Drammen Lutheran Church

Drammen Lutheran Church Mission Statement:

Called by God's grace and equipped by the Holy Spirit, we nurture and challenge each other to grow in proclaiming the good news of Christ Jesus through celebrating worship, studying God's word, and showing hospitality by serving our neighbors both here and around the world.

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Here you will find information concerning our church and its ministries. We want you to feel comfortable and at liberty to call on us for anything you need. Feel free to browse through the various areas of our website and learn about our fellowship.

If you are considering a new place of worship or a relocation to our area, we would love to have you be our guest.

When you visit our church, you will find:

• A caring congregation that will gladly welcome you
• Preaching/teaching that is centered on the Word of God
• Activities for the whole family

We welcome you to worship with us each Sunday morning at 9:00am. Coffee and fellowship follow worship.

Drammen Lutheran Church Fall Fest Sunday September 27th. Worship service at 10am with Warren Petryk special music followed by chicken dinner, silent auction, bake sale, kids games. 

 

September 20, 2026  

Dear friends in Christ grace and peace to you. The message for this week comes from 
Jonah 3:10-4:11.

Jonah’s story is kind of a comedy of errors. The beginning of Jonah’s story isn’t in our reading this week but we all know it. God commands Jonah to go to Nineveh to preach a message of repentance or face destruction. Jonah tries to hide from God but he soon discovers that isn’t possible. To teach Jonah a lesson, God has Jonah cast into the stormy sea swallowed up by a great fish. For three days Jonah suffers in silence in the belly of the fish until he finally comes to his senses, repents and agrees to do what God has asked and Jonah is put out of the fish onto dry land. He then reluctantly preaches the perhaps shortest sermon ever recorded and sits back to wait and see what becomes of Nineveh.

This would be a comical story if it didn’t reflect most of our lives so accurately. Jonah didn’t want Nineveh to be saved, he wanted them to suffer God’s wrath. Jonah was angry when that didn’t happen just as he was angry when the plant that provided shade for him withered and died. Just like Jonah, our memories are rather short when it comes to forgiveness and God’s grace. Jonah, in a span of just a few short days had forgotten that God had shown him mercy by saving him from the belly of the great fish. What Jonah couldn’t understand was why God would show mercy on what Jonah perceived as undeserving people. 

We tend to forget who God is and how vast and far reaching his mercy and grace extends. We are shown his grace on any given day and yet we might be angry or at least wonder why God seems to show grace to those we would like to see suffer. The reason Nineveh was saved was because they listened to Jonah’s message from God and that message was to repent or be destroyed. The reason God chose to redeem the people of Nineveh was because they heard Jonah’s message and repented. 

God will always accomplish his will. His will is to have all people turn their hearts to him. He doesn’t care what your past has been, what he cares about is what your future will be. That is the great thing about the love of God for his people. God forgives and shows mercy to all who turn to him. It is not for us to decide who gets saved and who does not. We like Jonah are called to preach the good news of the gospel, to sow the seeds of faith and let God do the rest.

May the peace of God be with all of you as you discern God’s will for you and to be grateful for the grace and mercy God extends to those who turn to him. 
Michael Isaacson