Hosanna Brass from Simpsonville will be special guests Sunday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. St. Paul's Lutheran Church will have one service instead of the usual two as it celebrates Reformation Sunday on October 31. The special service will be at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. will be preceded by refreshments at 9:15 a.m.

Hosanna Brass, an ensemble from Simpsonville United Methodist Church, will be special guests. The sermon by Pastor Lindler, "You Were Made for Mission," will feature events in the life of Martin Luther, scripture that moved Luther, and how that relates to us today.

Martin Luther, considered in the top 10 most influential people in the last 20 centuries, is the father of what came to be known as the Protestant Reformation. He was born the son of a copper miner, Hans Luther, and his wife, Margaret. On July 16, 1506, Luther was struck by lightning (or nearly so), and was so afraid of death (or so relived that he was still alive) that he vowed to his patron Saint Anne that he would become a monk. Luther, living in Germany, was reared and taught in the western tradition of the Roman Catholic Church. He enter the Augustinian Order, which followed the traditions of St. Augustine. Augustine's teachings about Jesus and the Christian life proved influential in Luther's later life.

It was on Oct. 31, 1517, that this leader of the Reformation nailed his 95 Theses (propositions) on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.