Trinity Lutheran Church of Ottawa, IL

09/07/2026

09/07/2026

With Lutherans around the world today we pray...

All-powerful God,
you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.

You embrace with your
tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us
the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace,
that we may live
as brothers and sisters,
harming no one.

Creative Spirit, enlighten our hearts
and remain with your world.
Amen.

09/06/2026

Trinity Lutheran Church Thank you for joining us. Live stream each Sunday at 10am. Have an awesome week and God bless!

09/04/2026

The Divine Art of Dying aims to empower people who are dying to live as fully as they can until life's end. The book includes reflections from Karen Speerstra's hospice journal and essays written jointly by Speeratra and Herbert Anderson on learning...

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

Spread the word, free meal Sun, Sept 13 @ Noon!

09/01/2026

Humanity must stop pretending it doesn't know what it's doing to the Earth.

That's the message from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, marking 1 September as both the start of the Orthodox ecclesiastical year and the Day of Prayer for the Protection of the Natural Environment, an observance the Ecumenical Patriarchate established in 1989 and which now brings Christian communities together worldwide: "a symbol and practical promotion of the unity of Christians," as he put it.

"Humanity must at last cease acting as though it does not know and definitively cast aside the illusion that planet Earth can in perpetuity withstand the burdens and destruction caused by human activity, or that nature has the power to renew itself of its own accord."

He's calling for "ecological responsibility" to become "a categorical imperative," for individuals and for humanity as a whole, pointing to the Gospel's parable of the "foolish rich man" as a warning against the consumerism still driving the crisis. What's needed, he says, is nothing less than a "Copernican Turn" in how we understand progress and creation itself.

Read the Patriarch's full message, and find out how your community can join the Season of Creation 👉 https://www.oikoumene.org/news/patriarch-bartholomew-calls-for-global-ecological-solidarity

➡️ More about Season of Creation: https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-to-join-season-of-creation-prayer-amid-climate-extremes

📷 Albin Hillert/WCC

09/01/2026

🌟 Family Rally Day is coming! 🌟

Join us at Trinity Lutheran Church on Sunday, September 13, at 9:00 a.m. in Java Junction as we kick off a new year of faith formation!

We’ll have:
🎶 An all-church hymn sing
🎨 Crafts
🥐 A light breakfast
🙏 And Holy Communion at 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Session and Affirmation Class begins the following week, September 20, at 9:00 a.m. in the Education Building.

This year, 6th graders are invited to join 7th and 8th graders for Affirmation class. This class is an optional opportunity for 6th graders to begin exploring faith more deeply while still affirming their baptism with their peers after 8th grade. Students who don’t participate in the class may continue with Sunday Session.

Families, please register each child using the form below:

https://forms.gle/Fzy5Xza6pMR6AgWT8

We’re looking forward to a great year of learning, growing, serving, and sharing faith together! We hope to see you on September 13.

08/31/2026

🚨 MISSING! 🚨