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First English Lutheran Church | Austin, Texas

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The feast of the Transfiguration is a bridge between the Advent-Christmas-Epiphany cycle that comes to a close as the Lent-Easter cycle begins on Ash Wednesday. On a high mountain Jesus is revealed as God’s beloved Son. This vision of glory sustains us as Jesus faces his impending death in Jerusalem. Throughout worship we offer “alleluia” …


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Light shines in the darkness, the psalmist sings. The biblical prophet Isaiah declares that when we loose the bonds of injustice and share our bread with the hungry, the light breaks forth like the dawn. In another passage from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus, the light of the world, calls his followers to let …


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Who are the blessed ones of God? For the biblical prophet Micah, they are those who do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God. For Jesus, they are the poor, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, those who mourn, and those who hunger for relationship with God and neighbor. In …


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St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, 606 W. 15th Street. Tickets are $40 and $10 for all students, available at stolaf.edu/tickets/choir or 800-363-5487. For more than a century, the St. Olaf Choir from Northfield, Minnesota, has set the gold standard for choral singing, performing for millions around the world. Composed of 75 mixed voices, the choir, from one of …


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The season of Lent begins with this solemn day of repentance and receiving ashes as a sign of mortality and humility. We are invited to begin the Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, almsgiving – works of love. This year we will gather at 7:00 pm onsite and livestream on YouTube. The liturgy includes confession and absolution, imposition …


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