Lutheran Church of Our Savior

Sunday Update for 6 Easter

May 9, 2021

Happy Mother’s Day!  Happy 6 Easter!

Christ is risen!  So are many moms in the Lord! 

Today we’ll be singing “Now Thank We All Our God.”   “Who from our mothers’ arms has blest us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today!  Today we’ll celebrate with Aaron Hernandez and his family as he confirms his faith.  Today we heed the Lord’s call “to love one another as I have loved you.”                

Video Homily Link “Love One Another”  https://vimeo.com/546912722

Weekend Update for 6 Easter

May 9, 2021

The Gospel Challenge

          “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.  You are My friends if you do what I command you.” 

What a love-challenge: to die. It’s not your typical Barry White kind of love!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfxZRBm3EY.  It’s love willing to die.  Not for your mother, your spouse, not for your children or grandchildren, but for a fellow Christian. For whom in the church family would you be willing to lay down your life?  Marvin? Federico? Marianne? Bishop Egensteiner?  Mother Gladys? John Litke?

 Faith without good works is a dead faith.  Spirit-given gratitude for the Lord laying down His life for us leads us to give ourselves away for others.  On a recent visit with Gunter Georgi, I asked if he gets mail from the church family.  As I off-handedly asked, I remembered I hadn’t sent a card/note since Easter.  Hmm…  Makes me think of the ‘60’s folk song, “And They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love.”  Pressing questions:  do they know?  Will they know?         

Tomorrow’s our nation-wide day of thanking the Lord for our mothers and for all Godly women who are/were influential in our faith development.  In our prayers we’ll remember those for whom Mother’s Day is a challenge: those missing their moms, grieving mothers, those grieving because they cannot be mothers, and those never having known a loving mother.

Additionally, during tomorrow’s service 8^th grader Aaron Hernandez will confirm his faith.  Our safe distancing practice is having one Confirmand at a time.

Steve Kinney is your Cantor.  Linda Polizzi your Assisting Minister. Elaine Ajello your Lector.

            Soli Deo Gloria!