Saude, Jerico, & Redeemer Lutherans

06/24/2026

God Bless our newly elected ELS Synod President Rev. Michael Smith and Vice President Rev. Peter Faugstad!

06/06/2026

Redeemer Lutheran Church
summer service time:
Saturdays at 6:00pm

05/28/2026

This Sunday: All-Parish Service at Redeemer at 10:00am - focusing on the three ancient Creeds of the Christian Church.

05/24/2026

PSA: The Jerico road bridge near the Saude turn is currently closed. Alternate routes are highly recommended.

05/23/2026

Pastor H. M. Tjernagel served the Jerico and Saude parish from 1923-1940. He started The Assistant Pastor church newsletter 100 years ago in 1926. Those newsletters are available on our church website: https://saudejerico.com/history/.

Helge (Henry) Mathias Tjernagel was born May 23, 1871 on Follinglo Farm near Story City, Iowa to Ole Andreas and Martha Karina (nee Anderson Follinglo) Tjernagel. He studied at Luther College (B. A.) 1888-1894 and Luther Seminary, Hamline 1899-1902 (C.T.)

Tjernagel worked as a farmer and teacher 1894-1898 then taught at Luther Academy, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1898-1899.

After his ordination in 1902, Tjernagel served as pastor at Stanwood, Washington, 1902-1910, Teller, Alaska 1910-1913, Santa Barbara, California 1913-1916, Crookston, Minnesota, 1917-1918, the Indian Mission of the Missouri Synod in Gresham, Wisconsin, 1918-1923, and the Saude and Jerico parish near Lawler, Iowa, 1923-1940.

Tjernagel served the “Old Synod” on the Pacific District Home Mission Committee 1903-1910, and the Eskimo Mission Committee, 1905-1910. He was the manager of the “Pacific Herold” 1905-1910, and served as president of the Josephine Old Age Home [now (2012) called the Josphine Sunset Home] committee 1908-1910.

Tjernagel was President of the Norwegian Synod 1930-1934.

On June 27, 1904, Tjernagel married Anna Brue. They were blessed with twelve children, four of whom died in infancy. Anna died November 24, 1924.

05/20/2026

Our sister in Christ, June (Anderson) Rients, was called to her heavenly rest on April 15. A memorial service will be held for her this Saturday at Saude Lutheran Church, where she was baptized, confirmed, and married. Blessed be her memory.

June Helen (Anderson) Rients, 92, passed away on April 15, 2026, in her daughter’s home in Dundee, IL. June was born on June 19, 1933, in Elma, IA, and was the youngest of 7 children born to Ole and

05/14/2026

The Ascension of our Lord took place forty days after Easter (May 14 this year). We will celebrate this significant event at our services this weekend:

4:00pm Saturday at Redeemer
8:30am Sunday at Jerico
10:30am Sunday at Saude

Ephesians 1:20-23 - "[God the Father] raised [Christ] from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all."

(picture from painting by John Singleton Copley, 1775)

05/14/2026

Our brother in Christ, Don Knutson, was called to his heavenly rest on Monday. His funeral service is 11:00am this Friday at Jerico Lutheran Church. Blessed be his memory.

Donald Duane Knutson, age 89 of New Hampton, IA passed away unexpectedly on Monday, May 11, 2026, at his home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 15, 2026, at Jerico Lutheran Chur

05/08/2026

Mother's Day Drive:
Donations for the Hope Family Resource Center (Charles City) will be collected this weekend at each church.