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Worship Services
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
For previous recordings, click on Online Services in the menu on the top of the page.
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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. Portals of Prayer, a source of strength and comfort since 1937, is great for personal or family devotions. The April – June Portals of Prayer issue, (both large & small print,) is now available in the narthex. Pick up your FREE copy today, and get one or two for friends or family.
The Lutheran Witness
This summer, over 1,300 delegates and many others will travel to Phoenix for the 69th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. And next month, the election of the LCMS president will be held virtually. As our Synod ponders the slate of candidates, The Lutheran Witness has asked each man six questions. Read their answers in the LW-exclusive Q&A in the May issue of The Lutheran Witness. At the convention, delegates will discuss and vote on major issues — such as how and where our Synod should educate its pastors; how we should define “Lutheran identity” as we seek unity in it; how we should respond to issues such as AI, racism, in vitro fertilization and cohabitation; how we should forge together as a church body in a time of declining membership; and much more.
The May issue seeks to prepare readers for this summer’s convention.
Features include:
- An essay on the convention theme, “Christ Is Risen Indeed”;
- An overview of the major topics that will be discussed at this summer’s convention;
- An exclusive Q&A with the five LCMS presidential candidates; and more.
May also includes the latest installment of “Life in the Church Year,” an ongoing series on living out the Church Year at home with your family. This month, you’ll read about how Christians can incorporate sacred art in their homes.
Pick up a copy in the narthex today.
Lutherans Engage the World
“The vast majority of people who get connected or reconnected at church do so because someone that they know invited them,” says the Rev. Brandon Metcalf of Zion Lutheran Church in Bethalto, Ill. Metcalf leads the Bridge Families program at his congregation, which encourages members to help connect the people around them to the church. The Spring 2026 issue of Lutherans Engage the World gives a few examples of how God uses His people’s imperfect efforts, both big and small, to draw the lost and wandering into His church. The issue includes articles about a new Spanish-language podcast from LCMS missionaries in Puerto Rico that is drawing people to the island’s Lutheran churches, efforts in Florida and Texas to help children and young people grow in the faith, and a maternity home in Illinois that is caring for new mothers and their babies. “Be brave, bold and courageous” in reaching out, says the Rev. John Karle of University Lutheran Chapel in College Station, Texas, knowing that “His Word will not return empty — this will not be wasted effort.” Pick up your free copy of the spring issue of Lutherans Engage in the narthex today!
Sunday, May 10, 2026
As We Gather: Throughout our lives, we look for a helper. Maybe that’s a parent who can hold our hand to cross the street, a spouse who can open the pickle jar, or an expert who delivers wisdom we don’t have. Our Lord Jesus Christ sends us a helper, the promised Holy Spirit. The Spirit opens our heart to faith and then fills it with heavenly wisdom. Present in our Baptism and present today in worship, the Spirit keeps our hand firmly in our Savior’s, so that linked by love, we can walk confidently in His promises.
Readings
- First Reading: Acts 17:16-31 (ESV)
- Epistle: 1 Peter 3:13-22 (ESV)
- Holy Gospel: John 14:15-21 (ESV)
Message: “He Has Not Left You!”
Altar Flowers this week dedicated by: Tom & Clair Howard : in celebration of their grandson Liam’s 15th BD!
Eternal Candle this month dedicated by: The Howard Family: in loving remembrance of their mothers – Gertrude and Shirley.
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: Philippians 1:6 I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
LCMS Stewardship Thoughts: John 14:15 – “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” Jesus is clear: our obedience to His Word comes from our love for Him. But where does that love come from? Jesus tells us that as well: “Her sins, which are many, are forgiven — for she loved much” (Luke 7:47). Christ shows us His love and gives us the forgiveness of our sins, which causes love to well up in us and thereby keep the commandments of Jesus. For after all, the summary of the Law is “love.”
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.”
John 14:15–17
Birthdays This Week: Pat Lau, Wei Wang, Gabby Estrella
Anniversaries This Week: Alex & Eva Thamrin, Leon & Hedy Hou Leon & Hedy Hou
LCMS Stewardship Ministry Newsletter Article – May 2026
Follow Him in Generosity
Originally published in May 2023
Our Savior calls us to follow Him in generosity. “For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you” (John 13:15). We cannot give our lives for the salvation of the world, of course. Praise God, that job is already done! But with hearts full of thanksgiving for what Jesus has given us, we can follow His example of generous giving. And Jesus’ generosity is not merely an example. Our Lord also commands us to act according to our gifts: “The one who contributes, [let him give] in generosity” (Rom. 12:8).
So, when we bring offerings to the Lord, we should strive to heed His command and follow the pattern He has established for us. Jesus did not give us leftovers. He gave His best. We should not give leftovers, either, but the first and best of what He has given us. Jesus did not give as an afterthought — He gave according to the plan of salvation God established from the foundation of the world. So, when it comes to our own offerings, we should make a thoughtful plan to give generously, in proportion to the way He has blessed us. Like the Macedonian Christians, who gave according to their ability, and even beyond their ability (2 Cor. 8:3), we should honor the Lord by giving a generous portion of the income that God provides us.
We should also give freely, just as Jesus gave freely for us. There is no compulsion involved in our works of love and our offerings to the Lord. We do not give grudgingly, but willingly and cheerfully, each “as he has decided in his heart,” as the Lord says (2 Cor. 9:7). There is no New Testament ceremonial law involved here. Rather, we are free to give as generously as our Savior has given for us!
In the same way, our Lord teaches us to give generously out of our love for Him and for our neighbor. Jesus shows us that genuine love is always love “in deed” (1 John 3:18). It is love that sees our neighbor in need and gives generously to help him. It is love that hears the Word of the Lord and does what it says. If we truly love, we give generously. If we give without love, our giving is not truly following Jesus.
Finally, we follow Jesus in generosity when we support His Gospel ministry and other works of mercy. The people of Israel gave generously to construct and support the operation of the tabernacle, for that was the place where the Lord received the Old Testament sacrifices, through which He bestowed the forgiveness of sins on His people. So, they gave abundantly, so abundantly that they had to be told to stop giving! (Ex. 36:5–6). In the same way, we should bring generous offerings to support the Lord’s work. We support our congregations in the preaching of His Word, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which bestow His gifts of forgiveness, life and salvation, and we take care of those who are poor and needy.
Our Savior calls us to follow His example in generous giving. Let us then, with thankful hearts, rededicate ourselves to following Him in generosity.
LCMS Health Ministry Newsletter Article – May 2026
May is usually a chock-full month for families with school-aged kids. Graduation, music recitals, spring sports tournaments, awards ceremonies…the list goes on! It can be easy to get bogged down with the busyness of May. But this month also serves as a great reminder that there are many people pouring into the lives of our children, not the least being their teachers at school! The first week of May is Teacher Appreciation Month, and teachers should receive praise and appreciation for their dedication to helping teach our children. Pray for your teachers. Write thank you cards and notes. Consider giving gifts. Show love to all teachers for using their vocations to serve Christ and His children.
LCMS Health Ministry: The 34th Annual Parish Nurse & Congregational Health Ministries Conference is being hosted at Concordia University Wisconsin May 13-14. Visit lcms.org/parish-nursing for more information about parish nursing!
LCMS Worker Wellness: May 4-8 is Teacher Appreciation Week! We give thanks to God for the work of our Lutheran school teachers! Visit lcms.org/workerwellness for ideas to show appreciation for our teachers!
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!
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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