Holy Communion at 8:30 and 11am


Prayer of the Day
Bountiful God, you gather your people into your realm, and you promise us food from your tree of life. Nourish us with your word, that empowered by your Spirit we may love one another and the world you have made, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Scripture readings
Acts 16:9-15
Psalm 67:1–7
Revelation 21:10, Revelation 21:22--22:5
John 14:23-29

Sermon
"Daily Double"
John 14:23–29 and Revelation 21:10, 22–22:5

In today’s Gospel reading we are given Jesus’ response to a question from Judas (not Iscariot) about how it is that Jesus will reveal himself once he is gone from the disciples’ sight. Jesus promises that his Father will send the Advocate, the Spirit of truth, to teach and remind the disciples—and us—about everything he has spoken. By the Spirit’s power we are given the gift of faith to love the word of God and keep it, until that day when Christ shall come again and fulfill a kingdom that is not of this world. In the reading from Revelation we are given a vision of that kingdom, where the “throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.” The Church’s worship, led by the Holy Spirit, is an earthly foretaste of the kingdom that is to come.

Hymns

In our prayers we remember Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission.

Education hour at 9:45am

Sunday School,  Pre-Confirmation, and  Confirmation classes resume in the fall.

Learn more about the proposed changes to the congregation's constitution and bylaws in a session in the Seminar Room. The session will be repeated next Sunday, June 2. The changes to the constitution will be voted on at the congregation meeting at 12:15pm on June 2.

The Sunday Bible study group will not meet on May 26. 

The Grace Church Library is open and staffed on Sundays from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Look for books related to Adult Ed topics as well as many other subjects. The library is also open for self-service during the week.