Sunday, July 20, 2025
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – Divine Service
God’s Word accomplishes miraculous change. God declares that the barren womb of Sarah shall be great with child. Jesus, inseparably the Word of God, declares those once hostile and alienated to be holy and blameless. The counsels of God, once couched in mystery, now declare the glory, wisdom, and hope of Jesus. Where the Word of God is taught in its truth and purity, we should be still, listen and believe God’s life-changing Word.
Readings
Collect of the Day
O Lord, grant us the Spirit to hear Your Word and know the one thing needful that by Your Word and Spirit we may live according to Your will; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Hymns
“The Gifts Christ Freely Gives” LSB 602
“One Thing’s Needful” LSB 536
“For All the Faithful Women” LSB 855 sts. 1, 9, 3 & 4
“You Satisfy the Hungry Heart” LSB 641
“At the Name of Jesus” LSB 512
“When Peace Like a River” LSB 763
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Sunday, July 13, 2025
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost-Divine Service
The Scriptures record mandates of the Lord God. He regulates heaven and earth with His statutes, which flawlessly affirm, nourish, and sustain Godly interactions between men and God. Above all, we are to love the Lord God with heart, soul, strength, and mind, and our neighbors as ourselves. In the torrent of sin, we fail to think, act, or love justly. We are absorbed in disobedience, passion, and apathy for our neighbor. But to this domain of darkness, Jesus delivers the forgiveness of sins.
Readings
Leviticus 18:1-5; 19:9-18
Colossians 1:1-14
Luke 10:25-37
Collect of the Day
Lord Jesus Christ, in Your deep compassion You rescue us from whatever may hurt us. Teach us to love You above all things and to love our neighbors as ourselves; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Hymns
“The Gifts Christ Freely Gives” LSB 602
“Where Charity and Love Prevail” LSB 845
“Jesus Thy Boundless Love to Me” LSB 683
“Church of God, Elect and Glorious” LSB 646
“Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love”
“Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing” LSB 924
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Sunday, July 6, 2025
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – Divine Service
The Lord perceives every degree of subtle and overt indignation, transgression, and deception. Apart from Christ, our flesh pulsates in corruption. But Christ is incorruptible. His death on the cross forges for us a path abounding in peace, mercy and grace. Self-centered spirits decay. But Christ-centered spirits flourish in Word and Sacrament. In these good things, God inaugurates the mission of the church – to send out laborers into the harvest who are confident only in the righteousness of Christ.
Readings
Collect of the Day
Almighty God, You have built Your Church on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. Continue to send Your messengers to preserve Your people in true peace that, by the preaching of Your Word, Your Church may be kept free from all harm and danger; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Hymns
“The Gifts Christ Freely Gives” LSB 602
“Jesus Has Come and Brings Pleasure” LSB 533
“In the Cross of Christ I Glory” LSB 427
“We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died” LSB 429
“Now Thank We All Our God” LSB 895
“Go, My Children, with My Blessing” LSB 922
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Sunday, June 29, 2025
Divine Service- The Third Sunday after Pentecost
Rebellious generations reject the prophets! Why do these servants of the Lord not simply languish and give up? God’s whisper repeatedly urges Elijah to continue prophesying. Jesus, the ultimate Prophet, tirelessly strives to prophesy divine judgement, justice and grace. He dares not camouflage the cost of true discipleship. Rejection is sure to season the life of faithful people. Yet we have an encourager. The Holy Spirit curbs the behaviors of our flesh and enables us to persevere with His good gifts.
Readings
Collect of the Day
Lord of all power and might, author and giver of all good things, graft into our hearts the love of Your name and nourish us with all goodness that we may love and serve our neighbor; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Hymns
“Awake, O Sleeper, Rise from Death” LSB 697
“Come Follow Me” LSB 688
“We All Believe in One True God” LSB 954
“Speak, O Lord, Your Servant Listens” LSB 589
“How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord” LSB 853
“May We Thy Precepts, Lord, Fulfill” LSB 698
“O Blessed Spring” LSB 595
“Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus” LSB 685
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June 22, 2025
The Second Sunday after Pentecost
Divine Service
Arrogant Israel has a horrid disdain for God’s will. They behave like heathens, but God safeguards them from annihilation with the promise of Jesus through the lineage of Jacob. We, too, are heirs of the promise, clothed with Christ through the waters of Holy Baptism. The tomb is now powerless. Sin and death yield to Christ’s Gospel proclamation. In this very word, Jesus binds together shattered lives, disarms sin with forgiveness, heals with mercy. All this He does for us!
