Service Folder Easter is the Christian Church’s High Feast. Sunday’s lessons all highlight the reason for it – the resurrection of Jesus from the dead – Joshua 3:1, 9-17: As the Ark led the children of Israel through the Jordan River on dry land, the Risen Jesus leads us through death to the resurrection of the dead and eternal life. –…
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Hymns Service Folder This Sunday is Palm Sunday, marking the entrance into Holy Week. The lessons for the day: The Bronze Serpent (Numbers 21:4-9) Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, (Matthew 21:1-11) and Jesus’ Humiliation and Exaltation (Philippians 2:5-11) all weave together to preview Holy Week and what it means for our salvation. Children present for the service are invited to proceed in…
Service Folder (doc) Service Folder (pdf) Jesus foretells His own betrayal, death, and resurrection in today’s text (Mark 8:31–9:1). This shows us that the way of salvation comes only through the path the cross. It also means Jesus’ followers, baptized into Him, also have crosses. Our crosses don’t save us. Jesus’ cross does. Our crosses lead us back to our baptisms, where…
Service Folder People generally desire a certain kind of cleanliness. That is evidenced by a desire for a clean environment, clean food, clean hygiene. While all of that has some value for life, it cannot get us closer to God. The defilement of our sin causes the Holy God to recoil from us. For God to come close to us, we need…
Service Folder Tonight we continue with our Lenten Series For Us. We talked about angels at Lent Vespers 1. Tonight we talk about the darker side of angels: the fallen angels who rebelled against God with their leader, the devil. We will see how God delivered a man possessed by a demon and how he has delivered you and me from the…