Welcome To St. John Lutheran Church

Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

A Biblical, Liturgical, and Confessional Lutheran congregation that is gathered by the Holy Spirit to receive the Lord's gifts. We adhere to the LCMS mission statement, "In grateful response to God’s grace and empowered by the Holy Spirit through Word and Sacraments, the mission of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod is vigorously to make known the love of Christ by word and deed within our churches, communities and the world." Join us and hear the good news of Jesus Christ.

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Service: 12:00pm

Family Bible Study: 1:15 pm

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4809 S Colony Blvd

The Colony, TX 75056

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God’s Own Child through Baptism

June 4th from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Theme: Vocation: God From Above

Bible Study: Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10 and John 3:20-21)

Catechism: What does Baptism indicate?

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SJLC is located at
4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:8-11 ESV

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Trinity 8 (8-10-25)

August 11, 2025

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August 11, 2025

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	September 2025
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	1 Bible Study Bible Study September 1, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	2	3 Men's Study Men's Study September 3, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Ladies' Lunch Ladies' Lunch September 3, 2025 11:30 am - 12:30 pm See more details • •	4 Pastors' Study Group in Plano Pastors' Study Group in Plano September 4, 2025 See more details •	5	6
7 Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Twelfth Sunday after Trinity September 7, 2025 Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: Isaiah 29:17–24\rPsalm: Psalm 146; antiphon: v. 8\rEpistle: 2 Corinthians 3:4–11\rEpistle: Romans 10:9–17\rGospel: Mark 7:31–37\rIntroit: Psalm 70:2b, 4a, 5b; antiphon: vv. 1–2a\rGradual: Psalm 34:1–2\rVerse: Psalm 81:1\r\rFaith Comes from Hearing\r \rA man who was deaf and therefore also had an impediment in his speech was brought to Jesus (Mark 7:31–37). In the same way, all are by nature deaf toward God and therefore also unable to confess the faith rightly. For “faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ” (Rom. 10:9–17). Jesus put His fingers into the man’s ears, and He spat and touched His tongue. Even so in Holy Baptism, water sanctified by the words of Jesus’ mouth is applied to us; and the finger of God, that is, the life–giving Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 3:4–11) is put into our ears in the hearing of the baptismal Gospel. Jesus’ sighing “Ephphatha” opened the man’s ears, and his tongue was loosed to speak plainly as Isaiah prophesied of the Messiah, “In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book” (Is. 29:18–24) So also, He who sighed and breathed His last on the cross for us has given us to hear and believe in Him and has opened our lips that our mouths may declare His praise.\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details Divine Service Divine Service September 7, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Bible Study Bible Study September 7, 2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Youth Catechesis Youth Catechesis September 7, 2025 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm See more details • • • •	8 Bible Study Bible Study September 8, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	9	10 Men's Study Men's Study September 10, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	11 Elder Meeting Elder Meeting September 11, 2025 12:45 pm - 2:45 pm See more details •	12	13
14 Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity September 14, 2025 Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: 2 Chronicles 28:8–15\rPsalm: Psalm 32; antiphon: v. 2\rEpistle: Galatians 3:15–22\rGospel: Luke 10:23–37\rIntroit: Psalm 74:1–2, 19b, 21b; antiphon: vv. 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a\rGradual: Psalm 77:14–15\rVerse: Psalm 88:1\r\rJesus Is Our Good Samaritan\r \rThe Law cannot help us or give us life. Rather, it confines everyone under sin as wounded and naked before God (Gal. 3:15–22). So it is that two figures of the Law, the priest and the Levite, passed by the injured man on the side of the road (Luke 10:23–37). Only the promised Seed of Abraham can rescue us and make us righteous before God. Only the Samaritan, our Lord Jesus, had compassion, as did the Samaritans of old (2 Chronicles 28:8–15). He came down to us in our lost and dying condition, pouring on the oil and wine of the Sacraments. He placed us on His own animal, bearing our sin and brokenness in His body on the cross to restore us. Jesus brought us to the inn, that is, the Church, and gave the innkeeper two denarii, that His double forgiveness might continue to be ministered to us. In this way the Lord, by whose Law we are torn and stricken, heals us and revives us by His Gospel and raises us up with Himself.