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Next Church Service Sunday February 22, 2026@ 10:30am
Holy Communion 3rd Sundays of the month
Holy Communion 3rd Sundays
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.
FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
(22 February 2026)
Genesis 3:1–21
Romans 5:12–19
Matthew 4:1–11
Jesus’ Righteous Obedience to the Father Leads to the Justification of All.
Following His Baptism, Jesus is “led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Matt. 4:1). As He takes upon Himself the curse of our sin and sets Himself against our enemy, He trusts His Father’s voice and waits upon His Father’s hand for all things. The devil questions His sonship, but the beloved and well-pleasing Son remains faithful and lives “by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4). Jesus patiently suffers hunger in His mortal flesh and returns to the dust whence man was taken, and by His pain He brings forth food for all the children of men (Gen. 3:18–19). By the sweat of His brow, we eat the fruit of His cross, even as our nakedness is covered by His righteousness. Although all people live in bondage to death through the trespass of the first man, Adam, all the more “have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many” (Rom. 5:15). His righteous obedience “leads to justification and life for all men” (Rom. 5:18 LCMS Summaries.
Introit (Psalm 91)
P: God says, when he calls to Me, I will answer. I will stay with him through trouble.
C: I will save him and honor him.
P: I will satisfy him with long life.
C: I will show him My salvation.
P: You made the Lord your home.
C: The Most High God is my protector.
P: No evil will hurt me.
C: No death will come near my home.
P: God will command His angels about you.
C: They will protect you in all your ways.
P: Angel hands will support you.
C: You will not kick your foot against a stone.
P: You will walk on the lion and the snake.
C: Your feet will stomp on the young lion and snake.
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 God, long ago You led Your people through the desert and into the promised land. Lead Your church to follow our Savior. Then we will walk through the trouble of this world into the glory of life with You. 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 February 22, 2026 (ASL Format)
Feb 22, 2026
The Old Testament lesson is from Genesis chapter 3.
The snake was very smart, more than any WILD animal the Lord God made. The snake said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden?’”
The woman said to the snake, “We can eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘The tree in the middle of the garden, you must not eat that fruit. Don’t touch that, or you will die.’”
But the snake said to the woman, “You will not die! Because God knows when you eat, then your eyes will open and you will become the same-as God. You will know good and evil.”
The woman saw the tree was good for food and beautiful. She wanted the tree to make her wise. She took some fruit and ate. Her husband was with her; she gave to him and he ate. Then their eyes opened. They knew they were-naked. They sewed together FIG leaves to make clothes.
In the cool time of the day, they heard the Lord God walking in the garden. The man and his wife hid from the Lord God, they hid behind the trees in the garden.
The Lord God called the man and said, “Where are you?”
The man answered, “I heard You in the garden. I was-afraid because I was naked, and I hid.”
And God asked, “Who said you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I told you don’t eat?”
The man said, “The woman You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree and I ate.”
The Lord God said to the woman, “What you do?”
The woman answered, “The snake fooled me and I ate.”
Then the Lord God said to the snake, “Because you did this, curse you more than all animals, TAME or WILD. You must slither and eat dirt all your life. I will make you and the woman hate each other, and your descendants and her Descendant will be enemies. Her Descendant will crush your head, and you will hurt His foot.
God said to the woman, “I will increase much your pain in childbirth. You will give-birth in pain. But you will desire your husband, and he will rule you.”
God said to ADAM, “You listened to your wife and ate from that tree, after I commanded you don’t eat from that. I curse the ground because of you. You must work hard to get food all of your life. THORNS and WEEDS will grow for you. You will eat plants from the field. You will work and sweat to get bread, until you die and go again to the ground. You came from the ground. You are dust, and you go again to dust.”
Then the man named his wife “EVE” because she will become the mother of all living people. The Lord God made clothes from animal SKINS for ADAM and his wife, and God clothed them.
This is the word of the Lord.
C: (copy) Thanks give to God.
The New Testament lesson from Romans chapter 5.
Through one man, ADAM, sin entered the world. Death came with sin. So death spread to all people, because all people sinned.
Sin was in the world, even before God gave the Law through MOSES. But if there is no law, there is no blame for sin. But death continued ruling from ADAM until MOSES. Death also ruled those people who didn’t break a command the same as ADAM. ADAM was an example of the One Man who would come later.
God’s free gift is different from the sin. The one man (ADAM) sinned and many people died. Much more, God’s grace and His free gift through the One Man Jesus Christ increased for many people.
And God’s gift is different from the punishment for ADAM’s sin. Because of one sin, God judged and punished people. But no-matter people sinned much, God gave His free gift of salvation.
One man’s sin means death reigns through ADAM. But God gives rich grace and His gift of righteousness for people. Much more, they will reign in life through Jesus Christ.
So one sin (from ADAM) means punishment for all people, but one holy work (from Jesus) means salvation and life for all people. One man didn’t obey God and that made all people become sinners. But One Man obeyed God and many people will become holy.
This is the word of the Lord.
C: (copy) Thanks give to God.
The Gospel lesson is from Matthew chapter 4.
C: (copy) Glory to You, O Lord.
Then the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert for the Devil to tempt Him. Jesus didn't eat for 40 days and 40 nights. Then Jesus was-hungry.
Then the Devil came and said to Jesus, “If You are the Son of God, order these stones to become bread.”
But Jesus answered, “God’s word says, ‘People must not live with bread only, but live with every word from the mouth of God.’”
Then the Devil brought Jesus into the holy city and put Jesus high on the temple roof. And the Devil said to Jesus, “If You are the Son of God, then jump-down, because God’s word says, ‘He will order angels to watch you. And angel hands will support you, and you will not kick your foot against a stone.’”
Jesus answered, “Again God’s word says, ‘You will not test the Lord your God.’”
Then the Devil brought Jesus to a very high mountain and showed Him all the nations of the world and their glory. And the Devil said to Jesus, “I will give-You these things if You kneel and worship me.”
But Jesus answered, “Go-away, Satan, because God’s word says, ‘You must worship the Lord, your God, and you must serve only Him.’” Then the Devil went-away and angels came and served Jesus.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C: (copy) Praise to You, O Christ.