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Worship Service at 10:30am LAST SUNDAY OF THE CHURCH YEAR Proper 29 (26 November 2023) Ezekiel 34:11–16, 20–24 1 Corinthians 15:20–28 Matthew 25:31–46 By the Cross of Christ, We Enter the Kingdom of Our God and Father When the crucified and risen Lord Jesus comes to judge the living and the dead, “he will separate...

Worship Service at 10:30am FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT (3 December 2023) Isaiah 64:1–9 1 Corinthians 1:3–9 Mark 11:1–10 or Mark 13:24–37 The Lord Jesus Comes in Meekness and Humility to Save Us Although we pray that God “would rend the heavens and come down” (Is. 64:1), that He would take vengeance against our enemies, we...

Worship Service at 10:30am SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT (10 December 2023) Isaiah 40:1–11 2 Peter 3:8–14 Mark 1:1–8 You Are Prepared through Repentance for the Coming of the Lord “The gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1) begins when John the Baptist appears and comes “proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the...

Worship Service at 10:30am THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT (17 December 2023) Isaiah 61:1–4, 8–11 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24 John 1:6–8, 19–28 The Coming of the Christ Brings True Rejoicing in His Forgiveness When he preaches repentance, John the Baptist points us to Christ Jesus. John was sent by God “as a witness, to bear witness about...

Worship Service at 10:30am FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT (24 December 2023) 2 Samuel 7:1–11, 16 Romans 16:25–27 Luke 1:26–38 The Lord Builds a House for David: Jesus Christ Who Comes in the Flesh When King David “lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,” he piously supposed...

Worship Service at 10:30am FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS (31 December 2023) Isaiah 61:10—62:3 Galatians 4:4–7 Luke 2:22–40 The Time Has Fully Come for Redemption and Purification through Jesus Christ, Our Lord “When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son,” born of the woman, “to redeem those who were under the law”...