Ministries

Hosanna-Tabor Lutheran Church proclaims Jesus Christ as the risen Lord and Savior.  In accordance with the scriptures we reach out and share the message of Christ with the community around us through worship, Christian education and social ministries.

While our primary mission field is our community of Western Wayne County, Michigan, we also reach out to the world around us through various missions efforts.  Below is a summary of some of our activities.

Seminaries and universities of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod - Hosanna-Tabor helps to train workers for the harvest field by conducting food drives and giving financial support to the Concordia universities and seminaries.  Specifically Hosanna-Tabor has sent 38 sons and daughters of the congregation into full-time ministry.  There have been 12 pastors, 24 men and women called to the teaching ministry, 1 deaconess, and 1 lay minister.

Lutheran Bible Translators - We are assisting a new missionary family, Rev. Rich & Maya Rudowske and their 5 children, who are serving in Botswana, Africa to translate the Bible into local languages.  Learn more about the Rudowskes on their website www.rudowskes.com

Moscow, Russia - Hosanna-Tabor Lutheran Church partners with Rev. Matthew Heise in Moscow.  Pastor Heise is a missionary of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.  Please see his bio and newsletters to see how the Lord is working in Russia.

Lutheran World Relief - Hosanna-Tabor provides for physical needs of the Lord's people all over the earth through LWR.  Our LWR Quilters group meets monthly to create quilts to be sent overseas to those in need during the month of October.  In 2011, 180 beautiful full-size quilts were donated to LWR. New bars of soap are also collected and sent by train in October.

Our Missionary Family in South Africa - Rev. Carl Rockrohr & Deaconess Deborah Rockrohr work in Pretoria, South Africa for the Lutheran Theological Seminary. Their son, Ted, is a former student at our Concordia Lutheran School. The whole family is adjusting well to their move from Michigan. Read about their adventures in theirmonthly newsletter.