Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

06/07/2026

2nd Sunday after Pentecost (6/7)

06/07/2026

This Sunday (6/7) 2nd Sunday after Pentecost "Jesus Comes for the Losers, not Winners"
9:30 AM Traditional Liturgy in the Fellowship Hall

There will be NO Sunday School or 11:00 AM worship service today.

06/03/2026

This is a good article, in preparation for Sunday’s lesson. The church which affiliates with power at the expense of the powerless has ceased to be the church. It has bought into social Darwinism of the survival of the fittest. I stand with the “losers!” (The line below designates that I wrote nothing that follows.)

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“The woman with dementia, whose hand we hold and to whom we sing hymns, is not defined by her usefulness. The prisoner on death row who cannot tithe or lead evangelistic crusades is worth our attention. The man with an ALS diagnosis should not be tempted to contemplate assisted dying because he fears being a burden to those around him.⁠
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In a world conditioned by evolutionary advantage and our sinful nature, which desires power at the expense of pushing others down, the gospel calls us to cruciform weakness,” wrote Russell Moore⁠ last year.
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It “shows us that focusing on the ‘losers,’ as defined by the standards of this present age, is how we model and become like Jesus (Luke 9:48), how we gain eternal treasures (14:12–14), and how we worship God in Spirit and in truth (Acts 10:4).⁠
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The strangeness of a church that doesn’t invest in people who might help it, but rather chooses to serve those who never can, is the very strangeness that upended the first-century world.”

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/darwinism-evolution-science-faith-russell-moore-scopes/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=article&fbclid=IwY2xjawSNWcdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeCsPv6xC-7YbpncDQx0TgV7uXXqlQxRvndQyMCC4KU3SbIbNwMD_xLmEBbUE_aem_JmPNxhQpoCIb6Nae6kipDQ

In a world conditioned by evolutionary advantage, Christians are called to welcome those who seem naturally selected for failure.

05/26/2026

A Pentecost Message from our Bishop:

On Pentecost Sunday, the church commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit upon those first followers of Jesus. It is the moment which marks the beginning of the work of the church on earth. This g…

05/25/2026

In remembrance of those who paid a debt we could never repay…

05/24/2026

05/24/2026

This Sunday (5/24) Pentecost, "Exploring Your Spiritual Gifts"
9:30 AM Traditional Liturgy
10:20 AM Sunday School
11:00 AM Contemporary Worship

Today is the birthday of the church. We celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit that gives each one of us a unique combination of Spiritual Gifts that we are then called to use to fulfill the work of the church. For those watching online, there is a spiritual gift inventory (seven jpgs) attached below, that we will be using as a part of our services today. You are welcome to download them and participate in this exercise. We hope that you discover how you are called to fit into the life and ministry of God's church.

05/17/2026

Contemporary Worship (5/17)