July 6, 2025
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Luke 10:20b – “But rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
No one can snatch us out of the nail-marked hands of Jesus. He has redeemed us and claimed us as His own. As those whose names are written in heaven, we seek to live heavenly lives here on earth. This is the foundation of all our good works, including the good work of faithfully supporting the work of the church.
It’s our joy in having been redeemed by the Lord through the activity of the church that motivates us to support it.
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 66:10–14; Galatians 6:1–10, 14–18; Luke 10:1–20
The Lord Grants Peace and Life to His Church
The Lord restores Jerusalem, His Church, because she is the mother of His children, whom He comforts “as one whom his mother comforts” (Isaiah 66:13).
We are “satisfied from her consoling breast” with the pure milk of the Word, and we “drink deeply with delight from her glorious abundance” (Isaiah 66:11). The messengers of Christ bestow such gifts upon His Church. For He sends them out “as lambs in the midst of wolves” (Luke 10:3), bearing in their bodies the sacrifice of His cross, by which “the kingdom of God has come near” (Luke 10:9, 11).
Wherever He enters in with this Gospel, Satan is cast out and falls “like lightning from heaven” (Luke 10:18). Thus, we do not “boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14). Rejoicing in this Gospel, we “bear one another’s burdens” in love, according to “the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2). ______________________________________________________________
Life Thoughts for the Week
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – “As you walk the path of life with your neighbor, learn and celebrate the depth and breadth of the infinite worth of their life—whether they are preborn, homeless, destitute, dying, friend, or foe.
Learn, through the trials set before you and the sacrifices you make to improve the life of your neighbor, the awesome worth of life. Life is sacred. Every life matters.”
Rev. Robert Mohns, Lutheran Church–Canada – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • lutheransforlife.org
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Summer 2025 Worship Service Schedule
Divine Service - 9:00 a.m.
Holy Communion is offered at at every Divine Service.
Adult Discipleship Class / Children's Sunday School
10:30 a.m.