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SUMMARY:The Ascension of our Lord
DESCRIPTION:The Ascension of our Lord will be celebrated on Thursday\, May 9\, 2024. \nTo attend an Ascension 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 a church near me \n\nLiturgical colors for Ascension\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\nThree-Year Series B\nScripture readings\n\nActs 1:1–11\n\n\nEphesians 1:15–23\n\n\nLuke 24:44–53\n\nLectionary summary\nThe Ascended Lord Jesus Is with Us Always in His Church on Earth\nAfter He rose from the dead\, the Lord Jesus presented Himself alive to the apostles\, “appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God” (Acts 1:3). When He ascended to the right hand of the Father\, He did not orphan His Church\, but He fills all things in heaven and on earth and gives gifts to His disciples. Even now\, through His Church\, He continues “to do and teach” (Acts 1:1)\, preaching “repentance for the forgiveness of sins” (Luke 24:47) even “to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Though the cloud hid Jesus from the sight of His disciples then\, and He remains hidden from sight even now\, He remains with His people through His Gospel and Sacraments. He comes to us by the Word of His apostles\, by the promise of His Father and by the power of the Holy Spirit\, whom He pours out upon “the church\, which is his body” (Eph. 1:22–23). In this holy Christian Church\, we bless God and worship Christ with joy\, for in His Church He blesses us with forgiveness\, lifts us up in His hands and seats us with Himself “in the heavenly places” (Eph. 1:20). \n\nOne-Year Series\nScripture readings\n\n2 Kings 2:5–15\n\n\nActs 1:1–11\n\n\nMark 16:14–20 or Luke 24:44–53\n\nLectionary summary\nJesus Is Ascended\, but Not Absent\nOn the 40th day after His resurrection\, our Lord ascended to the right hand of the Father. But although Jesus is hidden from your eyes\, He is not absent from you. For He now fills all things in heaven and on earth. He continues “to do and to teach” (Acts 1:1)\, preaching repentance and forgiveness of sins through those sent in His name (Mark 16:14–20; Luke 24:44–53)\, giving you His true body and blood in the Supper. Jesus is your great Elijah who pours out on you a double portion of His Spirit in the Word and the Sacraments (2 Kings 2:5–15). He is Lord over all things for the sake of the Church. He whom heaven cannot contain has raised your human nature to share fully in the glory of God. You who believe and are baptized into Christ’s body are already sitting in the heavenly places; for you are in Him who is at the Father’s right hand. When He comes again in the clouds on the Last Day\, you also will appear with Him in glory. \n\nLCMS Worship\n\nlcms.org/worship\n\n\nWorship planning resources\n\n\nSubscribe to monthly resources email\n\nFind a church near me
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SUMMARY:Pentecost
DESCRIPTION:The Day of Pentecost will be celebrated on Sunday\, May 19\, 2024. \nTo attend a Pentecost 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 a church near me \n\nWhat is Pentecost?\nThe word “Pentecost” (pronounced PEN-tuh-kost) comes from the Greek word pentekostos which means “fiftieth.” Exactly 50 days after Jesus rose from the dead\, the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples in the form of flames of fire. \n\nBulletin inserts\nKids in the Divine Service — Pentecost \n\nEnglish\n\n\nSpanish\n\n\nLiturgical colors for Pentecost\nThe altar will be adorned with red. Red is a power color and is appropriate for use on Pentecost Sunday. On this day we remember the power and fire of “the Lord and Giver of Life\,” who revealed himself as the promised one. The color red communicates the motif of strength-strength and power the Holy Spirit gives in order for God’s people to call on the name of Jesus Christ and share that powerful name with others. \n\nThree-Year Series B\nScripture readings\n\nEzekiel 37:1–14\n\n\nActs 2:1–21\n\n\nJohn 15:26–27; 16:4b–15\n\nLectionary summary\nThe Holy Spirit Brings the Dead to Life by the Righteousness of Christ\nIn returning to His Father by way of the cross and resurrection\, Christ Jesus sends “the Helper” to His Church\, that is\, “the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father.” The Spirit testifies of Christ and glorifies Him by taking what is His and declaring it to the world in the preaching of repentance for the forgiveness of sins (John 15:26; 16:7\, 14). He convicts the world of sin by the word of the Law\, He forgives sins and justifies sinners by the Word of the Gospel\, and He bestows the faith that says “Amen” to this righteousness of God (John 16:8–11). Therefore\, the Lord pours out His Spirit on the apostles\, that by their preaching\, the Spirit should be given to His entire Church. As the multitudes are gathered from all the nations by “this sound\,” that is\, by the preaching of “the mighty works of God” in Christ Jesus\, so does God the Father pour out the Spirit of His Son “on all flesh” (Acts 2:6\, 11\, 17). The Lord God breathes upon the slain\, and so shall they live; for so the Lord has spoken\, and He shall do it (Ezek. 37:5–14). \n\nOne-Year Series\nScripture readings\n\nGenesis 11:1–9\n\n\nActs 2:1–21\n\n\nJohn 14:23–31\n\nLectionary summary\nThe Holy Spirit Gives Peace\nFollowing the flood\, Noah’s descendants failed to spread out and fill the earth as God had spoken. Rather\, they exalted themselves; with “one language and the same words” (Gen. 11:1) they spoke proudly and arrogantly. The Lord humbled them by confusing “the language of all the earth\,” dividing and dispersing the people (Gen. 11:9). That dispersal was reversed on Pentecost Day (the fiftieth day of Easter)\, when God caused the one Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to be preached in a multitude of languages. “At this sound the multitude came together” (Acts 2:6)\, for the preaching of Christ is the primary work of the Holy Spirit\, whereby He gathers people from all nations into one Church. The Holy Spirit teaches and brings to our remembrance the words of Jesus\, which are the words of the Father who sent Him. These words bestow forgiveness and peace to those who keep and hold on to them in love for Jesus. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled\, neither let them be afraid.” (John 14:27) \n\nLCMS Worship\n\nlcms.org/worship\n\n\nWorship planning resources\n\n\nSubscribe to monthly resources email\n\nFind a church near me
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SUMMARY:Trinity Sunday
DESCRIPTION:Trinity Sunday will be celebrated on Sunday\, May 26\, 2024. \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 a church near me \n\nConfessing the Holy Trinity\nThe Athanasian Creed\, which was written by an anonymous author in the fifth 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 B\nScripture readings\n\nIsaiah 6:1–8\n\n\nActs 2:14a\, 22–36\n\n\nJohn 3:1–17\n\n  \nLectionary summary\nThe Glory of the LORD of Hosts Shines in Mercy\, Forgiveness and Salvation\nWhen Isaiah “saw the Lord sitting upon a throne\, high and lifted up\,” he cried out and confessed that he was “a man of unclean lips.” If even the holy angels cover their faces in the presence of “the King\, the LORD of hosts\,” how can sinful humans stand before Him (Is. 6:1–5)? Yet\, the glory of the Lord is saving grace\, and with “a burning coal” from the altar the angel touched Isaiah’s lips\, removing his guilt (Is. 6:6–7). Likewise\, from the altar of Christ’s cross\, by the ministry of the Gospel\, “the whole earth is full of his glory” (Is. 6:3). For He was crucified\, died and was buried\, “according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God\,” and God “raised him up\, loosing the pangs of death” (Acts 2:23–24). He “received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:33)\, and He raises up the fallen world by pouring out His life-giving Spirit upon sinners through His earthly Means of Grace. To give this saving gift\, God sent His Son into the world\, “that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16–17). \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 a church near me
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