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The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2025 under the theme "Christ Through Us."

From one seminary in 1865, one world mission in 1893, and 800 congregations mostly in the Midwest as of 1965, we can now easily see how Christ has worked through his good news of salvation in Word and sacraments to move this body of believers to establish a Scripture-based ministerial education system, world missions in 45 countries, and more than 1,200 congregations across the United States.

The "Christ Through Us" theme will also inform the work of WELS in a ten-year detailed plan to proclaim our Savior's love.

Not all wounds are bad. A skilled surgeon takes a deadly sharp scalpel and cuts through flesh and muscle. The result of that wound: not harm, but healing. In this series, Jesus shares truths we need to hear, even though it hurts to hear them. Jesus speaks words that wound us, but his intent is to heal our very soul.

The king is an important person. His arrival at our place can mean something quite different to us depending on our relationship with him. We might fear his arrival if we expect him to punish us. We might welcome his arrival if we expect him to validate us. Either way, we expect his arrival to be a big deal. How would it make us feel if we heard that his arrival would be informal and familiar?

Advent marks the start of a new Church Year. We begin at the end, watching King Jesus ride into Jerusalem on a donkey colt, knowing full well that he will be killed before the end of the week. The events of Palm Sunday serve as a microcosm for all Jesus’ work, proving the King of the universe was willing to humble himself and endure anything for our salvation. That is precisely why Christ came. That is why we anticipate his imminent arrival not with worry but with joy.

Our Lent sermons for 2023 look at the prophecies from Isaiah about the servant of the LORD -- who we know to be Jesus -- and the suffering he would endure.

The point of the Book of Revelation is to provide comfort to Christian churches, as they have always and will always face persecution and hatred from this world. In this series Pastor Schurman explains the messages as they applied to the original churches and as they apply to Christian churches today.

Our Advent sermons for 2022 give us lessons we can learn from several people in Jesus' genealogy.

For the 2021 Lent season we look at the moments where we get glimpses of Jesus' full glory and deity in the hours leading up to his death on the cross and his resurrection three days later.

Our Advent sermons for 2021 look at the times when the Glory of the LORD was revealed to the Israelites throughout Exodus as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

For the 2020 Advent season we are focusing on one of the oldest Advent traditions: the lighting of the Advent candles as we look forward to the birth of our savior. We look at the prophecies given in the Old Testament about the coming savior, and we see how they were all fulfilled.

Our Lent and Easter services for 2020 follow the theme "Ironies of the Passion," where we examine the words spoken about Jesus leading up to his death and resurrection.

Our Advent services for 2019 look to the birth of our Savior with the question "to whom does Jesus come?" in mind.

Our Lent and Easter services for 2019 follow the theme "Confessions Proclaimed by Christ's Enemies," where we examine the words spoken by Jesus's enemies prior to his death and resurrection.