Pilgrim Worship Sunday June 28, 2026

 
Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

June 28, 2026

We're thankful you've come here to watch our service and to worship the one true God!

This was another exciting Sunday at Pilgrim Lutheran Church!  Our Summer Sunday schedule has started with our Worship service beginning at 9:30 am.  Afterwards, around 10:30 or so, please join us and enjoy food and conversations together.

If you live in the Burton area, please consider joining us on Sunday mornings!  Anyone can watch our services live on Facebook or on Pilgrim's website.

Here is information about this worship service:

SCRIPTURE READINGS 

  Old Testament:  Jeremiah 28:5-9

               Psalm:  Psalm 119:153-160

              Epistle:  Romans 7:1-13

              Gospel:  Matthew 10:34-42

THEME FOR WORSHIP

The beginning of our Gospel text is shocking;  Jesus tells us He’s come not to bring peace, but a sword.  Jesus’ sword destroys, and it protects.  It kills and it saves.  When Jesus comes, people are confronted with a crossroad, a stark choice.  Save your life… or lose it.  This is simple, but simply scary.

If Jesus had not come, the earth would have continued in its sin and guilt until its final destruction.  Jesus came to take away that sin and guilt, and war began.  Many people cling to their sins, remaining at war with Jesus and the gospel of salvation.  Jesus brings war and division, saving as many as possible, rather than let all people die in their sin.

To watch the video of today's service, please click HERE.

Your servant in Christ,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188   

We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:  

       Sharing God’s Love & Mercy with Each Other & the World.

Pilgrim Website           Pilgrim Facebook page

Soli Deo Gloria

"The LORD is a stronghold in times of trouble."  Psalm 9:9

Thursday Psalms: God Gives You Life!

Blessed Thursday to each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, your Savior!

We know neither the time nor author of Psalm 119, but God's Law plays a central role in the psalmist's life.  In today's section, the psalmist proclaims through his prayers that God is his life.  Three times he prays God would give him life.  At least once in each verse, the psalmist proclaims a different gift that God gives us to support and provide our lives.

Psalm 119:153-160

¹⁵³ Look on my affliction and deliver me,

       for I do not forget Your law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause and redeem me;

       give me life according to Your promise!

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked,

       for they do not seek Your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great is Your mercy, O Lord;

       give me life according to Your rules.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,

       but I do not swerve from Your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with disgust,

       because they do not keep Your commands.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love Your precepts!

       Give me life according to Your steadfast love.

¹⁶⁰ The sum of Your word is truth,

       and every one of Your righteous rules endures forever.

We all know that we can't ever keep God's law, rules, or commands.  But God forgives us when we confess our failures and God's forgiveness gives us new life, both here on earth and eternally in heaven!

Give thanks to God, that He gives you life, that He is your life!  

Your servant in Christ,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188 

We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:  

     Sharing God’s Love & Mercy with Each Other & the World.

Pilgrim Website       Pilgrim Facebook page

Soli Deo Gloria

"The LORD is a stronghold in times of trouble."  Psalm 9:9

Pilgrim Worship Sunday June 21, 2026

 
Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

June 21, 2026

We're thankful you've come here to watch our service and to worship the one true God!

This was another exciting Sunday at Pilgrim Lutheran Church!  Our Summer Sunday schedule has started with our Worship service beginning at 9:30 am.  Afterwards, around 10:30 or so, please join us and enjoy food and conversations together.

If you live in the Burton area, please consider joining us on Sunday mornings!  Anyone can watch our services live on Facebook or on Pilgrim's website.

Here is information about this worship service:

SCRIPTURE READINGS

   Old Testament:  Jeremiah 20:7–13

                Psalm:  Psalm 91:1–2, 14-16

               Epistle:  Romans 6:12–23

               Gospel:  Matthew 10:5a, 21–33

THEME FOR WORSHIP

When Jesus sends us out to be witnesses of His gospel, some people don’t want to hear what God has to tell them.  Much of the world in which we live rejects Jesus and those who believe in Him.  Jesus tells us that persecution for our witness will come, sometimes hitting you hard and other times less so.  But Jesus also tells you that you shouldn’t be afraid and gives you several promises to help you fear not.

To watch the video of today's service, please click HERE.

Your servant in Christ,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188   

We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:  

       Sharing God’s Love & Mercy with Each Other & the World.

Pilgrim Website           Pilgrim Facebook page

Soli Deo Gloria

"The LORD is a stronghold in times of trouble."  Psalm 9:9