Praise Lutheran Church

Announcing: The Excellency of Christ and our Christian Calling

revderekroberts — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:19:24 +0000

Announcing a new study to begin on Wednesday nights in Easter Season and beyond, staring April 11th. Title: “The Excellency of Christ and our Christian Calling” which will be led by our very own good teacher, friend, and brother in Christ, Pedro Rivera. Please spread the news of this study, invite friends and family, that we may grow ever more in the knowledge of our callings (vocatio) such that we might reflect excellence in our service to Christ and the world through Him who called us out of darkness.

From our teacher, Pedro:

Come join us every Wednesday as we ponder the glory, beauty, wisdom and the exceeding Excellency of the Lord Jesus Christ. Truly He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords yet He condescends to be with us, takes notice of us, gave His life as a ransom for us, forgives us our sins, and as a result brings true freedom, meaning and purpose to every aspect of our seemingly ordinary lives.

Let’s dig deep into God’s Word and explore how He takes our lives from sin and death and makes them holy, extraordinary, and most excellent. We have been given a tremendous gift which enables us to see Him as He really is and to love one another as He has loved us. We have the mind of Christ which is most excellent and His Spirit which most holy and through Him, no matter what our vocation and station in life, we are able to do all that He has called us to do because He is our strength, wisdom, and righteousness.

Come and let’s build each other up until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Eph 4:13).

Holy Week Service Times

revderekroberts — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:17:50 +0000

Holy week 2012 begins on Palm Sunday, April 1st. Praise Lutheran will remember and celebrate our Savior’s entry to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday (April 1st) with a grand festival of hosannas to the Lord during a Palm Procession. It will also be our first week with our new “Virtual Organist” which is like having an excellent LCMS organist right at our bench actually playing our organ. It sounds glorious. We also have a new processional cross we dedicated two Sundays ago that we’ll use to honor Christ’s presence while we wave our palm branches. Please note all services times for Holy Week below:

Sunday, April 1:      Palm Sunday, 10:30 am, with Bible Studies for all ages at 9:15 am
Thursday, April 5: Holy Thursday, 7:00 pm Divine Service with Stripping of the Altar
Friday, April 6:        Good Friday, 1:00 pm Tenebrae Vespers with Closing of the Tomb
Friday, April 6:        Good Friday, 7:00 pm Tenebrae Vespers with Closing of the Tomb
Sunday, April 8:      Easter Sunday (see schedule below)

8:30 am Easter Breakfast
9:15 Bible Class and Sunday School for everyone (youth egg hunt)
10:30 Easter Festival Service (Bring an Easter Lily)

Lent Begins

revderekroberts — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:56:57 +0000

Join us for Mid-Week Lenten Services throughout this penitential season as we together reflect on The Lonely Way of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as led by His Word and Gifts to the Cross and (ultimately empty) Tomb.

Wednesdays, 7 pm

The Loneliness of Adam, Ash Wednesday, Feb 22, 7pm
The Loneliness of Joseph, Wed, Feb 29, 7pm
The Loneliness of Naomi, Wed, Mar 7, 7pm
The Loneliness of David, Wed, Mar 14, 7pm
The Loneliness of Elijah, Wed, Mar 21, 7pm
The Loneliness of Jeremiah, Wed, Mar 28, 7pm
The Loneliness of Jesus’ Cup, Maundy Thursday, Apr 5, 7pm
The Loneliness of Jesus’ Cross, Good Friday, Apr 6, 7pm

Our Easter Divine Service:
The Loneliness of Jesus’ Tomb, Easter Sunday, Apr 8 at 10:30 am

Praise Lutheran to install New Pastor

revderekroberts — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:17:01 +0000

View Service Bulletin for the Installation | Duplex Book-fold Printable Version | Ministers Supplement with Readings

On Sunday, February 12, Praise Lutheran Church will install the Reverend Derek Roberts as their new pastor. The installation service will be held at 4 p.m. at the church, located at 1850 Big Springs Road. A reception will follow the service. Several pastors and district representatives from the Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville regions will participate in the laying on of hands and praying for the Holy Spirit’s blessing upon this Divine Call and the future work of the congregation and her new pastor. The public is welcome to attend.

Pastor Roberts previously served as Associate Pastor for 6 years at First Lutheran Church and School in Knoxville and as Campus Pastor for Lutheran Student Fellowship at the University of Tennessee. He and his wife, Gretchen, have three children: Kate, Sophia, and Jonathan.

Roberts is a seminary-trained and ordained pastor of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), which has 2.4 million members in the U.S. as well as partner churches worldwide. Roberts preaches, teaches, writes, and speaks concerning the faith and life according to Christian Lutheran belief, which is centered in Jesus Christ, distinguishes Law from Gospel in the Scriptures, and promotes Reformation thought and culture from Martin Luther and the faithful teachers of the “one holy Christian and Apostolic Church.”

Praise Lutheran Church, founded in 2000, is a member church of the LCMS. The congregation moved to its current location on Big Springs Road in 2006, where they continue to worship, study, and serve the Maryville and Blount County community.

Sunday Worship Services are held at 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Class and Sunday School begin at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday Mid-Week Bible Study is held at the church at 7:00 p.m., and a weekly Ladies Bible Study is held on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. For questions or further information, please contact Pastor Roberts.