Trinity Lutheran Church (WELS, Woodbridge, VA)

The service for Sunday, October 29, 2017 is a series of five sermonettes based on, John 8:44, Ephesians 2:8,9, Romans 4:25, John 19:30, and Matthew 1:20,21.

 

Today's Focus: We do not worship Martin Luther.  However, on this day we pause to give special thanks to God for using Martin Luther to proclaim the message of the Bible during spiritually dark times: that we are saved by God's grace alone, this is ours through faith alone, and we can be certain of it in the Bible alone.  Martin Luther wrote in his most famous hymm, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", that "one little word [of God] can fell him [Satan]."  To celebrate the refocusing od God's people on his Word that came about from the Reformation, we will consider five "little" yet powerful words from Scripture today.  As we do, we will thank God for his grace, the blessings of which come to us by faith created by the Word.  Come, let us worship him!

 

Sermonettes given by Pastor Jon Bergemann.

 

Trinity Lutheran Church is located in Woodbridge, VA, USA and is a member of the Wisconsdin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). If you would like more information about our congregation, please visit www.trinityofwoodbridge.org or www.facebook.com/trinityofwoodbridge.

The sermon for Sunday, October 22, 2017 is based on Matthew 22:1-14

 

Today's Focus: Our God invites unworthy sinners to participate in his blessing.  God has issued an invitation to eternal life in heaven.  His desire is that all would hear his invitation, written in his Word and proclaimed by his messengers, and believe it.  What makes this invitation possible?  Jesus lived, died, and rose to win forgiveness and new life for unworhty sinners.  He clothes us in his robes of righteousness, and invites us to the feast. Come!

 

Sermon given by Pastor Jon Bergemann.

 

Trinity Lutheran Church is located in Woodbridge, VA, USA and is a member of the Wisconsdin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). If you would like more information about our congregation, please visit www.trinityofwoodbridge.org or www.facebook.com/trinityofwoodbridge.

The sermon for Sunday, October 15, 2017 is based on Isaiah 5:1-7

 

Today's Focus: Our God Patiently Seeks Fruits of Faith.  The arrival of fall signals an approaching event in many areas of farm land: harvest time.  Faithful farmers will be able to cultivate their crops and celebrate the fruit of their labors.  They rightly expect to yeild "fruit" or crops from their land.  God thinks the same way about us.  He expects to see a harvest of faith-born fruit things like peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control-in every season of our lives.  Come and worship your God, who expects and empowers you to bear fruit for him!

 

Sermon given by Pastor Jon Bergemann.

 

Trinity Lutheran Church is located in Woodbridge, VA, USA and is a member of the Wisconsdin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). If you would like more information about our congregation, please visit www.trinityofwoodbridge.org or www.facebook.com/trinityofwoodbridge.

The sermon for Sunday, October 8, 2017 is based on Matthew 21

 

Today's Focus: Our God Wants Real Repentance and True Obedience.

 

Sermon given by Pastor Jon Bergemann.

 

Trinity Lutheran Church is located in Woodbridge, VA, USA and is a member of the Wisconsdin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). If you would like more information about our congregation, please visit www.trinityofwoodbridge.org or www.facebook.com/trinityofwoodbridge.

The sermon for Sunday, October 1, 2017 is based on Matthew 20:1-16

 

Today's Focus: Our God is Incomprehensibly Gracious.  What is our God like?  During these final Sundays in the season of Pentecost, the Church hears Jesus tell parables which reveal characteristics of our God.  Today's lessons cause the worshiper to ask: Is God fair?  The answer: No, he's not.  He doesn't give us what we deserve, and that's called mercy.  In fact, he gives us what we don't deserve, and that's called grace.  Our God is inconceivably gracious.

 

Sermon given by Pastor Jon Bergemann.

 

Trinity Lutheran Church is located in Woodbridge, VA, USA and is a member of the Wisconsdin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). If you would like more information about our congregation, please visit www.trinityofwoodbridge.org or www.facebook.com/trinityofwoodbridge.

 

The sermon for Sunday, September 24, 2017 is based on Matthew 18:21

 

Today's Focus: Church Forgives as God Forgives

 

Sermon given by Luke Hendricks.

