Pilgrim Worship Sunday September 27, 2026

 Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

September 27, 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:  Ezekiel 18:1–4, 25–32

               Psalm:  Psalm 25:1–10

              Epistle:  Philippians 2:1-18

              Gospel:  Matthew 21:23–27

THEME FOR WORSHIP

Who are you “like”?  Do you share a physical or emotional “likeness” with somebody else?  Perhaps you’ve been given a big heart like your Mom, or a short temper like your Dad, or thin hair like Uncle Edward.  You get the picture.

In the Epistle lesson, Paul uses this idea of “likeness” to remind us of some powerful gifts, some loving opportunities and high expectations God has given to us.

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

"Make me to know Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths."  Psalm 25:4

Thursday Psalms: God Remembers You Forever!

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

As I read verse three of today's Psalm, I began thinking about waiting, especially waiting for God.  We wait in many ways; for God to act on certain situations, for Him to answer our prayers, and many others.  Of course, our greatest waiting is for the return of our Lord and Savior Jesus and the day that sin and suffering are eternally destroyed.  And so we wait in a sense of tension.  We wait, pondering our shameful sins but at the same time, we're also awaiting something much, much better.  We're waiting to receive the eternal gift of salvation, won for us by Jesus' death on the cruel & blood-soaked cross.  Verse three of Psalm 25 encourages us in this waiting.  As we wait for Jesus our Savior, we wait in forgiveness, not in shame.

Psalm  25:1-15

¹ To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

² O my God, in You I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.

³ Indeed, none who wait for You shall be put to shame;

    they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.

⁴ Make me to know Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.

⁵ Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation;

    for You I wait all the day long.

⁶ Remember Your mercy, O Lord, and Your steadfast love, 

    for they have been from of old.

⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;

    according to Your steadfast love remember me, 

      for the sake of Your goodness, O Lord!

⁸ Good and upright is the Lord; therefore He instructs sinners in the way.

⁹ He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble His way.

¹⁰ All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,

      for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

And what shall we do, as we wait?  Verses 4 & 5 encourage another daily waiting discipline.  Look to the Lord; to teach you His ways and to lead you on His paths.  Ask God daily to show you His truth and teach you.  And then we wait all the day long, anticipating what the Holy Spirit will give to you.  We wait, anticipating the eternal joy & freedom which will wash over us as we enter heaven.

What is the source of the joy for which we wait?  God tells you in verses 6 & 7.  It is the Lord's mercy, the Lord's love.  And these gifts have been around from old, from God's creation of this world and all things therein.  And the Lord's mercy & love continue for you EVERY DAY of your life, both here on earth and forever in heaven!

God remembers you forever, but your confessed & forgiven sins, God remembers NOT!  Thanks be to God, for His great goodness!  

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

"Make me to know Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths."  Psalm 25:4

Pilgrim Worship Sunday September 20, 2026

 

“Labourers in the Vineyard”  Eugène Burnand   1850-1921  

 Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

September 20, 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:  Isaiah 55:6–9

               Psalm:  Psalm 27:1–9

              Epistle:  Philippians 1:12–14, 19–30

              Gospel:  Matthew 20:1–16

THEME FOR WORSHIP

“That’s not fair!”  “I deserve more than she does!”  Words like these are more common to us than we’d like to admit in Christian company.  You don’t have to teach humans to notice when things seem unfair.  

In today’s Gospel text, Jesus teaches us what the kingdom of God is like, but with our minds set on the things of man, this parable is confusing & even frustrating.  By setting our minds on the things of God, what will we understand about God’s fairness and generosity?

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