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We offer three service times weekly on Sundays, English at 9:30 AM, Chinese at 11:15 AM, and Contemporary at 3:00 PM. You can come to worship with us in person or online. If you missed the designated service time? No worries! You can view the recorded service at any time; recordings are posted below.
- If you want to join our traditional Sunday worship, the live broadcast will begin at 9:30. Complete video playback will be provided after worship.
- 如果您要加入主日崇拜，直播将于11：15开始。
完整录影会在崇拜后提供回放。
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Holy Communion: Contact Pastor Andy (pastorandywu@gmail.com) if you are in need of Holy Communion for someone in your household.
Prayer Requests: For whoever needs prayer support, just email Pastor Andy (pastorandywu@gmail.com). (If you wish to place your request in our Sunday Prayers of the Church so others can pray with you together, please state so. Otherwise, Pastor will treat it as a private request, and pray without sharing it with anyone else.)
May God bless you with good health in both body and soul during this time.
-Loving Savior Lutheran Pastoral Office
Current Worship Recordings
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News and Notes
Don’t forget to pick up your copy of this week’s News and Notes after service to keep up with all the events and prayer requests for the congregation. Available free of charge in the church Narthex.
Daily Devotions
Portals of Prayer is a favorite of readers looking for ways to stay in God’s Word with easy, daily devotions. A great way to start each day, readings feature a Bible passage, meditation, and prayer in an easy-to-read format. Both pocket size and large print editions are available in the narthex. Pick up yours today!
Pick up your FREE copy of the July-September 2026 edition today, and get one or two for friends or family.
The Lutheran Witness
St. Paul appealed to the Corinthian church “that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment” (1 Cor. 1:10). He encouraged the Ephesians to be “eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Eph. 4:3). But what true unity in the church looks like is not always easy to determine. Exactly how many things must be believed in common to say we are “united in the same mind”? And when it comes to practice, where is uniformity desirable, or in what ways is variety healthy?
Unity and variety — these can be thorny topics among us, as they have been among bodies of Christians who have cared deeply about the teachings of Jesus Christ from the church’s earliest days.
As you peruse this issue and ponder these topics, we pray that you keep in mind that final hope of all the faithful: the Lamb around whom believers of all nations, cultures and peoples will one day be united in one song: “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Rev. 7:10).
The June/July issue of The Lutheran Witness takes up the topics of unity and variety in the church.
Features include:
- A reflection on the two different kinds of “unity” described in Scripture;
- A historical overview of the conflict over uniformity and variety in every era of the church;
- An encouragement to a beautiful, faithful variety in our congregations grounded in our common foundation; and
- An article on the unity of the church across cultures and across time.
- A letter from LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison on the importance of “freedom tempered by love” when it comes to liturgical observances in the Lutheran church.
Pick up a copy in the narthex today.
Lutherans Engage the World
There will always be a desire to have more workers in the church: more pastors to fill vacancies, more rostered teachers to serve in Lutheran schools, more missionaries to send around the globe. At the same time, we trust that the Lord provides.
The Summer 2026 issue of Lutherans Engage the World highlights a few of the ways that the Lord does just that, as He calls people into His service from secular careers, during times of transition and through formative experiences like time spent at a Lutheran camp. Sometimes, He also sends partners from other countries to join us in His mission. Thanks be to God that He uses all things — even imperfect people like us — to encourage His children and accomplish His purposes.
Articles include:
- Discerning God’s Call to Serve — Teachers and pastors have left secular careers to serve in Lutheran settings, where they can share God’s Word and care for His people.
- Community and Catechesis — At an LCMS mission congregation in Kaiserslautern, Germany, attendees find a welcoming community, delve deeply into theology, and sometimes discover a calling to church work.
- An Outdoor Oasis of Faith and Fellowship — Lakeview Ministries in Seymour, Ind., provides a place for children, teens and adults to build relationships and be refreshed in the Word of God.
- ‘The Most Wonderful Work in the World’ — Two LCMS alliance missionaries are serving in South Africa, where they are helping to prepare the next generation of pastors for service throughout Africa.
Pick up your copy in the narthex today.
Sunday, July 12, 2026
As We Gather: Any gardener will admit they have seen certain plants flourish while others fail. The plants don’t get a choice in the matter. A plant cannot affect the amount of sunlight, moisture, or attention it receives. It simply grows the way it was designed to. You have been planted by the Lord in His garden. You have seen the light of His Gospel, been watered in Baptism, and been nourished by heaven’s food. You have been designed to flourish! A pear tree doesn’t grow pumpkins, and neither do the redeemed fall back into fear or slavery. You are the harvest of the Lord. We grow to His glory.
Readings
- Old Testament: Isaiah 44:6-8 (ESV)
- Epistle: Romans 8:12-17 (ESV)
- Holy Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 (ESV)
Message: “You are No Longer a Slave, but a Child!”
Altar Flowers this week dedicated by: Tom & Clair Howard, in celebration of their son Thomas’ 40th birthday!
Eternal Candle this month dedicated by: Linda Wu
Memory Verse Challenge: Memory Verse Challenge: The church confesses to Christ, “You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). The church is encouraged to “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…” (Col. 3:16). Psalm 1 teaches us to meditate on God’s Word day and night. It is our great opportunity and joy to read and study God’s Word. One beneficial practice is to memorize the Scriptures and, in so doing, to meditate on it. LCMS invites everyone to join together in memorizing a verse together each week. This week’s verse: Hebrews 1:1-2 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed the heir of all things, through whom also He created the world.
