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Trinity Season

The Trinity season extends from Pentecost to Advent. The color green is used to picture the Church as it matures and bears the fruits of the Spirit.

Trinity 6 – July 12, 2026

Service Folder Service Folder (print) Our Only Hope Is in Christ’s Righteousness “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matt 5:20). God demands nothing less than perfection and holiness from you in regard to His commandments (Ex. 20:1–17). Your only hope, then, is not in your own goodness but in the…

Trinity 5 – July 5, 2026

Service Folder (.pdf) Service Folder (.docx) Old Testament: Jeremiah 16:14-21 Epistle: I Peter 3:8-15 Gospel: Luke 5:1-11 On this 250th birthday of our nation, we remember that many followed our forefathers risking all to fight for temporal freedom. We follow Jesus for eternal freedom, purchased by the forgiveness of sins. In that freedom, Jesus called fishermen to be fishers of men (Luke…

Trinity 4 – June 28, 2026

 Service Folder Old Testament: Genesis 50: 15-21 Epistle: Romans 8: 18-23 Gospel: Luke 6: 36 “Be merciful, even as your Father also is merciful” (Luke 6:36–42). The old Adam in us wants to condemn. To condemn is to put yourself in the place of God. Jesus is our Joseph, who comforts us with words of pardon and reconciliation (Gen. 50:15–21). He…

Trinity 3 – June 21, 2026

Service Folder Old Testament: Micah 7: 18-20 Epistle: I Peter 5: 6-11 Gospel: Luke 15: 1-10 (11-32) As we think about Father’s Day, a poet once penned, “Our Father by whom all fatherhood is named.” As great an honor as is to be named after our heavenly Father, there is no perfect human father. Those of us who are fathers all fall…

Trinity 2 – June 14, 2026

Service Folder (.pdf) Service Folder (.docx) The LORD God has prepared a feast of Salvation. (Isaiah 25:6-9) By means of the Gospel the Spirit invites all to believe it and to receive the LORD’s saving gifts in the Holy Supper. Many make excuses and reject this invitation, even as the Jews did in the days of Jesus, yet the Master’s house will…

Trinity 1 – June 7, 2026

Service Folder Old Testament: Jeremiah 9:23-24 Epistle: I John 4:16-21 Gospel: Luke 16:19-31 In Jesus story about the Rich Man and Lazarus, Jesus tells us that when Lazarus, the beggar died, he was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The name Lazarus means “God is my help.” Though it looked like Lazarus had God’s disfavor because of the bad in his…

Trinity Sunday – May 31, 2026

Service Folder (.docx) Service Folder (.pdf) Sunday is Trinity Sunday. It is the custom of the Church to confess the Athanasian Creed on this day. While we will sing a hymn version of Athanasian Creed, the sermon will quote the following from it: “Whoever will be saved shall, above all else, hold the catholic faith…. and the true Christian faith is this,…