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AUGUST 2, 2020

NINTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST

LITURGY: Order of Service with Holy Communion (pg 15 in TLH)

Sermon – “Jesus Provides All the Food We Need” Matthew 14:19-20

1. He provides more than enough ordinary food for our bodies.
2. He provides the miracle food of His holy Supper.

JULY 26, 2020

EIGHTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST

LITURGY: Order of Matins (pg 32 TLH)

SERMON: “Nothing Shall Separate Us from the Love of God.”                   Romans 8:35~39

1. The question of God’s love is always relevant.
2. Nothing shall separate us from God’s love in Christ.

JULY 19, 2020

SEVENTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST

LITURGY: Confessional Service with Holy Communion (pg46 TLH)

Sermon – “The Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness” Romans 8:26-27

1. One of our weaknesses is that we do not know what to pray for as we ought.
2. The Spirit Himself intercedes for us in accordance with God.
3. God’s will is for our salvation.

JULY 12, 2020

SIXTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST

LITURGY: Order of Service without Holy Communion (Pg 5 TLH)

Sermon – “Our Life by the Spirit of God” Romans 8:12-15

1. The Spirit has given us adoption as sons.
2. The Spirit leads us as sons of God.

JULY 5, 2020

FIFTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST

Due to technical isuses the Audio for this service is not available.

The Video of the service is available on our Facebook page

JUNE 28, 2020

FOURTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST

LITURGY: The Order of Matins, TLH p. 32

HYMNS: 5 [TLH] 493 [TLH]  50 [TLH]

READINGS: Jeremiah 28:5-9; Romans 7:1-13; Matt 10:34-42

SERMON: “What We Receive in Receiving the Lord’s Servants” Matthew 10:40-41

1. To receive them is the welcome them fully because of the Lord Jesus.
   
2. Those who receive the Lord’s servants receive Jesus, the Father, and His servants’ reward.

JUNE 21, 2020

THIRD SUNDAY after PENTECOST

LITURGY: Confessional Service with Holy Communion (pg 46 in TLH)

Hymns: 423 v 1, 2, 3 & 6 [TLH] 409 [TLH] 410 [TLH] 420 [TLH] 435 (TLH}

READINGS: Jeremiah 20:7-13; Romans 6:12-23; Matt 10: 5a, 21-33

Sermon: “It is Enough to Be Like Our Teacher and Master”

Matthew 10:22, 24-25

• In being hated and slandered.

• In enduring and being saved.

JUNE 14, 2020

SECOND SUNDAY after PENTECOST

LITURGY: Order of Service without Holy Communion (pg 5 in TLH)

Hymns: 4 [TLH] 371 [TLH] 38 [TLH] 175 [TLH]

READINGS: Exodus 19:2-8; Romans 5:6-15; Matt 9:35-10:8

Sermon – We Boast in God because of our Certain Salvation”

Romans 5:9-11

1. Two powerful reasons why our final salvation is certain.
2. Therefore we boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

June 7, 2020

The Festival of the HOLY TRINITY

LITURGY: The Order of Matins, TLH p. 32

HYMNS: 246 [TLH] 590 [LSB]  250 [TLH] 644 [TLH] Vocal trio: “Holy Is the Lord”

READINGS: Gen 1:1-2:4a; Act 2:14a, 22-36; Matt 28: 16-20

SERMON: “Baptized into the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”  Matthew 28:19   

I.  Jesus gave us a clear revelation of the Holy Trinity.   

II. Through Baptism we have union with the living God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

MAY 31, 2020

The Day of PENTECOST

LITURGY: Order of Morning Service, pg 5 in TLH

HYMNS: 224 [TLH] 503 [LSB] v 1, 3, 4 & 5 231 [TLH] 234 [TLH]

READINGS: Numbers 11:24-30; Acts 2:1-21; John 7:37-39

SERMON: “Signs of the Last Days Point to Salvation in the Lord”  Acts 2:16-21   

I.  The pouring out of the Holy Spirit was a sign that the last days had commenced.   

II.  God will give signs of the end of the last days.   

III.  All these signs point to salvation in the name of the Lord.