Church guide

40 days after Easter Jesus ascended to the right hand of His Father and our Father, where He ever lives and reigns as our crucified and risen Savior and continues to be with us in Word and Sacrament. We live and move and have our being in Him, even as we await with joy His return on the Last Day. Happy Ascension!

While you were barbecuing and spending time with family Sunday evening, your state reps snuck thru legislation to slaughter the unborn till the moment of birth and force everyone, including churches, to fund it. The almighty self continues to offer its weakest on the altar of convenience in this twisted bloody sacrament to the Molech of this age. Pray for our culture and all those swept up in the lies of the evil one.

As most of our regular attendees are out of town, we are cancelling men’s Bible breakfast on Saturday. Class will resume in June!

Many of you know Michael, Diane’s son, a longtime member here. He is currently stationed at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. He and his wife got 14 precious hours with their son before God called him home. Baptized into Christ, little Michael is a child of our heavenly Father, clothed with Christ’s perfect righteousness. Rest in peace, little Michael. Please keep Michael & Nicole and their family in your prayers. We eagerly await Christ’s return and the day of resurrection!

Word of the Week • confirmation • A rite of the Church, accompanied by blessing from the Word of God, which declares of a catechumen: Here is a Christian—he has been baptized, catechized, confesses the faith, and is in communion with Christ and His Church. “With the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved” (Romans 10:10).

Congregational Group Photo 2019! A special thank you to everyone who participated on April 28. Many more wanted to be present, but work, travel, or illness kept them away. Know that we love you all and are honored to have you as part of our church family!

Word of the Week • Office of the Keys • The authority given to the Church by Christ and exercised publicly in His stead by called ministers to “open the door” of heaven by forgiving the penitent or “close the door” of heaven by withholding forgiveness from the impenitent. Jesus: “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven” (Matthew 16:19).

Here is the obituary for Clarence Dase, a former member who moved to Minnesota several years ago to be near his son. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord!

Our sermons the remainder of this Easter season will be rooted in the appointed epistle readings from the book of Revelation. What does all this imagery mean? To whom does it point? What benefit is it to you and me? Come, fill your ears with these apocalyptic words, and see your Savior’s love for you from the perspective of this final book in the Bible. All are welcome!

Easter Vigil... celebrating our baptism into Christ!

This is what the greatest of all loves looks like...

Jesus washes feet. Jesus teaches. Jesus loves. Jesus gives to His Church His true body and blood for the forgiveness of sins. Come and join Jesus at His table this evening as we take to heart His words and promises, receive His humble service, partake of His holy meal, and return home strengthened in fervent love toward one another. The Divine Service begins at 7pm.

Join us as we celebrate our Lord’s resurrection!

Word of the Week • redeem (v.), redemption (n.) • To buy back. The work of Christ, or the payment He made, to purchase our release from sin, death, and the power of the devil. “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7).

Happy Palm Sunday. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as...

Behold, your King is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is He, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. [Zechariah 9:9]

His story is your story. Come this Holy Week and hear it. Receive it. Live it. Jesus takes up His cross for you, that you — in the strength of His — will take up your cross and follow Him. For you He lived. For you He died. For you He lives. Only in Him do you truly live!

LCMS youth singing O God, O Lord of Heaven and Earth (LSB 834) earlier today. #dtbl #higherthings

The Tree of Life (LSB 561) from Evening Prayer tonight. #higherthings #dtbl