Trinity Lutheran Fort Wayne

05/03/2026

Let us all rejoice! Christ is ours. Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org!

Lutheran Service Book 556

1 Dear Christians, one and all, rejoice,
With exultation springing,
And with united heart and voice
And holy rapture singing,
Proclaim the wonders God has done,
How His right arm the vict'ry won,
What price our ransom cost Him!

2 Fast bound in Satan's chains I lay;
Death brooded darkly o'er me.
Sin was my torment night and day;
In sin my mother bore me.
But daily deeper still I fell;
My life became a living hell,
So firmly sin possessed me.

3 My own good works all came to naught,
No grace or merit gaining;
Free will against God's judgment fought,
Dead to all good remaining.
My fears increased till sheer despair
Left only death to be my share;
The pangs of hell I suffered.

4 But God had seen my wretched state
Before the world's foundation,
And mindful of His mercies great,
He planned for my salvation.
He turned to me a father's heart;
He did not choose the easy part
But gave His dearest treasure.

5 God said to His beloved Son:
"It's time to have compassion.
Then go, bright jewel of My crown,
And bring to all salvation.
From sin and sorrow set them free;
Slay bitter death for them that they
May live with You forever."

6 The Son obeyed His Father's will,
Was born of virgin mother;
And God's good pleasure to fulfill,
He came to be my brother.
His royal pow'r disguised He bore;
A servant's form, like mine, He wore
To lead the devil captive.

7 To me He said: "Stay close to Me,
I am your rock and castle.
Your ransom I Myself will be;
For you I strive and wrestle.
For I am yours, and you are Mine,
And where I am you may remain;
The foe shall not divide us.

8 "Though he will shed My precious blood,
Me of My life bereaving,
All this I suffer for your good;
Be steadfast and believing.
Life will from death the vict'ry win;
My innocence shall bear your sin,
And you are blest forever.

9 "Now to My Father I depart,
From earth to heav'n ascending,
And, heav'nly wisdom to impart,
The Holy Spirit sending;
In trouble He will comfort you
And teach you always to be true
And into truth shall guide you.

10 "What I on earth have done and taught
Guide all your life and teaching;
So shall the kingdom's work be wrought
And honored in your preaching.
But watch lest foes with base alloy
The heav'nly treasure should destroy;
This final word I leave you."

05/02/2026

The Lord is our salvation. He is our strength and song! Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org.

Fifth Sunday of Easter (Cantate)
One Year Lectionary

Lutheran Service Book 556

Isaiah 12:1-6
Psalm 66:1-8
James 1:16-21
John 16:5-15

04/29/2026

Join us in congratulating Fieldworker Zach Tews on his vicarage placement in Lincoln, NE! Praying the Lord blesses him, Dana, and family as they go to serve the Lord!

04/26/2026

04/26/2026

LISTEN to this week's Bach cantata at Lutheran Public Radio.

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This week: BWV 103 - Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, You Will Weep and Wail. The English translation: http://lutheranpublicradio.org/cantata-103/.

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04/22/2026

We await bliss untold in Christ's heavenly kingdom! Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org.

Lutheran Service Book 467

1 Awake, my heart, with gladness,
See what today is done;
Now, after gloom and sadness,
Comes forth the glorious sun.
My Savior there was laid
Where our bed must be made
When to the realms of light
Our spirit wings its flight.

2 The foe in triumph shouted
When Christ lay in the tomb;
But lo, he now is routed,
His boast is turned to gloom.
For Christ again is free;
In glorious victory
He who is strong to save
Has triumphed o'er the grave.

3 This is a sight that gladdens--
What peace it doth impart!
Now nothing ever saddens
The joy within my heart.
No gloom shall ever shake,
No foe shall ever take
The hope which God's own Son
In love for me hath won.

4 Now hell, its prince, the devil,
Of all their pow'r are shorn;
Now I am safe from evil,
And sin I laugh to scorn.
Grim death with all his might
Cannot my soul affright;
It is a pow'rless form,
Howe'er it rave and storm.

5 The world against me rages,
Its fury I disdain;
Though bitter war it wages,
Its work is all in vain.
My heart from care is free,
No trouble troubles me.
Misfortune now is play,
And night is bright as day.

6 Now I will cling forever
To Christ, my Savior true;
My Lord will leave me never,
Whate'er He passes through.
He rends death's iron chain;
He breaks through sin and pain;
He shatters hell's dark thrall;
I follow Him through all.

7 He brings me to the portal
That leads to bliss untold,
Whereon this rhyme immortal
Is found in script of gold:
"Who there My cross has shared
Finds here a crown prepared;
Who there with Me has died
Shall here be glorified."

04/21/2026

We celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday this weekend in the One Year Lectionary! Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org.

Third Sunday of Easter
(Misericordias Domini)
One Year Lectionary

Lutheran Service Book 709

Ezekiel 34:11-16
Psalm 23
1 Peter 2:21-25
John 10:11-16

04/21/2026

Gracious Father, Your love is not only spoken — it is shown in tangible ways through the hands of Your people. We give thanks for the gift of a care package that arrives at just the right moment, a simple but powerful sign that someone is remembered and not alone. You work through volunteers to carry comfort to those who are hurting, and we are grateful for every act of mercy done in Your name. May those who receive feel not only the warmth of a gift, but the deeper warmth of Your steadfast love. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

04/21/2026

How important it is that you know, and never forget the fact, that you are a distinct creation of God’s hand. This fact greatly influences how you see yourself and those around you and, most importantly, will guard against you losing your faith in Jesus.

04/20/2026

We, like Paul — so far as God’s Law is concerned — are “dead while we live.”

But Paul continues: “Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Rom. 7:24–25).

Our plight requires much more than self-revelation, self-consciousness or self-determination to go a different route. It requires a resurrection. It requires two resurrections, Christ’s and ours. We need more than a healing. We need life’s rescue from the grip of death. We need Christ and His life. We need Jesus speaking to us sinners who are bound and dead in a tomb of sin, the ultimate “curved in on ourselves”: “Lazarus, come out!”

This life, the only true life, is completely oriented outside ourselves: Christ justifies. Christ forgives. Christ frees. Christ lives for me and makes me alive. Christ lives outside Himself for me. Christ empowers and invites me to live outside myself in praise to God and out of love for my neighbor. “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:4–5).