First English Lutheran Church
Address:

201 S. 3rd St,
PO Box 295,
Fairmount, ND 58030
(phone)
701-474-5854

Our worship time is:
June-Aug - 8:00 a.m.
Sep - May - 10:30 a.m.
Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.
Pastor - Rev. Ronald R. Carnicom,

209 School St,
Great Bend, ND 58075
(phone 701-545-7413)



Statement of Belief

We Believe As Christians belonging to the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod that the Word of God as found in the Old and New Testaments and the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, as commanded and instituted by Christ, are the means by which God comes to us.

The Lutheran confession is often summarized in three phrases:
Word Alone, Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Word Alone:

We believe in and place our trust in the inerrant Word, as written in Holy Scriptures and as personified in Jesus Christ, who died for our sins and rose again for our justification. (John 1:1-5)

Grace Alone:
We believe that we cannot do anything by ourselves to earn our place in heaven, but that God, our Father, offers the unmerited gift of salvation through Jesus Christ.(Titus 3:4-7)

Faith Alone:
We believe that we cannot achieve faith by ourselves, but that the Holy Spirit calls us by the Gospel and works faith in our hearts "even as He calls, gathers, enlightens and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith."
(Luther's Small Catechism. Explanation to the Third Article)

Luther's seal.
The black cross is a reminder of the cross of Calvary upon which Christ died to atone for the sins of the world.
The red heart signifies faith in Christ who died and rose again.
The heart is fixed on the center of a white rose to show that faith causes joy, comfort, and peace beyond that is this world.
The rose is on a sky-blue field to signify the beginning of a heavenly joy.
A gold ring encircles all this to signify that such bliss in heaven is endless.


5/24/2004