About Us

Congregation of The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Bethlehem Lutheran Church invites you to learn more about Jesus and His love for you with us through mercy, witness, and life together. We have Sunday School and Worship service on Sundays and various Bible Studies throughout the week. 

“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Christian Education

It is also our blessed responsibility to share Christ through Christian Education.

Frequently Asked Questions

With the universal Christian Church, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God:

the Father, creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God’s Word and Sacraments.

The three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God.

Our congregations accept and preach the Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three phrases: Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone.

https://www.lcms.org/about/beliefs

The Lord’s Supper is celebrated at this congregation in the confession and glad confidence that, as He says, our Lord gives into our mouths not only bread and wine but His very body and blood to eat and to drink for the forgiveness of sins and to strengthen our union with Him and with one another. Our Lord invites to His table those who trust in His words, repent of all sin, and set aside any refusal to forgive and love as He forgives and loves us, that they may show forth His death until He comes. Because those who eat and drink our Lord’s body and blood unworthily do so to their great harm and because Holy Communion is a confession of the faith which is confessed at this altar, any who are not yet instructed, in doubt, or who hold a confession differing from that of this congregation and The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, and yet desire to receive the Sacrament, are asked first to speak with the Pastor or an usher.

For further study, see Matt. 5:23ff; 10:32ff; 18:15–35; 26:26–29; 1 Cor. 11:17–34. We also ask that those who have not been instructed concerning Holy Communion cross their arms across their body as they kneel at the altar rail to show that they would like a blessing instead of the sacrament.

By Appointment – Youth Catechism Classes

Children who are ready for instruction in the Christian faith with materials based on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism are welcome to begin instruction. Age and grade level is dependent upon parents and meeting with Pastor, although, usually children are in 5th grade when beginning instruction. If you wish to begin Catechism Classes, please contact the church secretary to make an appointment.

If you have any more questions, please reach out at 775-882-5252 or email the Pastor Maschke at: jmaschke@blcs.org

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
California-Nevada-Hawaii District