Pilgrim Worship Sunday August 18, 2024

Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

August 18,  2024

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 Adult Bible study at 9:00 am, then our 10:00 am Worship service.  Afterward, we gathered for food and conversations, 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!  Anyone can watch our services live on Facebook or later on Pilgrim's website.

Here is information about this worship service:

BIBLE READINGS FOR SUNDAY

  Old Testament:  Isaiah 29:11-19

               Psalm:  Psalm 14
              Epistle:  Ephesians 5:22-33
              Gospel:  Mark 7:1-13

OUR THEME FOR WORSHIP
Through His own words and those of His servant Isaiah, today Jesus teaches us about traditions.  Each of us live our lives surrounded by traditions.  What are some of yours?  Pause and think about a couple of them.  Are they good & joyful traditions?  Do some of them come with risks and dangers?  Have you ever stopped and wondered why we follow certain traditions and what good does or should come from them?  

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

Peace in Christ,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188     mobile:  248.881.7627

We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:  

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

Pilgrim Website

Pilgrim Facebook page

Soli Deo Gloria

"For You, O LORD, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth."  Psalm 71:5 

Thursday Psalms: God Restores You!

It's heartbreaking to know folks who foolishly say “There is no God.”, especially if in our own families or close friends.  But this psalm also speaks to all who do believe.

Psalm 14

¹ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”

        They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;

               there is none who does good.

² The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,

        to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

³ They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;

        there is none who does good, not even one.

⁴ Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers

        who eat up my people as they eat bread

               and do not call upon the Lord?

⁵ There they are in great terror,

        for God is with the generation of the righteous.

⁶ You would shame the plans of the poor,

        but the Lord is his refuge.

⁷ Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!

        When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,

let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad. 

But wait, you and I are included in the words "all" and "any", and "not even one" in verses 2-3.  Even our best works are imperfect and not "good" enough to satisfy God's laws and earn His favor.  All seems hopeless for "fools" and believes alike, until we get to verse seven.  Through the rear-view mirror of time, we know that God's salvation HAS come, when He sent His Son Jesus to take the punishment for all our sins!  By His innocent death, Jesus paid the sin-cost for all people, "fools" and believers alike.

So rejoice and be glad, the Lord has restored you to Himself!

Peace in Christ,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188     mobile:  248.881.7627

We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:  

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

Pilgrim Website

Pilgrim Facebook page

Soli Deo Gloria

"Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law

     and observe it with my whole heart."  Psalm 119:34    

Pilgrim Worship Sunday August 11, 2024

Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

August 11,  2024

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 Adult Bible study at 9:00 am, then our 10:00 am Worship service.  Afterward, we gathered for food and conversations, 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!  Anyone can watch our services live on Facebook or later on Pilgrim's website.

Here is information about this worship service:

BIBLE READINGS FOR SUNDAY

  Old Testament:  1 Kings 19:1–8

               Psalm:   Psalm 34:1–8
              Epistle:   Ephesians 4:17–5:2
             Gospel:   John 6:35–51

THEME FOR WORSHIP
If you’re wandering in the desert, a broom tree can provide a little bit of shade from the scorching sun.  Broom trees provided such shelter for the Israelites at Rithmah [Numbers 33].  They’re places of God’s provision.  But Elijah’s broom tree was a place of death.  He was so discouraged on his journey he cried out to God “…O LORD, take away my life”.  When did you last sit under a desert broom tree, needing rest?  Perhaps right now your journey is too great for you.  But God gives you hope!  Like for Elijah, God feeds you & provides you strength to carry on!

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

Peace in Christ,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188     mobile:  248.881.7627

We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:  

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

Pilgrim Website

Pilgrim Facebook page

Soli Deo Gloria

"For You, O LORD, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth."  Psalm 71:5