What We Believe About Worship

At East Side Lutheran Church, close to downtown Sioux Falls, we believe worship is the one unique and essential activity of the church. Worship is the celebration of the anticipation, remembrance, and enactment of God's creative purpose. It is a redemptive activity, and transformative presence for and with humanity.

Through worship, our East Side Lutheran Church members are taking a personal journey of faith and are called to participate in God's mission to redeem the world. We welcome everyone from any background. No matter what age, demographic, gender, ethnicity or income level, we invite you to East Side Lutheran Church!

Holy Communion

East Side Lutheran Church invites all baptized Christians who believe in the real presence of Jesus Christ to participate in Holy Communion.

Participation in the Lord's Supper is the reception of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ given with bread and wine, given and shed for you for the remission of sins and instituted by Christ himself for us to eat and drink. (Luther's Small Catechism)