Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Celebrates Septuagesima

Mount Calvary Church was Blessed by a Special Guest

This Sunday we begin the countdown to Lent. The title of our Sunday, “Septuagesima” comes from Latin word 70. Life isn’t just a random pile of days. Though we begin the trudge through Lent, we know that our Lord’s resurrection from death and His victory over sin and Satan is ahead. When days get long and troubles increase, we walk forward knowing that we walk not towards defeat, but eternal victory through our Lord, Jesus Christ. This Sunday we will hear of the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard from Matthew 20:1-16. All of the workers work different amounts, but they are all paid a days’ wage. Because of this some feel that they were treated unfairly. Do we grumble against God when our life does not go as planned or we feel that He has shortchanged us? Our Lord aims to set our minds and hearts back on true ways of thinking and believing. He is gracious, loves us dearly, and gives us good work to do in His vineyard.

We were blessed to have Pr. Kurt Reinhardt with us today. Pastor Reinhardt has served at the country parish of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kurtzville, Ontario, Canada since AD 1999 where he lives and keeps chickens and bees. He is a husband and father of 4. He is a poet and hymn writer (LSB 616) who has spoken at youth conferences in Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic. The hymn he wrote for the youth conference at Mount Calvary this weekend on anxiety and the Holy Spirit can be accessed here and listened to here:

The Sunday bulletin can be found here.

The sermon text is available here.

An audio recording of this sermon, given by Rev. Kurt Reinhardt, can be listened to here:

Adult Bible Class – Pr. Reinhardt lead bible class and answered questions about the Lutheran Church Canada as well as introducing us to his hymns and poetry. His poem on children who have left the faith, For Our Lost Children, Lord, We Pray, can be found here.