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Next Church Service Sunday July 20, 2025 Holy Communion
Holy Communion 3rd Sundays of the month
July 20, 2025
Next Church Service Sunday
Martin Luther's Morning/Evening Prayer
Make the sign of the Holy Cross and say:
Morning Prayer
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Evening Prayer
In the evening when you go to bed, make the sign of the holy cross and say: In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Then go to sleep at once and in good cheer.
2026 LCC Synod Convention June 12-15, 2026
2026 LCC Synod Convention June 12-15, 2026
2026 LCC Synod Convention - Lutheran Church–Canada
2026 Convention Updates - The Canadian Lutheran
Welcome to the 2026 LCC Synod Convention Info-page
Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s 13th Regular Convention will be held in Winnipeg from June 12-15, 2026, gathering under the theme “Together One: One Lord, One Faith, One Body” (Ephesians 4:4-6). The Convention was last held in the Central Region in 2008 under the theme “Give Jesus Glory – His Calling, Our Praise.”
The start of business related to this synod convention will begin on March 20, 2025, with the first meeting of the Commission on Nominations and Elections (CNE). The CNE manages the nomination process for elected positions at the synodical and regional levels, monitors the vetting process of nominees, and supervises the election of candidates to various positions at conventions of LCC.
News pertaining to LCC’s Synod Convention will be released on an ongoing basis in The Canadian Lutheran and on CanadianLutheran.ca; as well as in LCC’s weekly e-newsletter InfoDigest.
SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Proper 11C)
(20 July 2025)
Genesis 18:1–10a (10b–14)
Colossians 1:21–29
Luke 10:38–42
The Word of Christ Is the One Thing Needed
“The LORD appeared to [Abraham] by the oaks of Mamre” (Gen. 18:1) and received his hospitality. But Abraham received the gracious promise of a son. Though Abraham and Sarah were very old, nothing is “too hard for the LORD” (Gen. 18:14). His Word appointed the time and fulfilled the promise. In the same way, the Lord Jesus “entered a village” and received Martha’s hospitality (Luke 10:38). “Martha was distracted with much serving” because she was “anxious and troubled about many things” (Luke 10:40–41), but her sister, Mary, “sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching” (Luke 10:39). The service of love is no sin, but “one thing is necessary” for both faith and love — the Word of Christ (Luke 10:42). Thus, the ministers of Christ are sent “to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints” (Col. 1:25–26). LCMS Summaries
Introit (Psalm 119)
P: Your word is a lamp for my feet,
C: And a light for my path.
P: The Lord is my life.
C: I promise to keep Your words.
P: I beg Your favor with all my heart.
C: Show mercy to me the same-as You promised.
P: When I think about my life,
C: I change my ways to follow Your word.
P: I hurry and I don’t wait
C: To follow Your commandments.
P: Lord, the earth is full of Your continuing love.
C: Teach me Your law!
All: Glory give to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, the same as it was in the beginning, is now, and will continue forever. Amen.
Prayer for God’s Word
P: Lord, give us Your Spirit, then we can attend Your word and know Jesus our Savior. Then with Your word and Holy Spirit, we can live agreeing with Your wants. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord. Jesus lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: (copy) Amen.
What Is a Lutheran?
While there are a variety of ways one could answer this question, one very important answer is simply this, “A Lutheran is a person who believes, teaches and confesses the truths of God’s Word as they are summarized and confessed in the Book of Concord.” The Book of Concord contains the Lutheran confessions of faith.
Perhaps you have attended an ordination of a pastor and heard him promise that he will perform the duties of his office in accord with the Lutheran Confessions. When people are received into membership into a Lutheran congregation through confirmation they are asked if they confess the doctrine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, as they have learned to know it from the Small Catechism, to be faithful and true.
These solemn promises indicate to us just how important the Lutheran Confessions are for our church. Let’s take a look at the various items contained in the Book of Concord and then we will talk about why the Lutheran Confessions are so important for being a Lutheran.
What are the Ecumenical Creeds?
The three ecumenical creeds in the Book of Concord are the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed. They are described as “ecumenical” [universal] because they are accepted by Christians worldwide as correct expressions of what God’s Word teaches.
What is the Augsburg Confession and Apology of the Augsburg Confession?
In the year 1530, the Lutherans were required to present their confession of faith before the emperor in Augsburg, Germany. Philip Melanchthon wrote the Augsburg Confession and it was read before the imperial court on June 30, 1530. One year later, the Lutherans presented their defense of the Augsburg Confession, which is what “apology” here means. It too was written by Philip Melanchthon. The largest document in the Book of Concord, its longest chapter, is devoted to the most important truth of the Christian faith: the doctrine of justification by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
What are the Small and Large Catechisms?
Martin Luther realized early on how desperately ignorant the laity and clergy of his day were when it came to even the most basic truths of the Christian faith. Around 1530, he produced two small handbooks to help pastors and the heads of families teach the faith.
The Small Catechism and the Large Catechism are organized around six topics: the Ten Commandments, the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, Holy Baptism, Confession, and the Sacrament of the Altar. So universally accepted were these magnificent doctrinal summaries by Luther, that they were included as part of the Book of Concord.
