There are several aids for worship available at Salem.  We have a personal sets of earphones which serve as your own speakers.  Large print copies of the liturgy are also available.  See any usher for these aids.  Salem also has large print hymnals and a copy of the hymnal in braille; these booklets can be prepared ahead of time when the church office is notified by Thursday.  Please advise us of any way we can be of assistance.

A Healing Service is held the third Wednesday from 7:30- 8:15 p.m.  Service of the Word for Healing from the Occasional Services, Lutheran Book of Worship.  Hymns, scripture, confession, prayers, the laying on of hands anointing with oil ...an opportunity, in a quiet service, to seek strength, comfort, help, healing, for oneself, for a loved one, to support others who come.... We will also use these services to pray for our nation, for those grieving, and for peace.

Our Vision Statement: Salem Congregation is called to be faithful to God’s love made known in Jesus Christ, loving and serving others and one another, growing together in discipleship. Respecting the dignity and diversity of all, we invite and welcome everyone into fellowship and service.

Our mission statement is a brief statement of the reason for Salem church's existence. It says this: We are a community gathered by the grace of God...a community serving Christ in one another, and Christ in his world...a family nourished, affirmed, challenged, blessed, and redeemed by the gospel of God's love beyond our deserving.

Salem has been serving the community of Catonsville since 1849. We are active supporters of the Catonsville Emergency Food Ministry, the Suburban Pastoral Counseling Clinic, the Catonsville Cold Weather Shelter and other local agencies. We are partners in ministry regionally, nationally and globally with 5.2 million members in 10,955 congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. With the churches of the ELCA, we sponsor 28 Lutheran colleges and universities, 450 world-wide missionaries, 8 seminaries, and one of the largest non-profit social service networks in the United States. Our congregation is actively engaged in the ministries of Lutheran World Relief and of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. We are further joined with 57 million Lutherans world wide in the Lutheran World Federation. The ELCA is also engaged in dialogue and service on all levels with other Christians.