LCMS Stewardship Thoughts: Romans 8:12 — “So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.” We owe the flesh, the world, and the devil nothing at all. We are not debtors to these enemies; we are freed by the blood of Christ. We are joyful servants in Christ’s kingdom — servants that He calls friends. We share our Lord’s plans and purposes, and this gives direction and purpose to our lives.
For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes out from My mouth; it shall not return to Me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:10–11
Birthdays This Week: Daniel Zhou, Grace Wang
Anniversaries This Week:
Save the Date: Join us in welcoming our newest members at the installation service of Associate Pastor Jacob Manning & Deaconess Julie Manning — Sunday, July 26, 3:00 PM
LCMS Stewardship Ministry Newsletter Article – July 2026
Go … Sell All You Have? (Originally published July 2023)
“What must I do to inherit eternal life?” asked the rich young ruler. Jesus said, “You know the commandments.” And he replied, “All these I have kept from my youth.” And Jesus said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me” (Luke 18:18–22).
When we hear this story, this question comes to mind: is Jesus speaking to us also, or only to the rich young ruler? In other words, is Jesus telling us to sell all that we have and give it to the poor?
As good Lutherans, we answer, “No!” But why? Why should we not sell all that we have and distribute it to the poor? The simplest explanation is this: if we sold everything we have, our wife and our children would be neglected. In other words, to sell everything we have and give it to the poor would ignore, even abandon, those whom God has placed in our care. Our money, everything we have, is not to be used solely for the church. But that doesn’t excuse us from using our money for the purpose God intends.
Everyone has three stations in life, three spheres in which we live and are to be of service to our neighbors. These stations are the church, the family and society. We are members of all three of these by birth. We are born into the church by water and the Word of God, and our duties to others in the church arise from our Baptism into the church. We are born into a family, and our duties to others stem from our birth into that family. Finally, we are born into society, which is simply a further extension of our birth into our family. The duties we have toward other members of society come from either our own birth or the birth of others into the same society.
All that we have and all that we are ought to be pressed into service for the church, the family and society. If we were to sell all we have and give only to one, the other two would be neglected, and we would falter in fulfilling our duties.
So, consider your life and all that you have in light of these three stations. You pay taxes to support and help those in society. You save for college for your children, and provide food, clothing and shelter for the members of your family.
But the station that is usually thought of last is the church. Since the needs of the family and society are more immediate, the church is often given what is left over. This is not how it should be. Rather, we are to give of our first fruits, from off the top, the best, even as Abel gave the best of his flock.
This requires forethought. It means that you sit down and make a plan of what you will give from the beginning. It means sticking to it even when it seems that there are other more immediate and pressing things.
And this is all the more necessary now as we enter into periods of time where giving is low due to high unemployment or where restrictions on meeting in church limit opportunities to give. If we love God and His gifts of forgiveness given through the Means of Grace, which we receive at church and only at church, then we will support it, just as we love our country and our family. For all that we have and all that we are is given to us by our gracious God. He spared no expense for us and our salvation. He gave up His Son to death so that our sins are forgiven, and we will live. What’s more, He provides for all that we need for this body and life. And our lives in this world, among these three spheres of church, family and society are to mirror the generosity of the one who gave us life in all three at birth.
Don’t let the church, your divine family, be an afterthought or even ignored. It is nurturing you, bringing you up in salvation through Word and Sacrament.
LCMS Worker Wellness: “Markers of a Well Church Worker” is a new discussion tool available for church workers to use in peer group settings. Visit thelc.ms/markers-of-a-well-church-worker for more information.
LCMS Deaconess Ministry: LCMS deaconesses are women who are professional church-workers, trained to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ through works of mercy, spiritual care, and teaching the Christian faith. Visit lcms.org/deaconess-ministry.
LCMS Life Ministry: Join the LCMS in marches for life across the country in 2026! Visit lcms.org/marchforlife and get your gear!
LCMS Health Ministry: Do you know a family who has received a difficult prenatal or perinatal diagnosis? Perhaps you yourself are part of a family who has received the difficult news of health challenges for a newly-anticipated family member. These diagnoses can be described as shocking, traumatizing or perhaps even life-altering. What kinds of pressures might these parents be facing, and how can their church family come alongside them with the Good News of life and the Gospel? First, the church can include these families in Sunday Litanies and weekly prayers. The community of believers can also be looking for and reaching out to these families to care for them in their tangible needs. These families need to know that they are not alone and that they are loved by God and by their church. For more information on the kinds of care that have helped real families, consider listening to season 12 of “Friends for Life,” at kfuo.org/friendsforlife.
2026 Flower & Eternal Candle Calendar
Flowers: To donate and/or dedicate flowers for a birthday, anniversary, special even or person, choose a date, print your name clearly on that line, and then under “Dedication: list what or to whom you are dedicating the flower bouquet(s). There are 2 spots available for each week. It will be noted in the News & Notes for that week. You do NOT have to donate in order to dedicate, but it does help the church if you do. Donation for each bouquet is $20. Checks should be made out to Loving Savior and placed in the flower envelopes provided and placed in the offering plate.
Eternal Candle: To donate and-or dedicate the eternal candle in remember of a person(s), special occasion or event, choose a month, print your name clearly on the line, and then your “Dedication” for the month. It will be noted in the News & Notes for the entire month. You do NOT have to donate in order to dedicate, but it does help the church if you do. Donation for a full month is $20. Check should be made out to Loving Savior, placed in the eternal candle envelopes provided, and place in the offering plate.
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