Trinity Lutheran Enumclaw vs Grace Lutheran Des Moines

The Trinity Lutheran Church App is a dynamic link between the life and activities of the church and its members and friends. Connect with us as we strive to proclaim the grace and love of our God to the community. Through the app, users will be able to watch sermons, view the church calendar, connect to our website, discover ways to serve, find or submit prayer requests, read the Bible, and give financially to the work and ministry of the church. Users can set up automatic notifications for calendar events, group meetings, special services, and automatic giving. Visit our website at www.trinitylutheranenumclaw.org for more information about our church, the staff, and our ministries. Trinity is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a church body which is comprised of 4.8 million members and almost 10,500 congregations. We are Christians who trace our roots to the reforming tradition of Martin Luther in the 16th century. This congregation dates back to 1904, when it was given the original name of the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Enumclaw. Services at that time were all held in the Norwegian language. The current building was dedicated in 1947. Whereas the original congregation was primarily limited to one ethnic expression, today Trinity is an inclusive community that strives for diversity. We are a Christian Community which worships the Trinity (God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). We believe that God so loved the world that Jesus was sent to be among us. Jesus entered the world for the sake of a broken humanity and fractured creation. It is in the crucified and risen Jesus that we come to know the love of God and the life to which we have been called. Lutherans do not have any beliefs that cannot be found amongst other Christian groups, although we do have our unique emphases. One such emphasis is the centrality of grace (free gift). God's good gifts are freely given; we do not earn God's favor. In turn, by the gift of the Spirit, we are sent into the world to be grace for others.

Welcome to Grace We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, widowed, straight, gay, confused, brown, black, white, wealthy, or poor. We especially welcome wailing babies and excited toddlers. We welcome you whether you can sing like Pavarotti or just growl quietly to yourself. You’re welcome here if you’re just browsing, just woke up, or just got out of prison. We don’t care if you’re more Christian than the Archbishop of Canterbury or haven’t been to church since Christmas of 2000. We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet and to teenagers who are growing up way too fast. We welcome soccer moms, football dads, starving artists, tree huggers, latte sippers, vegetarians, junk food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems, are down in the dumps, or don’t like organized religion. We’re not that keen on it either. We offer welcome to those who think the Earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or are here because Granny is visiting and wanted to come to church. We welcome those who are inked, pierced, both, or neither. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down their throats as kids, or got lost on the Kent-Des Moines Road and wound up here by mistake. We welcome pilgrims, tourists, seekers, doubters, atheists, agnostics. And you. We’re glad you found Grace! The truly incredible thing about God’s grace is that no matter what your life has been like or where you are on your spiritual journey, God is always willing and ready to receive you with open arms. And so are we.