\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details [F] Holy Cross Day [F] Holy Cross Day September 14, 2025 Color: Red\r\rOld Testament: Numbers 21:4–9\rPsalm: Psalm 40:1–11; antiphon: v. 13\rEpistle: 1 Corinthians 1:18–25\rGospel: John 12:20–33\rIntroit: Psalm 98:1, 4, 6; antiphon: v. 2\rGradual: Isaiah 49:22a; John 3:14b–15\rVerse: Galatians 6:14\r\rHoly Cross Day\r \r“Sir, we wish to see Jesus” (John 12:21). Then look to His holy cross. For just as Moses lifted up the bronze serpent in the wilderness, so Jesus, when He is “lifted up from the earth, will draw all people” to Himself (John 12:32). “He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross” to save us (Phil. 2:8). “Everyone who is bitten” by the ancient serpent’s venom of sin, “when he sees” Christ “shall live” (Num. 21:8). The true holy cross is lost to history, and we cannot return to Calvary to find our salvation. So, Christ brings the New Testament in His blood to us. “We preach Christ crucified …. the power of God and the wisdom of God,” though foolishness to the unbelieving world (1 Cor. 1:23–24). It pleases God, “through the folly” of the cross we preach, “to save those who believe” (1 Cor. 1:21). We find the fruit and benefit of this holy cross poured out in Holy Baptism, spoken in the preaching of Holy Absolution, and delivered in the body and blood given and shed there for us. Thus are we strengthened to take up our crosses, sanctified by His (John 12:25–26).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details Divine Service Divine Service September 14, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Bible Study Bible Study September 14, 2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Youth Catechesis Youth Catechesis September 14, 2025 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm See more details • • • • •	15 Bible Study Bible Study September 15, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	16	17 Pastor Away Pastor Away September 17, 2025 - September 20, 2025 See more details •	18 Pastor Away Pastor Away September 17, 2025 - September 20, 2025 See more details •	19 Pastor Away Pastor Away September 17, 2025 - September 20, 2025 See more details •	20 Pastor Away Pastor Away September 17, 2025 - September 20, 2025 See more details •
21 Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity September 21, 2025 Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: Proverbs 4:10–23\rPsalm: Psalm 119:9–16; antiphon: v. 12\rEpistle: Galatians 5:16–24\rGospel: Luke 17:11–19\rIntroit: Psalm 84:1–2a, 4, 10b, 11b; antiphon: vv. 9–10a\rGradual: Psalm 92:1–2\rVerse: Psalm 65:1\r\rThe Cry of Faith: Lord, Have Mercy\r \rThe ten lepers cried out from a distance, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” (Luke 17:11–19). Their condition cut them off from God and others. So also do the works of the flesh cut us off from God and others. “Those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God” (Gal. 5:16–24). Thus we cry out with the lepers, “Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy,” eagerly seeking His good gifts. Jesus said to the lepers, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. So too, we walk by faith and not by sight, being confident of Jesus’ help before we see any evidence of it, trusting that Jesus’ cleansing words of forgiveness will restore us to wholeness in the resurrection. Let us be as the one leper who returned to the true High Priest to give Him thanks and glory. For Jesus bore our infirmities in His sacrifice at Calvary. His words are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh (Prov. 4:10–23).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details [F] St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist [F] St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist September 21, 2025 Color: Red\r\rOld Testament: Ezekiel 2:8—3:11\rPsalm: Psalm 119:33–40; antiphon: v. 35\rEpistle: Ephesians 4:7–16\rGospel: Matthew 9:9–13\rIntroit: Psalm 92:1–5; antiphon: Matthew 9:13b, c\rGradual: Psalm 119:105, 103; 45:1a, c\rVerse: Matthew 28:19a, 20b\r\rSt. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist\r \rOur ascended Lord gives “gifts” to His Church. In particular, He gave apostles and evangelists like St. Matthew, prophets like Ezekiel, and still gives pastors and teachers (Eph. 4:8, 11). All are “for the common good … empowered by one and the same Spirit” (1 Cor. 12:7, 11). They speak Christ’s “truth in love” to wind- and wave-tossed children so that the saints may be equipped, served and built up as the Body of Christ (Eph. 4:12–15). Christ is not only the head of this body, He is her Good Physician (Matt. 9:9–13). He has come not for the well but for the sick, not for “the righteous, but sinners” (Matt. 9:13) — even notorious tax collectors like Matthew. Christ’s team of spiritual physicians must serve faithfully. Their instrument is “thus says the Lord God,” to be spoken “whether they hear or refuse to hear” (Ezek. 3:11). To those stubborn, rebellious patients who believe they need no physician, the word “of lamentation and mourning and woe” must be fearlessly spoken: God’s Law calls to repentance (Ezek. 2:10). To those who recognize their trouble and sickness, the salve of the Gospel is to be applied. So Christ works to save us, as Matthew’s Gospel records.