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
1:00pm and 6:30pm
*same services
Good Friday
1:00pm and 6:30pm 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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TEXT: MARK 1:21-28/DEUT 18:15-20/1 CORINTHIANS 8:1-12
IMMEDIATELY – JESUS’ WORD HAS AUTHORITY!
Rev. Kenneth W. Wieting
To the church of God at Luther Memorial Chapel and University Student Center, saints by calling, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor 1:2-3).
Immediately following the Divine Service today, we will have our annual congregational meeting and potluck. You all come! Immediately following the meeting Barbara and I are heading out for South Dakota to visit my mother for a couple of birthday days. You all can’t come! Immediately following the Divine Service and time for coffee next Sunday the sojourners to Haiti will report on their trip for building homes and hope. You all come! Immediately following a blessing of our organ two weeks from today we will hear it in worship for the first time. You all come!
Do you ever feel like there are too many “immediate(s)” going on in your life? Some speak of the tyranny of the immediate or the urgent. It is the merry-go-round of tasks and duties that never seem to end. They can come one after another - sometimes preventing unhurried contemplation of other things. Wouldn’t it be nice to take a nap when you desired to - immediately? Wouldn’t it be nice if the calendar was uncluttered - immediately? |
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January 15, 2012
TEXT: John 1:43-51/I Corinthians 6:12-20/I Samuel 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 22, 2012
TEXT: Jonah 3:1-5, 10/Psalm 62/1 Corinthians 7:29-35/Mark 1:14-20
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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