All Saints Day – November 1, 2020

For this All Saints Day, we recall the saints, on whose shoulders we stand, and together we’re God’s communion of saints. All Saints celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who are the body of Christ. This day calls us to remember all who have died in Christ and whose baptism is complete. […]

Reformation Sunday – October 25, 2020

For this Reformation Sunday, we recall the start of a reform movement by Martin Luther and the good news that we are justified by grace through faith. Rooted in the past and growing into the future, the church must always be reformed in order to live out the love of Christ in an ever-changing world. […]

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – October 18, 2020

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For this Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. Being disciples of Jesus is also a call for us to be wise and thankful stewards of God’s creation and God’s generous blessings. We are in the midst […]

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost-October 11, 2020

For this Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. In today’s reading from Isaiah, we are given a vision of the great feast to come, when God will wipe away death forever. In Matthew, Jesus shares with […]

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 4, 2020

For this Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. In today’s reading from Matthew, Jesus shares another parable. This parable is about a landowner, his vineyard, and the tenants. This vineyard parable serves as an image of […]