\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details Divine Service Divine Service September 21, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Bible Study Bible Study September 21, 2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Youth Catechesis Youth Catechesis September 21, 2025 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm See more details • • • • •	22 Bible Study Bible Study September 22, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	23 Circuit Pastors' Meeting Circuit Pastors' Meeting September 23, 2025 See more details •	24 Men's Study Men's Study September 24, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	25 Ladies' Group Ladies' Group September 25, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm See more details •	26	27
28 Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity September 28, 2025 Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: 1 Kings 17:8–16\rPsalm: Psalm 146; antiphon: v. 9a\rEpistle: Galatians 5:25—6:10\rGospel: Matthew 6:24–34\rIntroit: Psalm 86:4, 6, 15a, 16; antiphon: vv. 1a, 2b, 3\rGradual: Psalm 118:8–9\rVerse: Psalm 95:1\r\rAnxious Bondage vs. Confident Trust\r \r“You cannot serve God and money” (Matt. 6:24–34), for they require two contrary forms of service. Worry is the worship given to the false god of mammon, an unbelieving anxiousness and focus on the things of this world. Faith is the worship of the true God, a confident trust that He is a loving Father who will care for all of our needs in both body and soul. The widow of Zarephath served God— that is, she believed the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah that the bin of flour would not be used up nor would the jar of oil run dry (1 Kings 17:8–16). He who feeds the birds and clothes the flowers will certainly provide for our daily needs. For He has already provided for our eternal needs, clothing us with Christ’s righteousness in Baptism and feeding us His body and blood for our forgiveness. With such confidence we are liberated from worry and freed to do good with our material resources, especially to those who are of the household of faith (Gal. 5:25–6:10).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details Divine Service Divine Service September 28, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Bible Study Bible Study September 28, 2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Youth Catechesis Youth Catechesis September 28, 2025 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm See more details • • • •	29 [F] St. Michael and All Angels [F] St. Michael and All Angels September 29, 2025 Color: White\r\rOld Testament: Daniel 10:10–14; 12:1–3\rPsalm: Psalm 91; antiphon: v. 11\rEpistle: Revelation 12:7–12\rGospel: Matthew 18:1–11\rGospel: Luke 10:17–20\rIntroit: Psalm 103:20–22; antiphon: v. 1\rGradual: Psalm 91:11; 103:1\rVerse: Revelation 12:11\r\rOur Father in Heaven Protects His Children by Giving His Holy Angels Charge Over Them\r \rWe live in “a time of trouble” (Dan. 12:1), in the midst of great tribulation. Satan and his wicked angels have been thrown out of heaven and have come down to earth “in great wrath,” with woeful “temptations to sin” and with constant accusations (Rev. 12:8–12; Matt. 18:7). Even so, we are encouraged by the presence and protection of St. Michael and the holy angels, whom God sends to help us in the strife (Dan. 10:11–13). By “the authority of his Christ,” His holy angels guard and keep us in body and soul. These heavenly servants of God preserve His human messengers on earth, the ministers of “the blood of the Lamb,” against all the power of the enemy, for by “the word of their testimony,” the Church is saved and the devil is defeated (Rev. 12:10–11; Luke 10:18–19). By their preaching and Baptism of repentance, the old Adam and the old evil foe are “drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matt. 18:6). As God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, so are His people delivered and raised from the dust of the earth through the forgiveness of their sins (Dan. 12:1–3).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details Bible Study Bible Study September 29, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details • •	30

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Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

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