St. Paul Lutheran Church and School

09/04/2026

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Recalling Christ’s death for us on Good Friday, consider including these Scriptures some time on this Friday, along with your prayers for God to continue blessing His people.

1 Thessalonians 3:9–13
Brethren: 9 What thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy with which we joy for your sakes before our God; 10 night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
11 Now God Himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 13 to the end He may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints. Amen.

Luke 13:22–30
At that time: 22 Jesus went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then one said unto Him, “Lord, are there few that be saved?”
And He said unto them, 24 “Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When once the Master of the house is risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open unto us’; and He shall answer and say unto you, ‘I know you not from where you are’: 26 then shall you begin to say, ‘We have eaten and drunk in Thy presence, and Thou hast taught in our streets.’ 27 But He shall say, I tell you, ‘I know you not from where you are; depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the Kingdom of God. 30 And, behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.”

09/02/2026

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Consider including these Scriptures some time in your day today, being midweek, along with your prayers for God to continue blessing His people.

2 Corinthians 5:1–11
Brethren: 1 We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle [tent] were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our house which is from heaven: 3 if indeed that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not that we would be unclothed, but clothed, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 5 Now He Who has prepared us for the very thing is God, Who also has given unto us the down payment of the Spirit. 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9 Therefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to what he has done, whether it be good or bad.
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Matthew 12:14–21
At that time: 14 The Pharisees went out, and held a council against Jesus, how they might destroy Him. 15 But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew Himself from there: and great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all; 16 and charged them that they should not make Him known: 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, 18 “Behold My Servant, Whom I have chosen; My Beloved, in Whom My soul is well pleased: I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall show judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear His voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench, until He send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in His name shall the Gentiles trust.

08/28/2026

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Recalling Christ’s death for us on Good Friday, consider including these Scriptures some time on this Friday, along with your prayers for God to continue blessing His people.

1 Corinthians 10:14–17
Brethren: 14 Flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

Matthew 11:20–24
At that time: 20 Jesus began to upbraid the cities in which most of His mighty works were done, because they did not repent: 21 “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the Day of Judgment, than for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, who art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in S***m, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of S***m in the Day of Judgment, than for thee.”

08/28/2026

Post 3 over our first day. (And a few pictures from day 2!)

08/27/2026

In this episode of Christendom and the World, Pastor Andrew Preus is joined by Pastor Philip Hale to address one of the most pressing cultural questions of our time: identity, the body, and what it means to live as male and female in Christ.

Drawing from Scripture, natural law, and pastoral experience, the discussion contrasts external role-playing with the biblical understanding of vocation, embodiment, and Christian freedom.

Christendom and the World · Episode

08/27/2026

Post 2 from our first day of school!

08/26/2026

First Day Post 1

We have been so blessed today to have the school filled with excited and joyful voices. Here is the very first post from our first day of school. Many more pictures from our first day to come. Welcome back! We missed you!

08/26/2026

School started this morning.
Pray for our students.
Pray for our teachers.
Pray for the parents.

If you missed Opening Chapel this morning, you are still invited to join us for Chapel any other day. Ask Pastor or one of the teachers if you'd like to know when and where, or if you have any other questions about our church or school.

1 Savior, who Thy flock art feeding
With the Shepherd's kindest care,
All the feeble gently leading,
While the lambs Thy bosom share,

2 Now, these little ones receiving,
Fold them in Thy gracious arm;
There, we know, Thy Word believing,
Only there, secure from harm.

3 Never, from Thy pasture roving,
Let them be the Lion's prey;
Let Thy tenderness, so loving,
Keep them thro' life's dang'rous way.

4 Then within Thy fold eternal
Let them find a resting place,
Feed in pastures ever vernal,
Drink the rivers of Thy grace.

-- William A. Mühlenberg (1826)

08/26/2026

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Consider including these Scriptures some time in your day today, being midweek, along with your prayers for God to continue blessing His people.

2 Corinthians 4:5–10
Brethren: 5 We do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

Matthew 9:27–35
At that time: 27 When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying, and saying, “Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.”
28 And when He was come into the house, the blind men came to Him: and Jesus said unto them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
They said unto Him, “Yes, Lord.”
29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it unto you.” 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, “See that no man know it.” 31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad His fame in all that country.
32 As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a mute man possessed with a devil. 33 And when the devil was cast out, the mute spoke: and the multitudes marveled, saying, “It was never so seen in Israel.”
34 But the Pharisees said, “He casts out devils through the prince of the devils.”
35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

08/26/2026

School Starts Tomorrow!
Opening Chapel is at 8:20am.
Please join us!

1 Shepherd of tender youth,
Guiding in love and truth
Through devious ways;
Christ, our triumphant king,
We come Your name to sing
And here our children bring
To join Your praise.

2 You are our holy Lord,
The all-subduing Word,
Healer of strife.
Yourself You did abase
That from sin's deep disgrace
You so might save our race
And give us life.

3 You are the great High Priest;
You have prepared the feast
Of holy love;
And in our mortal pain
None calls on You in vain;
Our pleas do not disdain;
Help from above.

4 O ever be our guide,
Our shepherd, and our pride,
Our staff and song.
Jesus, O Christ of God,
By your enduring Word
Lead us where You have trod;
Make our faith strong.

5 So now, and till we die,
Sound we Your praises high
And joyful sing:
Infants, and all the throng,
Who to the Church belong,
Unite to swell the song
To Christ, our king!

-- attr. Clement of Alexandria, c. 170-c.220
Tr. Henry M. Dexter, 1821-90 (alt. )