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Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Serving Buffalo and other small towns in Wyoming
We are currently meeting every Sunday morning at 9am in the Wyoming Room inside the Bomber Mountain Civic Center in downtown Buffalo, Wyoming. We also have satellite gatherings in Thermopolis and Sheridan.
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Sharing the good news of free salvation in Christ
We are known for reaching out to hurting people and bringing the soothing balm of the Gospel. We are a member of the WELS, a theologically conservative church body that exists to give all glory to God by upholding, defending, and proclaiming the truth of the Holy Scriptures
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Fred Schurman
Fred Schurman, a Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary graduate, serves as the Pastor for Christ the King Lutheran Church. He’s known for his strong theology, hands-on approach, and love of the outdoors and fixing things.
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For those who are unable to worship with us in person, we stream our services live on YouTube every Sunday morning at 9:00am.
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This is what we preach
- John 19:30
Jesus Shouts Out the Victory
- John 19:30
With His final breath, Jesus declared "It is finished!" This was not a cry of defeat, but a triumphant announcement that the sacrifice had been made, the work completed, and salvation secured once and for all. These three words carry the weight of all of Scripture, fulfilling every promise and every picture of atonement that pointed forward to the cross. Nothing remains to be added to what Christ accomplished there, which means nothing can be taken away either. The victory belongs to Him, and because it does, the love of God for His people goes on without end.
- John 11:17–28
Whenever You Think, "If Only the Lord God Had Stayed with Me in My Crisis," Always Think, "He is the Resurrection and the Life."
- John 11:17–28
When Martha met Jesus outside Bethany, her grief spilled out in a familiar lament: "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." In our own crises, we often share her feeling that God was somehow absent when we needed Him most. But Jesus redirects her, and us, away from what He might do and toward who He is: not merely a healer or helper, but the resurrection and the life itself. Because Christ is personally and powerfully present with His people, every crisis we face is already in the hands of the One who conquered death and bends even our darkest moments toward His glory.
- John 19:28-29
Our Champion Wins the Greatest Wrestling Match in History — For You
- John 19:28-29
Jesus endured the full physical toll of the cross, refused to yield in the deepest spiritual agony, and pressed on to fulfill every last word of Scripture. In His simple cry, “I thirst,” we see both His true humanity and His unwavering determination to save us. He knows exhaustion. He knows pain. He knows abandonment. And He endured it all so that you would never spiritually thirst again.
- Hosea 5:15-6:3
When God Steps Away… and When He Steps Near
- Hosea 5:15-6:3
In this sermon we explore Hosea’s stunning message that God sometimes steps away to expose the wounds we try to hide—not to destroy us, but to bring us back to Him. Hosea calls us to return to the Lord who “has torn us, that He may heal us,” and we see how that promise is fulfilled in Jesus, who takes the tearing on Himself so we receive the healing. With Romans 8 and Matthew 20 echoing the same truth, this message shows how God uses judgment to awaken us, mercy to restore us, and Christ’s cross to bind us up for good.
- Matthew 27:45-46
Why Did God Abandon Jesus Christ on the Cross?
- Matthew 27:45-46
In the darkness of the ninth hour, Jesus cried out "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" — a moment that reveals the holy nature of God, who cannot look upon sin without turning away in revulsion. Christ bore that abandonment not for His own sin, but as our substitute, taking upon Himself the full weight of God's wrath that our sin deserved. This miraculous transaction — the sinless Son of God forsaken so that sinners might be accepted — is not grasped by human reason, but received only through faith. Remarkably, the very abandonment Jesus experienced on the cross is what makes it possible for God to embrace believers for all eternity.