Lutheran Church of the Master

10/31/2026

Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for All Saints Sunday! All Saints celebrates God's baptized people, living and dead, who are the body of Christ. As November heralds the landscape's dying in many northern regions, the readings and liturgy call us to remember all who have died in Christ and whose baptism is complete. At the Lord’s table, we gather with the faithful of every time and place, trusting that God's promises will be fulfilled and that all tears will be wiped away in the new Jerusalem.

I hope you have had the opportunity to download the resources for this Pentecost Season to prepare your at-home worship spaces or for worship in the building. For worship today, I invite you to please download and open the worship guide so you can fully participate, as you, too, are a vital part of today’s liturgy. Peace & Blessings, Dear Church ~ Pastor Dave

*A special note, because of Halloween, there will not be a 5pm service tonight*

We’d love you to join us in the celebration of the Spirit this weekend. Our worship service this weekend will be Sunday at 10am in the sanctuary or online! Donations and offering can be made, as well as this weekend’s worship guide can be found here at the following link:
https://linktr.ee/LCotM

For our live-streaming options this weekend, our 10am worship service will be livestreamed via YouTube. While available now, the service will go live this Sunday at 10. I hope you can join us!

Dear friends, I look forward to sharing in the joy of the Spirit with you all! See you soon. ~Peace & Blessings ~ Pastor Dave

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10/24/2026

Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for Reformation Sunday! 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. We celebrate the good news of God’s grace, that Jesus Christ sets us free every day to do this life-transforming work. Trusting in the freedom given to us in baptism, we pray for the church, that Christians will unite more fully in worship and mission.

I hope you have had the opportunity to download the resources for this Pentecost Season to prepare your at-home worship spaces or for worship in the building. For worship today, I invite you to please download and open the worship guide so you can fully participate, as you, too, are a vital part of today’s liturgy. ~ PD

We’d love you to join us in the celebration of the Spirit this weekend. Our worship services are tonight at 5 pm, and then on Sunday at 10am in the sanctuary or online! Donations and offering can be made, as well as this weekend’s worship guide can be found here at the following link:
https://linktr.ee/LCotM

For our live-streaming options this weekend, our 10am worship service will be livestreamed via YouTube. While available now, the service will go live this Sunday at 10. I hope you can join us!

Dear friends, I look forward to sharing in the joy of the Spirit with you all! See you soon. ~Peace & Blessings ~ Pastor Dave
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10/17/2026

Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost! From the visit of Mary to Elizabeth’s house; through the visits of Jesus to Zacchaeus’s house, Mary and Martha’s house, and Levi’s house; to the visit of the risen Christ to Cleopas’s house, Luke’s gospel is a story of God’s hospitality. God is guest and host, and Jesus’ meal fellowship is a proclamation of God’s inner circle of outsiders, a gathering not of the righteous but of those who have received God’s mercy.

I hope you have had the opportunity to download the resources for this Pentecost Season to prepare your at-home worship spaces or for worship in the building. For worship today, I invite you to please download and open the worship guide so you can fully participate, as you, too, are a vital part of today’s liturgy. ~ PD

We’d love you to join us in the celebration of the Spirit this weekend. Our worship services are tonight at 5 pm, and then on Sunday at 10am in the sanctuary or online! Donations and offering can be made, as well as this weekend’s worship guide can be found here at the following link:
https://linktr.ee/LCotM

For our live-streaming options this weekend, our 10am worship service will be livestreamed via YouTube. While available now, the service will go live this Sunday at 10. I hope you can join us!

Dear friends, I look forward to sharing in the joy of the Spirit with you all! See you soon. ~Peace & Blessings ~ Pastor Dave
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10/10/2026

Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost! In Isaiah we are given a vision of the great feast to come, when God will wipe away death forever. In Jesus’ parable about a great banquet, those invited do not come, so the invitation is extended to others. In our liturgy God spreads a table before us. Even amid anxiety and hardship we rejoice in the peace of God which surpasses all understanding. With great joy we feast at the table of the Lord, and we go forth to share the wonderful invitation with others hungering and thirsting for the abundant life of God.

I hope you have had the opportunity to download the resources for this Pentecost Season to prepare your at-home worship spaces or for worship in the building. For worship today, I invite you to please download and open the worship guide so you can fully participate, as you, too, are a vital part of today’s liturgy. ~ PD

We’d love you to join us in the celebration of the Spirit this weekend. Our worship services are tonight at 5 pm, and then on Sunday at 10am in the sanctuary or online! Donations and offering can be made, as well as this weekend’s worship guide can be found here at the following link:
https://linktr.ee/LCotM

For our live-streaming options this weekend, our 10am worship service will be livestreamed via YouTube. While available now, the service will go live this Sunday at 10. I hope you can join us!

