Reformation Day Party: All Ages

Join us, Sunday, Nov 1 from 5-7PM for our annual Reformation Day Party designed to connect with kids and challenge adults! This family themed party will highlight the life and times of  Katharina Schutz Zell who gained famed as she worked along side her husband and pastor Mathew to spread the gospel in Strasburg in some of the most challenging of circumstances. The night will start in the sanctuary with a 20-minute interactive discussion that will introduce ABC this woman known for her bold pen, courageous faith, and unfailing love.


Once we wrap up things in the Sanctuary, we will head to the ABC Fellowship Hall for games, activities and snacks that will help reformers of all ages connect with Katharina's life and ministry. 


To help catch the Middle Age French provincial  vibe, we encourage both kids and adults to dress up as a French King or Queen, or as a knight, a monk, or in other Renaissance costumes. 


We hope you and your family will join us on Nov 1 at 5PM!

What is the Reformation?

On October 31, 1517, Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Chapel, seeking to debate the practice of indulgences: the idea that salvation and redemption could be bought with earthly coins. 


Luther challenged this practice because he had discovered that the Bible said that salvation came by faith alone and through grace alone. It was a free gift that no man, woman, or child could earn through good works or purchase with their hard-earned money.


Though Luther initially sought to reform the church, he had set in motion the world altering event which historians have now labeled the "Reformation."


Despite Luther's pleas for biblical debate and discussion, the Roman Catholic Church universally rejected Luther's biblical reforms and threatened those who taught Luther's gospel ideas (including Tyndale) with death. Lacking any other option, Luther and the other true followers of Jesus left the corruption of Rome and created a new church founded upon the gospel, namely, the protestant church (a church for those who protested the Catholic Church). 


Baptists, Lutherans, and Presbyterians and many other gospel centered churches exist today because this lone monk in Germany rediscovered the beauty of the true gospel which proclaims that Jesus saves sinners by his grace and mercy through the work of the cross! We celebrate the Reformation because without it we would not have the gospel that we so dearly love.