Institute Classes are open to all adults. Though not required, students may desire to receive a "LIFE CERTIFICATE," which will be awarded to any adult who completes the required classes from the following areas of study: Church Doctrine, Biblical Studies, Church History and Christian Vocation.

Class Times.  All classes will be offered in each Institute congregation during the next five years: one class prior to Advent and the other class after Easter each year equaling ten classes. Classes will be held in the morning, afternoon, or evening, depending on the preference of the host congregation and the availability of the visiting pastoral instructor.

Registration forms for the classes will be made available by the host congregation at least four weeks before each class. A registration fee of $10.00 per class will be used to provide visting pastors with mileage reimbursement.

Books will be purchased by students from the visiting pastoral instructors.

Institute Congregations and Pastors

Cupertino: Lutheran Church of Our Savior, the Revs. Dennis Bestul and John Bestul

Pacifica: Our Saviors Lutheran Church, the Rev. Dan Kistler

Palo Alto: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Rev. Stewart Crown

San Mateo: Grace Lutheran Church, the Rev. Charles Froh

San Pablo / Richmond: Rollingwood Lutheran & Zion Lutheran, the Rev. Tim Beck

L.I.F.E. Catalog.  This document is formatted as a booklet (statement size).

L.I.F.E. Courses - Bulletin Inserts

Spirituality of the Cross (The Rev. Dan Kistler)

Martin Luther & The Reformation (The Rev. John Bestul)

Biblical Interpretation (The Rev. Stewart Crown)

Trinitarian Christology (The Rev. Dennis Bestul) bulletin insert (statement) & poster (11" x 17")

Christian Vocation (The Rev. Charles Froh)

Apologetics (The Rev. Tim Beck)

Lutheran Institute for Education (L.I.F.E.)

The Lutheran Church is to be a confessing Church of men and women who know Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions, and rightly and gratefully apply them to daily life. The Lutheran Institute for Education has been established to prepare the Church's men and women to make that bold confession where God has placed them.

The next round of L.I.F.E. courses will be announced in August.

L.I.F.E. - The Five Year Schedule of Courses and Locations