Dear friends, I look forward to sharing in the joy of the Spirit with you all! See you soon. ~Peace & Blessings ~ Pastor Dave
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10/05/2026

As pictured here (last picture in the album 😁), we are so thankful to Michael, Master’s Voices, and the LCM Music Ministries for sharing their gifts of music and leadership at the Metro Chicago Synod Rosters Ministers Gathering! Thank you so much!!

10/03/2026

Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost! In today’s gospel reading, Jesus tells a vineyard parable, which serves as an image of Israel, the prophets’ mission, and Christ’s death. For Christians, the vineyard also speaks of God’s love poured out in the blood of Christ, given to us for the forgiveness of sin. Grafted onto Christ the vine at baptism, we are nourished with w**e and bread so that we may share Christ’s sufferings and know the power of his resurrection.

I hope you have had the opportunity to download the resources for this Pentecost Season to prepare your at-home worship spaces or for worship in the building. For worship today, I invite you to please download and open the worship guide so you can fully participate, as you, too, are a vital part of today’s liturgy. ~ PD

We’d love you to join us in the celebration of the Spirit this weekend. Our worship services are tonight at 5 pm, and then on Sunday at 10am in the sanctuary or online! Donations and offering can be made, as well as this weekend’s worship guide can be found here at the following link:
https://linktr.ee/LCotM

For our live-streaming options this weekend, our 10am worship service will be livestreamed via YouTube. While available now, the service will go live this Sunday at 10. I hope you can join us!

Dear friends, I look forward to sharing in the joy of the Spirit with you all! See you soon. ~Peace & Blessings ~ Pastor Dave
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09/26/2026

Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost! Jesus’ parable about two sons who don’t do what they say reveals surprises in the reign of God. Paul urges us to look to Christ as a model of humility, putting the interests of others above our own. Nourished by the broken bread and shared cup, we offer our lives for the sake of our needy world.

I hope you have had the opportunity to download the resources for this Pentecost Season to prepare your at-home worship spaces or for worship in the building. For worship today, I invite you to please download and open the worship guide so you can fully participate, as you, too, are a vital part of today’s liturgy. ~ PD

We’d love you to join us in the celebration of the Spirit this weekend. Our worship services are tonight at 5 pm, and then on Sunday at 10am in the sanctuary or online! Donations and offering can be made, as well as this weekend’s worship guide can be found here at the following link:
https://linktr.ee/LCotM

For our live-streaming options this weekend, our 10am worship service will be livestreamed via YouTube. While available now, the service will go live this Sunday at 10. I hope you can join us!

Dear friends, I look forward to sharing in the joy of the Spirit with you all! See you soon. ~Peace & Blessings ~ Pastor Dave
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09/19/2026

iWelcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost! Matthew narrates one of Jesus’ controversial parables in which Jesus says that the reign of God is like that of a landowner who pays his workers the same wage no matter what time of day they began to work. When God changes God’s mind about punishing Nineveh for their evil ways, Jonah is angry. Yet God is gracious and merciful, abounding in steadfast love. In baptism we receive the grace of God that is freely given to all. As Martin Luther wrote, in the presence of God’s mercy we are all beggars.

I hope you have had the opportunity to download the resources for this Pentecost Season to prepare your at-home worship spaces or for worship in the building. For worship today, I invite you to please download and open the worship guide so you can fully participate, as you, too, are a vital part of today’s liturgy. ~ PD

We’d love you to join us in the celebration of the Spirit this weekend. Due to Bishop Erik Christensen's installation service our only worship service this weekend will be Sunday at 10am in the sanctuary or online! Donations and offering can be made, as well as this weekend’s worship guide can be found here at the following link:
https://linktr.ee/LCotM

For our live-streaming options this weekend, our 10am worship service will be livestreamed via YouTube. While available now, the service will go live this Sunday at 10. I hope you can join us!

Dear friends, I look forward to sharing in the joy of the Spirit with you all! See you soon. ~Peace & Blessings ~ Pastor Dave
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09/12/2026

Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost! In today’s second reading, Paul questions why we judge one another, since we all stand before the judgment of God. Yet we do sin against one another, and Jesus’ challenge that we forgive seventy-seven times reveals God’s boundless mercy. When we hear the words of forgiveness in worship and sign ourselves with the cross, we are renewed in baptism to be signs of reconciliation in the world.

I hope you have had the opportunity to download the resources for this Pentecost Season to prepare your at-home worship spaces or for worship in the building. For worship today, I invite you to please download and open the worship guide so you can fully participate, as you, too, are a vital part of today’s liturgy. ~ PD

We’d love you to join us in the celebration of the Spirit this weekend. Our worship services are tonight at 5 pm, and then on Sunday at 10am in the sanctuary or online! Donations and offering can be made, as well as this weekend’s worship guide can be found here at the following link:
https://linktr.ee/LCotM

For our live-streaming options this weekend, our 10am worship service will be livestreamed via YouTube. While available now, the service will go live this Sunday at 10. I hope you can join us!

Dear friends, I look forward to sharing in the joy of the Spirit with you all! See you soon. ~Peace & Blessings ~ Pastor Dave

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