Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Fairfax, VA

A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

3810 Meredith Drive Fairfax, VA 22030

Archives for May 2021

GOSPEL: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

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DAY OF PENTECOST – Let us Pray, Mighty God, you breathe life into our bones, and your Spirit brings truth to the world. Send us this Spirit, transform us by your truth, and give us language to proclaim your gospel, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

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Fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Crossing all boundaries that would separate us, the Spirit brings the wideness of God’s mercy to places we least expect it—to a crowd of strangers of different lands and tongues, to dry bones, to our weak hearts. Jesus promises his disciples that they will be accompanied by the Holy Spirit, and that this Spirit reveals the truth. We celebrate that we too have been visited with this same Spirit. Guided by the truth, we join together in worship, and then disperse to share the fullness of Christ’s love with the world.

Gospel John 15:9-17

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Let us Pray, O God, you have prepared for those who love you joys beyond understanding. Pour into our hearts such love for you that, loving you above all things, we may obtain your promises, which exceed all we can desire; through Jesus Christ, your Son and our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.

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Description – 6th Sunday of EASTER – Sunday’s image of the life the risen Christ shares with us is the image of friendship. We are called to serve others as Jesus came to serve; but for John’s gospel, the image of servanthood is too hierarchical, too distant, to capture the essence of life with Christ. Friendship captures the love, the joy, the deep mutuality of the relationship into which Christ invites us. The Greeks believed that true friends are willing to die for each other. This is the mutual love of Christian community commanded by Christ and enabled by the Spirit.

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  • Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
    3810 Meredith Drive
    Fairfax, VA 22030
  • Phone:
    703-273-4094
  • Office Hours:
    Mon-Thu 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  • Preschool Hours:
    Mon-Fri 9:15 a.m.-12 p.m.,
  • Preschool Extended Day:
    Mon-Fri 8:30-9:15 a.m. and 12-3 p.m.

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