Where We Are
Augustana Lutheran Church
2710 NE 14th Street
Portland, Oregon 97212
(503) 288-6174
ministry@augustana.org
Frequently Asked Questions
- You will hear that God loves you. You will hear that you are a Child of God and a special and valuable person. You will hear that Augustana wants to include you in our community of people who love and follow Jesus. You will hear that we are not perfect and don’t pretend to be.
- No. Come as you are and be comfortable.
- Yes, we enjoy having children in our worship service. We include children in our service and we love it when they dance in the aisles. Crying is a way of affirming life and will bother you as parents a lot more than it will us. We offer Sunday School for preschoolers all the way up through High School. Classes take place on Sunday at 9:00 and are currently done via Zoom.
- We welcome young/old, straight/gay, working/retired, happy/sad, people of any ethnicity or culture. We have over 50 countries of birth worshiping together, from five continents.
- You can feel free to participate in the service by following the printed prayers and songs, or you can just watch and observe.
- Our service rotates among 3 different musical styles. We love them all!
- Contemporary. We sing modern worship songs as well as those from a variety of cultures and traditions, accompanied by a band with keyboard, guitars and drums.
- Classical Lutheran. We use songs and liturgy from Evangelical Lutheran Worship. Our magnificent historic pipe organ is featured.
- Jazz. This service features the Augustana Jazz Quartet, a group of professional musicians who share their talents with us. We throw in a few gospel numbers, too!