Lutheran Church of Our Savior

Weekend Update for 3 Lent

March 7, 2021

Whose Church Is It, Anyway?

          How often you and I speak of our church family by saying, “In our church we do such and such…”  But it’s not really our church, is it?  The church belongs to Jesus Christ.  He bought us with His salvific death and resurrection.  The church is covered by His sacrificial blood and powered by His agent, the Holy Spirit. This Spirit comes to us by Word & Sacrament, through personal prayer and amid mutual conversation and consolation among those belonging to Christ.  God’s plan for His Church is ever evolving.  As I told President Randy Fairhurst the other day, “God already knows the name of the next pastor, the one leading you to being Christ’s Church more fully and faithfully.”  How awesome to know the Church is in God’s hands!

          The Lord cleans house in tomorrow’s Gospel reading. His purpose isn’t solely to rid the Jerusalem Temple of the “bizarre bazaar” going on in the Court of the Gentiles.  The Lord’s preparing us for Him to be the way God comes and encounters us with His presence and mercies. We worship a person, not a place!

            For this 3^rd Sunday in Lent our Assisting Minister is Steve Kinney.  The Cantor is Linda Urick, and the Lector is David Leitner.     

          To register for in-person worship, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/lutheran-church-or-our-savior-30573212816

Soli Deo Gloria!