Messiah Lutheran Church-Marysville, WA

04/08/2026

Our "Memorial Garden" for Easter Sunday ... flowers placed in memory of departed loved ones in the sure and certain hope of their resurrection when Christ returns in glory ... because Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! (Thank you to Abraham Beyene for the beautiful photo.)

04/02/2026

02/08/2026

Great time with the men of Messiah at tonight's Silvertips game.

01/27/2026

Hear President Harrison speak about whether we can "choose" to believe in Jesus.

01/14/2026

This is a beautifully designed addition to the CPH website!

We are pleased to offer the text of the Book of Concord for free on our brand-new website. This easy-to-use resource lets you navigate through all the major documents of the Book of Concord.

Start exploring the Book of Concord for free at the link in the comments.

01/07/2026

This is a great resource for "liturgical living" for Lutherans, created by two Lutheran women. Link in the first comment.

Our new 2025–2026 Lutheran Liturgical Calendar is now available in the shop, along with a brand-new Advent art and devotional for the final days leading up to Christmas—created in collaboration with Kelly Schumacher of Agnus Dei Liturgical Art.

12/22/2025

The music department of Concordia University Irvine, our west coast LCMS university, presents a renown Christmas concert every year. You can view this year's concert in the YouTube link below.

From CUI's website: "Emmanuel: A Concordia Christmas, Concordia’s critically-acclaimed choirs, handbells, and orchestra celebrate the season of hope and the birth of the world’s long-awaited Savior! This year’s concerts showcase more than 200 performers from eight vocal and instrumental performing ensembles under the masterful direction of Dr. Michael Busch, Dr. Jeff Held, Dr. Daniel Wessler, and Erik Der. Enjoy festive carols and Christmas favorites, old and new."

Previous year's concerts are available on YouTube and will also be broadcast on our local PBS stations on Christmas Day, 2pm on KCTS and 10:30pm on KBTC and KCKA. Check your cable or satellite listings for exact channels or go directly to the station websites to stream on your device.

Concordia University Irvine presents its sixth annual made-for-TV Christmas special. This year's theme, Emmanuel, reminds us of God’s promise to send a Savio...

12/05/2025

The Lutheran Reformation was a conservative reformation. Longstanding church customs and traditions that served good ends were purified from abuses and retained. Thus the LCMS strongly urges all its congregations to retain the order of the Divine Service, as well as confession and absolution, psalms, lessons, clear Gospel preaching, the creeds, the Lord’s Prayer, the order of the Lord’s Supper and especially the Lord’s own words, reverent reception, Aaronic blessing. We are not the church of what’s happening now. We are the catholic church of all ages gone right. I often note that, no matter where I travel in the world, I find all these elements in a Lutheran service. No matter the language, I’m never lost in a Lutheran service. That’s certainly the way it should be among us.

Read President Harrison's letter in this month's issue of The Lutheran Witness — link in comments.

12/02/2025

An excellent infographic about the origins and the date of Christmas.

11/30/2025