The Second Sunday of the Epiphany Season    January 17, 2021 Christ’s First Sign of His Deity: Ordinary Water Becomes Extraordinary Wine               A number of years ago the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn had a problem:  motorists weren't coming to a complete stop...

The First Sunday of Epiphany The Commemoration of the Baptism of our Lord January 10, 2021    Christ’s Baptism Has Opened   Heaven For Us Who Believe              This past Wednesday, January 6th, “officially” marked the transition on the church’s calendar...

The Example the Wise Men Set            This morning we have the opportunity to celebrate one of the Christian Church's oldest and most meaningful festivals, "The Festival of the Epiphany of our Lord."   Epiphany officially always falls on January 6th – three...

New Year's Eve Worship Service   Welcome To Grace Lutheran Church   Grace Lutheran congregation is very pleased to have the opportunity to share with you the blessings of our Christ-centered ministry this evening.    We welcome you in the name of our Savior,...

The First Sunday after Christmas         December 27, 2020                                                                          Reflections On Christmas        "Finally it's over!"   That's the way some people feel today as they look back at Christmas 2020.  ...

The Nativity of our Lord – Christmas Day 2020 God Is With Us   Pre-service Prayer Pre-service Music                                                            We Praise Our God   The Greeting and Invitation to Worship   The Opening...

2020 Christmas Eve Worship Service   The Names of the Christ Child   Luke 1:35 sets the tone for this evening’s Christmas Eve worship service, “The Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.”     “Son of God” is one of many names given to the Child born...

The Fourth Sunday in Advent    December 20, 2020 Mary:   Waiting For An Impossibility (The Reality and Significance of the Miraculous, Virgin Birth)               There was a bright seventh grade girl, named Kristin, but young as she was, Kristin didn’t understand...

Expectant Elizabeth   The particular story from Scripture on which we’ll be focusing our attention today is a familiar one from the  Bible and in life.  A women who wasn’t supposed to be a mother becomes a mother.  It’s a common story in the Bible (see Sarah,...

The Second Sunday of the Season of Advent  --  December 06, 2020 Sarah’s Faithful Waiting for her son and her Savior          Whenever we think about the anticipation of the Old Testament believers regarding the coming Messiah, we often do so with about as much...