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Ascension of our Lord

Bible Readings: Acts 1:1–11, Luke 24:44–53, Ephesians 1:15-23

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Pastor John Melke

Sermon text: Ephesians 1:15-23

A Prayer for Knowledge and Strength

15 This is why, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 I never stop giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in knowing Christ fully. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope to which he has called you, just how rich his glorious inheritance among the saints is, 19 and just how surpassingly great his power is for us who believe. 20 It is as great as the working of his mighty strength, which God worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule, authority, power, and dominion, and above every name that is given, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 God also placed all things under his feet and made him head over everything for the church. 23 The church is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

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Sixth Sunday of Easter

Bible Readings: Acts 17:22–31, John 14:15–21, 1 Peter 3:13–22

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Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: John 14:15–21

15 “If you love me, hold on to my commands. 16 I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever. 17 He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it does not see him or know him. You know him because he stays with you and will be in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. 19 In a little while the world will see me no longer, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 The one who has my commands and holds on to them is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father. I too will love him and show myself to him.”

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May 3, 2026

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Bible Readings: Acts 4:8-12, John 14:1–11, 1 Peter 2:4–10

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Pastor John Melke

Sermon text: Acts 4:8-12

8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, 9 if we are being questioned today for a kind act that was done for the lame man, as to how this man has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that it was by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead! By him this man stands before you healed. 11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.

12 “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”

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Fourth Sunday of Easter

Bible Readings: Acts 2:42-47, John 10:1-10, 1 Peter 2:19–25

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Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: Psalm 23



The Shepherd Provides for His People

1 The Lord is my shepherd.

I lack nothing.

2 He causes me to lie down in green pastures.

He leads me beside quiet waters.

3 He restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

The Shepherd Protects His People

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil, for you are with me.

Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

The Royal Host Provides for His People

5 You set a table for me in the presence of my foes.

You drench my head with oil.

My cup is overflowing.

6 Surely goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life,

and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

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Second Sunday of Easter

Bible Readings: Acts 2:14a,22–32, 1 Peter 1:3–9, John 20:19–31

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Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: John 20:19–31

Behind Locked Doors

19 On the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were together behind locked doors because of their fear of the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you! Just as the Father has sent me, I am also sending you.” 22 After saying this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 Whenever you forgive people’s sins, they are forgiven. Whenever you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Thomas Finally Believes

24 But Thomas, one of the Twelve, the one called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

26 After eight days, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at my hands. Take your hand and put it into my side. Do not continue to doubt, but believe.”

28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of John’s Gospel Account

30 Jesus, in the presence of his disciples, did many other miraculous signs that are not written in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

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Bible Readings: Jonah 2:2-9, Matthew 28:1-10, Colossians 3:1-4

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Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: John 20:15

15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?”

Supposing he was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you carried him off, tell me where you laid him, and I will get him.”

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Bible Readings: Luke 13:34-35, Luke 23:32-34, 1 Timothy 2:3-6, Matthew 27:35-36,39-44, Luke 23:35-38, Matthew 6:9-13, John 19:25-27, Luke 23:35-43, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Matthew 27:45-46, Matthew 26:36,39,42, John 19: 28-30, Psalm 53, Luke 23:44-46, Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4mbPhBl

Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: Luke 23:44-46

Jesus’ Death

44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 while the sun was darkened. Then the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

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Holy Thursday

Bible Readings: Exodus 24:1-11, 1 Corinthians 11:23-28, John 13:1-15,34

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Pastor John Melke

Sermon text: Zechariah 13:1-3

A Fountain to Wash Away Sin

1 On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

2 In that day, declares the Lord of Armies, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the impure spirit from the land. 3 If anyone still prophesies, his father and his mother who gave birth to him will tell him, “You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord!” Then his father and his mother who gave birth to him will stab him when he prophesies.

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Palm Sunday

Bible Readings: Zechariah 9:9-10, Matthew 21:1–11, Philippians 2:5–11

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Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: Isaiah 40:8

8     Grass withers, flowers fade,

    but the Word of our God endures forever.

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Passion History of our Lord – Part Six

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Pastor Dennis Valleau

Sermon text: Zechariah 12:10–13

They Will Mourn for the One They Pierced

10 “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace, who pleads for mercy. Then they will look at me, the one they have pierced.”

They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child. They will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves over his firstborn. 11 On that day there will be great mourning in Jerusalem, as great as the mourning for Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves;

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