Pilgrim Worship Sunday October 11, 2026

 Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

October 11, 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 Sunday schedule has our Worship service beginning at 10:30 am.  Afterwards, around 11:40 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 25:6-9

              Psalm:  Psalm 23

             Epistle:  Philippians 4:4-13

             Gospel:  Matthew 22:1-14

THEME FOR WORSHIP 

Have you ever enjoyed a “mountain-top” moment, an experience that was perfect in every way?  Have you ever been gifted and exquisite and lavish feast, the best of everything to eat & drink?  Today God invites you to His mountain and makes a rich, lavish feast for you!

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

"Blessed be the LORD, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation."  Psalm 68:19

Thursday Psalms: Lift Up Your Head!

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

Today's psalm is all about God's presence among His people.  The first two verses begin by proclaiming the Lord as Creator, Owner, Founder and Establisher of the earth and everything around us.  In verse three David asks "who can be in the presence of the one true God?"  Certainly we are not deserving of this honor!  However, we find the answer in verses four & five.

Psalm 24     A Psalm of David.

¹ The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof,

    the world and those who dwell therein,

² for He has founded it upon the seas

    and established it upon the rivers.

³ Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?

    And who shall stand in His holy place?

⁴ He who has clean hands and a pure heart,

    who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

⁵ He will receive blessing from the Lord

    and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

⁶ Such is the generation of those who seek Him,

    who seek the face of the God of Jacob.

⁷ Lift up your heads, O gates!

    And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

⁸ Who is this King of glory?

    The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle!

⁹ Lift up your heads, O gates!

    And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

¹⁰ Who is this King of glory?

    The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory!

Do you meet the standards set in verse four?  If you're like me, the answer is "...sometimes, I think?"  You and I don't like to admit it, but our hands are never really clean, our hearts are never really pure and deception and dishonesty are tools of our daily lives.  Things are really hopeless, if all we have is our own "goodness".

But Jesus has intervened for you!  If you believe in Jesus as your Savior, you receive great blessings (v 5) from the Lord!  Because Jesus took your punishment for all your sins, you have received His righteousness and salvation!  We are the people, we are the "generation" who seek Him by seeking to live lives which glorify Him.  Because Jesus has cleaned our hands and made our hearts pure, we can joyfully ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place!  

Whatever struggles you're having today, and they may seem rather hopeless, God encourages you to keep your head uplifted as we wait on Him.  And of course we know how all things end;  on the Last Day of God's choosing, the the Lord, strong and mighty, will return for His final judgement of the world, and the bodily resurrection of all believers to eternal life!  Believe in God, and be one of them!

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

"Blessed be the LORD, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation."  Psalm 68:19

Pilgrim Worship Sunday October 4, 2026

 

 Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

October 4, 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 5:1–7

               Psalm:  Psalm 80:7–19

              Epistle:  Philippians 3:4b–14

              Gospel:  Matthew 21:33–46

THEME FOR WORSHIP

The Isaiah reading and today’s Gospel text are both parables which cut deep and are easy for people to misunderstand.  Jesus gives us stories that reinforce what the world already thinks about God, that He is demanding and punitive.  God wants love from His people and punishes us we disappoint Him.  Paraphrasing Isaiah’s words, God asks, “What more could I have done…for my people and still I receive only wild grapes?”.   

Is this really how God operates, how He treats you and me?

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