IN THE NAME OF CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD, WE BID YOU WELCOME TO THIS WEB SITE OF VANGEN LUTHERAN CHURCH!

A Blessed Easter Season to each and all!

We invite you to worship with us as you have the opportunity! We are a congregation located in Mission Hill, South Dakota, a small rural town eight miles east of Yankton, off of "Old Highway 50", just east of the WNAX radio towers.

Our Sunday Worship time is 10:00 am (9:30 am during the summer months - June through August) with Coffee/Fellowship following worship. Sunday School is at 9:00 am(September - May). Adult Sunday School is at 9:00 am in the basement (September - May). And, during the 5 weeks of Lent, we have Wednesday night Lenten Services at 7:00 pm, preceded by Lenten suppers at 6:00 pm.

Each Memorial Day and Father's Day, we worship at "Old Vangen," Using the tradition of the men sitting on the pulpit side, and the women and children sitting on the other side.

Click the "Ministry Calendar" in the Menu for the dates and times of the month's ministry events at Vangen.

Click "Services/Opportunities" in the Menu to see what we offer at Vangen.

Click "Pastor's Notes" in the Menu to read a personal message from the Pastor.

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From the first letter of the Apostle John, we read this proclamation:

"This is the message we have heard from (Christ Jesus) and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all..." (1 John 1:5)

This is just part of the "good news" of the word we would have great joy in sharing with you! We look forward to having you as our guest for worship and the study and reflection of God's Word! Please join us!

VANGEN TODAY

Vangen Address:  300 West 3rd Street, Mission Hill, SD  57046

Tel: 605-665-5426

e-mail: vangenlutheran@hotmail.com

"OLD VANGEN"

To read about the "heritage" of Vangen, click on the "History of Vangen" in the Web Page Menu (Vangen, meaning: "Green Meadow")...

Easter at Vangen Lutheran Church in Mission Hill, South Dakota

Easter is a perplexing time. The sanctuary is full on Easter morning, but come the next Sunday, there's hardly a soul around. It's difficult to figure out, but happens all over the Christian church in the United States. Be as it may though, the gospel accounts of the resurrection of Christ don't try to explain anything about what happened that Sunday morning after Jesus' crucifixion. And there's no defense of what happened; it's simply a statement of fact. But, that's the foundation on which the faith of the apostles was built: fact. And yet, our human inadequacies cannot limit the glory of God. Easter says to us that human life has become infinitely valuable, because the fact is the Lord is risen!

At Vangen, we continue to interpret the basics of our discipline of faith through the lens of Easter. We see ourselves as a resurrection people, because we've been restored by Christ's death and resurrection. The Spirit is witness to this restoration as the gospel proclaims an advocate will be Christ's witness for us. That we can be sure of.

At Vangen, we continue to reflect on Max Lucado's book, "Fearless," as was recommended by the South Dakota Synod Stewardship Committee only for Lent; but we're continuing on.

At Vangen, we continue to remind ourselves of the importance and necessity of prayer - of not trying to get something "from" God, but because God IS God, and worthy of our prayers of thanks and praise. We're reminded to be confessional - that we don't have all the answers, but that we need to get back to being obedient to God's will and his call of us through our baptisms. So, as we celebrate the season of Easter, we continue to remember the promise of victory over death and the grave by our living, loving God.