What are the Smalcald Articles and the Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope?
In 1537, Martin Luther was asked to prepare a statement of Lutheran belief for use at a church council, if it was called. Luther’s bold and vigorous confession of faith was later incorporated into the Book of Concord. It was presented to a group of Lutheran rulers meeting in the town of Smalcald. Philip Melanchthon was asked to expand on the subject of the Roman pope and did so in his treatise, which also was included in the Book of Concord.
What is the Formula of Concord?
After Luther’s death in 1546, significant controversies broke out in the Lutheran Church. After much debate and struggle, the Formula of Concord in 1577 put an end to these doctrinal controversies and the Lutheran Church was able to move ahead united in what it believed, taught and confessed. In 1580, all the confessional writings mentioned here were gathered into a single volume, the Book of Concord. Concord is a word that means, “harmony.” The Formula of Concord was summarized in a version known as the “Epitome” of the Formula of Concord. This document too is included in the Book of Concord.
What is the connection between the Bible and the Confessions?
We confess that, “The Word of God is and should remain the sole rule and norm of all doctrine” (FC SD, Rule and Norm, 9). What the Bible asserts, God asserts. What the Bible commands, God commands. The authority of the Scriptures is complete, certain and final. The Scriptures are accepted by the Lutheran Confessions as the actual Word of God. The Lutheran Confessions urge us to believe the Scriptures for “they will not lie to you” (LC, V, 76) and cannot be “false and deceitful” (FC SD, VII, 96). The Bible is God’s “pure, infallible, and unalterable Word” (Preface to the BOC).
The Lutheran Confessions are the “basis, rule, and norm indicating how all doctrines should be judged in conformity with the Word of God” (FC SD RN). Because the Confessions are in complete doctrinal agreement with the written Word of God, they serve as the standard in the Lutheran Church to determine what is faithful Biblical teaching, insofar as that teaching is addressed in the Confessions.
Now may:
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make His face shine on you and show grace to you.
The Lord look on you and give you peace.
Be safe, keep each other in prayer and, God willing, we will all see each other next Sunday!
Pastor Ken
Scripture Readings for Sunday, July 20, 2025 (ASL Format)
The Old Testament lesson is from Genesis chapter 18.
About noon, ABRAHAM sat in-front-of his tent near the trees at the place named MAMRE. The Lord came to him. ABRAHAM looked and saw three men coming near. ABRAHAM ran to meet them, and he bowed in-front-of them.
ABRAHAM said, “My Lord, please show kindness to me and stay here with me. Because you came here, we will bring water and wash your feet, and you can rest under the tree. I will get food for you to get energy again, and then you can leave.”
The three men answered, “Yes, do what you said.”
ABRAHAM hurried into the tent to his wife SARAH. ABRAHAM said, “Quick, get some flour and make three cakes.” Then ABRAHAM ran to the fields and found a young cow and gave that to his servant to cook it. Then ABRAHAM took some cheese and milk and meat finished prepared and served the visitors sitting under the tree. ABRAHAM stood near while they ate.
The three men asked, “Where is your wife, SARAH?”
ABRAHAM answered, “In the tent.”
The Lord said, “This time next year, I will come again to you, and your wife SARAH will have a son.”
SARAH stood in the tent and listened. ABRAHAM and SARAH were old, and SARAH was too old to have children. SARAH laughed and thought, “My husband and I are old! Now I will have this joy?”
The Lord asked ABRAHAM, “Why did SARAH laugh and say, ‘Will I have a child now, when I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? Next year I will come again to you and SARAH will have a son.”
This is the word of the Lord.
C: (copy) Thanks give to God.
The New Testament lesson is from Colossians chapter 1.
Once before you were-separated from God. In your minds you were God’s enemies and you did bad things. But now, because Jesus died, God brought you to Himself and makes you holy and innocent and without blame, if you continue in your faith, strong and faithful. Don’t leave the hope you heard in the gospel. This is the same good news preached to every person on earth, and I, PAUL, am a servant of that good news.
I am happy that I suffered for you. Christ suffered on the cross. Now I follow Him and suffer Christ’s body, the church. God made me a servant when God gave-me this work to preach His word to you.
God hid His word from the people for many years, but now God shows that secret to His holy people. God wanted to tell them about His wonderful glory among the non-Jewish peoples. That glorious word is that Christ lives in you and He gives you hope. We preach Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone. We use every kind of wisdom to show that we are holy and perfect through Christ. That is my goal. That is why I work hard, because God’s energy and power are working in me.
This is the word of the Lord.
C: (copy) Thanks give to God.
The Gospel lesson is from Luke chapter 10.
C: (copy) Glory to You, O Lord.
While the group was-walking, Jesus entered a city. A woman named MARTHA invited Jesus into her home. MARTHA had a sister named MARY. MARY sat near Jesus’ feet and listened to Him teach. But MARTHA was-worried about working to serve Jesus. MARTHA came and asked, “Lord, my sister lets me do all the work. You don’t-care? Tell her to help me!”
Jesus answered, “MARTHA, MARTHA, you are busy and you worry about many things. But you need only one thing. MARY made the correct decision, and you must not take-away that from her.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C: (copy) Praise to You, O Christ.