The Sunday of the Sower (02/16)
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The Sunday of the Sower (02/16)

We will be blessed to have the children of our parish and school helping lead our song. Give thanks to God for their gifts and thank them for their service.Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.

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The Sunday of the Boy Jesus Returns to the Temple (01/12)
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The Sunday of the Boy Jesus Returns to the Temple (01/12)

Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.If the winter storm, parking lot, and road conditions prevent our catechesis and service Sunday morning, all members will be notified via email and SMS text using the contact info on file with the church office.

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Prepare for The Sunday of John’s Testimony (12/22)
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Prepare for The Sunday of John’s Testimony (12/22)

Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. This week we will pray the Divine Service Setting Three. We will also celebrate the rite of Holy Baptism for Margaret and Shirley Chevrier.The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.

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Prepare for the Sunday of John in Prison  (12/15)
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Prepare for the Sunday of John in Prison (12/15)

Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. This week we will pray the Divine Service Setting Three. Each week will also begin with a brief catechesis on each part of the liturgy of the Divine Service. The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.

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Prepare for Reformation Day (10/27)
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Prepare for Reformation Day (10/27)

“Wisdom is justified by her deeds” (Matt. 11:19), and the true Wisdom of God, Christ Jesus the incarnate Son, justifies us by His deeds. He prepares His way by the preaching of repentance, but He has suffered the violence of the Law and voluntarily handed Himself over to violent men, that we might eat and drink with Him in His Kingdom and “remain in the house forever” (John 8:35). He is “a friend of tax collectors and sinners” (Matt. 11:19), and He has rescued us by His grace from the slavery of sin and death. By the proclamation of His eternal Gospel “to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people” (Rev. 14:6), “the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law” (Rom. 3:21), “that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus” (Rom. 3:26). And by hearing the Gospel of Christ Jesus, “whom God put forward as a propitiation by His blood, to be received by faith” (Rom. 3:25), “you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31–32).

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Christ’s Body and Blood is the sum and substance of the whole Gospel.
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Christ’s Body and Blood is the sum and substance of the whole Gospel.

The Lord’s Supper is a gift of life and love to be received, not a requirement to be fulfilled. What Jesus gave to His church in the Supper is the inviting and absolving Gospel. Therefore, it was celebrated daily Apostles and then weekly by the church. In Acts 2:42 records, "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.” The “breaking of the bread” was the very means by which the Holy Spirit continued to bring Christ to the baptized at Pentecost. God fed the new life by His Supper that He had gifted them with Holy Baptism. The same form is found later in Acts with the Apostle Paul delivering teaching and those “gathered together to break bread” (Acts 20:7).

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Prepare for the Sunday of the Wedding Feast (10/06)
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Prepare for the Sunday of the Wedding Feast (10/06)

Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. This week we will pray the Office of Matins. The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.This Sunday we also recognize the work of the LWML (Lutheran Women in Mission).

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