Worship

Hyde Park, New York

  Witness, Mercy, Life Together

Worship Service with Communion is at 10:00am Sundays.
Lutheran Service Book - Divine Service Two                

Lenten Observance

This year's emphasis will be focusing on the following questions: How does God speak to us today? and What are the obstacles that get in the way of faith?

6p - Soup Supper starting February 29
7p - Service of Prayer & Preaching

Lectionary Summaries provided by the LCMS:

ASH WEDNESDAY - February 22, 2012

Joel 2:12–19
2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10
Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21

On Ash Wednesday, we come down from the mountain with Jesus and set our face toward His Cross and Passion in Jerusalem. We make our pilgrimage with Him by the way of repentance, and thus we return to the dying and rising of Holy Baptism. Christ Jesus, “who knew no sin,” became our sin, so that by His death we are released from sin and in His resurrection we “become the righteousness of God” (2 Cor. 5:21). Since God has thus reconciled the world to Himself in Christ, “now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Cor. 6:2). He has provided the sacrificial Lamb, and He has left “a blessing behind Him, a grain offering and a drink offering” in the Eucharist (Joel 2:14, 19). He summons us to return to Him with all our heart, because He is “gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love” (Joel 2:13). Return to Him in faith and confidence, and so pray to Him as your Father; give to the needy from a heart of love; and fast for the sake of repentance (Matt. 6:3–4, 6, 17–18).　

Genesis 22:1–18
James 1:12–18
Mark 1:9–15

In faith and the fear of God Abraham prepared to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac. At the Word of the Lord, he “took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son” and “when they came to the place of which God had told him,” Abraham bound Isaac “and laid him on the altar” (Gen. 22:6, 9). Then God stayed Abraham’s hand and provided “for Himself the Lamb for a burnt offering” (Gen. 22:8). That Lamb is God’s own beloved Son, Jesus, in whom “all the nations of the earth” are blessed (Gen. 22:18). As the Substitute for all the sons of men, Jesus is driven by the Spirit “into the wilderness” to be “tempted by Satan” (Mark 1:12–13), in order to endure and defeat all temptation. We are tempted by our own desire, which conceives and “gives birth to sin” (James 1:14–15). But this blessed Man, Christ Jesus, remained “steadfast under trial” and He has received “the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him” (James 1:12). His faithfulness, His victory, and His life are now given to us by His grace in the Gospel.

9am Sunday Morning Adult Bible Class  (Vicar's Office) 
Beyond the Sermon - Have you ever had a question about the readings that may not be addressed by the sermon? The topics to be discussed during the 45 minutes are selected by participants.  Morning coffee available (bring your own cup if you wish - mug tree available for storage) and you are welcome to visit or join a class at any time.

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