Salem Lutheran Church & School Milwaukee

Our Service for June 14, 2026, will be available to stream on YouTube at 9 am (https://youtube.com/live/oSiRlTduPaw). Click the image below to watch the service.
You can download a service folder by going to:
https://tinyurl.com/salemjune1426.

In his State of the Union Address, delivered on January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged Congress to support the Allies while articulating a broader vision of human rights and global security. This was at a time when much of Europe had fallen to N**i German and Britain was under severe threat. The U.S. faced a debate between isolationism and intervention. In much of the speech, FDR emphasized the need for Americans to produce armaments, pay higher taxes, and make wartime sacrifices to defend democracy. But in his closing remarks, the President described his vision for extending American ideals throughout the world. Because of these closing remarks, this address became known as FDR’s “Four Freedom’s Speech.”

These “Four Freedoms” inspired cultural and political initiatives. Norman Rockwell created a series of paintings illustrating these freedoms in everyday American life, which were widely circulated and used to promote war bonds. After World War II, these “Four Freedoms” influenced the Charter of the United Nations, embedding these principles into international human rights discourse. The speech also marked a significant break from U.S. non-interventionism, framing American involvement in the war as a defense of universal human rights. FDR’s “Four Freedoms Speech” remains a defining statement of American values and a cornerstone in the history of human rights advocacy.

As our country celebrates its 250th anniversary, we pause to reflect on each of these “Four Freedoms” and, on the basis of the Word of God, remember how God has truly shed His grace on our nation as we recommit ourselves to the cause of freedom—the freedom we have in Christ alone—as well as the course of freedom—to tell every citizen of every nation that in Christ all are forgiven and set free!

In his speech, President Roosevelt looked forward to world founded upon four essential human freedoms: “The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.”
As Christians, we are free to tell others that God’s grace is free. “Go into all the world,” Jesus commands, “and preach the gospel to all creation” (Mark 16:15). We can be a witness for our Lord!

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June 14, 2026 Worship at Salem MKE Our service for June 14, 2026, will be available here at 9 a.m.A w...

Our Service for June 7, 2026, will be available to stream on YouTube at 9 am (https://youtube.com/live/zIaoCiH5xrY). Click the image below to watch the service.
You can download a service folder by going to:
https://tinyurl.com/salemjune726.

They never forgot their past. Moses never forgot how he killed a man in a fit of anger. Paul never forgot how he had savaged the Church of God. Matthew never forgot how, as a tax collector for the Roman Empire, he was considered a traitor to his people.
But God forgot their past. He forgave all their sins and called them to proclaim his mercy. Christians are sinners whom God has mercifully called. Only mercy can explain why Jesus brings people to faith and promises them salvation. Only grace can explain how he calls them to serve as they are able, even in the ministry of the gospel. God loves sinners.

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June 7, 2026 Worship at Salem MKE Our service for June 7, 2026, will be available here at 9 a.m.A wo...

Our Service for May 31, 2026, will be available to stream on YouTube at 9 am (https://youtube.com/live/GZLB_U4FHR8). Click the image below to watch the service.
You can download a service folder by going to:
https://tinyurl.com/salemmay3126.

We believe in the triune God. He is the only true God. The festival of the Holy Trinity is a time to celebrate God revealing himself to us as one God in three persons. The triune God wants his people to teach this mystery in its biblical truth and purity. This festival of the Holy Trinity begins the second half of the Church Year with a proclamation of people being baptized and blessed in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, the only true God.

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May 31, 2026 Worship at Salem MKE Our service for May 31, 2026, will be available here at 9 a.m.A wo...

Our Service for May 24, 2026, will be available to stream on YouTube at 9 am (https://youtube.com/live/tAXVWxMbAFE). Click the image below to watch the service.
You can download a service folder by going to:
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When the disciples were distressed about Jesus ascending into heaven, he assured them, “It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you” (John 16:7). That Advocate is the Holy Spirit. If Jesus had stayed in the grave, the Holy Spirit would have had no reason to enter the lives of disciples.
But Jesus lives, and it makes a difference. The Spirit provides faith and purpose for life. Pentecost, the celebration of the special arrival of the Holy Spirit, is the third great festival of the Church, along with the Nativity and the Resurrection. Pentecost closes the fifty-day period after Easter and ends the festival half of the church year. The Church dresses in red on this day to commemorate the tongues of fire that marked the Spirit’s gift as well as the blood of the martyrs.

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May 17, 2026 Worship at Salem MKE Our service for May 17, 2026, will be available here at 9 a.m.A worship folder PDF for this service can be found by going to: https://tinyurl.com/salemmay172...

Our Service for May 17, 2026, will be available to stream on YouTube at 9 am (https://youtube.com/live/tAXVWxMbAFE). Click the image below to watch the service.
You can download a service folder by going to:
https://tinyurl.com/salemmay1726.

