The Crucifixion with the Two Thieves Jan Snellinck (1549-1638)
The Last Sunday in the Church Year
November 20, 2022
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! Once again, we had lots of great activities going on, starting with our 10:30 am Worship Service. Afterward, we gathered for food, conversations, and Adult Bible study, while the children enjoyed Sunday School. These classes are full of activities and teaching, so the children learn how much God loves them!
If you live in the Burton area, please consider joining us on Sunday mornings!
Here is information about today's worship service:
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR TODAY
Old Testament: Malachi 3:13–18
Psalm: Psalm 46
Epistle: Colossians 1:13–20
Gospel: Luke 23:27–43
Epistle: Colossians 1:13–20
Gospel: Luke 23:27–43
OUR THEME FOR WORSHIP TODAY
The Church calendar has reached its annual conclusion; today is the Sunday of the Fulfillment, Christ the King Sunday, or simply the Last Sunday in the Church Year. By any name, today concludes our emphasis begun on All Saints Sunday: death, Christ’s return in judgement, heaven & hell, and the promise of a new Heaven and a new earth. With our citizenship in heaven, we are all pilgrims, who have no lasting city in this dying world, but we’re looking forward to our enduring & eternal city, which is yet to come.
The Church calendar has reached its annual conclusion; today is the Sunday of the Fulfillment, Christ the King Sunday, or simply the Last Sunday in the Church Year. By any name, today concludes our emphasis begun on All Saints Sunday: death, Christ’s return in judgement, heaven & hell, and the promise of a new Heaven and a new earth. With our citizenship in heaven, we are all pilgrims, who have no lasting city in this dying world, but we’re looking forward to our enduring & eternal city, which is yet to come.
The “Last” Gospel text takes us to the cross, the foundation for all these themes. Here, Jesus suffered so intensely, and endured pain beyond anyone’s understanding, taking the sin punishment for all people and praying “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” So, we’ll “come to Calvary’s holy mountain, sinners ruined by the fall…here the troubled, peace may find.”
To watch the video of today's service, please click HERE.
Peace to you on this, the Lord's Day!
Pastor Mark
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS Burton, Michigan
office: 810.744.1188
mobile: 248.881.7627
Soli Deo Gloria
"But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head." Psalm 3:3
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