This week’s Gospel lesson shares the image of the kingdom of God as mustard seed: small at first, but it quickly grows into a large bush. The mustard plant is a weed that grows everywhere in Israel, invited or not.
Where are the weeds of God’s grace growing in your life?
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 1 Corinthians 5:17
Come and see the new creation at work this week at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church.
We hope to see you soon!
Pastor Kate Costa
Readings for Sunday, June 17
This coming Sunday is Trinity Sunday. This prayer was written in the 14th Century and evokes the image of God as Trinity in a beautiful way as light, wisdom and strength.
Please join us this Sunday as we worship together!
Readings for Sunday
We read in the Book of Acts that at Pentecost, Jews from every corner of the known world were gathered together, and they all heard in their own languages the disciples speaking of the good news of Jesus! They could all understand!
This Sunday, during our worship service at 10am, we will have a special reading in many languages to celebrate this event. We will also be confirming one of our high school students in her faith in Christ through Affirmation of Baptism. Please join us!
Readings for Sunday
Readings for the Third Sunday of Easter
The gospel for the third Sunday of Easter is always one in which the risen Christ shares food with the disciples, meals that are the Easter template for the meal we share each Lord’s day. In today’s gospel, Jesus both shares the disciples’ food and shows them the meaning of his suffering, death, and resurrection through the scriptures: the two main elements of our Sunday worship.
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Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
This Sunday, we had a wonderful worship to celebrate our risen Lord. The highlight of the day was the baptism of four children! We are so thankful to welcome these new Christians into our midst and give thanks for God’s action in their lives now and forever. Thanks be to God!
Join us for Easter Sunday to worship our risen Lord!
Services of Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and 10 a. m.
Easter Brunch at 9am
Questions? Check out our FAQ Page
or email StLukesPastor@comcast.net or call (540) 825-8358
1200 Old Rixeyville Road, Culpeper VA 22701
Please join us for our Holy Week services.
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The first and second readings and psalm are the same this Sunday every year: Christ emptying himself of divine power and protection, willingly becoming vulnerable to those who struck him and put him to death. With Christ we lament his suffering and all human suffering, but expect God’s final vindication. Mark’s passion story begins with an unnamed woman anointing his head, perhaps to proclaim him Messiah, and Jesus saying she has anointed him beforehand for burial. Mark’s Easter story will begin with women going to anoint Jesus for burial, only to find that he has been raised, God’s living Anointed One.
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God promises Jeremiah that a “new covenant” will be made in the future: a covenant that will allow all the people to know God by heart. The church sees this promise fulfilled in Christ, who draws all people to himself when he is lifted up on the cross. Our baptismal covenant draws us to God’s heart through Christ and draws God’s light and truth into our hearts. We see God’s heart most clearly in the way Jesus shares human suffering, in an agony both the John and Hebrews readings describe.
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