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< Back December 24, 2024 Christmas has come! We wish you and yours a blessed Christmas. Click the link below to listen to the Christmas Gospel, as recorded in Luke 2, verses 1 through 20. Christmas Gospel O Holy Night Previous

Contact Office Location and Mailing Address: 212 West 3rd Street Monticello, MN 55362 763-479-2422 info@llchurch.org General Inquiries First Name Last Name Email Message Thank you for submitting! Send Change of Address Form Question Box Birth Announcement Engagement Announcement Wedding Announcement Death Announcement Voice of Zion Ad Opisto Scholarship Program Administrative Department ARVIN PIRNESS Executive Director arvin.pirness@llchurch.org LLC Annual Meeting LLC Board Meetings LLC Sister Organization Relations MARIA FREDRICKSON Receptionist, Administrative Assistant mfredrickson@llchurch.org Foreign Mission Work Administrative Support Camp enrollment Bookstore inventory, orders and shipping Congregation communication ELIZABETH JUNTUNEN Finance Manager ejuntunen@llchurch.org Finance & Budgeting ADELINE MOLL Facilities & Events Manager adeline.moll@llchurch.org Scheduling Camp staff support Facilities maintenance & operations Facility use & rental Summer & Winter Services Mission Department ADRIAN PIRNESS Global Mission Programs Manager adrian.pirness@llchurch.org Foreign mission work Office technology & equipment support LLC liaison to Humanitarian Aid Committee DANIEL KUMPULA Pastoral & Mission Program Manager daniel.kumpula@llchurch.org Pastoral work Home & Family committee Education - Sunday School, Confirmation school, Bible Class Area Mission Committee support Summer & Winter Services PHIL JURMU Publications Director pjurmu@llchurch.org Planning and production of LLC publications MATTHEW KERANEN Publications Editor & Content Curator mkeranen@llchurch.org Periodical Editor LLC Service Broadcast Content Support Social Media Coordinator LLC Content Creator Workshops & Content Creator Support LLC Liaison to Opisto and Language Camp programs SANDRA PYLVAINEN (part-time) Project Editor spylvainen@llchurch.org Book Project Editor Book writer coaching and support RUTH DeLACEY Publications Coordinator rdelacey@llchurch.org Content coordinator for periodicals and Hearken Publications volunteer coordinator Bookstore contact LLC Services Bookstore Liaison Subscriptions management – payments, change of address contact ANNETTE JOHNSON Layout Artist ajohnson@llchurch.org Overall graphic design Print publications layout Services logo & designs support Voice of Zion announcements Voice of Zion layout Website oversight SHANNA PIRNESS Digital Media Specialist spirness@llchurch.org Digital publications creation & coordination Hearken app management Services programming support Publications layout support LIISA KERANEN Music Coordinator lkeranen@llchurch.org Church music Music copyright Music production Music training Publications Department

< Back Confirmation Day 7: Mission Work: Go Ye Therefore and Teach All Nations Day 7, Lesson 5: Personal Psalms to God Objective Write a personal letter to God Learning Outcome Write a letter to God expressing my joys, sorrows and worries and ask God for His help. Confirmation Exercise Questions None Reference Material Booklet Song: Commit whatever grieves thee / To God’s almighty hands, / To Him who never leaves thee, / Who heav’n and earth commands, / Who points the clouds their courses, / Whom winds and waves obey; / He will direct my footsteps / And show to thee the way. (SHZ 376 v.1) Booklet Text: The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much (James 5:16) Additional Reference Material SCRIPTURE Matt. 6:5-13; James 5: 16-18 CURRICULUM Lesson 9.11 ADDITIONAL LESSON POINTS We can approach God with any, and all matters, both temporal and spiritual God has promised to hear our prayers Writing our thoughts often helps us to clarify our thoughts – it is difficult to articulate that which is unclear in our thoughts RESOURCES Student will express their personal thoughts Previous Next

Our Mission To preach the gospel of repentance and remission of sins to the people of our communities, our nations, and throughout the world so that they might become partakers with us of the grace that God offers sin-fallen man in His Son Jesus Christ. To nurture and strengthen the faith of the believing and root our children in Christian faith in God's kingdom. To awaken and inspire Christian values and ethics, soberness of mind, love of homeland, and responsible citizenship among the people of our nations.

