Tomorrow is a BIG day for us!

We welcome Rev. James Cerdenola, the President of the Lutheran Church of the Philippines! LCP is a partner national church body of our church body, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. We have a vital relationship in our shared ministry of the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is really a very special treat to welcome such an important world leader and dignitary. We are fortunate to have this relationship with President Cerdenola as it all began when he was “just” a parish pastor and had the opportunity to visit our congregation when we were in Laguna Beach. President Cerdenola will preach in the Divine Service and then teach during Bible Study.

ALSO: we are celebrating The Holy Trinity. Too often folks get the impression that this is just another article of faith, another “doctrine” to be recited so that we can merely identify ourselves as Christians. This truth of God’s Word, however, is so much more than that! To know the revelation of God as The Holy Trinity, three distinct persons in the one substance of the Godhead, is to know — for example — the significance of God revealed as love in 1st John 4:8. The Father loves the Son, the Son loves the Father, and the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son glorifies both in His love for the Father and for the Son. God is love; it flows within Him from person to person. This is not a theoretical thing. His love also flows to you. The Father who loved the Son more than anything sent Him to die for you…this is how much God loves you. Come worship the Trinity in Unity and the Unity in Trinity!

ALSO: we celebrate Father’s Day. Suffice it to say that we are looking forward to giving a gift to all of our dads tomorrow morning.

Most importantly, we will give the Lord’s Supper to hungry sinners desiring to remain in the forgiveness of sins and in the gift of eternal life.

Come hungry and thirsty sinners! Come to the feast of salvation!

In Your Service and To Christ’s Glory,

Pastor Espinosa