Readings
Isaiah 65:1-9
Galatians 3:23-4:7
Luke 8:26-39
Collect of the Day
O God, You have prepared for those who love You such good things as surpass our understanding. Cast out all sins and evil desires from us, and pour into our hearts Your Holy Spirit to guide us into all blessedness; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Hymns
“God’s Own Child, I Gladly Say It” LSB 594
“Rise, Shine, You People” LSB 825
“We All Believe in One True God” LSB 954
“Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord” LSB 637
“Just As I Am, without One Plea” LSB 570
“Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing” LSB 528
“Away from Us!’ the Demon Cried” LSB 541
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June 15, 2025
The Holy Trinity- Divine Service
The Lord alone possesses all eternal wisdom even before the acts of creation. The words of Proverbs confirm Jesus active presence before the incarnation. Then Peter exclaims that this very same Jesus – crucified and killed – could never be bound by death. Everything about Christ is forever: His Word, His truth, His salvation, His immutable relationship with God the Father. As believers, we hold steadfast to everything about Christ, knowing that he alone knows the Father, keeps His Word, and conquers death.
Readings
Hymns
“We All Believe in One True God” LSB 954“O Blessed Holy Trinity” LSB 876“Holy, Holy, Holy” LSB 507“O Holy Spirit Enter In” LSB 913“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” LSB 802“Christ Is the World’s Redeemer” LSB 539“Our Father, by Whose Name” LSB 863
Collect of the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, You have given us grace to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity by the confession of a true faith and to worship the Unity in the power of the Divine Majesty. Keep us steadfast in this faith and defend us from all adversities; for You, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, live and reign, one God, now and forever.
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June 8, 2025
The Day of Pentecost + Confirmation Divine Service
The Scriptures this day witness the remarkable releasing of the Holy Spirit. The mighty works of God are declared in countless languages. Fire blazes mysteriously above the disciples’ heads. Outrageous confusion, mayhem, and chaos pave the way for global mission, ministry, and confession. The Holy Spirit teaches all things, equipping preachers to preach and people to listen. He is the Divine Helper, instilling within the church an unrelenting confession of Jesus and His deeds of mercy and redemption.
Readings
Genesis 11:1-9
Acts 2:1-21
John 14:23-32
Hymns
“Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest” LSB 498
“Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord” LSB 497
“We All Believe in One True God” LSB 954
“Come Down O Love Divine” LSB 501 (duet)
“O Day Full of Grace” LSB 503
“Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling” LSB 650
“Eternal Spirit of the Living Christ” LSB 769
“Let Me Be Thine Forever” LSB 689
Collect of the Day
O God, on this day You once taught the hearts of Your faithful people by sending them the light of Your Holy Spirit. Grant us in our day by the same Spirit to have a right understanding in all things and evermore to rejoice in His holy consolation; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
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June 1, 2025
The Ascension of Our Lord (observed)
Divine Service
Jesus promises to release the power of the Holy Spirit that will sustain the church as she magnifies the name of Christ, in all wisdom, knowledge, and enlightenment. Today, the church honors Jesus’ ascent into the heavenly realms. In His absence from us, we shall be comforted and sustained by the Spirit of God. In our waiting for Christ’s return, we boldly proclaim repentance and the forgiveness of sins to all nations.
Readings
Hymns
“Hail Thee, Festival Day” LSB 489
“Up Through Endless Ranks of Angels” LSB 491
“We All Believe in One True God” LSB 954
“Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” LSB 463
“Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious” LSB 495
“A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing” LSB 493
“On Christ’s Ascension I Now Build” LSB 492
Collect of the Day
Almighty God, as Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, ascended into the heavens, so may we also ascend in heart and mind and continually dwell there with Him, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
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