<p>The Lord’s Supper is not given to profitable servants who have earned a seat. It is given to unprofitable ones. Given precisely where the Law has done its work — where you know you have been the scandal, where you know your forgiveness came out thin and grudging, where your faith on its best day is the size of a mustard seed. <strong>“Lord, increase our faith”</strong> (Luke 17:5).</p>

The Lord’s Supper is not given to profitable servants who have earned a seat. It is given to unprofitable ones. Given precisely where the Law has done its work — where you know you have been the scandal, where you know your forgiveness came out thin and grudging, where your faith on its best day is the size of a mustard seed. “Lord, increase our faith” (Luke 17:5).

"A mustard seed faith in the Lord of heaven and earth moves mulberry trees" Friday of Trinity 1 2026

St. Barnabas, Apostle: Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3

You Shall Not Give False Testimony—Matthew 5:33-37

You Shall Not Commit Adultery—Matthew 5:27-32

You Shall Not Murder—Matthew 5:21-26

"The poor one has a name. Lazarus. God is my help." Trinity 1 2026

Jeremiah: Chapter 2

Christ’s Righteousness Fulfills the Law—Matt 5:13-20

The Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes—Matthew 5:1-12

Jesus’ Ministry and the Call of the Fishermen—Matthew 4:12-25

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church &amp; School (Sherman Center) is in Random Lake, Wisconsin, and is served by Rev. Christopher R. Gillespie. St. John Lutheran is God's place for Christians to gather around our Lord's Word and be enlightened by His gifts.

We are a congregation of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). We unconditionally subscribe to the Unaltered Augsburg Confession. St. John Lutheran School has been approved for accreditation through the accreditation process of the National Lutheran School Accreditation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

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St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church & School (Sherman Center) is in Random Lake, Wisconsin, and is served by Rev. Christopher R. Gillespie. St. John Lutheran is God's place for Christians to gather around our Lord's Word and be enlightened by His gifts. We are a congregation of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). We unconditionally subscribe to the Unaltered Augsburg Confession. St. John Lutheran School has been approved for accreditation through the accreditation process of the National Lutheran School Accreditation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

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