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SUMMARY:Volunteer Appreciation
DESCRIPTION:During the month of April\, we thank God for our volunteers\, who serve tirelessly in a variety of ways in our LCMS schools and congregations. \nThese roles are too numerous and varied to list them all\, but they might include elders\, council/board members\, altar guild members\, greeters\, ushers\, acolytes\, volunteer musicians\, Sunday school/vacation Bible school teachers\, property/landscape volunteers\, office volunteers and more. All of these faithful individuals are integral to the mission in the places they serve\, and we give thanks to God for them. \n\nLCMS Worker Wellness\n\nlcms.org/worker-wellness\nworkerwellness@lcms.org\n\n  \nSet Apart to Serve — LCMS church work recruitment initiative\n\nlcms.org/set-apart-to-serve\nsetapart2serve@lcms.org
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SUMMARY:Easter
DESCRIPTION:Easter — the Resurrection of Our Lord — will be celebrated on Sunday\, April 5\, 2026. \n\n\n\nBy the shed blood of Christ\, eternal death has passed over us\, and now we pass with Christ through death into life everlasting. For Christ the crucified One is risen! \n\n\n\nTo attend an Easter service\, visit locator.lcms.org/church to find a local Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod congregation. Enter your zip code and click “Search” to see a list of area churches\, service times\, and contact information. \n\n\n\nIf you are homebound\, traveling\, or otherwise unable to attend a service in person\, KFUO Radio airs worship services throughout the church year. Visit KFUO.org to view the schedule and listen to services. \n\n\n\n\nFind a church near me\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiturgical colors for Easter\n\n\n\nThe altar will be adorned with white\, which is the color of purity and completeness and the color for all major feasts of Christ. The theme for the “great fifty days” of Easter is supported by the use of white. This color\, used primarily during these Sundays\, assists in bearing the message that “though your sins be as scarlet\, they shall be white as snow.” Christ’s triumph from the grave on Resurrection day is the cause for our rejoicing. His purity before his Father becomes our purity. White reinforces that message of joy. \n\n\n\nGold may also be used for Easter Sunday and major feasts of Christ. Gold represents value and worth. The golden festival of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the event that gives our lives meaning and worth. He is worthy of our praise as we adorn his altar with the color of splendor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Year Series A\n\n\n\nScripture readings\n\n\n\n\nActs 10:34–43 or Jeremiah 31:1–6\n\n\n\nPsalm 16\n\n\n\nColossians 3:1–4\n\n\n\nMatthew 28:1–10\n\n\n\n\nLectionary summary\n\n\n\nThe Victory of Christ Crucified Is Given to You in the Preaching of His Resurrection\n\n\n\nEvery Sunday is the Lord’s day\, the day of His resurrection\, “after the Sabbath\, toward the dawn of the first day of the week” (Matt. 28:1). In the Divine Service\, the Church enters upon the eternal “eighth day.” The Lord Jesus\, “who was crucified\,” who “has risen\, as he said” (Matt. 28:5–6)\, is the firstborn from the dead and the firstfruits of the new creation. Because “you have died” with Him in Holy Baptism\, “you have been raised with Christ” and “your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Col. 3:1\, 3). The Lord Jesus has become our God\, as surely as He is “the God of all the clans of Israel\,” and we now belong to His people (Jer. 31:1). In this\, He “shows no partiality” (Acts 10:34)\, but “everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name” (Acts 10:43). As “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power” and “raised him on the third day\,” He also raises us up and pours out His Spirit upon us through the Gospel (Acts 10:38\, 40). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne-Year Series\n\n\n\nScripture readings\n\n\n\n\nJob 19:23–27\n\n\n\nPsalm 118:15-29\n\n\n\n1 Corinthians 5:6–8 or 1 Corinthians 15:51–57\n\n\n\nMark 16:1–8\n\n\n\n\nLectionary summary\n\n\n\nChrist’s Resurrection Means That We Will One Day Be Raised\n\n\n\n“Christ\, our Passover lamb\, has been sacrificed” (1 Cor. 5:7). By the shed blood of Christ\, the Lamb of God\, eternal death has passed over us. Now we pass with Christ through death into life everlasting. For Christ the crucified One is risen! The stone has been rolled away from the tomb\, revealing that the tomb could not hold Him (Mark 16:1–8). Now our Redeemer lives eternally to save us from sin and Satan and the grave\, and we can live in the sure hope of our own bodily resurrection with Christ. “After my skin has been thus destroyed\, yet in my flesh I shall see God” (Job 19:26). Feasting on the living Christ\, who is our meat and drink indeed\, we boldly say: “O death\, where is your victory? O death\, where is your sting? . . . But thanks be to God\, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 15:54–55\, 57). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLCMS Worship\n\n\n\n\nlcms.org/worship\n\n\n\nWorship planning resources\n\n\n\nSubscribe to monthly resources email\n\n\n\n\n\nFind a church near me
URL:https://calendar.lcms.org/event/easter-series-a-and-one-year-series/
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