Lutheran Church of the Cross

06/21/2026

In his sermon today, Pastor Paul Lantz relayed a Father’s Day message from our Heavenly Father: “I wish you could know in your heart just how precious you are to me.”
Happy Father’s Day!

06/21/2026

Sermon title: Declaration of Dependance
Sermon text: Matthew 10:32 (ESV): So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,

Thought of the Week: “Although my memory is fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.” John Newton

1st reading: Romans 6: 14-18
GO: Matthew 10: 26-33

Entrance / Opening: 644 The Church’s One Foundation (vv. 1,2 / 4,5)
HOD: WOV 752 I, the Lord of Sea and Sky
Offering: 781 We Give Thee But Thine Own
Communion: 425 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross / 711 Savior, like a Shepherd Lead Us
Recessional: 809 Great is Thy Faithfulness (vv. 1,3)

06/14/2026

Sermon title: Compassion in Action
Sermon text: Matthew 9:36 (ESV): When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Thought for the week: “The compassion of Christ is bigger than our worst mistake.” Lisa Harper

1st reading: Romans 5: 6-11
GO: Matthew 9: 35-38

Entrance / Opening: 685 Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus (vv. 1-2) / vv. 3-4)
HOD: In Christ Alone
Offering: 783 Take My Life and Let it Be
Communion: 575 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less / 643 Sent Forth by God’s Blessing
Recessional: 816 From All That Dwell Below the Skies (vv. 1-2)

06/07/2026

Sermon title: Go and Be Merciful
Sermon text: Matthew 9:13 (ESV): Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Thought for the week: “The knowledge of my own misery allows me, at the same time, to know the immensity of Your mercy.” St. Faustina

1st reading: Psalm 119: 65-72
GO: Matthew 9: 9-13

Entrance / Opening: 527 O Savior, Precious Savior (vv. 1,2) / (vv. 3,4)
HOD: HFFG 621 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
Communion: 570 Just as I Am, without One Plea / 550 Lamb of God
Recessional: 712 Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God

06/06/2026

❤️ Last Sunday Pastor Lantz taught us about the “Great Commission.” Tomorrow we’ll learn how to “Go and Be Merciful.”

We are not spiritual consumers. We are spiritual contributors. The church does not exist for us, but we are the Church and we exist for the world!

06/06/2026

Message title: Beautiful Life
Message text: Ecclesiastes 3:11 (ESV): He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11
Gospel reading: Mark 14: 3-9

Opening: 744 Amazing Grace
HOD: 537 Beautiful Savior
Closing: 461 I Know That My Redeemer Lives (vv. 1-3, 8)

05/31/2026

Sermon title: The Great Commission
Sermon text: Matthew 28:19 (ESV): Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Thought for the week: “So that your faith might not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 2: 5

1st reading: Psalm 8
GO: Matthew 28: 16-20

Entrance: 644 The Church’s One Foundation (vv. 1-2)
Opening: 601 All Who Believe and Are Baptized
HOD: 507 Holy, Holy, Holy
Communion: 618 I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table / WOV 699 Blessed Assurance
Recessional: 924 Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing (vv. 1,2)

05/25/2026

Wishing everyone a blessed Memorial Day!

05/18/2026

What a special day we had as we celebrated the Confirmation Day of three wonderful young people!

04/28/2026

“so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