Grace Lutheran Church

05/26/2026

PENTECOST TUESDAY
(26 May 2025)

Isaiah 32:14–20
Acts 8:14–17
John 10:1–10

The Crucified and Risen Lord Jesus Shepherds His Flock with His Word and Holy Spirit

With divine love, the great Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ, has laid down His life for the sheep, that they may have abundant life in Him (John 10:10). Now He pours out the Holy Spirit on His Church and so gives life to His flock by the ministry of His Gospel. He leads the sheep by the preaching of His Word, “and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice” (John 10:3–4). Thus, from Jerusalem to Samaria, even to the ends of the earth, the ministers of Christ have been sent to preach and to pray, that all might receive the Word and Spirit of God in communion with His one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church (Acts 8:14–15, 17). So it is that “the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,” justice and righteousness spring forth, and the people of God live and abide “in quiet resting places” (Is. 32:15–18). For they enter the sheepfold by faith in Christ, and they find pasture within the fellowship of His Body (John 10:9).

05/25/2026

PENTECOST MONDAY
(24 or 25 May 2026)

Isaiah 57:15–21
Acts 10:34a, 42–48
John 3:16–21

The Light of Christ Shines Upon the World through His Word and Holy Spirit

“The light has come into the world” in Christ Jesus, but His Word and Spirit expose the works of darkness, and people love “the darkness rather than the light” (John 3:19–20). So “there is no peace … for the wicked,” who toss and turn like the sea and are never quiet (Is. 57:20–21). It is therefore in His mercy that the Lord exposes their evil deeds and calls them to repentance, in order “to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite,” and to grant peace “to the far and to the near” (Is. 57:15, 19). “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him” (John 3:17). So does Christ send His servants to preach repentance and forgiveness of sins in His name, and He pours out the Holy Spirit on all who hear His Word (Acts 10:43–45). “Baptized in the name of Jesus Christ” (Acts 10:48), they are at peace in His light, and their deeds are no longer evil but are “carried out in God” (John 3:21).

05/24/2026

THE DAY OF PENTECOST
(24 May 2026)

Numbers 11:24–30
Acts 2:1–21
John 7:37–39

The Risen Lord Jesus Pours Out the Holy Spirit

The Lord took “some of the Spirit” that was on Moses “and put it on the seventy elders” of Israel (Num. 11:25), and they “prophesied in the camp” (Num. 11:26). In the same way, our risen Lord Jesus poured out His Holy Spirit at the Feast of Pentecost — the 50th day and the “Eighth Sunday” of Easter. When “a sound like a mighty rushing wind” and “tongues as of fire appeared” and rested on each of the 12 apostles, “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit” and proclaimed “the mighty works of God” (Acts 2:2–4, 11). The Lord Jesus grants this same Spirit to His Church on earth to proclaim Him glorified on the cross and risen victorious from the grave for us sinners. From His open heart, our crucified and risen Lord pours out His Holy Spirit in “rivers of living water” (John 7:38) and invites everyone who thirsts to come to Him and drink freely (John 7:37). Through this life-giving work of the Holy Spirit, we hear our pastors “telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God” (Acts 2:11), and “everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:21).

05/24/2026

Join us for worship tomorrow morning at 9:30 AM!

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05/23/2026

PENTECOST EVE
(23 May 2026)

Exodus 19:1–9
Romans 8:12–17 (22–27)
John 14:8–21

Our Lord Makes Us His Holy People and Seals Us with His Spirit

At Mount Sinai, “Israel encamped before the mountain, while Moses went up to God” (Ex. 19:2–3). Through Moses, God gave the Law and sealed His covenant through sacrifice. The Lord made Israel His “treasured possession among all peoples” as well as “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Ex. 19:5–6), if they would listen to His voice and do what He had spoken. In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son, who has come down to us and gone up to God by way of His death and resurrection. He has fulfilled the Law and poured out His own blood as the new covenant. Therefore, “that the Father may be glorified in the Son,” He will do whatever we ask in His name (John 14:13–14). He gives “another Helper … even the Spirit of truth” to be with us forever (John 14:16–17). The Spirit helps us in our weakness and intercedes for us “with groanings too deep for words” (Rom. 8:26). Now we pray with confidence as we eagerly await “the revealing of the sons of God” (Rom. 8:19).

05/19/2026

Thank you to the superintendents, teachers, parents, students, helpers, and everyone who made another wonderful Sunday School year at Grace Lutheran Church possible!

Last Sunday marked our final session of the season as we reflected on the risen Christ, the growth of the early Church, and the promise of a new heaven and new earth in Revelation 21.

Our students also had the special opportunity to meet missionary Ashley Lehr, who serves in Puerto Rico. Her stories, faith, and encouragement were a blessing to our children, families, and congregation as they learned more about sharing Christ’s love both around the world and in daily life.

Please continue to pray for Ashley, for her mission work in Puerto Rico, and for all our children and young people—that they may grow in grace, in God’s Word, and in faithful service to Christ.

05/17/2026

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
(17 May 2026)

Acts 1:12–26
1 Peter 4:12–19; 5:6–11
John 17:1–11

Our Lord Jesus Is with Us in the Upper Room of His Church on Earth

On the night when He was betrayed, our Lord Jesus prayed for His apostles and His Church on earth. “The hour” had come when the Father would glorify His Son by the cross (John 17:1). Through the shedding of His blood, He would bring forgiveness for the sins of the world, and in His resurrection and ascension He would unite all Christians with the Father “that they may be one” with God (John 17:11). He manifested His name to the apostles and gave them the words of the Father to speak in His name. The apostolic witness of His cross and resurrection (Acts 1:21–22) gathers disciples together “with one accord” into the one Body of Christ (Acts 1:14). “Devoting themselves to prayer,” they wait upon the Lord in “the upper room” (Acts 1:13–14), the place of His Holy Supper. Strengthened by the Gospel, Christians bear the cross of Christ in patience and peace, rejoicing to share in His suffering, in order that they “may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed” (1 Peter 4:13).

05/17/2026

Join us for worship tomorrow morning at 9:30 AM!

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05/14/2026

THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD
(14 May 2026)

Acts 1:1–11
Ephesians 1:15–23
Luke 24:44–53

The Ascended Lord Jesus Is with Us Always in His Church on Earth

After He rose from the dead, the Lord Jesus presented Himself alive to the apostles, “appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God” (Acts 1:3). When He ascended to the right hand of the Father, He did not orphan His Church, but He fills all things in heaven and on earth and gives gifts to His disciples. Even now, through His Church, He continues “to do and teach” (Acts 1:1), preaching “repentance for the forgiveness of sins” (Luke 24:47) even “to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Though the cloud hid Jesus from the sight of His disciples then, and He remains hidden from sight even now, He remains with His people through His Gospel and Sacraments. He comes to us by the Word of His apostles, by the promise of His Father and by the power of the Holy Spirit, whom He pours out upon “the church, which is his body” (Eph. 1:22–23). In this holy Christian Church, we bless God and worship Christ with joy, for in His Church He blesses us with forgiveness, lifts us up in His hands and seats us with Himself “in the heavenly places” (Eph. 1:20).