St. Paul's Lutheran

Board Meeting
2023-03-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-02-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 394 Shepherd Avenue, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 3X1, Canada
Elected members of the board meet for the monthly board meeting.

Clay Tree Society Outreach
2023-03-09 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-03-02 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-02-23 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-02-16 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-02-09 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-02-02 09:00 - 10:00 | Clay Tree Society, 838 Old Victoria Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Clay Tree outreach delivers the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to people with Developmental Disabilities. This is a wonderful opportunity to share the message of salvation, and visit with people with disabilities. Please contact Pastor Fraser at the church if you would like to assist with this Christian outreach.

Lenten Worship
2023-03-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-22 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 394 Shepherd Avenue, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 3X1, Canada
Wednesday Lent Worship

We return to have Wednesday evening Lent services this year. The Lent services are held every Wednesday during the season of Lent at 7pm. Services are about 45 minutes in length. This year, all the Lent services are focused on the book of Esther.

Loaves and Fishes
2023-03-07 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-02-28 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-02-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-02-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-02-07 11:00 - 12:00 | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 394 Shepherd Avenue, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 3X1, Canada
Loaves and Fishes is a Nanaimo area food bank that provides food for those in need. Food pick and registration is by appointment only. Please check the information below for additional details. Food pick up is between 11am and 12pm.

Divine Worship
2023-03-05 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 394 Shepherd Avenue, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 3X1, Canada
Worship Service at 10:30am
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
(5 March 2023)

Genesis 12:1–9
Romans 4:1–8, 13–17
John 3:1–17

The Word of the Gospel Opens the Eyes of Faith and Fixes Them on Christ Jesus

The Lord called Abram (Abraham) to leave his home and go to a land that God would show him. He also promised to make of Abram “a great nation,” to bless him and make his name great as a blessing to “all the families of the earth” (Gen. 12:2–3). “Abram went, as the LORD had told him” (Gen. 12:4), and in Canaan “he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD” (Gen. 12:8). He “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness” (Rom. 4:3). Here the grace of God is manifested, that He “justifies the ungodly” (Rom. 4:5), not by works of the Law, but through faith in His promises. He removes all of our sins and lawless deeds through Jesus Christ, the offspring of Abraham in whom all the Lord’s promises are realized. This forgiveness of sins is the Word of the Gospel, the voice of the Holy Spirit, which “gives life to the dead” (Rom. 4:17). It opens the eyes of faith to behold Christ Jesus, the Son of Man lifted up on the cross, “that whoever believes in him may have eternal life” (John 3:14–15).

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Divine Worship
2023-02-26 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 394 Shepherd Avenue, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 3X1, Canada
Worship Service at 10:30am

FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
(26 February 2023)

Genesis 3:1–21
Romans 5:12–19
Matthew 4:1–11

Following His Baptism, Jesus is “led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Matt. 4:1). As He takes upon Himself the curse of our sin and sets Himself against our enemy, He trusts His Father’s voice and waits upon His Father’s hand for all things. The devil questions His sonship, but the beloved and well-pleasing Son remains faithful and lives “by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4). Jesus patiently suffers hunger in His mortal flesh and returns to the dust whence man was taken, and by His pain He brings forth food for all the children of men (Gen. 3:18–19). By the sweat of His brow, we eat the fruit of His cross, even as our nakedness is covered by His righteousness. Although all people live in bondage to death through the trespass of the first man, Adam, all the more “have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many” (Rom. 5:15). His righteous obedience “leads to justification and life for all men” (Rom. 5:18).

Divine Worship
2023-02-19 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-02-12 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 394 Shepherd Avenue, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 3X1, Canada
Worship Service at 10:30am

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Bible Study
2023-02-19 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-02-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-15 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-02-13 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-12 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-02-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-08 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-02-06 19:00 - 20:00 and 1 more date | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 394 Shepherd Avenue, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 3X1, Canada
Bible Study returns beginning on Monday, Jan 23, 2023. We continue a study of the prayer book of the Bible, the Psalms.

The Bible Study will be held in three separate sessions. If you are interested in joining one of the sessions, please contact Pastor Fraser for additional details. Studies are occurring as follows:

Sundays at 9am at the church – beginning Feb 5th

Mondays at 10am at the church – beginning Jan 30rd

Wednesdays at 7pm on Zoom – beginning Feb 1st

Bible study will be held until the season of Lent begins on Mar 22nd. At that time, Bible Studies will be suspended during Lent, so that Pastor can lead Lenten Worship Services every Wednesday evening at 7pm. We encourage everyone to join for Wednesday evening worship during the season of Lent.

Divine Worship
2023-02-05 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 394 Shepherd Avenue, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 3X1, Canada
Worship Service at 10:30am

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
(5 February 2023)

Isaiah 58:3–9a
1 Corinthians 2:1–12 (13–16)
Matthew 5:13–20

The Righteousness of Christ

Jesus warns that “unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:20), but He also calls His imperfect people “the salt of the earth” and “the light of the world” (Matt. 5:13, 14). That’s because the Lord Jesus came not to abolish the Law or the prophets, “but to fulfill them” (Matt. 5:17) in perfect faith and love. Since He does and teaches all of God’s commandments, He is “called great in the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:19). God manifests His “demonstration of the Spirit and of power” in “Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2–4), and through the preaching of the Gospel He gives His “secret and hidden wisdom” (1 Cor. 2:7). Christ gives this perfect righteousness to His people, and it leads them to true fasting, which is “to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free” (Is. 58:6) and “to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house” (Is. 58:7)
