The Holy Communion on the Fourth Sunday of Easter: April 30, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

The livestream may be found here.

You may view a copy of the worship bulletin here.

Evening Prayer: Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 7 p.m.

The livestream may be found here.

Please access today's order of worship by clicking here.

Daily Bible Readings: Wednesday, April 26, 2023

 

O God of mystery, out of death you delivered Christ Jesus, and he walked in hidden glory with his disciples. Stir up our faith, that our hearts may burn within us at the sound of his word, and our eyes be opened to recognize him in the breaking of the bread. Grant this through Jesus Christ, the first-born from the dead, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

The Holy Communion on the Third Sunday of Easter: April 23, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

The livestream may be found here.

You may view a copy of the worship bulletin here.

Daily Bible Readings: Sunday, April 23, 2023

  

O God of mystery, out of death you delivered Christ Jesus, and he walked in hidden glory with his disciples. Stir up our faith, that our hearts may burn within us at the sound of his word, and our eyes be opened to recognize him in the breaking of the bread. Grant this through Jesus Christ, the first-born from the dead, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Daily Bible Readings: Friday, April 21, 2023

  

God of life, source of all faith, through the waters of baptism you have raised us up in Jesus and given us life that endures. Day by day refine our faith, that we who have not seen the Christ may truly confess him as our Lord and God, and share the blessedness of those who believe; through Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Life, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

  Amen

Daily Bible Readings: Thursday, April 20, 2023

  

God of life, source of all faith, through the waters of baptism you have raised us up in Jesus and given us life that endures. Day by day refine our faith, that we who have not seen the Christ may truly confess him as our Lord and God, and share the blessedness of those who believe; through Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Life, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

  Amen

Evening Prayer - Olavus and Laurentius Petri, Renewers of the Church: April 19, 2023, 7 p.m.

The livestream may be found here.

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Daily Bible Readings: Wednesday, April 19, 2023

God of life, source of all faith, through the waters of baptism you have raised us up in Jesus and given us life that endures. Day by day refine our faith, that we who have not seen the Christ may truly confess him as our Lord and God, and share the blessedness of those who believe; through Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Life, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

  Amen

Psalm 1

READINGS

                Daniel 2:17-30

                1 John 2:12-17

                John 17:20-26

LORD'S PRAYER

APOSTLES' CREED

Martin Luther's Morning Prayer:

I thank you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son,

that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger.

I ask you to keep me this day, also, from sin and every evil,

that my thoughts, words, and deeds may serve and please you.

Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things.

Let your angel be with me,

that the evil one have no power over me. Amen

OR - 

Martin Luther's Evening Prayer

I thank you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son,

that you have graciously kept me this day.

I ask you to forgive me my sins and the wrong I have done,

and graciously to keep me this night.

Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things.

Let your angel be with me,

that the evil one have no power over me. Amen

Sermon - Second Sunday of Easter

 'Jesus addresses [Thomas,], not with anger, but with love. Jesus comes to him not in overpowering strength, but in weakness. ‘Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.’ The one who inherits the earth, the Lord of all, is meekest of all. He comes to Thomas and he makes himself vulnerable, just as he’d made himself vulnerable to the lepers, to the disciples, to the crowds, to the religious leaders and the soldiers, all the way to the cross. He invites Thomas to see and touch and to believe.'

Daily Bible Readings: Tuesday, April 18, 2023

 

God of life, source of all faith, through the waters of baptism you have raised us up in Jesus and given us life that endures. Day by day refine our faith, that we who have not seen the Christ may truly confess him as our Lord and God, and share the blessedness of those who believe; through Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Life, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

  Amen

Daily Bible Readings: Monday, April 17, 2023

God of life, source of all faith, through the waters of baptism you have raised us up in Jesus and given us life that endures. Day by day refine our faith, that we who have not seen the Christ may truly confess him as our Lord and God, and share the blessedness of those who believe; through Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Life, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

  Amen

The Holy Communion on the Second Sunday of Easter: April 16, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

 The livestream may be found here.

Thomas and Jesus, from the baptistry altar of the German Church in Stockholm

Daily Bible Readings - The Second Sunday of Easter, April 16, 2023

God of life, source of all faith, through the waters of baptism you have raised us up in Jesus and given us life that endures. Day by day refine our faith, that we who have not seen the Christ may truly confess him as our Lord and God, and share the blessedness of those who believe; through Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Life, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

  Amen

Daily Bible Readings - Saturday in Bright Week: April 15, 2023

   

O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make us die every day to sin, so that we may live with him forever in the joy of the resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.   

