Luke 24: 44-53 | Forty days after Christ’s resurrection, the church celebrates Jesus’ ascension. In a seemingly strange story, Jesus ascends to the right hand of God, being lifted up by a cloud “into heaven.” Literally, it might sound like Jesus is “leaving us.” And yet, quite the opposite is transpiring in this even for in Christ’s resurrection we are pulled into God’s reign of life. But still, what does this mean for us today as followers of Jesus? Join us for worship as we once again hear the promise of God’s Kingdom come (to us!), and as we are commissioned to live as servants of Christ, confident that Jesus – our Lord – reigns over all things.
Sunday, May 17, 2026, Ascension Sunday
Copyright acknowledgements: Music covered under CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A.Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. ELW Setting 4, © 2022 Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission. Gathering: Christ is Risen! Shout Hosanna! Text:Brian A. Wren, b. 1936. Music: Thomas Pavlechko. B. 1962. Text: © 1986 Hope Publishing Company. Music: © 2006 Thomas Pavlechko, admin, Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: Christ Is the King! Text: George K. A. Bell, 1883-1958, alt. Music: Charles R. Anders, b. 1929. Text: © Oxford University Press. Music: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Offering Song: Christ, Be Our Light. Text and Music: Bernadette Farrell. B. 1957. Text and Music: © 1993 Bernadett Farrell, admin. OCP Publications. Covered under One License subscription. Communion Song: You Have Called A People. Text and Music: Abigail Marthinet-Payne, Alanna Glover, Jacob Marthinet-Glover. Text and Music: © 2023 Emu Music Ltd (Admin. by Integrity Music). Covered under CCLI subscription. Sending Song: Rise Up, O Saints of God. Text: Norman O. Fitness, b. 1936. Music: William H. Walter, 1825-1893. Text and Music: Norman O. Fitness, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription.