Upcoming Events

After Easter, Messiah will be participating in a joint book study with Ridgefield United Methodist in Ridgefield.  The first book the group will be reading is "How We Learn To Be Brave" by Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington D.C. The study will begin May 1 in Ridgefield, and will also meet on Sundays after worship at Messia...

This Lent, Messiah will be collecting funds during Lent to assist those affected by the wildfires in California. The funds collected will be shared between Lutheran Disaster Response and Christ the Shepherd Lutheran Church, an ELCA church in Altadena, California.Christ the Shepherd is a congregation on the front lines of the disaster and is working...

Dear Friends in Christ, A few weeks ago I shared with you a few letters that were written by leaders in our denomination in response to events in the world around us. Today I want to share two more such documents with you. Today, I want to share with you two important documents that reflect our commitment as a faith community to love, justice, and ...

Messiah Lutheran Church will hold three services on Ash Wednesday, March 5, to mark the start of the Lenten season.  Two services will be at the Messiah Hazel Dell campus. The first service will be at 10:30 a.m and the second at 6 p.m.  Prior to the 6 p.m. service there will be a soup supper soup supper from 5 - 5:45 p.m. in the lower lev...

One of the things that I love most about our denomination is that we build bridges.  Usually, the bridges are metaphorical: connecting across denominational lines, forging partnerships with community organizations, bringing people together to work for a common purpose. But occasionally, the bridges we build are more concrete (and steel, and wo...