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< Back Confirmation Day 7: Mission Work: Go Ye Therefore and Teach All Nations Day 7, Lesson 4: Mission Work, Spreading the Gospel Objective God commands that we go into the world to preach the message of Christ to everyone; God leads and guides the work Learning Outcome Give examples of how God has spread His word throughout the world. Confirmation Exercise Questions #12. How does the work of Christ continue in the world today? Through the work of the Holy Spirit in His congregation. Reference Material Booklet Song: When Jesus was trav’ling among us / He freely extended His grace. / He still offers hope and forgiveness: / “I want to rekindle your faith.” / He sent forth His spirit in us to abide / And gave us the duty to feed and to guide: / “Go, therefore, and teach in each nation and place / My word of salvation and grace. (SHZ 184 v.2) Booklet Text: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.(Matthew 28:19,20) Additional Reference Material SCRIPTURE Prov. 14:34; Jer. 29:7; Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Tim. 2:1,2; 1 Pet. 2:13-15; I Kings 3:7-9; Ps. 5:8; 17:5; 143:8, 10; Prov. 1:7; 11: 10,11; 29:8; Eccl. 9:18; Matt. 5:13-16; Gen. 39:1-9; Ps. 23; 34:7-10,15,17; 84:11; Prov. 1:33; 2:21,22; Nah. 1:7; Mark 16:18; Luke: 10:19; John 16:33; 2 Cor. 4:16-18; Gen. 1:27; Acts 10:28; 17:26-28; Gal. 3:28; Job 31:13-15; Ps. 33:13-15,18,19; Matt. 5:13-16; Heb. 12:14; Rom. 12:18-21; Acts 17:26, 27; Prov. 14:34; Ezek. 18:32; 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9; Ps. 34:14; Matt. 5:9; Acts 1:1-8; Acts 3; Acts 8:26-40 CURRICULUM Lessons 6.5, 6.6, 9.2 ADDITIONAL LESSON POINTS God wishes to fulfill His will in the various situations of societal life. Student will learn to ask for and seek God's will in various issues of societal life. God wishes that we confess faith in word and deed in different situations of societal life and thus confess their Lord. Christ's promises to be with His own every day, everywhere, also in societal life. God's creation people are equal, but at the same time different and unique. Student will try to develop his/her own and the group's attitude toward acceptance of other groups and cooperation with them without departing from the teachings of God's Holy Word. Student will learn to find methods for diminishing tension between groups, understanding here also the significance of asking and granting forgiveness. Student will learn to value his/her own national heritage as a gift of God, but at the same time relate positively to other nations. Mission work today is very much like the events recorded in the book of The Acts. Mission work happens in God’s, not man’s time, and He reveals where and when it happens. RESOURCES By Faith 36; I Found God’s Kingdom, SRK/LLC Book, a collection of believer’s stories LLC Website:Neither Jew or Greek, B. Johnson, Winter Services, 2008 Previous Next

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< Back Confirmation Day 4: The Holy Spirit, The Spirit of God Day 4, Lesson 1: The Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier Objective Holy Spirit calls and gathers the congregation of Christ; The Holy Spirit comforts, teaches, and guides Learning Outcome Give examples of how the Holy Spirit sanctifies. Confirmation Exercise Questions None Reference Material Booklet Song: You desire true devotion / And a heart of purity; / You hate evil and corruption / You despise hypocrisy. / Therefore, sanctify my mind, / That in me You always find / An abiding dwelling lowly, / Worthy of Your presence holy. (SHZ 127 v.6) Booklet Text: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.(John 14:26) Additional Reference Material SCRIPTURE John 20:19-23; John 14:26; Acts 15:28 Matt. 16:15-19; Acts 10:43; Rom. 3:24,25; 1 Cor. 6:11; Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; Heb. 4:15; 9:7-12; 1 John 1:7; 5:13; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19; Rev. 5:9; 7:14; Jer. 1:4,5; Rom. 15:16; Gal. 2:20; Eph. 5:25-27; 2 Thess. 2:13,14; 1 Pet. 1:1,2; 1 John 1:9 CURRICULUM Lesson 2.7 ADDITIONAL LESSON POINTS The Holy Spirit is the spirit of God the Father and of Christ. God is the almighty Lord, whose sphere of influence is boundless. He has given His Holy Spirit as a guide and comfort to the believer. God sent His Holy Spirit into His Congregation. The Holy Spirit speaks in our conscience and in God's congregation. The office of the keys is a function of the Holy Spirit. Forgiveness is the office of the Spirit and not the office of mere words. RESOURCES By Faith 21; Luther’s Small Catechism Apostle’s, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds The Holy Spirit and Its Work, V. Juntunen, The Sheepfold Tender, pages 102-111. LLC Website: The Office of the Holy Spirit, W. Lampi, Summer Services Ministers and Board meeting, 2017; The Office of the Holy Spirit, C. Simonson, Summer Services Youth Presentation, 2017. VZ: The Holy Spirit’s Work, H. Jussila, May, 1994, page 3; Bible Concepts: The Holy Spirit, May, 1995, page 12; The Holy Spirit, The Comforter, P. Haataja, Feb. 2010, page 4. Previous Next