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Cross of Christ Lutheran Church of the Deaf & Hearing

Next Church Service Sunday May 31, 2026: Holy Trinity (A), @10:30am

Holy Communion 3rd Sundays of the month

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 - 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.

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

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.

THE HOLY TRINITY

(31 May 2026)

Genesis 1:1—2:4a

Acts 2:14a, 22–36

Matthew 28:16–20

The Holy Triune God Recreates Us in the Image and Likeness of Christ Jesus

The holy Triune God “created the heavens and the earth,” and “behold, it was very good” (Gen. 1:1, 31). However, after Adam and Eve fell into sin and plunged God’s good creation into decay and death, the Son of God would be “delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God” to be “crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men” (Acts 2:23). As Jesus “received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:33), He also raises up all the baptized and pours out the Spirit upon them through the preaching of His Gospel. He sends out His apostles to “make disciples of all nations”by “baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” and “teaching them to observe all that [He has] commanded”(Matt. 28:19–20). Through such baptizing and teaching — Gospel and Sacraments — the holy Triune God recreates us in the image and likeness of His incarnate Son, Jesus, the Christ, and behold, it is “very good” (Gen. 1:31). ...LCMS Summaries.

Introit (Psalm 16)

P: Bless the Holy Trinity, the one true God.

C: We give Him glory because He shows mercy to us.

P: The Lord is always in-front-of me.

C: He is near my right hand. I won’t fear.

P: My heart is happy. All my body rejoices.

C: I live in safety.

P: You won’t leave my soul in hell.

C: You won’t let Your holy Son dissolve.

P: You showed me the path of life.

C: With You is full joy. With You is happiness forever.

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: Almighty and eternal God, You gave us grace for us to know You, the Trinity, and Your glory. Your grace gives us true faith in You. Make us faithful to always worship You, always proclaim You, our only God and our only Savior. We pray to You Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, because You live and reign, 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 May 31, 2026 (ASL Format)

For Sunday May 31,2026

The Old Testament lesson is from Genesis chapters 1 and 2.

In the beginning, God made the sky and the earth. The earth had no shape and it was empty. Over the surface of the deep water, it was very dark. The Spirit of God was moving over the waters.

Then God said, “Let there be light!” And light appeared. God saw the light and said the light was good. God separated the light from the darkness. The light, God named “Day.” The darkness, God named “Night.” That was evening and morning, the first day.

God said, “Let the waters separate up-high and down-low and put distance between waters.” God separated the waters above and waters below. The place between waters He named the sky. That was evening and morning, the second day.

God said, “Let the waters under the sky come together in one place. Let dry land appear.” That happened. God named the dry land “earth.” God named the waters together “sea.” God saw that was good.

God said, “Let the earth grow plants, plants growing SEEDS, and fruit trees growing fruit with SEEDS. The SEEDS will grow the same kind of plants.” That happened. The earth grew plants with SEEDS for each kind of plant, and trees growing fruit with SEEDS for each kind of tree. God saw that was good. That was evening and morning, the third day.

God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to show day and night. The lights will show time and seasons, days and years. The lights will give light for the earth.” That happened. God made two large lights. The bright-light reigned the day, the smaller light reigned the night. And He made the stars.

God put the lights in the sky to give light on earth, to reign the day and night, and to separate light and darkness. God saw that was good. That was evening and morning, the fourth day.

God said, “Let the waters become full with animals. Let birds fly in the sky above the earth.” God made the large animals in the ocean and everything that moves and lives in the water, all the different kinds of animals. And He made all the different kinds of birds. God saw that was good. God blessed them and said, “Birth more animals and increase. Fill the waters and let birds birth more birds.” That was evening and morning, the fifth day.

God said, “Let the earth have different kinds of animals, TAME animals, crawling animals, and wild animals.” That happened. God made all the kinds of WILD animals on earth and all the kinds of TAME animals, and every crawling animal. God saw that was good.

God said, “Let us make man in our IMAGE, the same-as Us. Let them reign over the fish in the water and the birds in the sky and the TAME animals and all the earth and every crawling animal on earth.” God made man in God’s IMAGE. God made them male and female.

God blessed them and said, “Have many children. Fill the earth and reign over it. Reign the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and every living animal on earth.”

