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WORSHIP THIS WEEK: Who do you say Jesus is? It can be a challenging question, and we’ll explore it together this Sunday. We’ll also begin a new Sunday School year, remembering our baptismal promises to help our youngest disciples grow in their faith and in their understanding of scripture. Join us on Sunday, September 15 at 10:00 in our physical sanctuary at 300 Shunpike Road or in our digital sanctuary for worship: https://www.youtube.com/live/URaXdlHRm2k?si=HgPKgoWdB1pxKXda
Gloria Dei Welcome Statement (adopted June 2024) - Gloria Dei Lutheran Church celebrates that each person is created in the image of God, and God’s wide embrace holds all of us. We trust in a living God who, by the power of the Holy Spirit, continually renews and transforms us. That Spirit holds us in relationship with God and with each other. We invite you to share in ministry here, bringing all of who you are, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race and ethnicity, age, marital status, faith journey, economic circumstance, immigration path, physical and mental health, and any other identity God has given you to shine your light in the world. We believe that we are called to follow Jesus in serving our world and our community: welcoming the stranger, feeding the hungry, loving our neighbors, and working for justice. We are a Reconciling in Christ congregation, committed to the full inclusion and affirmation of LGBTQIA+ people and to the ongoing work of racial equity. There is a place for you at Gloria Dei. We welcome you – your identities, your histories, your stories. We celebrate your unique and holy gifts as we grow together in faith: created by God, saved by Christ, and nurtured by the Holy Spirit.
Our Mission
We are a place of meaningful relationships
with God, our neighbor, and one another.
Just as Christ extended his hands to us, we:
OPEN our hands to receive God’s blessings
UPLIFT our hands to praise our God
OUTSTRETCH our hands
in care for our neighbors and all of creation.
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is located at 300 Shunpike Road in Chatham, NJ. Each and every week, we gather to worship our Lord, celebrating God’s good gifts.
Sunday worship services begin at 10:00 AM, with children attending Sunday School following the children’s message. All Christians are welcome to receive communion, which is part of every Sunday worship service.
We worship our God liturgically — that is, we use a combination of hymns, prayers, and Scripture readings that reflect the season of the Church year (Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, etc.). The liturgy is the “work of the people.” Pastors, choirs, and others may lead the worship, but God’s praise is sung by the whole congregation, and we pray as one body in Christ.
Worship is focused on:
- Gathering — The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God.
- Word — We proclaim the Word in scripture, sermon, and song.
- Meal — In Christ’s body and blood given to us, God forgives us and nourishes us for mission.
- Sending — God blesses us and sends us into the world for mission and ministry.
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Christa Compton
Children are Welcome
Children are always welcome in the life of this community. We celebrate the ways that caring for children is a witness to God’s love.
- Sunday school is available for children age 4 – 6th grade.
- Nursery care is provided during worship.
Click to view our Annual Report
Chatham, NJ 07928-1659
(973) 635-5889
gloriadei@gloriadeichatham.org
