Conservative Lutherans distinguish their confession from that of the liberals by having a service on one of the high holy days of the Church Year - Ascension. When holidays were still holy days, Ascension Day was observed with solemn church services and a cessation of all other activities.
Ours will be at 6:30 Arizona time, allowing the West Coasters to get home from work while making sure Eastern Liberal time is not too late for the other half. Sad to say, Shrinker apostates, we have regular attendance from both coasts and the Midwest as well. Isn't it sad that someone can have a mission operating without huge grants and a pricey executive assistant?
Doubtless every single Church and Change congregation--claiming they talk about Jesus all the time--will also observe Ascension Day, just as they observe Lent.
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Thank you for sharing the Gospel on Ascension Day. God has given us the Gospel, in which is pure forgiveness before we prayed or even thought about it. Nothing proves that more than Jesus' ascending into heaven victorious over sin, death and the devil!
Forgiveness only declared, distributed and received through faith, which is a gracious gift of God worked by the Holy Ghost through Word and Sacrament alone.
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