Good Shepherd Lutheran Church & School

LCMS • 2101 Lor Ray Drive, North Mankato, MN • 507.388.4336

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd - LCMS - North Mankato, MN

Worship


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Sunday Service - 9:00am
Education Hour - 10:15am



Readings for:


September 14, 2025
13th Sunday after Trinity - Holy Cross
First Reading
2 Chronicles 28:8-15
Second Reading
Galatians 3:15-22
Gospel Reading
Luke 10:23-37
Liturgical Color
Green

All the Household - A place for Lutherans who want to use the Church's calendar to center their household life around the Church's Lord.


Stewardship


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Luke 10:25 – “And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’” Talk about the wrong question! You can’t do anything to inherit something. It’s either yours by birth, or you are not in the family and there’s nothing you can do to inherit it. We are part of the family through Baptism. We don’t have to buy our way into the kingdom. We are brought in by the precious Blood of Christ. Our good works are not the purchase price of the kingdom. They are simply what the children of the Father want to do in thanksgiving to Hi


Life Message


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If we expect to be the one to change hearts by sowing seeds of judgment rather than love, we are changing the mission we have been sent to fulfill. Please use your Gospel-motivated voice For Life in love and may God bless your efforts!” Virginia Flo, Lutherans For Life - A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life www.lutheransforlife.org

What About Life



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