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SUMMARY:Trinity Sunday
DESCRIPTION:Trinity Sunday will be celebrated on Sunday\, June 4\, 2023. \nTo attend a Trinity Sunday 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. \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. \nFind church near me \n\nConfessing the Holy Trinity\nThe Athanasian Creed\, which was written by an anonymous author in the 5th century\, is the Church’s confession of the Holy Trinity. On Trinity Sunday\, the Church proclaims the Christian faith through the words of the Athanasian Creed. \n“The Athanasian Creed declares that its teachings concerning the Holy Trinity and our Lord’s incarnation are “the catholic faith.” In other words\, this is what the true Church of all times and all places has confessed. More than fifteen centuries later\, the Church continues to confess this truth\, confident that the triune God\, Father\, Son\, and Holy Spirit\, has given Himself for our salvation.” \n\nThe Athanasian Creed — Text (Lutheran Service Book p. 319)\n\n\nThe Athanasian Creed — Spoken responsive version\n\n\nThe Athanasian Creed — Sung version\n\n\nThe Athanasian Creed — Sung responsive version\n\n\nThe Athanasian Creed — With hymn verses\n\nSource: This translation of the Athanasian Creed (Quincunque Vult) is from Lutheran Service Book. Copyright © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. Distributed by the LCMS Worship for congregational and school use and streaming only. Commercial reproduction or reproduction for sale of this work in part or in whole without the written permission of the copyright holder is prohibited. \n\nLiturgical colors for Trinity Sunday\nThe altar will be adorned with white\, which is the color of purity and completeness. This color 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\nThree-Year Series A\nScripture readings\n\nGenesis 1:1—2:4a\n\n\nActs 2:14a\, 22–3\n\n\nMatthew 28:16–20\n\n  \nLectionary summary\nThe Holy Triune God Recreates Us in the Image and Likeness of Christ Jesus\nThe holy Triune God “created the heavens and the earth\,” and “behold\, it was very good” (Gen. 1:1\, 31). However\, after Adam and Eve fell into sin and plunged God’s good creation into decay and death\, the Son of God would be “delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God” to be “crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men” (Acts 2:23). As Jesus “received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:33)\, He also raises up all the baptized and pours out the Spirit upon them through the preaching of His Gospel. He sends out His apostles to “make disciples of all nations” by “baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\,” and “teaching them to observe all that [He has] commanded” (Matt. 28:19–20). Through such baptizing and teaching — Gospel and Sacraments — the holy Triune God recreates us in the image and likeness of His incarnate Son\, Jesus\, the Christ\, and behold\, it is “very good” (Gen. 1:31). \n\nOne-Year Series\nScripture readings\n\nIsaiah 6:1–7\n\n\nRomans 11:33–36\n\n\nJohn 3:1–15 (16–17)\n\n  \nLectionary summary\nThe Holy Trinity Reveals Himself to Sinners\nWhen Isaiah beheld the glory of the Lord\, he cried out “Woe is me!” For the sinner cannot stand in the presence of a holy God and live (Is. 6:1–7). But God the Father lifted up His Son Jesus for us on the cross\, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. This eternal life of Christ is given us according to the Holy Spirit’s good pleasure in Baptism. “Unless one is born [again] of water and the Spirit\, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). To sinners in fear of death\, the messengers of God place on our lips the living body and blood of Christ and speak His words of absolution\, “Your guilt is taken away\, and your sin atoned for” (Is. 6:7). Having received forgiveness and life from the Father through the Son by the Holy Spirit\, we join with the angels in praising the blessed Trinity\, “Holy\, holy\, holy is the LORD of hosts!” (Is. 6:3). “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen” (Rom. 11:33–36). \n\nLCMS Worship\n\nlcms.org/worship\n\n\nWorship planning resources\n\n\nSubscribe to monthly resources email\n\nFind church near me
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SUMMARY:Presentation of the Augsburg Confession commemoration
DESCRIPTION:On June 25\, 1530\, the Augsburg Confession was presented by theologian Philipp Melanchthon\, who spoke on behalf of German rulers and free cities\, to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg. \nMelanchthon\, a vital member of the Protestant Reformation along with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther\, wrote and compiled the Augsburg Confession. Luther was an outlaw under imperial law and was unable to travel to Augsburg\, but he reviewed the articles before Melanchthon read the confession in the presence of the Emperor. \nEmperor Charles V invited the Lutheran princes and theologians to attend a meeting of government leaders at Augsburg. He wanted to discuss how the religious controversy in his empire could be settled so German Lutheran princes would join the imperial forces to keep the Turks out of Europe. \nThe Augsburg Confession is composed of several documents that already existed but were combined by Melanchthon to give a clear but conciliatory summary of the teachings and practices of the Lutheran pastors and congregations. To this day\, the Augsburg Confession is the primary explanation of the Lutheran faith and is one of the most important documents of the Reformation. \n\nWorship resources to commemorate the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession\nLCMS Worship provides propers to commemorate the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession on or around June 25. Suggested resources included an Introit\, Collect of the Day\, Old Testament Reading\, Psalm\, Epistle\, Verse\, Holy Gospel\, Hymn of the Day\, and Preface. \nA lectionary summary is also available to include in worship service bulletins. \nDownload propers \nDownload lectionary summary \n\nRelated resources\n\nRead the Augsburg Confession\n\n\nDownload the Augsburg Confession\n\n\nThe Presentation of the Augsburg Confession\n\n\nSources of the Augsburg Confession\n\n\nHistory of the Protestant Reformation\n\n\nLCMS Worship\n\nlcms.org/worship\n\n\nWorship planning resources\n\n\nSubscribe to monthly resources email
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