Then God said, “Look! I gave you every plant growing SEEDS and every tree growing fruit with SEEDS. That is your food. For every animal on earth and every bird in the sky and everything on earth that moves and lives, I give every green plant for food.” That happened same-as God said.

God saw everything He made, and it was very good. That was evening and morning, the sixth day.

That is how God made the sky and the earth and everything. Before the seventh day, God finished His work. On the seventh day, God rested from all His work. God blessed the seventh day and made that holy, because on that day He rested from His work creating the world.

That is the story of the sky and the earth and how the Lord God made them.

This is the word of the Lord.

C: (copy) Thanks give to God.

The New Testament lesson is from Acts chapter 2.

PETER stood with the eleven apostles. He spoke loudly to all the people. He said, “Men in Israel, attend to my words about Jesus from the city NAZARETH. God was with Jesus and He did amazing and wonderful works. You know that. People arrested and judged Jesus, and God knew and planned that to happen. You used unbelievers to crucify and kill Jesus. Jesus suffered the pains of death, but God freed Him. God raised Jesus from death, because death can’t hold Jesus.

DAVID said this about Jesus: “I saw the Lord always in-front-of me. Because He is near my right hand to protect me. Now my heart is happy, and my mouth rejoiced. Yes, also my body will live in hope. Because You will not leave me in the grave. You will not let the body of Your Holy Son dissolve. You showed me the way of life. You came near me to give me joy.”

My friends, I can truly tell you about DAVID, our father. DAVID died and was buried. His grave is here with us today. DAVID was a prophet and knew what God said. God promised DAVID that He will make a man from DAVID’s family become king the same-as DAVID.

DAVID knew about Jesus rising alive before that happened. That is why DAVID said God will not leave Jesus in hell and His body will not dissolve. God raised Jesus from death. We are all witnesses.

Jesus went-up to heaven, near God’s right side. The Father gave the Holy Spirit to Jesus. Now Jesus poured-out the Spirit on us. You see and hear that.

DAVID didn’t go-up into heaven. Jesus went-up into heaven. DAVID himself said, ‘The Lord God said to my Lord: Sit near My right side. I will put your enemies under your reign.’

Now all the people in Israel should know this: You crucified Jesus. But God made Jesus Lord and Christ!”

This is the word of the Lord.

C: (copy) Thanks give to God.

The Gospel lesson is from Matthew chapter 28.

C: (copy) Glory to You, O Lord.

Jesus’ eleven disciples went to the country named GALILEE. They went to the mountain, the place Jesus commanded them to go. The disciples saw Jesus and worshiped Him. But some doubted. Jesus came to them and said, “God gave-Me all authority in heaven and on earth. Now you go to all people and make them My disciples. Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to do all the things I told you. And remember! I am with you every day until the end of the world.”

This is the Gospel of the Lord.

C: (copy) Praise to You, O Christ.

Cross of Christ Lutheran Church of the Deaf & Hearing

Next Church Service Sunday May 31, 2026: Holy Trinity (A), @10:30am

ASL Video Sermons \ 2026 |

Trinity Lutheran Church, Litchfield Park, Arizona (interpreted) Rev. Dave Bolte

Martin Luther's Morning/Evening Prayer

Make the sign of the Holy Cross and say:

Evening Prayer

2026 LCC Synod Convention June 12-15, 2026

2026 LCC Synod Convention June 12-15, 2026

Welcome to the 2026 LCC Synod Convention Info-page

2026 LCC Synod Convention June 12-15, 2026

Welcome to the 2026 LCC Synod Convention Info-page

Scripture Readings May 31, 2026 (ASL Format)

Cross of Christ Lutheran Church of the Deaf & Hearing

Next Church Service Sunday May 31, 2026: Holy Trinity (A), @10:30am

ASL Video Sermons \ 2026 |

Trinity Lutheran Church, Litchfield Park, Arizona (interpreted) Rev. Dave Bolte

Martin Luther's Morning/Evening Prayer

Make the sign of the Holy Cross and say:

Evening Prayer

2026 LCC Synod Convention June 12-15, 2026

2026 LCC Synod Convention June 12-15, 2026

Welcome to the 2026 LCC Synod Convention Info-page

2026 LCC Synod Convention June 12-15, 2026

Welcome to the 2026 LCC Synod Convention Info-page

Scripture Readings May 31, 2026 (ASL Format)

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