Opening Prayer Lord, give us grace to follow Your heavenly call. Amen. Text: Luke 14:16–24 Then He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’ But they all with…
Communicating Christ (Page 67)
During the coronavirus pandemic we were witness via the news to many deaths. While death is not uncommon with 7,452 people dying on average each day in the United States, the pandemic has heightened our awareness. As a result, many have been considering their own mortality. Have you considered yours? Are you afraid of dying?…
These days, it seems you can hardly turn on the news without hearing about another shooting or some other tragic event where people are hurting each other. When will people learn? When will it stop? Sadly, it will not stop because all human hearts are corrupt. Jesus said in Matthew, Chapter 15: “To be sure,…
The Detroit Free Press ran an article about Holy Scripture Lutheran Church this morning. We continue our prayers for that congregation and for the Schneiders.
Perhaps you have seen pictures like this one of the floods in and around Midland, Michigan. The church in the middle of the pictures is Holy Scripture Lutheran Church, a sister congregation in our Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The Rev. Paul Schneider and his wife live in the parsonage next door. The waters have completely flooded…
The Directors and Elders are pleased to announce that we are going to restart services at the church on May 31 at 9am. Things will be a little different, though, because we will be asking everyone to help one another with following precautions, so that we can best serve our own needs and those of…
Each week, preparations begin on Monday for the next Sunday’s sermon. The point of departure is the entry for the Sixth Sunday of Easter in the list of texts that will be read, i.e., the lectionary. The individual texts are called pericopes. Each Sunday the lectionary identifies an Old Testament or historical reading, a psalm,…