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311 2nd St, Schwenksville, PA 19473    (610) 287-7104
9:30 am- Summer Worship Schedule
Holy Communion* - 1st & 3rd Sundays, and festive holidays

Reverend  Stanley Steele, Pastor

David A. Crist, Dir. of Music

 

 

 

Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church

Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church

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ELCA Teaching

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) confesses the Triune God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

In our preaching and teaching the ELCA trusts the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe. ELCA teaching or theology serves the proclamation and ministry of this faith. It does not have an answer for all questions, not even all religious questions. Teaching or theology prepares members to be witnesses in speech and in action of God’s rich mercy in Jesus Christ.

Scriptures, Creeds and Confessions

The ELCA’s official Confession of Faith identifies the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments (commonly called the Bible); the Apostles’, Nicene and Athanasian Creeds; and the Lutheran confessional writings in the Book of Concord as the basis for our teaching. ELCA congregations make the same affirmation in their governing documents, and ELCA pastors promise to preach and teach in accordance with these teaching sources.

This Confession of Faith is more than just words in an official document. Every Sunday in worship ELCA congregations hear God’s word from the Scriptures, pray as Jesus taught and come to the Lord’s Table expecting to receive the mercies that the Triune God promises. Throughout the week ELCA members continue to live by faith, serving others freely and generously in all that they do because they trust God’s promise in the Gospel. In small groups and at sick beds, in private devotions and in daily work, this faith saturates all of life.

Teaching for a life of faith

This connection to all of life is the clearest demonstration of the authority that the canonical Scriptures, the ecumenical Creeds and the Lutheran Confessions have in the ELCA. The Holy Spirit uses these witnesses to create, strengthen and sustain faith in Jesus Christ and the life we have in him. That life-giving work continues every day, as Martin Luther explained in the Small Catechism: the Holy Spirit “calls, gathers, enlightens and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth and preserves it in union with Jesus Christ in the one true faith.”

Learn more at ELCA.org

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Service Schedule

  • Traditional Service
    8:30 am | In Person & Online
  • Contemporary Service
    11:00 am | In Person & Online
  • Holy Communion*
    First & Third Sundays of the Month, and festive holidays


*All baptized Christians, who believe in the Real presence of Christ in the bread and wine of Communion are welcome to receive at JELC.

Food Pantry

The Daily Bread Community Food Pantry is the fourth largest food pantry in Montgomery County, serving approximately 300 families or 1,200 individuals each month.
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Our Mission

  • SOW: The Gospel of Jesus the Christ to all generations
  • GROW: His followers into spiritually mature disciples
  • GO: Back into the world to serve others in His name
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  • 311 2nd St, Schwenksville, PA 19473
  • (610) 287-7104
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    Mon – Fri: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

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    Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Schwenksville
    Thank you for joining us in worship! We have Sunday Worship Services at 8:30am and 11:00am, with Sunday School at 9:45am (in between services).Your gifts to our church enable us to fullfil our mission to SOW: The Gospel of Jesus the Christ to all generations, GROW: His followers into spiritually mature disciples, GO: Back into the world to serve others in His name. Monetary gifts can be made online using this link: tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/560232Leave a comment to let us know you dropped by and say hello to members and guest during the streaming service! Thank you!Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE #A-709774 and CLLI license #1509573. All rights reserved.COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Liturgy reprinted and streamed under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License #SB165193. Creator Spirit, Heavenly DoveWords: Rhabanus Maurus, tr. composite.Music: VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS, Sarum plainsong, mode VIII, arr. hymnal version.Arr. ©2006 Augsburg Fortress.All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Spirit of GentlenessWords and Music: James K. Manley, ©1978 James K. Manley.All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. Holy SpiritWords and Music: Bryan Torwalt and Katie Torwalt, ©2011 Jesus Culture Music.All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. Gracious Spirit, Heed Our PleadingMusic: Wilson Niwagila, arr. Egil Hovland, arr. © Egil Hovland.All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under CCLI License #1509573. Glorious JerusalemWords: Jaroslav Vajda, Music: Paul Bouman, ©1989. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Veni Creator Spiritus: Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls InspireMusic: Sarum plainsong, mode VIII, arr. Flor Peeters. Arr. ©1950 C. F. Peters Corporation.All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-709774. ... See MoreSee Less

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