2185 Wood Street Sarasota, Florida 34237 Rev. Stephen Gaulke 365-0844 concordiasarasota.org We are a congregation of THE LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD A church body of some 2.6 million people in over 6, 100 congregations. We are proud to be the first Lutheran Church in Sarasota, Founded May 25, 1948. ** We believe….God sent his only Son, Jesus Christ, to atone for our sins and to redeem us from sin, death, and the power of the devil. He did this for us through His life, death, and the resurrection from the dead. ** All people are born sinful (original sin), and are under the judgment of God, as St. Paul writes, “The wages of sin is death.” Romans 6:23 ** Eternal life is a free gift from God for all who believe in Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior, as Paul also wrote in Romans 6:23: …”The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” ** A man is justified (made right in the eyes of God) by grace alone, through faith alone, in the person and work of Jesus Christ alone! ** The Holy Bible is the Inspired Word of God and that it’s primary purpose is to reveal to us Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of our lives.