Without the resurrection of Jesus, I would be tempted to live only for myself. After all, I have to be in good shape before I can be of help to anyone else, right? I think I know what’s right for me, and I can identify when other people are standing in the way of my self-improvement. If Jesus is dead, I don’t have to worry about what he said or what he thinks.
But he lives, and it makes a difference. He takes care of my basic needs. He promises to do more for me than I can imagine. He puts people into my life so I can help them. Now I live for him.

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May 17, 2026 Worship at Salem MKE Our service for May 17, 2026, will be available here at 9 a.m.A worship folder PDF for this service can be found by going to: https://tinyurl.com/salemmay172...

Our Service for May 3, 2026, will be available to stream on YouTube at 9 am (https://youtu.be/hh5tnq26GYc). Click the image below to watch the service.
You can download a service folder by going to:
https://tinyurl.com/salemmay1026.

Without the resurrection of Jesus, I would be tempted to live only for myself. After all, I have to be in good shape before I can be of help to anyone else, right? I think I know what’s right for me, and I can identify when other people are standing in the way of my self-improvement. If Jesus is dead, I don’t have to worry about what he said or what he thinks.
But he lives, and it makes a difference. He takes care of my basic needs. He promises to do more for me than I can imagine. He puts people into my life so I can help them. Now I live for him.

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Offerings can be given by going to: https://tinyurl.com/salemgiving

May 10, 2026 Worship Service at Salem MKE Our service for May 10, 2026, will be available here at 9 a.m.A worship folder PDF for this service can be found by going to: https://tinyurl.com/salemmay102...

Our Service for May 3, 2026, will be available to stream on YouTube at 9 am (https://youtube.com/live/579QnE-m1WE). Click the image below to watch the service.
You can download a service folder by going to:
https://tinyurl.com/salemmay326.

Without the resurrection of Jesus, I would have to wonder if he wasn’t just a human being. If my last view of him is a criminal crucified on a cross, he would look like someone to be rejected. He couldn’t even help himself, much less anyone else!
But he lives, and it makes a difference. He is the only way to heaven. This gospel message is the most inclusive message in the world. The benefits of the resurrection of Jesus are meant for every man, woman, and child who has ever lived.

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Salem Lutheran Church-WELS May 3, 2026 Worship at Salem MKE

Our Service for April 26, 2026, will be available to stream on YouTube at 9 am (https://youtube.com/live/kODMxtFIo0Y). Click the image below to watch the service.
You can download a service folder by going to:
https://tinyurl.com/salemapril2626.

Without the resurrection of Jesus, I would have little hope for the future. That’s how the disciples felt after this death. “We hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel” (Luke 24:19). Their hope for a better life had died along with Jesus.
But he lives, and it makes a difference. My hope for the future is restored. I have victory over the feeling of hopelessness, because the one who heals me and gives me a better life is himself alive. He lives to restore my hope.

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Salem Lutheran Church-WELS April 26, 2026 Worship at Salem MKE

Our Service for April 19, 2026, will be available to stream on YouTube at 9 am (https://youtube.com/live/eCry9bUNK80). Click the image below to watch the service.
You can download a service folder by going to:
https://tinyurl.com/salemapril1296.

Without the resurrection of Jesus, I would have to wonder whether anything he said was true. Thomas had been taught and trained by Christ himself. He heard Jesus predict his death and resurrection. Even after hearing the eyewitness testimony of friends, Thomas still had doubts about the resurrection of Jesus.
But he lives, and it makes a difference. Today I have great comfort as someone with doubts about Christ’s promises in my life. Jesus engages me with continuing assurances in Word and sacrament. I have proof. I have peace.

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Salem Lutheran Church-WELS April 19, 2026 Worship at Salem MKE

Our Service for April 12, 2026, will be available to stream on YouTube at 9 am (https://youtube.com/live/yAoVo0oVvcE ). Click the image below to watch the service.
You can download a service folder by going to:
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I can walk through a cemetery where loved ones are buried. What do I feel? Sadness as I think of their departure? Fear that I will soon join them? Without the resurrection of Jesus, I fear death, and I continue to cry.
But he lives, and it makes a difference. Jesus is the resurrection first fruits for the harvest of humanity. Dead is not dead forever. Death is not final at all! My deceased Christian loved ones are not gone forever. I will see them again. Jesus will do what he promised. He dries my tears. He takes away my fears.

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Offerings can be given by going to: https://tinyurl.com/salemgiving

April 12, 2026 Worship at Salem MKE Our service for April 12, 2026, will be available here at 9 a.m.A worship folder PDF for this service can be found by going to: https://tinyurl.com/salemapri...