• Messiah Golf Outing — Oct 5, 2008 12:00pm - Dec 5, 2008 8:00pm
  A fun golf "tournament" for all levels of golfing prowess! Starts after worship, and ends with Chinese food!
• St. Luke Healing Service — Oct 18, 2008 7:00pm - Oct 18, 2008 7:30pm
  St. Luke was known as "the physician" and it is traditional to hold a healing service on his "day." The service consists of prayers, scripture, and the oportunity for the laying on of hands in persona prayer with Pastor. Infirmity takes many forms--come, and lay yours at the feet of the Lord, and we'll pray for wholeness together!
• Christmas Dinner and Charity Auction — Dec 6, 2008 5:45pm - Dec 6, 2008 11:00pm
  Watch for sign-ups for this fabulously fun and benficial event! We get together for a wonderful dinner then bid on donated (by us) items. Holiday music fills the air, good food fills the tummy, and good stuff fills your garage! What better way to spend an evening than with your Messiah friends, or making new Messiah friends! (This event is limited to adults.) See Carolyn, Dean, Bob or Nancy for information or call the office.

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Invite, Care, Grow, Share!

Messiah’s vision is to INVITE people to faith, to CARE for each other with love, to help one another GROW in faith, and to SHARE our gifts with others.

Our Christian Call:
The people of Messiah Lutheran Church have adopted and fully support their Mission Statement. It was formed to better identify who we are, what we believe, and what we can accomplish as a church family.

Our Messiah Mission Statement reads:
We believe in Jesus Christ, who died and was raised for us. Through Baptism we are called to grow in Christ and to proclaim him in word and deed. We gather in worship to celebrate God’s grace, love, and forgiveness. In the power of the Holy Spirit we use the gifts that God has given us for the sake of each other, our communities, and the world.

No matter what age you are, there’s something for you to do at Messiah Lutheran Church! For adjusts there are dinners, bible studies, special events, and get-togethers. For teens there’s the Senior Youth Group and Middle School Youth Group. There’s a soccer team and a BSA Venture Crew, too. And for kids there’s Sunday School and Vacation Bible School — and a playground.

You are invited to come to any of our activities here at Messiah. They are a great way to get to know the people here. And have fun, too!

Organized  as a mission church of the American Lutheran Church in 1986, Messiah is centrally located to serve several southern New Hampshire communities. Members are primarily from Amherst, Milford, Merrimack, Mt. Vernon, Hollis, Bedford and New Boston.

Our first sanctuary was completed with a Service of Dedication held November 17, 2002. Worship Services, Sunday School and church offices are now all located at 303 Hwy 101.

Meet our Pastor

The Reverend Thomas E. Teichmann is the son and grandson of Lutheran pastors, and while he had no doubt about following in their footsteps, his path was not a direct one. It was the path of outdoor ministry that focused his faith, introduced him to his wife of 24 years and provided a rewarding first career before being called to the path of rostered ministry. Born in Rochester, NY and raised in New Hyde Park, NY, Pastor Tom was first drawn to outdoor ministry in high school as a camper and counselor and later in college served as an assistant summer camp director.

After graduating with a B.A. in Sociology from the State University College of New Jersey at Rampano, he accepted an interim camp director position and moved on to permanent ranger and camp director opportunities. With a solid career in outdoor ministry spanning experiences in New York, Georgia and North Carolina, Pastor Tom responded to a call to theological education in 1994. He, his wife Lisa and then fourth grade son Erik moved to Gettysburg where he enrolled in Seminary as a second career student and earned a Master of Divinity in 1998.

From Gettysburg it was on to Trinity Lutheran Church a small historic congregation with Finnish roots in South Paris, ME where he served until being called to Messiah in 2006. While at Trinity, Pastor Tom was active and served as president of the local ecumenical group, was a volunteer chaplain at the local hospital, and served as president of the Child Health Center board. Currently he serves the larger church as a writer for Augsburg Fortress and on the New England Synod Council.

While this is the first time he has lived in New Hampshire, the Teichmann family has deep roots here having summered at the family camp on Lake Winnipesaukee for decades. His parents Pastor Fred and Claire retired to New Hampshire more than a decade ago and serve as weekend registrars at Camp Calumet in Ossipee. Pastor Tom and Lisa also maintain links to their outdoor ministry roots as retreat facilitators of note at Calumet where Pastor leads Men’s retreats and Lisa’s creative skills as a quilter and teacher facilitates the highly acclaimed Quilter’s retreats annually.

Messiah is blessed to have Pastor Tom a creative and accomplished worship leader, preacher, youth ministry specialist and engaged community service oriented steward as our fourth pastor. We are further blessed by his wife Lisa as a fellow worker with us in ministry, whose artistic creativity and servant’s heart has found a home here at Messiah.

God of wisdom, in your goodness you continue to raise up faithful shepherds to serve your church. We thank you for the gift of Pastor Tom and Lisa Teichmann who match the needs and vision of this congregation. Grant the presence of your Holy Spirit as they lead and serve as fellow workers with us in doing your ministry together in this place in ways that are pleasing to you and build up the whole Body of Christ. Amen.

Messiah’s Vision is to invite people to faith, to care for each other with love, to help one another grow in faith, and to share our gifts with others.

Messiah is part of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

At Messiah…
People grow in Christ.
Relationships are built and strengthened.
God’s word is proclaimed in word and deed.
God’s love is received and shared.

INVITE: We invite people into a faith-filled relationship with a loving God who sent his Son Jesus to forgive our sin.
CARE: Filled with God’s love and forgiveness, we care for each other, for the community, and for all of creation.
GROW: We seek further understanding through study of God’s word and mutual discernment of God’s will.
SHARE: We share God’s abundant resources which have been put in our care.

Confession of Faith of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

1. This church confesses the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
2. This church confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe
   • Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death, and resurrection God fashions a new creation.
   • The proclamation of God’s message to us as both Law and Gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy through word and deed, beginning with the Word in creation, continuing in the history of Israel, and centering in all its fullness in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
   • The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the written Word of God. Inspired by God’s Spirit speaking through their authors, they record and announce God’s revelation centering in Jesus Christ. Through them God’s Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for service in the world.
3. This church accepts the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith, and life.
4. This church accepts the Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the faith of this church.
5. This church accepts the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it In faith and doctrine all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
6. This church accepts the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles and the Treatise, the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid interpretations of the faith of the Church.
7. This church confesses the Gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the Church for God’s mission in the world.