What We Believe
The mission of Christ Lutheran Church is that given by our Lord Jesus to all of his church, "Go and make disciples of all people, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you."
As a member church of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod we are committed to perpetuating the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We strive to teach only what Christ and His apostles taught in the New Testament, neither adding to nor subtracting from this original Christian doctrine. We are compelled to teach because Jesus commanded us to do so in His Great Commission. We teach His Word, and His alone, because only the rightly understood Law of God is capable of humbling proud minds and hearts and only the rightly understood Gospel of Christ is capable of consoling disturbed consciences and motivating Christian hearts toward true good works.
Christ Lutheran Learning Center
Christ Lutheran Learning Center currently has one class for 3-year olds and another for 4-year olds, with plans for expansion. The class for children who are 3-years old by December 1 meets Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and the class for children who are 4-years old meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Both groups meet from 8:45 AM to 11:15 AM. Children grow and learn in a developmentally appropriate, Christian atmosphere. Occasional field trips are part of the program. Please call the church office at 708-386-3306 to ask for information or to schedule a visit - leave a message and your call will be returned promptly.
Click on 'CLLC in Pictures' at top of page for a view of our program.
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Christ Lutheran Church is a member of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) whose headquarters is in St. Louis, Missouri. In addition to its many churches, the LCMS supports many elementary and secondary schools, in addition to its colleges and universities. In our immediate area is Walther Lutheran High School in Melrose Park (www.walther.com), and Concordia University Chicago (www.cuchicago.edu) in River Forest. Additional information about the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod - its theology, practices and doctrine - can be found at www.lcms.org.
Worship
Our Lord speaks and we listen. His Word bestows what it says. Faith that is born from what is heard acknowledges the gifts received with eager thankfulness and praise. Music is drawn into this thankfulness and praise, enlarging and elevating the adoration of God, our gracious giver.
Saying back to him what he has said to us, we repeat what is most true and sure. Most true and sure is his name, which he put upon us with the water of our Baptism. We are his. This we acknowledge at the beginning of the Divine Service. Where his name is, there is he. Before him we acknowledge that we are sinners, and we plead for forgiveness. His forgiveness is given us, and we, freed and forgiven, acclaim him as our great and gracious God as we apply to ourselves the words he has used to make himself known to us.
The rhythm of our worship is from him to us, and then from us back to him. He gives his gifts, and together we receive and extol them. We build one another up as we speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Our Lord gives us his Body to eat and his Blood to drink. Finally his blessing moves us out into our calling, where his gifts have their fruition. How best to do this we may learn from his Word and from the way his Word has prompted his worship through the centuries. We are heirs of an astonishingly rich tradition. Each generation receives from those who went before and, in making that tradition of the Divine Service its own.
Christ Lutheran Church is a liturgical church, embracing this stance which is reflected in all our worship services.
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