King of Kings Lutheran Church

  For All the Saints The summer has passed, and we’re headed full speed ahead toward the festival half of the liturgical year. But before we enter Advent, the end of the Church year brings us several special holy days. Reformation Day and All Saints’ Day are just two of the late fall holidays especially beloved by Lutherans, and they happen to be right next to each other: October 31st and November 1st, respectively.   “All Saints” honors every Christian who has gone to be with Jesus, from the apostles and martyrs to the lesser-known saints who may even have been members of our own congregations and families. In the liturgy on All Saints’ Day, it is common for the pastor to name in the prayers all who died over the course of the previous year; after each name, the bell is often tolled until the last name is commemorated followed by three bell tolls, during which people may name in their hearts all whom they love and have lost. Naturally, this day is quite special to those who miss their

  The commemoration of the Reformation is less about a particular date than it is about an era, a time of unprecedented theological discourse and change, after which the landscape of Western Christianity would never be the same. Much can be said about it, and indeed much has, especially during the Reformation’s 500 th  anniversary in 2017. For Lutherans, the heart of the Reformation is the recovery and faithful proclamation of the Gospel: salvation is by grace alone through faith alone for Christ’s sake alone. In today’s day and age we continue to celebrate the Reformation as a time when God worked through the Reformers for the good of his Church and her confession. The date of the Reformation festival falls on October 31, the anniversary of that famous day when Martin Luther, a monk and doctor of the Church, pinned his 95 theses to the Castle Church doors in Wittenberg. While this in itself was not some extraordinary event, Luther’s statements against indulgences sparked hot debate am

 Be sure to read the latest devotional thought "We Do Not Choose our Crosses" in the devotional thoughts tab. Also, you can join Pastor Jan for coffee on Monday Oct.30 from 10-11am at Mercato.