WHO WE ARE
We are a vibrant faith community serving the Norwalk area by loving and caring for our neighbors.
Join us as we do God's work in Christ's name for the life of the world.
Liberated by our faith, we embrace you as a whole person--questions, complexities and all.
This is Christ's church.
There is a place for you here.
We are a congregation of the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
We are a church of “God’s Work. Our Hands.”
Join us as we do God's work in Christ's name for the life of the world.
Liberated by our faith, we embrace you as a whole person--questions, complexities and all.
This is Christ's church.
There is a place for you here.
We are a congregation of the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
We are a church of “God’s Work. Our Hands.”
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Regular Worship Times Sundays 8:15 & 10:30 am Our 8:15 & 10:30 Sunday Worship will be Live-streamed on YouTube (New Life Lutheran Church Norwalk IA) and Facebook. *CDC recommendations regarding masking & social distancing protocol will be observed for all indoor activities. |
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WORSHIP WITH US
Christmas Playlist
Advent Sermon Series From the ringing of a bell to the full orchestra and choir, music defines much of our Christmas Celebration. This year, allow the songs of the season to shape your christmas traditions, even if they look a little bit different this year. Each week we will explore the history of these meaningful christmas carols and join in song (both near and far apart) as we sing the songs of Christmas. This sermon series tells the Christmas story through a topical lens. Jesus’s birth was the catalyst for the believer to find hope in difficult times, true belonging, peace, and eternal heart change through a right relationship with God. Each week, a popular Christmas Carol will be used as an illustration of the passage and the sermon’s big idea 
DECEMBER 6, 2020
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus In one of his many “Coop’s Columns” on the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship website, former Calvin College chaplain, Dale Cooper, recalls a moment in which he was travelling home to his young family after spending the summer in Geneva. He was calling his wife from Chicago’s O’Hare airport to arrange his pick-up in Grand Rapids, when his then four-year-old son asked for the phone. Cooper writes, “His only words to me — a sigh, really: ’Daddy, when am I going to be where you are?’” (Cooper, “Coop’s Column – Spirit at Work: Guarantor”). It is this sigh of longing that we express when we sing the words of Charles Wesley’s beautiful Advent hymn, “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus.” For though we know that Christ goes with us and before us every day, we long for the day when we are with Him in all of the fullness and glory He will bring. We long for the day when we are with Him in a New Heaven and New Earth, when all things are made new. And just as a four- year-old crawls into his father’s arms after an extended absence, so too we long for the day when we will be at rest in Christ, enfolded in the embrace of our Savior. Sunday Morning Worship will be live streamed
at 8:15 & 10:30 on Facebook and Youtube 
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CONNECT THRU US
In troubled times we want you to
Be Well - Stay Well. Remember Our God is with Us. |
Stay Connected
We encourage you to stay home as much as possible. Make time to gather with your church family online and feel a sense of calm and peace in the midst of trying and difficult times.
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JOIN USCurrent office hours:
9 am - 4 pm Tuesday - Friday New Life Lutheran Church 4380 Wakonda Drive Norwalk, IA 50211 MAP FOOD PANTRYWednesdays 4:30-6:30 pm
Last Saturday of the month 9:30-11 am All residents of Warren County are invited to use/support the Norwalk Area Food Pantry. GIVE ONLINEElectronic giving is a convenient, easy solution to give to your church when you do not have cash or a checkbook, and a great way to support your church even when you’re not there.
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