St. Paul Lutheran east lansing
worship
St. Paul Lutheran East Lansing is a Faith Community located in East Lansing, Michigan. Our goal as Lutherans is share the teachings of Christ and his word with the Greater Lansing community. All are welcome and all are invited.
St. Paul Worship
Invitation to Worship
Visitors, WELCOME! We hope you are blessed through our worship service. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the church, 517-351-8541. St. Paul is always excited to see new faces, and even more excited to share the message of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Children are always welcome in worship. A nursery is available if you prefer; please ask an usher if you need assistance. The choir room (off the sanctuary) can also be used as a cry room for younger children and includes a sound system so parents may continue to participate in the service. If your child would like a clipboard with children’s activities and crayons for use during service, you may get one from an usher.
Please sign our guest book, located between the office and the sanctuary. Especially let the office know about a prayer request or that you would like the pastor to contact you.
Assist with Worship
The word “liturgy” means “the work of the people.” Many volunteers are needed to make worship happen. Contact the church office if you are interested in signing up or would like to learn more about any of the following roles
Assisting Ministers
Readers
Lectors read the first two scripture readings for the congregation.
Altar Guild
This team prepares the altar and communion elements for service. They also clean up communion trays after worship.
Ushers
Ushers ensure smooth worship by distributing bulletins, taking up the offering, directing communion flow, assisting parents who need coloring pages, the cry room or nursery, and whatever else may be needed.
Gift Bearers
All members of the congregation assist with bringing forward the bread and wine for communion.
Acolytes
Acolytes light and extinguish the candles, transfer the offerings from the gift bearers, and assist with serving communion.
Power Point Operator
Advances projected slides during worship.
Nursery
These special volunteers play with young children in the nursery during service.
Counters
Counters are responsible for the offering after the service. They tabulate the funds, then deliver them to the bank.
Visitors, WELCOME! We hope you are blessed through our worship service. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the church, 517-351-8541. St. Paul is always excited to see new faces, and even more excited to share the message of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Worship Music at St Paul
St Paul is extremely blessed to have wonderful music at each service. Our music director, Jemal Tavadze, is pursuing a D.M.A. at Michigan State in piano performance. He holds master’s degrees in performance and composition. We are blessed to have him and his family as part of our family at St. Paul.
There are numerous opportunities to participate in music at St Paul, including the Praise Team that helps lead the contemporary worship services, Choir that sings twice monthly, or performing during offering. Please contact our musician through the church office if you are interested in sharing your gifts with us.
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’”
— Isaiah 52:7
For Lutherans, the importance of worship begins with the conviction that God is the primary actor when the church gathers. In the Divine Service, we believe God comes to us through Word and Sacrament to forgive sins, strengthen faith, and create the community itself. Worship is not just something we “do for God,” but a gracious meeting where God speaks in Scripture and preaching, washes in Baptism, and feeds us with Christ’s body and blood in Holy Communion. The classic Lutheran pattern of gathering, hearing the Word, sharing the meal, and being sent shapes our hearts and habits over time, teaching us to trust God’s promises rather than our own efforts or emotions.
Because of this, worship holds a central, weekly rhythm in Lutheran life rather than being an occasional spiritual “add‑on.” In the liturgy we are joined to the wider church across time and space, confessing the creeds, singing hymns rich with biblical theology, and praying for the world God loves. This shared pattern both grounds us in something larger than ourselves and equips us to live our faith in daily vocations—at home, at work, in school, and in the community. Regular worship forms Lutherans to see all of life as lived before God’s face, sending us out from the sanctuary as forgiven and renewed people, ready to love and serve our neighbors in Christ’s name.
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.”
(Colossians 3:16, NRSV)“For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”
(Matthew 18:20, NRSV)“The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?”
(1 Corinthians 10:16, NRSV)