• Welcome to Living Grace Lutheran Church
  • The Rev. David E. Hardy, D.D., Pastor of Living Grace Lutheran
  • Boxes filled with 89 quilts, 31 school bags, and 16 fabric kits going to the Lutheran World Relief trucks to be shipped
  • God's Work, Our Hands - digging the pollunated garden
  • Working on the pollunated garden - God's Work, Our Hands
  • Pollunated garden - God's Work, Our Hands
  • Pollunated garden - God's Work, Our Hands
  • Good work - Pollunated Garden finished - God's Work, Our Hands
  • Live Music at the Community BBQ
  • Community BBQ-Cooking
  • Honey Samples from Heifer International

LIVING GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH

WELCOMES YOU

ALL SUNDAY SERVICES AT 9:30 AM

 

REFORMATION SUNDAY

 

27 OCTOBER 2024

Rooted in the past and growing into the future, the church must always be reformed in order to live out the love of Christ in an ever-changing world. We celebrate the good news of God’s grace, that Jesus Christ sets us free every day to do this life-transforming work. Trusting in the freedom given to us in baptism, we pray for the church, that Christians will unite more fully in worship and mission.

Prayer of the Day

Almighty God, gracious Lord, we thank you that your Holy Spirit renews the church in every age. Pour out your Holy Spirit on your faithful people. Keep them steadfast in your word, protect and comfort them in times of trial, defend them against all enemies of the gospel, and bestow on the church your saving peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen

Jeremiah 31:31-34

The renewed covenant will not be breakable, but like the old covenant it will expect the people to live upright lives. To know the Lord means that one will defend the cause of the poor and needy (Jer. 22:16). The renewed covenant is possible only because the Lord will forgive iniquity and not remember sin. Our hope lies in a God who forgets.

Psalm: Psalm 46

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. (Ps. 46:7)

Second Reading: Romans 3:19-28

Paul’s words stand at the heart of the preaching of Martin Luther and other Reformation leaders. No human beings make themselves right with God through works of the law. We are brought into a right relationship with God through the divine activity centered in Christ’s death. This act is a gift of grace that liberates us from sin and empowers our faith in Jesus Christ.

Gospel: John 8:31-36

Jesus speaks of truth and freedom as spiritual realities known through his word. He reveals the truth that sets people free from sin.

 

(from 2024 sundaysandseasons.com)