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Scripture in our Services

February 16, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

When I was young, I never understood why we had such a long and seemingly rote liturgy, or order of service. What I didn’t know was that literally every part of our service is taken from Scripture, either word for word, or based on Scripture.

The section of our liturgy called the Service of the Word (the part of our service where we pause to read and meditate on Scripture: usually consisting of the Psalm (introit), Old Testament, Epistle, and Gospel lessons) comes straight from the Jewish synagogue services – centuries, even Millennia, before Christ. The Service of the Sacrament is based on what Jesus told His followers to do whenever they gathered together in His name. It was carried on by the apostles and, over the years, surrounded by more Scripture so that we don’t forget what it is that we’re doing: that we are in the presence of God, actually eating and drinking the body and blood of the Lamb of God who has taken away the sins of the world. We actually see, touch, and taste our salvation. That’s the purpose for everything in our service: to tell us something about Christ and our salvation.

This Sunday is Sexagesima Sunday, the Sunday of the Church Year where we focus on God’s Word. I have printed the entire Common Service in our service folder with the Scripture references for each part on the right margin. The references in brackets mean that the particular part is based on the passage, rather than quoting it.

O Lord, sanctify us by Your truth. Your Word is truth. (John 17:17)

Download the service folder for Sunday

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Christmas Schedule

December 13, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Service | Time | Location

Children’s Christmas Program – “From Heaven Above: Christmas with Luther” | 8:00am, Dec 18 | Calvary, Ulen

Christmas Eve – “The Song of the Shepherds“| 7:00pm | Grace, Crookston

Christmas Day | 8:00am | Calvary, Ulen

Christmas Day | 10:45am | Grace, Crookston

New Year’s Day | 8:00am | Calvary, Ulen

New Year’s Day | 10:45am | Grace, Crookston

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Hymns of Advent: Psalms 24 & 25

December 9, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

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Welcome Message

October 24, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Thank you for visiting our web site. We hope you find it helpful to get to know us.

Join us as we hear, learn, and believe the whole counsel of God, we hear and learn the law of God, which shows us our sins, and the Gospel of the Lord, which shows us the grace, love, forgiveness and gift of salvation from our Savior. Through the Word and Sacraments we receive by faith all of God’s gifts of life and salvation in Jesus. We know from Jesus that the purpose of His Word is to make us wise unto salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. (2 Timothy 3:15-17)

It is by the grace of God we belong to a faithful fellowship in the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) where we can be supported and support others and mission work with this one saving message.  We are also thankful to be in fellowship with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).

Come and visit us and we will do whatever we can to make you feel at home!

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God’s Word on the Go

October 24, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

The Third Commandment means that we should fear and love God…and hold His Word sacred and gladly hear and learn it.  The chief way God gives us His Word is in the Divine Service on Sunday mornings in both Word and Sacrament.

Sometimes however, we aren’t able to make it to our home church, due to sickness, weather, or travel.  For these reasons, our sermons are now available to listen on-demand online (usually by late Monday morning).

You can listen to the latest sermon here:

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