Berea Lutheran Church Goderich

Some food for thought...

Please find below the service bulletin for Sunday, May 17, 2026. Service time for this week is 2:00 pm. There is no 8:30 am service this week.

If you are not comfortable attending in person, we invite you to watch the Live-Stream beginning at 11:00 am on Sunday on the Dashwood Zion Facebook site at
https://www.facebook.com/ZionDashwood

As We Gather

It is not over. Easter is not over. Christ's mission is not over. Peace and pardon are not over. Even as we gather to commemorate the ascension of our Lord, nothing ends today. It is not as if Christ ascends to heaven and takes all His blessings with Him! This world remains forever marked by His grace and love. And now, reigning over all things, our ascended Lord intercedes for us at His Father's right hand. Christ remains present for us in His Word and Sacraments, and Christ's Body, the church, continues the joyful proclamation that Christ is risen, and indeed, He is coming again!

As we wait, Christians are "faith alone" people. We most often think of that in terms of salvation: we are saved by faith alone! But throughout our daily life, Christians function by faith alone. We practice generous stewardship by faith alone, trusting in the God who supplies all our needs. We keep God's commands by faith alone, confident that His ways are better than our ways. And we pray by faith alone, assured our loving God has opened His door and His heart to hear and answer us. It is faith, and faith alone, that fuels us for life today and secures us for the life to come.