About Us 

 

 Statement of Faith

Building Faith by:

Praying for God's Guidance
Hearing God's Word
Sharing God's Grace
Serving God's Children

Our name is Salem Evan­gel­ic­al Luther­an Church. We are evan­gel­ic­al and Luther­an. We are part of 10,000 con­greg­a­tions na­tion­ally and in Pu­erto Rico and Vir­gin Is­lands. We are part of 180 con­greg­a­tions in the North­east­ern Ohio Syn­od.

This is a com­munity that is Grow­ing in Faith To­geth­er. How does belonging to a com­munity make a dif­fer­ence in living our faith? This email re­ceived by a fel­low pas­tor from one of her pa­rish­ion­ers says it all:

I don't have to carry any­thing alone... even my faith. I of­ten sit there dur­ing liturgy and rest about everything... be­cause I am re­minded that when I can't pray, oth­ers in my com­mu­nity are pray­ing; when I can't sing, oth­ers are singing for me; when I have no faith, oth­ers have it for me; when I can­not be gra­cious, oth­ers are ex­tend­ing grace on my/our be­half. It's true - we can be whole only with­in com­mu­nity, only as a com­mu­nity.
 Parish Location

Salem Lutheran Church

4873 Cleveland Road
Wooster, OH · 44691
330-345-6727 (church office)
email: slcmain@gmail.com
Office Hours: Tue, Thur 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

For pastoral care:
contact Tim Barrage @ 330-465-5763
email: timbarrage@slcw.org

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  Parish Ministry
STAFF

Lay Leader: Tim Barrage

Parish Secretary: Vacant

Organist: Vacant

Treasurer: Tabitha Zimmerman

Church Council

2025 Congregational Council: 

President Garald Wise

Vice President Sharon Salmons

Secretary Tim Barrage (non-voting appointee)

Treasurer Tabitha Burchett (non-voting appointee)

Evangelism Sharon Salmons

Faith Formation Alan Nathan

Financial Secretary Tim Barrage (non-voting appointee)

Finance/Endowment/Stewardship Sherrill Wise

Property Beth Ann Zimmerman

Fellowship Sharon Salmons

Social Ministry Barbara Buchwalter

Lay Leader Tim Barrage

Ministry Team Liaisons

Growing in Faith Together:

Evangelism
Sharon Salmons

Fellowship
Sharon Salmons

Endowment / Finance / Stewardship
Sherrill Wise

Faith Formation
Barbara Buchwalter

Property
Beth Ann Zimmerman / Garald Wise

Social Ministry
Barbara Buchwalter

Cemetery Committee
Sherry Hughes
Garald Wise
 

Sexton
Garald Wise
 

Endowment Committee
Amanda Herbert
Terry Bumgardner


 

Teams are formed as needed for par­tic­u­lar pro­jects throughout the year.

If you have an in­terest in any of these min­is­tries, please con­tact the Coun­cil Li­ais­on to see where your time and tal­ents can best be put to use.

 Parish Events

Events


 Welcome to salem
Getting Around:

We have a "century" brick building that has been renovated several times over the years. What makes sense to those who have been attending Salem all their lives might need some explanation for visitors. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Handicap accessible?

Yes! We have an el­ev­at­or loc­ated at the back of the build­ing that will take you up to the sanc­tu­ary level or down to the fel­low­ship hall. It is un­locked on Sunday morn­ings. If you will need as­sist­ance or in­struc­tion on op­er­a­tion, please call the church of­fice (330-345-6727). Leave a mes­sage with a call-back num­ber if we are not in the of­fice. We have a handicap accessible restroom on the basement level.

Door to use?

Gen­er­ally for wor­ship and dur­ing of­fice hours, you can enter by the main door which leads in­to the sanc­tu­ary level. Of­ten for meet­ings or Sunday School and fel­low­ship events, the south­east en­trance is used to go down to the base­ment level.

Restrooms?

Women's, Men's, and family restrooms are on the lower level.

Sunday School?

Adult Bible Study meets at 9:00AM via ZOOM or in the pastors office
 

Communion?

We celebrate the Lord's Supper the first Sunday of every month.

What about music?

Lutherans love to sing. We use two different hymnals and six musical settings throughout the year. We encourage you to use the hymnals (especially when we switch to a new setting) to become fa­mil­i­ar with the music. Also, the words to the liturgy and hymns are projected on a screen as well. Take your time. At first you may just want to listen to the singing around you, or you can just jump right in. Congregational singing is not about per­form­ance, but is heart mu­sic. Read/listen to/sing the words. Hymns tell the story of our faith. We not only sing God's praises in wor­ship - we lament, we con­fess, we de­clare our com­mit­ment in song.

More about Salem?

Sign up to re­ceive email no­tices - fill out the yel­low con­tact in­form­a­tion card found in the Narthex (that's a fancy name for the entry­way at the back of the church).