Easter
By 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!
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The Ascension of our Lord
On the fortieth 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.
Pentecost
The word “Pentecost” 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.
Trinity Sunday
The Church continues to confess the confident truth that the triune God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — has given himself for our salvation.
Trinity Sunday
The Church continues to confess the confident truth that the Triune God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — has given himself for our salvation.
2024 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music
Concordia University Nebraska: Seward, Neb. 800 N. Columbia Avenue, Seward, NEBuilding on the theme “Songs of Deliverance: Psalms in the Great Congregation,” participants will be able to choose from a variety of sessions and workshops that address topics of interest to pastors, church musicians, interested laypersons, and many others.
St. Michael’s Day
“Fear not.” So every angel begins his speech in the Scriptures. They are the fearsome warriors of the Most High God, commanded by Michael the Archangel, forming the “Sabbaoth,” the armies of the Lord.
Reformation Day
On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses — the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences” — to the church door in a small city called Wittenberg, Germany. This ignited the Protestant Reformation, and thus the Lutheran church officially commemorates this important anniversary on Oct. 31.
All Saints’ Day
Faith-filled saints from every place and time with unified voices eternally magnify the Lamb of God. The Holy Spirit through faith in Christ propels us forward, fortifying us in Word and Sacrament, to our eternal home.
First Sunday in Advent
The season of Advent focuses on the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and this first Sunday establishes this theme for the rest of the season.
Second Sunday in Advent
Advent, a season of repentance, waiting and watching, looks forward in hope. Our Christian faith rests on the hope that Christ, who came in the flesh in history to accomplish our salvation, will also return in the same way to be our judge on the last day and bring us into eternal life.
Third Sunday in Advent
Advent, a season of repentance, waiting and watching, looks forward in hope. Our Christian faith rests on the hope that Christ, who came in the flesh in history to accomplish our salvation, will also return in the same way to be our judge on the last day and bring us into eternal life.