Welcome to Gethsemane Lutheran
Church and School
"I am the vine, you are the branches." John 15:5
Gethsemane Lutheran Church provides worship and spiritual growth opportunities that build up families and individuals, young and old alike.
Gethsemane Lutheran School offers a well-rounded, affordable educational opportunity for youth K-8 to enjoy a safe environment and grow academically, spiritually and athletically.
Gethsemane Lutheran Church and School
~ Established and rooted in God's grace since 1942 ~
Church Blog
Gethsemane Lutheran thanks all of our brave men and women of our military for serving us so faithfully. God bless you all in Jesus!
On Sunday, November 10, Pastor Helwig will begin a new Bible Study that will focus on seven important relationships within a marriage. Each one of those relationships matters. The class will run on Sunday mornings from 9:15 to 10 :15 through November and December.
On Sunday, October 27, the members of Gethsemane will be gathering for worship with the members of our sister congregations in the greater Omaha area at Westside High School (87th & Pacific) at 9:30am for a joint Reformation service. Please take note that there will be no services at Gethsemane that weekend.
We will hold our fall Mission Festival on October 12-13. All are welcome. Our friends from Living Savior in Blair, NE will be here to share with us how the Lord is blessing their ministry. Musicians from Living Savior will also help lead us in worship.
Our weekly Wednesday night Bible study continues this week as we dive into just who God. One question we will consider together is whether you find it scary or comforting that God knows EVERYTHING, is EVERYWHERE, can do ANYTHING. Class begins at 7:00pm.
Gethsemane Members – We will have our first choir rehearsal of the season this evening – Wednesday, September 18 – at 6:30 in the choir loft. We’d love to see – and hear! – you there!
The Vine will meet this Wednesday, September 11, from 9:00am to 10:30am. The Vine is an awesome opportunity for children ages 0-4 and their parents to get together with other children and parents for handson learning and fun. At The Vine we will also share the amazing love of Jesus who saved us from our…
School Blog
Thank you to everyone who scrubbed walls, dusted vents, wipes lights, mopped floors, and washed windows in our school building on Saturday. We appreciate you!
With the soccer season officially coming to a close, volleyball practices are in full swing. Students in grades 5-8 will be competing in a two-division, all-day volleyball tournament at Nebraska Lutheran High School on Saturday, October 26. Go Falcons!
Next week all of our teachers will be attending a two-district, five-state conference of Lutheran Elementary School Teachers in Denver, CO. This continuing education opportunity certainly enables our teachers to grow professionally, but, more importantly, it enables them to grow spiritually as they gather around Word and Sacrament with fellow teachers of our national church…
This week, students in grades 3-8 will take part in our annual standardized testing. This testing enables our parents and our teachers to gauge the progress of each student in comparison to not only their scores from previous years but also in comparison to national averages. What a blessing that, historically, students at Gethsemane test…
We are already half-way through our first quarter! Wow! This week all of our parents will have an opportunity to sit down with their child’s teacher to discuss how things are going several weeks into the new school year. They will work together to provide our students with the best possible learning environment so that…
Join us at Falcon Field this afternoon – Wednesday, September 18 – at 4:00pm for the first of our two upper grade soccer scrimmages against the Bulldogs of Good Shepherd Lutheran.
Join our students and teachers this Wednesday morning, September 11, at 8:15 in the morning for our weekly chapel service. This week our principal will lead us in a special Patriot Day themed service as we thank God for his protection and for those who serve us in the military and in our local police,…
