Wonderful church and wonderful people. Sound and biblically based expositional preaching from a…read moreteam of dedicated pastors is central. Community is everything at Sower and has been such a big part of reason that my family and I have been attending for over four years.

amazing church with amazing people that makes you feel welcome. So blessed to be apart of this…read moreamazing church family.

I am quite fond of this church. No, I have never attended the service, but I know the history of…read moreit. This church's history and my history have a bit in common. My German ancestors came over during the establishment of Nebraska, laid their roots here, and actually were one of the founding families of this church. Generations of my ancestors lay here to rest in the cemetery too. Waltke, Menninga, Aden, and Johnson are those among my late relatives. : I am adopted. I met my birth family 5 years ago, and when I met my birth mother, she told me about Nebraska and this particular church. She told me how her mother's family immigrated from Germany in 1869 and landed in Gage County, Nebraska. Considering I was born and raised in Tennessee, I had absolutely no clue I had roots in Nebraska. Learning all this was a bit of shock. A bigger shock was coming to this magnificent church in the middle of no where. It is so lovely, well preserved, and clearly still has an active congregation. When we visited the church, it was during the middle of a week day. It is 2 stories high with a lower level and then a balcony that over looks its grand sanctuary. The stained glass windows are absolutely stunning. I'm not sure if they're original to the 1874 construction, but they're very beautiful with Jesus on them. The front of the sanctuary is very ornate. It has the pastor pit that overlooks the congregation, and a pipe organ that has the pipes reaching up towards the ceiling. All is very well kept and maintained. After touring the church itself, my birth mother led me slightly down the road to their cemetery where many of my late relatives are buried. On the grave stones you'll notice a great portion of them are engraved with German. I really wish I knew German so I could have translated and understood what they said. The newer graves had English. With my ancestors that are laid to rest here, they mainly consisted of German. I really appreciated the grave yard visit. I was able to connect names with pictures that my birth mother had shown me. There are many names that were recycled from generation to generation in my family, so to see that 2 Marie's with different last names rested in the same place was interesting to me. I literally had 4 generations here from my mother's side. To think that at one point they attended this church. They were baptized, married, and had their funerals here. I truly felt a connection to my roots and hope to visit Zion Lutheran again soon. I'd love to come worship here one Sunday. Hopefully it will happen!

I literally grew up in this wonderful church and church family. I have always felt fortunate to…read morehave been a part of the beautiful history here. My father and mother were always very involved in Sunday School and confirmation here. Sadly 19 years ago my mother's funeral was held here and sadly on Saturday, so was my father's. Regardless of the reason to return to Zion, it always feels like home.

A small congregation with warm hearts and a great outreach. Sermons are very biblical. Not…read moreopinion or story time. Very easy to understand and informative. Makes you eager to return again and again. Recommend to anyone interested in the pure Word being preached!!!!

Whenever I make a trip to Lincoln, this is the church that I go to. It's a younger church with a…read morelot of college students. They preach the Gospel passionately and have tons of opportunities to get plugged into the community. If you live in Lincoln and you don't have a church home, I would highly recommend checking out this church! They have lively worship with new renditions of hymns and have written some of their own music as well. They encourage biblical teaching and a lot of people bring their own bibles to church and actually open them which matters a lot to me. I think they've also seen a ridiculous amount of college students get baptized since the church started just a few years ago. This church loves the bible, loves the Gospel of Jesus and people experience life change here. So if you haven't been and you're curious about Jesus or looking for a church home, this is a wonderful church to do that at!

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We moved out here about a year ago and at the time I was seeking an Awana group for my children. I…read morehad a child in the cubbies awana class and they ask that you stay on the premises while your child is in class. They told me about the Bible studies that were offered during that time and escorted me to the women's group. This group of ladies were so welcoming and just what I needed to not feel so isolated after uprooting our lives to move from another state. After a few months we finally decided to attend a service. Pastor Steve won us over. With an honest truthful sermon on revelation and an approach to speaking it was neither intimidating or boring. Steve and the staff at Calvary have continued to show their well rooted in true biblical teachings. The children's ministry has proven this as well and our children beg to go to Sunday school and their awana program. I'm glad we found a well rooted, well rounded church home and have had the opportunity to make meaningful connections. The only thing I will say is their approach to "explore membership class" is a bit odd. They promote it as a class when it's more of an informational meeting. They then encourage you to attend their growth track program which is 4 weeks and very much geared towards new believers. I think they should separate the 2. I have shared this feedback and they seem to have kept it the same.

Pastor Steve and the rest of the staff are amazing. I feel at home at Calvary, making new family…read moreevery week. Pastor Steve preaches truth in love. It is clear he does his research and is grounded in Biblical truth. My faith walk is growing week by week. I have hope for today and whatever happens in the future.