 

Trinity Lutheran Church is located in Woodbridge, VA, USA and is a member of the Wisconsdin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). If you would like more information about our congregation, please visit www.trinityofwoodbridge.org or www.facebook.com/trinityofwoodbridge.

The sermon for Sunday, September 10, 2017 is based on Matthew 16:21-26

 

Today's Focus: The Church is Militant: First the Cross Then the Crown.  Today Christ tells us that for him and for us, going God's way means death must come before life.  He calls on us to deny ourselves and follow him on the way of the cross.  Those words offend our sinful flesh and make our Old Adam cry with Peter, "Never!"  They make us accuse God with Jeremiah.  So today the Church prays for the never-failing mercy of Christ that we might avoid such wicked and harmful thoughts and instead be guided on the cross-laden path to salvation.  Then, and only then, do these words of Christ cease offending our flesh and become a joy and delight for our heart.

 

Sermon given by Pastor Jon Bergemann.

 

Trinity Lutheran Church is located in Woodbridge, VA, USA and is a member of the Wisconsdin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). If you would like more information about our congregation, please visit www.trinityofwoodbridge.org or www.facebook.com/trinityofwoodbridge.

The service for Sunday, September 3, 2017 is a combination of sermonettes by and music based on 2 Timothy 3:15-16, John 20:31,Ephesians 2:8-9, John 14:6 and Jude 1:25.

 

Today's Focus: The Church Will Stand Forever by Grace Alone.

October 31, 2017 will mark the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation (as many historians consider the beginning of the Reformation when Martin Luther nailed his famous "95 Thesis" to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany). But the message of the Reformation might be best summarized not in the 95 Theses, but rather the 5 "Solas."  The word "sola" means "alone" in Latin.  As Luther read God's word, he discovered that we are saved by God's grace alone, through faith alone, which comes to us by the Word of God alone.  All of this is due to Christ alone, who lived and died and rose for us.  In light of this, we worship and live to the glory of God alone! This morning we welcome the Branches Band who will complement the series of sermonettes based on the 5 Solas.

 

Sermonettes given by Pastor John Hartmann.

 

Trinity Lutheran Church is located in Woodbridge, VA, USA and is a member of the Wisconsdin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). If you would like more information about our congregation, please visit www.trinityofwoodbridge.org or www.facebook.com/trinityofwoodbridge.

The sermon for Sunday, August 27, 2017 is based on 2 Corinthians 4:6,13-15

 

Today's Focus: The Church is Meant for All People-So Let Your Light Shine!  

This morning we welcome Missionary John Hartmann who serves in Lusaka, Zambia, Africa.  Missionary Hartmann will encourage us to look at the Light of the world, our Savior Jesus, and share that Light with the world!

 

Sermon given by Pastor John Hartmann.

 

Trinity Lutheran Church is located in Woodbridge, VA, USA and is a member of the Wisconsdin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). If you would like more information about our congregation, please visit www.trinityofwoodbridge.org or www.facebook.com/trinityofwoodbridge.

The sermon for Sunday, August 20, 2017 is based on Matthew 13:44-52

 

Today's Focus: The Christian Answers Doubt with Faith.  Doubt is the unfortunate companion of faith.  Whenever faith clings to the promises of God, doubt is always right there lingering in the back of our mind, constantly asking the serpent's Garden question, "Did God really say?"  Today's lessons show us believers who had faith in God and his abilities to save them, but yet doubted when his plans or purpose failed to match theirs.  In each case, it is adversity that fights against faith and allows its unfortunate companion to rear its ugly head.  And in each case, the true answer to doubt is not found in the great miracle that removes adversity, but in the small voice of our Savior God whispering in his Word.  Today we hear our Savior God ask us, "Why did you doubt?", as we see that the Christian answers doubt with faith.

 

Sermon given by Pastor Jon Bergemann.

 

Trinity Lutheran Church is located in Woodbridge, VA, USA and is a member of the Wisconsdin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). If you would like more information about our congregation, please visit www.trinityofwoodbridge.org or www.facebook.com/trinityofwoodbridge.