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< Back December 9, 2024 Do you know your Christmas songs? Click the link below to answer questions about Christmas songs in our hymnal. Songbook Puzzle Christmas Peace Previous

< Back December 23, 2024 Click the audio link below to hear a poem titled Something Happened. To read the poem, click the link. Something Happened Something Happened Previous

< Back December 19, 2024 Click the link below to open instructions for creating a manger scene showing Baby Jesus. Jesus in the Manger Christmas Peace Previous

< Back Confirmation Day 7: Mission Work: Go Ye Therefore and Teach All Nations Day 7, Lesson 3: Laestadian Lutheran Church (LLC) Objective The mission and role of the LLC; Primary forms of work used by the LLC Learning Outcome Describe my calling as a believer within the Laestadian Lutheran Church. Confirmation Exercise Questions None Reference Material Booklet Song: Gracious Lord, You give to us / Duties in Your congregation; / May we take them all as gifts, / Gifts that You in love have given. / May we serve the congregation, / With respect, consideration. (SHZ 414 v.1) Booklet Text: And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (Genesis 2:15) Additional Reference Material SCRIPTURE Gen. 2:15 CURRICULUM Lesson 5.3 ADDITIONAL LESSON POINTS All believers “are the Laestadian Lutheran Church (LLC)”. The LLC office supports the needs of the believers, as directed through the Annual Meeting each year. Congregation delegates represent their congregation members at this meeting. Student will understand why the Laestadian Lutheran Church was established. Student will understand the importance of financially supporting the work in God’s Kingdom RESOURCES Christian Doctrine 17 LLC Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Previous Next

< Back Confirmation Day 5: I Need the Word Of Grace Each Day Day 5, Lesson 3: Internet and Social Media Objective God has provided a useful tool to spread His word throughout the world; Believers need to battle against temptations on the Internet and through social media Learning Outcome Explain how Internet and social media support living faith Confirmation Exercise Questions None Reference Material Booklet Song: Our tongue is one, it is quite small, / Yet what it does surpasses all: / A little word can be so great / And cause such pain, unrest, and hate. (SHZ 463 v.2) Booklet Text: But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. (Colossians 3:8) Additional Reference Material SCRIPTURE Matt. 15:11; Col. 3:8; James 5; CURRICULUM Lesson 9.1 ADDITIONAL LESSON POINTS There are three parts of conversion identified in the Augsburg Confession. Through the means of repentance narratives in the Bible and real-life experiences, the student will understand that God has established a single means of entering the fellowship of His grace which we call conversion. Conversion happens in only one way; it is not a process of evolving, but is a particular event which happens in the twinkling of an eye. RESOURCES VZ:The Internet – Good and Evil, (4-page spread, several writers), June/July 2017, pages 6-9; Visits and Text Messages, M. Pudas, At the Crossroads of Choosing, pages 143-146 Our Speech in an Electronic Age, A. Pirness, Crossing the Current, pages 84-86 Previous Next

Pelkie Laestadian Lutheran Church Contacts Chairman & Pastor: James Frantti Phone: 906-483-0712 Email: jfrantti@up.net Secretary: Roy Pikkarainen Phone: 906-482-2166 Service Schedule Sunday Service 11:00 a.m. Communion Service 1st Sunday montly Wednesday Bible Class 6:30 p.m. For changes in schedule call contact persons Address 15439 Pelkie Road Pelkie, MI 49958 Mailing Address: 22399 Broemer Rd Chassell, MI 49916 Phone: 906-353-7531

EXPANSION EXPANSION Camps were held for believers of all ages, beginning with youth camps and confirmation school. The opisto scholarship program was created. Spiritual caretaking meetings were necessary, and throughout God led and gave the increase. Listen to a sermon from the past. 19740507_PeterNevala_SummerServicesMpls .mp3 Download MP3 • 4.71MB LLC History 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s LLC Music History More

< Back December 21, 2024 Click the audio link below to hear a rendition of the song Bethlehem. To view the music and words of the song, click the link. Bethlehem Bethlehem Previous

< Back Confirmation Day 5: I Need the Word Of Grace Each Day Day 5, Lesson 4: Sexuality Issues Objective God gave sexuality for man and woman in marriage, to continue human life; The enemy of souls tempts to misuse our sexuality Learning Outcome Explain how my sexuality is a gift from God Confirmation Exercise Questions None Reference Material Booklet Song: Master, the times are corrupt and enticing. / Grant us Your Word of instruction and blessing. / Ne’er let our hearts to this world be conforming, / That from Your kingdom not one would be drowning. (SHZ 479 v.2) Booklet Text: Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.(Luke 21:36) Additional Reference Material SCRIPTURE Genesis 38:10; Lev. 18:22; 2 Sam. 11; Prov. 7; Eccl. 1:9; Luke 5:8, 21:36; 1 Jn. 1:8,10; Rom. 1: 26,27; 3:23, 7:17; 1 Cor. 10:13; Col. 3:5,6; 2 Tim. 2:22; James 1:14,15; CURRICULUM None ADDITIONAL LESSON POINTS Sexuality is intended for marriage, between a husband and wife It is in marriage only that sexual life is realized with a sense of responsibility. (V to V) Believers need to be very watchful and battle against temptation Masturbation is a sin It is sin to live a gay, lesbian lifestyle Appeal to creation and genetics does not justify homosexual relations If you have personal questions and fears about sexuality, talk to a trusted believer The gospel is the power of God Discuss Dress: How we dress may arouse fleshly desires in others Attitudes towards the opposite sex Avoid physical contact that arouses the flesh Man’s glorification of the body (sex symbol) Casual dating – Sexual contact, casual sex Sins of the flesh – Masturbation, pornography, other RESOURCES LLC Website: LLC Position Statement Homosexual Behavior is Sin Victory to Victory, Sexual Life and Its Irregularities, E. Pelkonen, pages 69-74; He Created Them Male and Female, L. Värynen, Fortifying the Foundation, pages 74-75; Male and Female, At the Crossroads of Choosing, pages 37-42. Previous Next