Ascension Lutheran Church and School
Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Christ the King Sunday
Last Sunday of the Church Year
Isaiah 51:6 – “For the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment.”
The things of this earth that hold our attention, that cause us worry, that tempt us away from the Lord, are all passing away. They will vanish like a garment. They are not for us to worry over, but rather to use for the Lord’s purposes.
The things of this world are not ends in and of themselves, but only means to be used wisely by the children of the kingdom that has no end.
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Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Christ the King Sunday
Last Sunday of the Church Year
Isaiah 51:4–6 or Daniel 7:9–10, 13–14; Jude 20–25 or Revelation 1:4b–8; Mark 13:24–37 or John 18:33–37
In Repentance We Are Alert to the Coming of Christ
The signs of the end are all around us, constant reminders that “heaven and earth will pass away.” But all of these signs are centered in the cross of Christ, whereby He has conquered sin and death, that we might be raised with Him in righteousness through His Word of the Gospel, which “will not pass away” (Mark 13:31). He is “the firstborn of the dead,” who in His great love “has freed us from our sins by his blood” (Revelation 1:5).
His salvation is certain because “his dominion is an everlasting dominion” and His Kingdom “shall not be destroyed” (Daniel 7:14). For this purpose He came into the world, to reign in love through His voice of the Gospel, which is the truth (John 18:37). So is the righteousness of Christ “a light to the peoples,” which “will never be dismayed” because it is the justice of His cross and resurrection (Isaiah 51:4–6).
As He “is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory,” so wait upon “the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life” (Jude 20–24). _________________________________________________________________________
Life Thoughts for the Week
Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost/Last Sunday of the Church Year – The heart broken by abortion may be sitting beside us in church. This one desperately longs for the relief and healing only God’s forgiveness affords (Hebrews 10:22).
We have no right to refuse them this Word because we fear political controversy. Instead, we have the privilege to proclaim abortion as sin and explicitly identify it as atoned for in Christ.
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Holiday Worship Schedule
Thanksgiving Day with Communion - November 28, at 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday Advent Services - December 4 / December 11 / December 18, at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Advent Dinner, at 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Advent Children's Service - Sunday, December 15, at 4:00 p.m.
Christmas Eve - Tuesday, December 24 - at 6:30 p.m.
Christmas Day with Communion - Wednesday, December 25, at 9:00 a.m.
Epiphany Eve with Communion - Sunday, January 5, at 8:00 and 10:45 a.m.
Regular Service Schedule
Divine Service - 8:00 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Holy Communion is offered at both services.
Adult Discipleship Class / Children's Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Wednesdays in Lent and Advent: 6:30 p.m. Vespers
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