunities, and walking alongside young people as they discover who they are and who they’re becoming.

Their work is deeply rooted in belonging, dignity, and hope — values that matter profoundly in the lives of young people today. We’re grateful for the opportunity to learn more about their ministry and mission, hear stories of impact here in Columbus, and explore ways we can partner together in supporting youth in our community.

Join us this Sunday, May 17, during Adult Education for this important conversation. You can learn more about KYC here:

Belonging begins here. KYC empowers LGBTQIA+ youth across Ohio with free programs, leadership opportunities, and affirming community support designed to help every young person stand confidently in who they are.

05/11/2026

𝚂𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚣𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚢𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚟. Drew Tucker - 𝙴𝚡𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏 HopeWood Outdoors - LOMO, 𝚝𝚘 𝙶𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚎.

𝙳𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎 — 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜. 𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚞𝚕 & 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎: 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗡, 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲.

𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎.

𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏: “𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸?”

𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲.

Join us for worship on Sundays @ 9:30am!

Gethsemane Lutheran Church is dedicated to welcoming all people of every race, culture, belief, national origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, family structure, sexual orientation, economic circumstance, and physical or mental ability.

All are welcome at Gethsemane, and all really means ALL!

05/10/2026

Here is the link for Gethsemane's live worship at 9:30 AM.

Easter 6

05/07/2026

We look forward to welcoming Rev. Drew Tucker this coming Sunday, May 10, 2026!

Rev. Tucker is a graduate of Ashland University (B.A.), Duke University (M.Div.), Lenoir-Rhyne University (S.T.M.), and is completing doctoral study at Lexington Theological Seminary.

Rev. Tucker currently serves as the Executive Director of HopeWood Outdoors - LOMO. Drew will be preaching in worship, and then sharing during Adult Ed about all that God is up to at Hopewood Outdoors!

We'd love for you to plan to join us for worship @ 9:30am!

05/07/2026

𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆!

𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜: 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 “𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎” 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝.

𝚆𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 — 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙶𝚘𝚍. 𝚆𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 “𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑.”

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝.

𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜:
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙚𝙙.
𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡.
𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙩.
𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨.

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍. 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚞𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 — 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚝.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚜𝚗’𝚝 “𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚘 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞.”
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚜 “𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜.”

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢? 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.

“𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵… 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱.” — 𝗘𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟮:𝟴

𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚,
𝙋𝙧. 𝙏𝙅