Lutheran Chapel Church
135 Lutheran Chapel Drive
China Grove, NC 28023
(Physical Address)
PO Box 152 (Mailing Address)
704-857-5696
Hockney Joiner Collage by Jennifer Deal
Hockney Joiner Collage by Jennifer Deal 2009
Hear the Word, Live the Word, Share the Word
Welcome
Welcome to the website for Lutheran Chapel Evangelical Lutheran Church! We are glad you are visiting this website and would love for you to visit us in person on Sundays at our worship service. We offer an early traditional service with full liturgy of Confession, scripture, Word, and faithful hymns with Gospel-based preaching) at 9:00 AM on Sunday mornings. We believe that the Word is the Good News that God offers us full salvation and comfort through the obedience of Jesus the Christ and the gift of faith through the Holy Spirit. We are a joyful, friendly community of Christ who takes our worship together with gravity, after which we go out to serve God and the mission field with the gifts God grants us. Please peruse our website to see more specific details of how God calls us to serve China Grove and the larger community beyond through our mission statement of Hear the Word! Live the Word! Share the Word! We are located off Main Street in China Grove, NC across from West Lawn Cemetery. You may access our beautiful white church nestled in a grove of woods by turning on Coach Deal Drive between the Family Dollar and Mt. Zion United Church of Christ. Please visit our warm and welcoming community.
This Week's Message
May 28, 2023
(Day of Pentecost)
Pentecost derives its name from the Jewish festival celebrating the harvest and the giving of the law on Mount Sinai fifty days after Passover. Fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the Holy Spirit as God’s presence within and among us. In Acts the Spirit arrives in rushing wind and flame, bringing God’s presence to all people. Paul reminds us that though we each have different capacities, we are unified in the Spirit that equips us with these gifts. Jesus breathes the Holy Spirit on his disciples, empowering them to forgive sin. We celebrate that we too are given the breath of the Holy Spirit and sent out to proclaim God’s redeeming love to all the world.
From Sundays and Seasons
Can you help us?
We are trying to find a photo of each of the past members of Lutheran Chapel that have a stained-glass window in their honor/memory. We know there are still family members from many of these folks and we would love to add a page to our website with the dedication and the photo. We have photos for two of the windows so far. Take a look. For more information about this project, click here.
Can You Help Us?
Services
Services are held in the main Church:
Sunday Morning services are at 9:00 AM.
Sunday School will be held 10 minutes after our morning service.
Any additional services will be announced on our church calendar on our website.
Upcoming Events
We are collecting NON-perishable foods for a local food pantry. You can bring your donations to the church and put them inn the old kitchen.
June 4th – 9:00 am Worship Service w/ Communion, Sunday School following service; 3pm Sunday Circle
June 5th – 7:30pm Buena Hinson Circle
June 10 – 3:15 Wedding for Bruce and Josefina
June 11 – 9:00 am Worship Service, Sunday School following service; 8am Council Meeting
June 18 – 9:00 am Worship Service, Sunday School following service
June 20 – Meals on Wheels
June 25 – 9:00 am Worship Service, Sunday School following service
Farmer’s Day is July 15, 2023.
Recent Events
Our Spring banquet was held on May 6, 2023. For pictures click here.
Easter Breakfast and Service held April 9, 2023. For photos click here.
For the last eighteen-twenty four months, Lutheran Chapel has been involved in several large projects to not only beautify our church and cemetery but to help sustain them in the future. All of these projects were and will be huge undertakings. If you would like to rad more about these projects and see photos, click here.
Members from the Bostian Heights and China Grove Fire departments, NC Highway Patrol Officers, and China Grove Policemen were guests for a Hamburger and Hotdog luncheon on October 26, 2022. They enjoyed food and fellowship and received our heartfelt thanks for the jobs they do every day. Thanks so much for attending. For photos click here.
Homecoming was held on October 9, 2022. Everyone enjoyed good food and fellowship before the service at a breakfast hosted by the Congregational Council. Click here for photos.
We once again made our "famous" apple pies for Farmer's Day on July 16, 2022. Thanks to everyone that came out to peel and cook apples, make pie dough and fry apple pies. We had a blast! For pictures from the event click here.
Lutheran Chapel WELCA was featured in the State WELCA Newsletter for making and giving 100 bears to Victory Junction camp again this year. Thanks to Myrtle Lentz for continuing to make bears and all the ladies who helped stuff the bears. The Camp was very appreciative of our donation again this year. This has been an ongoing project for about 10 years. Click here for more info and pictures.
June 4, 2022-WELCA had a bake and hotdog sale for the Arts and Ag Festival at the China Grove Roller Mill. For pictures click here.
May 21, 2022-We dedicated new to us cranberry hymnals and new white altar cloths. Click here for pictures.
Our Mission
We believe that the door to salvation is always open and so are the doors to our church. Our mission is to be fully devoted to Jesus by opening our arms to those in search of the truth. We show God’s love and concern for our fellow man at every opportunity. Through works of charity and opening our doors to listen and love, we feel that we are walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ.
Hear the Word, Live the Word, Share the Word