Confessional – Liturgical – Sacramental
St John's Lutheran Parish
627 Lobelia Road, Shelly Beach, 4265
St John’s Lutheran Parish in Shelly Beach is located in a quiet,
leafy area in the popular holiday destination on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.
Services every Sunday at 08:30
Sermon
Click below to listen to this week's sermon
from The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, the 13th October 2024
or watch the live stream on YouTube
Events
Brass Band practice every Tuesday evening at 17:30.
Bible Study every Thursday morning at 09:30.
Special Events
27th of October 2024: Reformation Festival at 8:30,
Combined service with Ohlangeni Mission,
with a bring-and-share after the service.
About
St John’s is a Confessional Lutheran Church and subscribes unconditionally to the Book of Concord of 1580. We hold that these Confessions put forth a correct and thorough exposition of God's Holy Word. We do not believe that they are above God's Holy Word as it is revealed to us in the Bible. The Bible therefore remains the absolute sole source and norm of all Christian doctrine. The Lutheran Confessions simply confess and teach what God reveals to us in the Bible.
Click here to read them.
Worship
We believe that worship is God's Divine Service to us. We come into His House to receive His gifts of forgiveness, life, and salvation - which He graciously and lovingly gives to us through His means of grace: His Holy Word and Sacraments.
We respond to the gifts we are given with praise, adoration, and thanksgiving through the singing of hymns and by speaking back to God the words He has spoken to us in His Holy Word. We believe that Divine Service is a sacred time when we are invited to come into the Holy of Holies to be in the very presence of our LORD.
We invite you to join us for Divine Service, which takes place every Sunday at 8:30.
Contact
Pastor Toby Ahlers currently serves in Shelly Beach as well as the surrounding Hibiscus Coast.
He studied theology at the University of Pretoria, in Oberursel (Germany), and at Westfield House (Cambridge, UK).
He enjoys reading, running, and minimalism.
+27 78 575 2604
[email protected]
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A member of the Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa (FELSISA)