You are invited to join us at Nativity Lutheran Church, 69th and Bluemound this coming Sunday for our 11:00 AM Communion Service for the Fourth Sunday of Easter popularly know as “Good Shepherd Sunday.”
First Reading: Acts 2:42-47
Today’s reading is a description of life in the community following Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost, when the Spirit was poured out on God’s people. The new community is sustained in worship and fellowship, shares what they have, and ensures that everyone has enough.
Psalm: Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want. (Ps. 23:1)
Second Reading: 1 Peter 2:19-25
Doing the right things does not guarantee that one will not experience difficulties, hardships, rejection, or even suffering. Here Christ is presented as the model for our path of endurance and loyalty to God, particularly amid adversity.
Gospel: John 10:1-10
Jesus uses an image familiar to the people of his day to make a point about spiritual leadership. Those who listen to Jesus are led to abundant life.
Congregational Hymns will be: “The Lord’s My Shepherd” set to the wonderful English Tune: BROTHER JAMES’S AIR, “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” set to the most loved Irish Tune ST. COLUMBA, and William Bradbury’s hymn “Savior, like a Shepherd Lead Us.” Our Psalm setting will be Marty Haugen’s ever popular “Shepherd Me, O God” where “shepherd” is turned into an active verb to describe God’s guiding/protecting presence among us.
Organ Voluntaries will include: JS Bach’s beloved “Sheep May Safely Graze”, Harry Rowe Shelley’s “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” and “Festal Postlude” by the English composer Ernest Markham Lee.
6905 W Bluemound Road, Wauwatosa WI 53213