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Gethsemane Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

Please join us for worship with communion on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Dale Raatz presiding. We will have an Ash Wednesday worship service on February 18, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

This worship service will mark the beginning of the Lenten season. On Wednesdays in Lent we will have a special worship at 11:00 a.m. with discussion of psalms, lead by Pr. Dale Raatz, followed by a soup lunch. We hope you will join us on Feb. 25th, Mar. 4th, 11th , 18th and 26th

Location – 4011 NW 34th Street | Gainesville, FL 32605

Gethsemane Lutheran Church gathers at NW 34th Street, just north of NW 39th Avenue. 

Worship

Join us on Sunday mornings at 10:30am, with hymns and praise followed by fellowship.

If you would like to view our worship bulletin or last week’s sermon, please contact the church office.

Our Purpose

Connecting our community to God by BOLDLY sharing the love of Christ

Our Guiding Principles

Rooted in Scripture | Growing in faith and community | Planting seeds of hope for the sake of the world

  • Pastor Dale stands with a student from Santa Fe College and a cart full of groceries for the Saints Food Share pantry
  • sacks filled with dry goods are for donation to Gainesville Community Ministries for Gethsemane's annual Harvest Home Food Drive.
  • Pastor Dale and wife Teri with Karen Kearney are standing in a meeting room in Orlando attending the Florida Bahamas Synod Assembly in June
  • A Garden Flag displays Faith and Love near the front entrance of Gethsemane Lutheran Church
  • a church with a slightly peaked roof and a cement cross in front and green grass.
  • Four ladies lean over a colorful quilt and pin the layers together.
  • Pictured is the interior of Gethsemane Lutheran Church and the Altar and the Christus statue are visible. The paraments are white.
  • Pictured is a white frosted cake with blue, yellow and pink frosting flowers and the words "Welcome to GLC" written in blue frosting.