Welcome to Luther Memorial Chapel & University Student Center
We invite you to worship with us:
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| Weekly Divine Service
Sundays @ 9:00am
Mondays @ 7:00pm
Bible Study & Sunday School
Sundays @ 10:30am
Morning Prayer (Matins)
Wednesdays @ 8:30am
UPCOMING SPECIAL SERVICES
Ash Wednesday
Divine Service @ 6:30pm
with imposition of ashes
Lenten Vespers
Wednesdays during Lent
Supper @ 5:30pm
Service @ 6:30pm
Holy Week
Maundy Thursday
1:00 and 7:00pm
Good Friday
1:00pm and 7:00pm Tenebrae Service
Easter Sunday
5:55am and 9:00am
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The Word, Baptism, and the Lord's Supper are our morning stars... |
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Dr. Martin Luther once said, So today, the Word itself, Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper are our morning stars to which we turn our eyes as certain indications of the Sun of grace. For we can definitely assert that where the Lord’s Supper, Baptism, and the Word are found, Christ, the remission of sins, and life eternal are found.
We invite you to visit us for the Divine Service each Sunday at 9am and each Monday at 7pm. We are a congregation of the South Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. |
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Jonah 3:1-5, 10, Psalm 62, 1 Corinthians 7:29-35, Mark 1:14-20
Sermon Title: The Dragnet
Vicar Alex Post
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
The words of Jesus make disciples. Last Sunday, we heard about the calling of Philip and Nathanael in the Gospel of John. Today, the Gospel from Mark is about the calling of the first four
disciples: Simon, his brother Andrew, James, and his brother John. Jesus’ Word is always what makes disciples.
These things happen quickly in the Gospel of Mark – right away in the first chapter. Immediately after Jesus’ Baptism by John in the Jordan River, the Holy Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. After that, Jesus was on the move, walking along the Sea of Galilee in the region that became His headquarters on the north side of Israel. Immediately after Jesus spoke His words, “Follow me,” Simon and Andrew dropped their fishing nets and followed Him. Immediately after Jesus called James and John, they left their father and followed Jesus. |
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January 8, 2012
TEXT: Mark 1:4-11/Romans 6:1-11/Genesis 1:1-5
CHRIST BRINGS THE FATHER’S GOOD PLEASURE – THE HOLY SPIRIT’S ANOINTING – THE HEAVENS’ OPENING!
Rev. Kenneth W. Wieting
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear hearers of the Word made flesh:
Water! Too much or too little water is said to be the foremost cause of disasters occurring in nature! Severe and prolonged drought has life-draining effects upon millions. Those who heard Blaise Marin present on Haiti saw long lines of villagers standing and waiting to approach the village well to carry away just enough water for a day’s use. Conversely, all of us remember images of the sweeping tsunami waves that struck Japan last March. Such horrible destruction is more than one can fully speak of or even long think of. The fabric of massive buildings and acres and acres of land and thousands of lives was torn apart in minutes and mashed together in ugly heaps of debris and death. Water! So much poverty and struggle and suffering in its agonizing absence. So much power and destruction and sorrow in its overwhelming presence!
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TEXT: JOHN 1:43-51/I CORINTHIANS 6:12-20/I SAM 3:1-20
“COME AND SEE” THE ONE WHO READS YOUR HEART!
Rev. Kenneth W. Wieting
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor 1:3). Dear hearers of the Word made flesh:
First opinions – unrealistic expectations – biased perspectives. We all have them. Others have them of us. Our time and culture invests heavily in selling faulty opinions, presenting an image, controlling the spin. Because of our nature as sinners we often take the bait.
For instance consider Nathanael. He was from Cana - a town not far from Nazareth – but considerably larger than Nazareth. Nathanael used his intelligence and keen sense of human observation to determine how God should and should not fulfill what Moses and the Prophets foretold. Philip said, “We have found him…Jesus of Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
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January 1, 2012
TEXT: Numbers 6:22-27/Psalm 8/Galatians 3:23-29/Luke 2:21
THE RETURN TO INNOCENCE
Vicar Alex Post
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
The music video for the song “Return to Innocence” begins with an old man, who lies down on the ground and dies. The rest of the video is filmed in reverse motion. The fruit which the old man picked is returned to the tree; the feathers that were plucked return to the hen; a fallen tree becomes upright again; the bread that was broken returns to one loaf; time marches backwards as the man becomes younger and younger. The man carries his wife backwards out of his house on their wedding day; he falls in love for the first time; he works the fields as a young child, and, finally, the video ends with a pastor pouring water on his head when he was a little baby.
This world sings to us that returning to ourselves is the return to innocence. Be yourself. Follow your own way. Believe in your destiny. But God has a different kind of innocence in mind for you. You cannot find innocence in yourself. You were born with a dirty, sinful infection, and you need salvation from outside of yourself. |
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