Daily Bible Readings: Friday in Bright Week, April 14, 2023

   

O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make us die every day to sin, so that we may live with him forever in the joy of the resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.   

Daily Bible Readings: Thursday in Bright Week, April 13, 2023

  

O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make us die every day to sin, so that we may live with him forever in the joy of the resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.   

Evening Prayer, Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

 The livestream may be found here.

EVENING PRAYER

Vespers

(Lutheran Book of Worship, page 142)

Commemoration of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945 (transferred from Apr 9)

Daily Bible Readings: Wednesday in Bright Week: April 12, 2023

 

O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make us die every day to sin, so that we may live with him forever in the joy of the resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.   

Daily Bible Readings: Tuesday in Bright Week, April 11, 2023

O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make us die every day to sin, so that we may live with him forever in the joy of the resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.   

Sermon - Easter Sunday: April 9, 2023

'It is at that point, when we understand our condition, face-to-face with our reality as it is and not as we wish it were, then we are at the point that we can hear the good news,that though we thought Jesus was dead, it is not so. Like the women, we hear the voice of a messenger, not for us an angel, but like for all others after the women, the voice of a flesh-and-blood human being saying he is not here; he is risen!'

The Holy Communion on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

The livestream may be found here.

Daily Bible Readings: Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023

O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make us die every day to sin, so that we may live with him forever in the joy of the resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.   

Daily Bible Readings: Holy Saturday (before the Easter Vigil), April 8, 2023

O God, creator of heaven and earth, grant that as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on the Holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

Daily Bible Readings: Good Friday, April 7, 2023

 

Almighty God, we ask you to look with mercy on your family, for who our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and to be given over to the hands of sinners and to suffer death on the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

The Holy Communion on Maundy Thursday, April 6, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

The livestream may be found here.

Daily Bible Readings: Maundy Thursday, April 6, 2023

 

Holy God, source of all love, on the night of his betrayal, Jesus gave his disciples a new commandment: To love one another as he had loved us. By your Holy Spirit, write this commandment in our hearts; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.   

Evening Prayer: Holy Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The livestream may be found here.

EVENING PRAYER

for Holy Wednesday

Vespers

(Lutheran Book of Worship, p. 142)

Daily Bible Readings: Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Everlasting God, in your endless love for the human race you sent our Lord Jesus Christ to take on our nature and to suffer death on the cross. In your mercy enable us to share in his obedience to your will and in the glorious victory of his resurrection, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

Daily Bible Readings: Tuesday, April 3, 2023

Everlasting God, in your endless love for the human race you sent our Lord Jesus Christ to take on our nature and to suffer death on the cross. In your mercy enable us to share in his obedience to your will and in the glorious victory of his resurrection, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

Holy Week and Easter Day Services

Please join us as we walk with our Lord Jesus during the Great and Holy Week.

Holy Wednesday, April 5: 12:10 p.m.

Maundy Thursday, April 6: 7:30 p.m.

Good Friday, April 7: 12:30 p.m. (spoken); 7:30 p.m. (sung)

The Vigil of Easter, April 8: 6:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 9: 10:30 a.m.

(all are welcome to the Easter Breakfast,

beginning at 9 a.m.)

Daily Bible Readings: Monday, April 3, 2023

Everlasting God, in your endless love for the human race you sent our Lord Jesus Christ to take on our nature and to suffer death on the cross. In your mercy enable us to share in his obedience to your will and in the glorious victory of his resurrection, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

Daily Bible Readings: Sunday, April 2, 2023

READINGS

 Zechariah 9:9-12; 1 Timothy 6:12-16; Matthew 21:12-17

LORD'S PRAYER

APOSTLES' CREED

Martin Luther's Morning Prayer:

I thank you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son,

that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger.

I ask you to keep me this day, also, from sin and every evil,

that my thoughts, words, and deeds may serve and please you.

Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things.

Let your angel be with me,

that the evil one have no power over me. Amen

OR - 

Martin Luther's Evening Prayer

I thank you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son,

that you have graciously kept me this day.

I ask you to forgive me my sins and the wrong I have done,

and graciously to keep me this night.

Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things.

Let your angel be with me,

that the evil one have no power over me. Amen