The Festival of the Holy Trinity The Second Sunday of the Pentecost Season   Pre-Service Prayer  -  Heavenly Father, guide us through Your Holy Word this morning, that we may grow stronger in our faith in You, and in Your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ.   Through...

Fathering and Furthering Faith: The Spirit's Work on Pentecost and Today   The History and Significance of Pentecost         The Festival of Pentecost which we are observing today --  sometimes known as “The Birthday of the Christian Church” --   commemorates...

The Right Man at the Right Hand ....why we remember Christ’s Ascension               In 1523, in one of his sermons, Martin Luther said:   “It is easily said and understood.....that the Lord ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God.   But these are...

The Christian’s Powerful Privilege of Prayer   On this Sixth Sunday of the Easter season, the Christian church, by custom, focuses its attention on the powerful (though often under-used) privilege of prayer that God has given us.   We all pray, no doubt.  But we can...

Sing Praises to the LORD   Nearly fifty years ago (it’s hard to believe it’s been so long!) , a song was played over the  airwaves that quickly became a popular hit.   That song, sung by singing duo, The Carpenters, was simply titled “Sing.”   Many of you might...

Being Joyful in Jesus   The story has been told of a man who had converted to the Christian faith after setting aside his Moslem heritage.  It cost him everything.  No sooner had he been baptized than his possessions were taken from him, and his friends and...

The 2nd Sunday after the Resurrection of our Lord also known by the traditional/liturgical name Misericordia Domini (“the mercy of the LORD”) April 26, 2020 “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want”   Different professions have their different stereotyped images:  ...

Walking and Talking with Jesus   The First Sunday after Easter (the Second Sunday of the Easter Season)  is liturgically and traditionally known as "Quasi modo geniti” Sunday  (which is a Latin term meaning "as newborn babies."  That phrase is the opening line of...

The Festival of the Resurrection of our Lord Pre-Service Prayer  -  My victorious Savior, what joy is in my heart today!  I am alive;  I am forgiven;  and through faith in You I am an heir of everlasting life.  I know I can never repay You for all that You, in love...

Good Friday Worship Service  Pre-service Prayer    Almighty and everlasting God, our Heavenly Father, it was Your will that Your Son should bear for me the pains of the cross so that You might release me from captivity to sin, death and Satan.   Tonight and always,...