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Burning with the Spirit of Christ in us we are called to serve our neighbors. We hope you will join us! Worship is at 10 AM on Sundays

As members of the body of Christ in this place and time, we are a welcoming congregation of people who gather to worship God, to share life together, to grow in love for each other and to be shaped by God’s Word, with the purpose of living out God’s love and being a sign of God’s loving and forgiving presence in our community and world.

06/13/2026

Sermon News: Sunday, June 14

Romans 5:1-8, Love Casts Out Shame

Paul unapologetically states that we are who God made us to be, and not what others think about us. God pours love into our hearts, generously and abundantly. No human being can take this away from us; no human being has the right to close the door between God and the believer. It is not easy, though, not to care about what others think about you. And you should care. It can be super helpful if a spouse or friend or parent tells you: “This is not ok, you need to do better.” We need such outside correctives. But nowadays, unhealthy shame is on the rise, especially among younger people. Social media exposes folks to horrific and mean-spirited attacks for all and no reasons. People are ashamed because of the shape of their bodies, the color of their skin, their sexual orientation, their age, all things over which they have no control. Shame is not used as a helpful tool for behavioral correction, but as a sledgehammer to bring people down. We can do better! Come this Sunday to Our Savior Lutheran Church, 745 Front St S, Issaquah, WA , 10 AM, or on YouTube, and learn how!
- Pr. Kristin-Luana

Image Credit: Nuns of the Christian Care Centre, 2013, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56205

06/07/2026

Sermon News for the Second Sunday after Pentecost:

Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Star Trek. Jesus. Healing. Stories.

Why do some stories shape human lives for generations? What makes something deeply true, even when it cannot be reduced to facts alone?

This Sunday, we explore Matthew 9:9–26 and the strange power of stories that still heal, challenge, and transform.

Come this Sunday to Our Savior Lutheran Church in Issaquah, WA, or on YouTube, to learn more!

– Pr. Olaf

05/31/2026

Sermon News for Sunday, May 31: The Holy Trinity

“I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)

Like many of the images of God, this description is deeply relational. It connects God and the believer like branches are connected to a vine, a tree; and it declares the fruit of that tree to be the product of both God and the believer in their interconnectedness. As believers, our main task is to let the light, love, fire, and word of God flow through us and dwell in us so that they might bear good fruit in the world. Not to disturb the flow of God’s spirit in our bodies and minds is a more difficult task than it might seem. After all, we are used to taking things into our own hands, to pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps, to competing with each other, and to celebrating our successes as individual achievements.

But, as Eugenia Gamble writes (the author of Tending the Wild Garden, which we will read together this fall):

“We do not acquire the fruit of the Spirit like a trophy at a soccer match.” [1]

Tending to the Spirit within us is much more like making room for it than capturing it and wielding it like a tool or a weapon. How does that work?

Come this Sunday to Our Savior Lutheran Church in Issaquah, WA, or on YouTube, and find out!

- Pr. Kristin-Luana

[1] Eugenia Gamble Tending the Wild Garden, Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 20024, 2.

Image Credit: eflon (Alex from Ithaca, NY), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

05/17/2026

Sermon News, May 17, 2026, Ascension Sunday: What’s your Orientation?

Just before Jesus ascends into heaven, he says to his disciples: “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:46b-47).

The focus on repentance and forgiveness at the end of Jesus’ ministry brings us back to the very moment when it started. John, Jesus’ cousin, established the ministry of baptism in repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Eerdmans Bible Dictionary defines repentance as “a complete change of orientation involving a judgment upon the past and a deliberate redirection for the future.”

This turning around is, according to the biblical prophetic tradition, a turning back towards God. We all seek salvation in all kinds of things: in money, in people, in food and drink, in power and success. But salvation can only be found in God. And so, we need to reorient ourselves towards God every day anew. How do we do that?

Come and find out this Sunday at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 745 Front St. S., in Issaquah and on YouTube.

- Pr. Kristin-Luana

Image Credit: Vaughan, Joanna. Ascension, 2007, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56521

05/09/2026

Sermon News for May 10, 2026: John 14:23-29

What happens when faith becomes a beach chair?

This Sunday’s sermon on John 14 asks whether Christianity is merely about admiring God from a safe distance — sunsets, stars, inspiring moments — or whether following Christ actually moves us somewhere communal and alive.

Martin Luther, Cha Cha on church roofs, “spiritual but not religious,” hockey equipment, and the possibility that God sometimes sounds less like a whisper and more like an overcaffeinated drill instructor all make an appearance.

Faith has consequences. The question is: what kind?

Join us this Sunday, 10 AM, at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 745 Front St. S, in Issaquah and on YouTube.

- Pr. Olaf

05/02/2026

Sermon News for Sunday, May 3:

Acts 7:55-60 and John 14:1-14: In Sickness and in Health

As a pastor, I see many parishioners struggle with accepting help. As Christians, we are used to living a life of service, helping where we can, and finding joy in helping others. But when we fall sick ourselves, we don’t want to accept help. However, accepting help is as important as offering help. Both are completely natural and best done with grace. I have yet to encounter a single person who never needed help. Every single one of us sometimes stands on one side and sometimes on the other side of the equation. And Jesus is with us, either way. How can we become better in both giving and receiving help?

Come and find out this Sunday, 10 AM, at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 745 Front St. S, in Issaquah and on YouTube.

– Pr. Kristin-Luana

Image Credit: Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, "The Sick Pilgrim", 1858, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria, Wiki Commons.

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745 Front Street South
Issaquah, WA
98027

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Monday	10am - 2pm
Tuesday	10am - 2pm
Wednesday	10am - 2pm
Thursday	10am - 2pm
Friday	10am - 2pm
Sunday	10am - 12pm

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