DECEMBER 8, 2024
SECOND SUNDAY of ADVENT
LITURGY: Divine Service w/o Communion (Pg 5 in TLH)
Sermon: “Trees that Produce Good Fruit” Luke 3:9
- God requires us to produce good fruit, and will punish those who do not.
- God works in us to produce the good fruit He requires.
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DECEMBER 1, 2024
FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT
LITURGY: Divine Service w/Holy Communion (Pg 15 in TLH)
Sermon – “Partakers in Blood and Flesh” Hebrews 2:14
- Be alert and pray while you wait for the Son of Man.
- Trust that He will answer your prayers.
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NOVEMBER 24, 2024
LAST SUNDAY of the CHURCH YEAR
LITURGY: THE ORDER OF MATINS (pg 32 in TLH)
Sermon: “Proclaiming the Death of the Lord until He Comes” 1 Corinthians 11:26
- In partaking of the Lord’s Supper we proclaim His death and everything connected to it.
- In partaking of the Lord’s Supper we proclaim and anticipate His coming.
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NOVEMBER 17, 2024
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST
LITURGY: Divine Service #4 – Lutheran Service Book (w/ Holy Communion)
Sermon: “Jesus’ Body and Blood to Eat and Drink for the Forgiveness of Sins” Matthew 26:26-28
- The Lord’s Supper is Jesus’ body and blood miraculously united to bread and wine.
- The Lord’s Supper is for His disciples to eat and drink for the forgiveness of sins.
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NOVEMBER 10, 2024
TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST
LITURGY: Divine Service w/o Communion (Pg 5 in TLH)
Sermon: “Jesus’ Gift of the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven” Matthew 16:19
- Jesus gave His church the binding key: the authority to withhold forgiveness from unrepentant sinners.
- Jesus gave His church the loosing key: the authority to forgive the sins of repentant sinners.
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NOVEMBER 03, 2024
ALL SAINTS DAY
LITURGY: Divine Service w/Holy Communion (Pg 15 in TLH)
Sermon – “Joy for the Departed Saints and Us” Revelation 22:3-4
- Joy in the curse-free life of heaven.
- Joy in the presence of God and the Lamb.
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OCTOBER 27, 2024
REFORMATION SUNDAY
LITURGY: THE ORDER OF MATINS (pg 32 in TLH)
Sermon: “Justified as a Gift by God’s Grace in Christ” Romans 3:23-24
- We are justified as a gift by God’s grace through redemption in Christ Jesus.
- This gives God all the glory, and gives comfort to us sinners.
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OCTOBER 20, 2024
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY after PENTECOST
LITURGY: Divine Service #4 – Lutheran Service Book (w/ Holy Communion)
Sermon “Washed by Water with the Word” Ephesians 5:25-27
- Baptism is a washing with water with power from God’s word.
- Baptism cleanses us to make us holy and without blemish.
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OCTOBER 13, 2024
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY after PENTECOST
LITURGY: Divine Service (Pg 5 in TLH)
Sermon: “Baptism Now Saves also You” 1 Peter 3:20-21
- The saving water of Baptism is an antitype of the flood.
- Baptism saves us through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- Baptism saves us also as an appeal to God for a good conscience.
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OCTOBER 06, 2024
TWENTIETH SUNDAY after PENTECOST
LITURGY: Divine Service w/Holy Communion (Pg 15 in TLH)
Sermon – “Partakers in Blood and Flesh” Hebrews 2:14
- We have real blood and flesh bodies, which are now mortal because of our sin.
- Jesus shared in our blood and flesh to nullify the devil and death.
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