13th Sunday after Trinity :
Date: August 30, 2026
Sermon Theme: THE NECESSITY OF THE CROSS
I. For the Christ. (21-23) II. For the Christian. (24-26)
– Sermon Reading: Matthew 16:21-26 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” 24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?”
– Pastor Tom Naumann
Bulletin: Bulletin
Liturgy: WS, p. 1 ff.
Hymns:
LSB 719 : I Leave All things to God's Direction
LSB 685 : Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus
LSB 688 : Come, Follow Me, the Savior Spake
LSB 692 st. 1: Praise to You and Adoration