Living Word Lutheran Church - Galena, Ohio

06/01/2026

Hey friends! We have a new family moving into Sunbury and could use some unload help. Truck shows up tomorrow around 4:30pm. If you’re able to help let Pastor Derrick know and he’ll get you details.

06/01/2026

What are you thirsty for?

05/31/2026

Join us for our first outdoor worship of 2026

05/31/2026

Ladies! The next women's event is upon us! Join us June 14th after the 10:30 service for a meal together and a road to trip to Groovy Plants Ranch! There will be a sign up sheet in the hallway at church, so let us know if you plan on coming!

05/30/2026

05/29/2026

This Sunday we stay in John 7 — and Jesus does something nobody saw coming.

It’s the last day of the Feast of Booths. The priests have just poured water
on the altar for the seventh time — the climax of the whole week’s
ceremony. And into that moment, Jesus stands up and shouts:
“If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.”

He’s not just teaching. He’s interrupting the ceremony with a claim. I am
what this water is pointing at.

Your greatest longing isn’t for water from a river. It’s for the Spirit from the
Father.

Join us Sunday at 8:00 AM or 10:30 AM. • 7539 Dustin Road, Galena,
Ohio

05/28/2026

The Spirit of God doesn’t give you a new language you don’t know.

He helps you use the one you already have.

Sports. Music. Lawn care. Design. Whatever you speak fluently — you can speak your faith in it.

Ask your teenager: what’s your language? And what would it look like to use it?

Teen devotional section in the link below.


https://livingwordgalena.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LWG_FamilyDevo_Pentecost.pdf

05/28/2026

Summer is here, and we're taking it outside.
Outdoor worship, VBS, bonfires, cookouts. Real time with real people under open sky. That's the kind of presence that actually changes people.
Don't manage your presence this summer. Just give it.
We'll see you outside. Sunday morning 8am inside and 10:30am outside for worship!
Don't forget this Sunday is elder breakfast. See you Sunday to see what's on the menu.

05/27/2026

Attention! Change to the schedule this Sunday! Instead of the usual Sunday School hour, there will be Elder Breakfast between our two services this week. Stick around after the 8AM service, or come a bit early to the 10:30 service for a meal together. Remember, the 10:30 service will be outside this week, weather permitting!