Our Redeemer Lutheran Church - LCMS

06/16/2026

06/16/2026

🏆 We need your help!

Every year, thousands of families move to the Sioux Falls area looking for schools and child care programs. One of the ways they discover Sioux Falls Lutheran School is through Local Best—and your vote can make a difference!

If you've been blessed by our caring teachers, Christ-centered environment, and hands-on learning opportunities, we'd be honored to have your support.

✅ Vote for SFLS here:
https://thelocalbest.com/vote/89194/

📈 Follow the standings:
https://thelocalbest.com/sioux-falls/current-standings/

(Look under Services for Preschool, Child Care, and Learning Centers.)

Thank you for helping us share the mission of SFLS with even more families! 💙

06/15/2026

The catechism is a teaching companion and learning tool for children and adults alike. Luther’s intent was for his catechism to be read, memorized and referenced on repeat, as he himself said: “I must remain a child and pupil of the catechism, and am glad so to remain.”

These catechism memory cards have been compiled to help make what may seem like an insurmountable task in our hurried, 21st century context feel more achievable: coming to learn and love the main tenets of the faith. The point, of course, is not to achieve simple rote memorization for the sake of personal achievement. The goal is loftier. With eyes fixed to eternity, we memorize Scripture, the catechism and the truths of what we believe so that by internalizing and impressing such things upon our lips and hearts, our lives may be conformed to the words we discipline our minds to learn. We also commit these things to memory so that we are armed with words that bring truth and life when we are faced with temptation, doubt, even death itself. Finally, we memorize these things with our neighbors always on our mind — so that we are ready to confidently witness the Gospel, defend the faith, and serve our neighbor in deed and in truth (1 John 3:18).

These catechism memory cards from LCMS Family Ministry largely follow the pattern and layout of Luther’s Small Catechism. Most of the answers are taken verbatim from Scripture and from the catechism. Download a printable version and access an online edition: https://thelc.ms/49ts74i

06/15/2026

Please join us as we give thanks to God for the many blessings Mrs. Biteler has shared with the Sioux Falls Lutheran School community through her years of faithful service as our Strings and Orchestra Instructor.

We invite current and former students, families, colleagues, and friends to stop by for a Coconut Crème Pie (her favorite!) Social as we celebrate Mrs. Biteler and wish her God's richest blessings in the next chapter of her journey.

📅 Wednesday, June 24
⏰ 4:00–7:00 PM
📍 SFLS Commons

Come say hello, share a memory, and enjoy a piece of pie!

To help us plan, please RSVP and let us know if you are able to bring a pie to share:
https://bit.ly/BitelerRSVP

We hope you'll join us as we celebrate and thank Mrs. Biteler for her dedication to our students and school family.

06/14/2026

Please join us for worship!

Divine Service Setting 3Lutheran Service Book p. 184

06/11/2026

We invite you to memorize 1 Corinthians 6:20 with us this week.

Memorizing Scripture is a valuable practice for Christians, even in a digital age. Join us each week as we hide God's Word in our hearts.

Learn more at lcms.org/memoryverse.

06/10/2026

The Christian faith is full of great paradoxes, and so is the Church Year with its many feasts, festivals and holy days. On one hand, these days are deeply local — Christians throughout the world mark them in distinct ways. Days are remembered differently depending on the culture, time of year, place of their commemoration, and even the foods that accompany them. On the other hand, these days are profoundly universal — throughout the world you’ll find that the same feasts and fasts are part of the liturgical cycle, the same prayers and readings are proclaimed, and the same Christ is confessed and received. These days bind Christians together across centuries and continents and form a shared Christian life that is far richer and broader than any one place or people.

This is what Christians mean when they speak of the catholicity of the Church Year, and it echoes the Nicene Creed, where we confess that we believe in “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.” The Church Year is a place where unity and variety meet. The church confesses “one Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Eph. 4:5), and yet that faith takes root in a multitude of places. The beauty of catholicity is that unity does not result in a flattening uniformity. Instead, those differences evince a unified church with a rich variety of practices.

Link in comments.

06/10/2026

Do the church workers serving your congregation or organization enjoy specific activities in the summer? Attending baseball games, camping, fishing, visiting amusement parks or a pool memberships are just a few of the ways they might like to spend time with their families or friends. Consider if you, or a group from your church, can offset the costs of a favorite activity, or even invite them to participate in one with you!

06/09/2026

🧱 Calling all LEGO builders!

Do you have a child who loves building, creating, and thinking outside the box? Or maybe you're a LEGO fan yourself?

Join us for the Sioux Falls Lutheran LEGO Building Competition this July!

🏆 Teams of 2
🏆 Bible-themed builds
🏆 Cash prizes and LEGO prizes
🏆 Elementary, Middle School, High School, and Adult divisions

📅 Sign up by June 26
📍 Sioux Falls Lutheran School

Register here: https://bit.ly/SFLSLegoCompRegister

Learn more and invite your friends: https://bit.ly/SFLSLegoCompetition

Tag your favorite LEGO-building partner below! 👇

06/07/2026

Please join us for worship!

Divine Service Setting 3Lutheran Service Book p. 184