Welcome to King of Grace & Trinity Lutheran Churches!

Thank you for visiting! We are a dual parish in northeastern Iowa that shares the Good News of the forgiveness, hope, and salvation that Jesus has won for us. We are a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) which is in fellowship with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). Please join us for one of our services at King of Grace in Waukon, Iowa on Sundays at 9:00 AM or Trinity Lutheran Church in Calmar, Iowa at 11:00 AM. All are welcome!

Sermons

Easter – 2026

 Exordium “Now I saw in my dream, that the highway up which Christian was to go, was fenced on either side with a wall, and that wall was called Salvation. Up this way, therefore, did burdened Christian run, but not without great difficulty, because of the load on his back. He ran thus till he came at a place somewhat ascending, and upon that place stood a cross, and a little below, in the bottom, a sepulcher. So I saw…

Good Friday – 2026

St. Mark 15:37–39 And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last. Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!” Prayer: Lord God, our sin separated us from Your presence and brought our condemnation, but Jesus has suffered for our sin and therefore bridged the…

Maundy Thursday – 2026

I Corinthians 11:23–32 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was betrayed took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “This is My body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way also He took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new testament in My blood. Do this, as often as you…

Palm Sunday – 2026

St. Matthew 21:1–9 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to Me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” This took place to fulfill…