First Sunday after Pentecost | Holy Trinity
We believe in the triune God. He is the only true God. The festival of the Holy Trinity is a time to celebrate God revealing himself to us as one God in three persons. The triune God wants his people to teach this mystery in its biblical truth and purity. This festival of the Holy Trinity begins the second half of the Church Year with a proclamation of people being baptized and blessed in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, the only true God.

Gospel—Matthew 28:16–20
First Reading—Genesis 1:1–2:3
Second Reading—2 Corinthians 13:11–14
Psalm of the Day—Psalm 8
Hymn of the Day—Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (CW 586)
Service Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsz_kDgPJyMmSUSYR4j3s1r6IAbE1qRiS&si=xuFoERA2rMJMhPhp

Second Sunday after Pentecost
They never forgot their past. Moses never forgot how he killed a man in a fit of anger. Paul never forgot how he had savaged the Church of God. Matthew never forgot how, as a tax collector for the Roman Empire, he was considered a traitor to his people.
But God forgot their past. He forgave all their sins and called them to proclaim his mercy. Christians are sinners whom God has mercifully called. Only mercy can explain why Jesus brings people to faith and promises them salvation. Only grace can explain how he calls them to serve as they are able, even in the ministry of the gospel. God loves sinners.

Gospel—Matthew 9:9–13
First Reading—Exodus 3:1–15
Second Reading—1 Timothy 1:12–17
Psalm of the Day—Psalm 119:65–72
Hymn of the Day—Chief of Sinners Though I Be (CW 578)
Service Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsz_kDgPJyMml21wuVvDwI2UNd-8GtntL&si=OWYFcMM6PtusR75y

Third Sunday after Pentecost
The Law was given through Moses. He was a marvelous leader of his people, but he could not take them to the Promised Land. The Law can never get God’s people to the promised land. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Joshua, the successor of Moses, defeated the enemies of the people and led them into the Promised Land. Jesus defeats our enemies and shepherds us as his flock. The gracious Gospel of forgiveness of sins through faith in Jesus is the only way to the promised land of heaven. Jesus leads us all the way there.

Gospel—Matthew 9:35–10:8
First Reading—Numbers 27:15–23
Second Reading—1 Corinthians 4:1–7
Psalm of the Day—Psalm 100
Hymn of the Day—Lord Jesus, You Have Come (CW 897)
Service Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsz_kDgPJyMlUC0u-7MJMz_zEE1cLmGkM&si=J9ZuVRejGvrwztUj

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Believers in God and their ministers have always been persecuted. Religious leaders in Jerusalem tried to muzzle the truth, but they only succeeded in sending people to preach the Word throughout the land. The Roman Empire persecuted Christians with stakes and lions, but God’s Church exploded with growth. In Martin Luther’s day, both pope and emperor tried to limit the gospel movement that was spreading from Germany, but God led many people to speak his truth. God wants his people to keep the faith and preach the Word even in the face of opposition.

Gospel—Matthew 10:5a,21–33
First Reading—Jeremiah 20:7–13
Second Reading—2 Timothy 4:1–8
Psalm of the Day—Psalm 91
Hymn of the Day—Jesus, Priceless Treasure (CW 823)
Service Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsz_kDgPJyMlIGiqnyZ-7cbK8tVJWVy0i&si=BgJk1FstfySCSSEZ

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Not all love is good. It is self-destructive to love bad things. It is just as harmful to love good things in a bad order. For example, it would seem to be a good thing for a man to love his dog. But if he loves his dog more than he loves his wife, his “love” for both is disordered. For love to be healthy, it needs to be properly ordered.
Christians love the people whom God has placed into their lives. But when those people desire something that God does not desire, Christians love and serve God above all. Properly ordered love leads us to be faithful to God and his Word. We love God above all because he first loved us.

Gospel—Matthew 10:34–42
First Reading—Exodus 32:15–29
Second Reading—1 Timothy 6:11–16
Psalm of the Day—Psalm 27
Hymn of the Day—Come, Follow Me, the Savior Spake (CW 702)
Service Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsz_kDgPJyMk8GvwY3bkEvHbyAf4dKrPi&si=SPYpXJNCMi3kTLhl