Faith Lutheran in Honduras

The Christian church always proclaims the forgiveness of Jesus Christ to the world. Believers are called to love their neighbors regardless of what that neighbor believes. We reach out and share in their pain and suffering. We help and share the blessings God gives to us.

Faith Lutheran Church extended her love and mercy to the poor of Honduras last week as she sent Pastor Sell with a mission team from Trinity Lutheran of Edwardsville, IL.

The week was filled with days that began at 5:30 a.m. and ended with various board games and talk at about 11 p.m.. Teams of doctors, nurses, and other Lutherans set out to share our First Article gifts with the poor, the widows, and children of Honduras.

Pastor Sell is very thankful to the members of Faith who contributed medicine, shampoo, and financial gifts so that he could attend. He plans on making a couple of presentations in the Sunday morning bible study about the trip.

Trinity Lutheran has a great website about their work in Honduras along with daily reports and pictures from the trip here.

Pastor Sell on the Radio: The Language of Christ's Church

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Go to issuesetc.org

Today (July 25th), Pastor Sell was on Issues Etc., a popular radio program broadcast in St. Louis and on the internet around the world (KSIV 1350 am radio).

On the 3:30 segment, Pr. Sell was interviewed by Todd Wilken about the language of Christ's church. God purposley chooses to communicate with the world through words. His words are revealed to us in the Spirit empowered Scriptures. His words are holy. They have the power to do what they say they do.

God's Holy Word cuts across all of history and penetrates every culture in which they are spoken, regardless of what language is used. The holy Christian Church takes words very seriously because they are salvation, they are God's holy law and life-giving gospel. They are the only thing the church has and in them, they bring the very presence of God in baptism and the Lord's Supper. God's language creates a rhythm of life that brings us to repentance and forgives our sins. The rhythm of God's words are best experienced in the life of the church as she is gathered around God's Word and the Sacramental Life.

You can listen to Pr. Sell's interview here.

Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken and produced by Lutheran Public Radio.  You can listen to in-depth teachings on subjects like: New Atheism, Jesus’ Journey to Jerusalem, Lutheran Martyr Robert Barnes, Joseph of Arimathea and more.  You can listen LIVE weekdays from 4-5 p.m. on KSIV, 1320 AM in St. Louis.   You can also listen on-demand at http://www.issuesetc.org/.

Welcome to Faith, Bill and Nedra

Bill and Nedra are excited about being new members of Faith. They are retired teachers and enjoy their time traveling about the country. They were publicly welcomed into membership June 28, 2011.

Faith Welcomes New Members

Clint and April (top)
Azura and Cameron (bottom)

Father's Day, June 19 2011, Faith welcomed three new members. April was confirmed after learning more about God's Word. God marked Azura and Cameron as His children in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19) with living waters (John 7:37) by Holy Baptism. 


Forgiveness of sins in the sacramental life brings the fulfillment of the Great Commission of Matthew 28. Clint, April's fiance', is already a member of Faith. Baptizing, teaching, and feeding until the end of the age is what Christ's church does best.

Faith Installs Pastor Sell - Sunday May 15 - 10:30 a.m.

You are invited to the installation of Faith's new pastor, Mark Sell.

May 15, Faith will install Pastor Mark E. Sell as her called and ordained pastor. Pastor Sell has served as Faith's vacancy pastor since November of 2010. We are excited about the Lord's work through Faith's members and Pastor Sell.

The installation will take place during our regular service at 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Scot Kinnaman (Sr. Editor, CPH) will serve as the liturgist. Pastor Kinnaman served with Pastor Sell at CPH and St. Luke in Clinton Twp. MI.

Pastor Matthew Harrison (Assoc. Pastor of Village Lutheran Church and president of the LCMS) will preach. Pastors Harrison and Sell attended the seminary together in the 1980's.

We celebrate this event of Faith with a congregational meal immediately after the service.