A Brief History of the Lutheran Church Of Our Savior

The Mount Pocono Mission started public worship in a rented second-floor "Chapel Room" in the Mount Pocono Municipal Building on Pentecost, June 2, 1963, at 11:00 am. Attendance was 87. The Rev. Melvin Pingel was our first Pastor. The official date of the organization of the Lutheran Church Of Our Savior was December 1, 1963, the First Sunday in Advent. In 1964 the congregation joined the Missouri Synod. Land was purchased, parsonage built, and the Chapel Cornerstone was laid on May 16, 1965.
Lutheran Church Of Our Savior along with The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod accepts all the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired and inerrant Word of God, and subscribes unconditionally to all the symbolical books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God. We accept the Lutheran Confessions as articulated in the Book of Concord of 1580 because they are drawn from the Word of God and on that account regard their doctrinal content as a true and binding exposition of Holy Scripture and as authoritative for all pastors, congregations and other rostered church workers of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

The Lutheran Confessions include:
•The Three Ecumenical or Universal Creeds
•The Augsburg Confession
•The Defense of the Augsburg Confession
•The Large Catechism
•The Small Catechism
•The Smalcald Articles
•Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope
•The Epitome of the Formula of Concord
•The Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord

CLICK HERE to download copies of these documents from the LCMS.
These texts are in the public domain and may be copied and
distributed freely.
Click the LCOS Constitution and By-Laws to download.

Pastor Peter A. Richert
On July 22, 2007 Peter A. Richert was ordained and installed as our Pastor, and amazingly he's still here, we haven't scared him off yet.
We'll just have to try harder.

Upon graduating from law school he returned to Monroe where he practiced law in a broad variety of areas as an associate attorney at Lennard, Graham & Goldsmith, PLC. Pastor Richert left that position in July, 2000 to attend the University of Michigan's elementary education program. He practiced in that position for a year before the Lord called him to become a pastor. Before beginning his seminary training in September, 2002, he worked as a substitute teacher and paraprofessional at Dexter (MI) Public Schools during the 2001-2002 school year.
Pastor Richert received his Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 18, 2007.
He served two years of field work under Pastors Richard Radtke and John Hamar at St. Paul's Lutheran Church and School in Fort Wayne. Thereafter, Pastor Richert served his vicarage at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Lockport, IL, under the supervision of Pastor Mark Hein.
Pastor Richert received his Divine Call to be pastor of Lutheran Church of Our Savior on April 24, 2007. He accepted his call upon graduation and along with his son Patrick, arrived in Mt. Pocono on July 7, 2007.
Pastor Richert was married to Vicky Hunt on September 21, 2010.

Study With Us
If you are interested in learning more about Jesus Christ, sin, Christianity, and the chief doctrines of the Christian Faith, consider coming to the new class:

Scripture And Confession-What is a Lutheran Christian?
Class is held every Tuesday, from 6:30-8:00 pm.
There is no cost for this class and everyone is invited.

To register call Pastor Richert at 570-839-1428
or the church office at 570-839-9868.