Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park

Augustana’s annual celebration of our Swedish origins, our commemoration of Sankta Lucia (Saint Lucy) is coming up on Sunday December 15th at the 10:45 am service. We’ll celebrate with a potluck afterwards. Please look for the sign-up sheets in the narthex, for volunteers for the pageant and for the potluck. Last year, Lise Sveen wrote … More Feastday of Sankta Lucia, Dec. 15th

Previously known as the Lutheran Choir of Chicago, Lux Cantorum Chicago presents their December 2019 program – Joy – at Augustana, on Friday December 6th, at 7:30 pm. Come hear this seasonal concert of sacred music in the Augustana Nave’s excellent acoustics.

The Rev. Dr. Philip Hefner is a member at Augustana, faculty emeritus at LSTC, and with his wife, Neva, a resident at Montgomery Place retirement community. The Gift of Thanksgiving is a sermon he prepared and preached at Montgomery Place. Nov. 26, 2019 My reflections this evening will be very personal. My wish is that … More The Gift of Thanksgiving

Hyde Park-Kenwood Interfaith Council and Rockefeller Chapel Keynote Address by Dean of the Chapel Maurice CharlesPerformances by the Chicago Children’s Choir Thursday, November 28, at 11am Thanksgiving potluck immediately following the service at Augustanasponsored by the Chicago Hyde Park Village People of all ages welcome; bring food to share with others 

For our celebration of Christ the King Sunday, Cantor Padraig McGuire put together a performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria by an expanded version of the Augustana choir, featuring violinists Elizabeth McCreless and Caroline Wooten. Antonio Vivaldi wrote at least three settings of the hymn Gloria in Excelsis Deo, whose words date back to the early church … More Vivaldi and Violins

Who knew it would take so long to make 150 peanut butter sandwiches? (a half dozen people working for three hours, going through six giant jars). Many hands pitched in to make 150 hot evening meals for guests of The Night Ministry at their Back of the Yards stop.  Thanks to Jackie Bishop, Judy Merritt-Morgan, … More Night Ministry Chili Dinner

Whistler WoodsNine teens and adults had a fun trip on a beautiful day to Whistler Woods last week.  More than that, they learned about forest conservation and helped make the woods a healthier place. Did you know that forests can get too old? That some trees poison their neighbors in order to snatch all of … More Whistler Woods

Every third Saturday of the month, Augustana hosts a breakfast for our community.  You can volunteer for all or part of the event, or simply come and converse with our neighbors over a meal of eggs and pancakes, meats and oatmeal.  Food preparation begins at 8:00am, serving begins at 9:00am, and cleanup begins at 10:00am.  Please support this … More Community Breakfast, November 16th

Dear members and friends of Augustana, A new church year is rapidly approaching, and with it the time to renew our congregational pledges. In our earlier letter, we introduced our theme for this year’s stewardship campaign: Fellowship and Formation. Our theme is an invitation to reflect on one reason why we support and participate in our church, … More Fellowship and Formation: Nov. 17th Stewardship Sunday

Saturday, November 16Whistler Woods Forest Preserve, 735 W 134th St, Riverdale, IL 60827 Our favorite naturalist, Chris Weber will lead us in a conservation activity at our favorite preserve. Please let Pastor Goede know if you are going, so we can either carpool or know to look for you at the preserve.