Mission Statement:

Lutheran Church of Our Savior’s principal mission is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with ALL people and to equip them to adopt it as their life’s model. We accomplish this through worship, study, community outreach and service, thereby providing a pathway for living out God’s love in the world.

History:

Services began July 4th weekend in 1950 in the Rehoboth Beach Community Center. Various pastors from the Southeastern District would come to preach in return for a 2-week vacation at the beach. Sunday School was first held in 1952, and services moved to the American Legion Hall on the corner of King Charles & Laurel Streets in 1957. The first permanent pastor was called in 1959, George Peterson. The average winter service had 25 in attendance, but the summer attendance would swell to 100 or more.

The congregation was formally organized and chartered on February 21, 1961, and services were moved to the VIA Hall on the boardwalk at Grenoble Place. A storm in 1962 damaged the VIA, so services were held in various places until repairs could be made. After Pastor Peterson accepted a call to North Carolina in 1962, the congregation was served by different pastors in the circuit until the congregation called Pastor Otto Spurgat, in 1979. The women’s group, the Sand Dollars was also organized in 1979.

Pastor Spurgat, along with 25 families looked to expand and find a home for LCOS. Land was purchased and building began on the first phase of a permanent facility, located on Bay Vista Road, in 1981. This phase was completed and dedicated on August 22, 1982 at a cost of $143,600. The original part of the building consisted of the sanctuary, a pastor’s office, kitchen, sacristy, two bathrooms and a small narthex. In 1983, a community member donated the parish house to the congregation and it was moved to its current site on Martin Street at the corner of our property.