Worship Life in August
“For
the Son of Man came to seek and to save what is lost.”
Luke 19:10
Since December
of 2009 we’ve been working through Luke’s Gospel. It has been a
good journey which is now coming to an end. In the month of August
we will make the transition from the study of Luke back to the
normal lectionary readings. However, as this is the year of Luke,
the Gospel readings will continue our time…in Luke! Blessings to
those who dig deeper in the scriptures, always listening for the
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Download an OUTLINE of the series:
Luke's Gospel: To Seek and Save
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Sunday, August 1
(Tenth Sunday after Pentecost) -
Lord of the
Dead |
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Readings:
Psalm 107:1-9, 43; 1 Corinthians 15:12-28; Luke
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When Paul wrote
in his first letter to the Christians at Corinth, toward the
end of the letter he cut to the core of what it means to
follow Christ: If for this life only we have hoped in
Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. Some
look to Jesus (and Christ’s Church) for solid and deep moral
and ethical instruction. Others look to Christ as a great
philosopher, with the ability to answer the core questions
of life. However, the most ancient proclamation of the
Church held one thing triumphant: Christ is Lord.
Of all. Even death. What does this mean?
Try these words from the same chapter in 1 Corinthians
(12): Wake up sleeper, and rise from the dead. It
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Sunday, August 11
(Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost) -
To Seek and To Save |
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(Readings:
Psalm 33:12-22; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 19:10)
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Some look to Jesus for good, solid moral theology. Some for
healing. Others still for justice. But here Jesus tells
all who will hear the heart of his mission: …to seek and
to save the lost. Oh, followers of Jesus, that is our
call, too. |
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Sunday,
August 15
(Mary, the Mother of Jesus) -
God-bearer |
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(Readings:
Isaiah 61:7–11; Psalm 34:1–9; Galatians 4:4–7;
Luke 1:46–55)
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The church (including Martin Luther) honored Mary with the
title theotokos, meaning "God-bearer," for her role in
giving birth to the Son of God. Her song, the Magnificat,
speaks eloquently of God's lifting the lowly and feeding the
hungry. |
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Sunday, August 22
(Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost) -
Healed |
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(Readings:
Isaiah 58:9b–14; Psalm 103:1–8; Hebrews 12:18–29; Luke
13:10–17)
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If
you considered Tuesday a holy day, set aside for God, on
which no work was to be done, and your
mother was healed of a long-time affliction on that day, how
would you react? Would you be ecstatic, or, upset that her
healer worked on that holy day? Why? |
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On this day we will gather, as is our practice, at Lake Sammamish
State Park, with the joyful members and friends of Grace Chinese
Lutheran Church. It will be a great gathering! In preparation for
the day, there is a reason why the audience Jesus spoke to in Luke
14 wasn’t Lutheran: No one in a Lutheran church EVER willingly sit
in the front seats!
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