April 13, 2025

Luke 22:11 – “Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ” 

Did Jesus really need this man’s Upper Room? If the man had refused to let Jesus use it, would the work of salvation have been derailed? Of course not. But what an honor for the man who owned this room! 

It is the same with us. The Lord needs none of us, but what an honor it is for God to choose to use our generosity in the work of His Church.

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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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Maundy Thursday

Jeremiah 31:31–34 or Exodus 12:1–14; Hebrews 10:15–25 or 1 Corinthians 11:23–32; Luke 22:7–20 or John 13:1–17, 31b–35

Let Us Love One Another, as Christ Jesus Has Loved Us

By Holy Baptism, “with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water” (Hebrews 10:22), we enter the holy place with Jesus. For Jesus is our Passover Lamb who has been sacrificed for us. He reclines at table with us and feeds us with His own flesh and blood: “the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain” (Hebrews 10:20). In Christ, the Lord remembers us in mercy and remembers our sin no more; He forgives us all our iniquity (Jeremiah 31:34; Hebrews 10:17). With such love, He “loved his own who were in the world,” and He even loves us “to the end” (John 13:1). As He washes us and feeds us in love, let us love one another, just as He has loved us (John 13:34).


Good Friday

Isaiah 52:13–53:12; Hebrews 4:14–16; 5:7–9; John 18:1–19:42 or John 19:17–30

Behold the Lamb of God, Who Takes Away the Sin of the World

Jesus, the Lamb of God, is led to the slaughter of His cross as the sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the world. “Despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isaiah 53:3), He is the righteous Servant who justifies many by His innocent suffering and death. He bears our griefs and carries our sorrows; He is wounded for our transgressions; He is crushed for our iniquities; He suffers our chastisement, so that “with his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:4–5). As the Son of God, He fulfills the Law for us in human flesh, and so fulfills the Scriptures (John 19:7, 24). In perfect faith and faithfulness, He shares all our weaknesses and temptations, “yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15), and as our merciful High Priest, He brings us to the Father in peace.  ______________________________________________________________

Life Thoughts for the Week

Palm Sunday - Commit to seeking opportunities to be a light to those living in darkness. Do not place that responsibility on the full-time leaders of the Church. 

This is your mission in life. God has uniquely placed you in the exact situations, locations, and relationships to make the Light of the world visible and concrete. You are the look of Christ’s face. You are the tone of His voice. You are the touch of His hands. You are the physical representation of His light in a dark world (Ephesians 5:8). How bright will you shine this year? 

Paul David Tripp, author and speaker – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • lutheransforlife.org

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Book of Concord Lenten Reading Plan  
A Forty-Day Reading Plan from Concordia Publishing House

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