Ascension Day:
Date: May 14, 2026
Theme: Not Gone, Just Gone Ahead
Part I: The Lord Jesus has commissioned great work for us to do.
Part II: The Lord Jesus will work with us until we join Him eternally.
– Mark 16:14-20
– ( Thomas Naumann )
The Order of Worship:
Liturgy: Bulletin
Hymns:
TLH 213 : Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise
TLH 216 : On Christ's Ascension I Now Build
TLH 218 st. 1-5: See, the Conqueror Mounts
TLH 218 st. 6: See, the Conqueror Mounts
Scripture Readings:
Isaiah 57:15Acts 1:6-11
Theme: Not Gone, Just Gone Ahead
Mark 16:14–20 (Listen)
The Great Commission
14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. 15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]
(ESV)