Hope Lutheran Church

Weekly Devotion: Jesus is Our Hope Drivers are required to follow rules and regulations as they drive. Obey the speed limit. Stop on red; go on green. Don’t cross the centerline; stay in your lane. The laws for road travel are set for the safety of everyone. Accidents, injuries, or even worse, are caused when drivers disobey laws. Just as drivers have rules to follow as they drive, we have rules to follow as we live our lives. They are rules given us by the God who made us. T...hey are rules meant to keep us safeboth physically and spiritually. Sadly, we don’t always follow God’s rules. We think we know better, so we do our own thing and go our own way. Had God left us to our own devices, we would have wandered away from him forever. But, as we see from today’s Bible verse, God is our Savior. He sent Jesus from heaven who walked life’s path for usperfectly. And for all the times we fall and fail to follow God’s way, Jesus bore our guilt and suffered the judgment we deserved. Instead of being charged with breaking the rules of the road of life, through everything that Jesus did for us we have a perfect record. Instead of crashing into the destruction we deserve for lawbreaking, we have the joy of God’s love and assurance of life with him forever. Having seen how much God loves us, we become more and more confident that the path he has marked out for our lives must be best for us. And so, with the writer of today’s Bible passage, we say, O LORD, teach me your paths. FIND OTHER FREE DEVOTIONS AND BIBLE RESOURCES ON WELS.NET

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We invite everyone to worship with us this morning at 10am, as we resume our in-person worship services inside our newly remodeled sanctuary! We will still be following safety precautions of mask-wearing and social distancing. This service will also be live-streamed right here on Facebook. See you then! Hope Lutheran Church... 3734 S Centinela Ave Los Angeles, CA 90066 www.hopelosangeles.com

"Now faith is confidence in what we HOPE for and assurance about what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1 www.hopelosangeles.com We are at an exciting crossroads at our church, on the horizon of a new brand launch! Our new name, Hope Lutheran Church, represents the hope we have in Christ and the hope we have together unified through community. ... As we enter this new season, there is an opportunity to invite, welcome, and open our lives (especially now that we're meeting back in person!) to those around us. It is a great time to be hopeful, and the best way to be hopeful is: together. Hope Lutheran Church, formerly Gethsemane Lutheran Church, has been renamed to represent our hope in Christ, and the hopeful future we believe is found in Him! We welcome you to come and experience church as you are, in this new season, as we are meeting back together in person again. Come join us as we journey into learning more about the One in whom we have put our Hope! www.hopelosangeles.com 3734 S Centinela Ave Los Angeles, CA 90066

Devotion: The Living Savior Exceeds Expectations What do you expect to see when you go to a funeral? You expect to see friends paying their respects and loved ones trying to hold it together. You expect to see the deceased person’s body or an urn full of ashes. That’s what you expect because that’s what you’ve experienced. That’s what the women who visited Jesus’ tomb on Easter morning were expecting, too. They’d been to funerals before. They thought they knew how this funera...l was going to go. Only when they arrived, there was no body. That was definitely unexpected! The women saw Jesus die on Friday. They saw his lifeless body carried down from a cross and put in the tomb. They saw that he was dead. But with Jesus, what you see with your eyes doesn’t tell the whole story. So it is at the funerals of those who die believing in Jesus. You may see friends coming to pay their respects and see grieving loved ones trying to hold it together. You may see a body. But your eyes don’t tell you the whole story. And they certainly don’t tell you the best part of the story. The grave could not hold Jesus. And it will not hold the ones who have faith in Jesus either. He promises, Because I live, you also will live. (John 14:19) The grave is where we were supposed to get what our sins deserve. But instead, the grave is where the believer gets what Jesus deservesheaven, forever. Instead of closing our eyes in death and opening them again to see even greater death, we close our eyes in death and open them to see Jesus. Leave it to our Greatest Friend to take the devil’s greatest weapon and use it as the believer’s greatest blessing. Find this and other free devotions and Bible study resources on wels.net.

April 4, 2021 Sermon - Easter John 20:1-18 "God Keeps His Promises" Join us right here while "Safe at Home" for our Easter Sunday morning Gospel message! He is Risen Indeed!... We also invite those who feel comfortable worshiping in person to join us for an outdoor service Sunday at 10am on our campus in Mar Vista. If you'd like to worship in person, please reach out for our registration form so we know you're coming. Our in-person services will follow safety practices of mask-wearing and social distancing. Visit our website at https://www.gethsemanela.com/ Give your offering online at https://www.gethsemanela.com/donate

May the God of HOPE fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with HOPE by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 Keep your eyes peeled for a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT tomorrow at 5pm! We are so excited to share it! We’d love to see you Sunday at 10am for our first service back inside our newly remodeled sanctuary! We will still be following safety precautions of mask-wearing and social distancing. We ask that you please register in advance so... we can prepare seats for you (PM us for the registration form or check your Weekly Update email). 3734 S Centinela Ave Los Angeles, 90066

He is Risen! Hallelujah! Join your church family for outdoor, in-person worship TODAY, Easter Sunday, April 4 at 10am! We follow the recommended and required health precautions of mask-wearing and social distancing. Please reach out if you’d like to register to attend (just so we know to set up some chairs for you) or feel free to bring your own chairs! 1 Peter 1:3, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."

Outdoor, In-Person Good Friday Worship Isaiah 53:5, "He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed." Join your church family for outdoor, in-person worship TODAY, April 2nd at 7pm! We follow the recommended and required health precautions of mask-wearing and social distancing. Please reach out if you’d like to register to attend (just so we know to set up some chairs for you) or feel free to bring your own chairs!

November 8, 2020 Sermon Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 "It's About Time: A Time for All Things" Join us right here while "Safe at Home" for a Sunday morning Gospel message!... We also invite those who feel comfortable worshiping in person to join us for an outdoor service Sunday at 10am on our campus in Mar Vista. If you'd like to worship in person, please sign up for our mailing list on our website (or email Pastor Steve) so you can receive the registration for our upcoming services. Our in-person services will follow safety practices of mask-wearing and social distancing. Have a wonderful week! Visit our website at https://www.gethsemanela.com/ Give your offering online at https://www.gethsemanela.com/donate

November 1, 2020 Sermon Romans 3:19-24: "Here I Stand" Join us right here while "Safe at Home" for a Sunday morning Gospel message!... We also invite those who feel comfortable worshiping in person to join us for an outdoor service Sunday at 10am on our campus in Mar Vista. If you'd like to worship in person, please sign up for our mailing list on our website (or email Pastor Steve) so you can receive the registration for our upcoming services. Our in-person services will follow safety practices of mask-wearing and social distancing. Have a wonderful week! Visit our website at https://www.gethsemanela.com/ Give your offering online at https://www.gethsemanela.com/donate

October 18, 2020 Sermon Isaiah 1:2-4, 16-18 "Here I Stand: Stand Up" Join us right here while "Safe at Home" for a Sunday morning Gospel message!... We also invite those who feel comfortable worshiping in person to join us for an outdoor service Sunday at 10am on our campus in Mar Vista. If you'd like to worship in person, please sign up for our mailing list on our website (or email Pastor Steve) so you can receive the registration for our upcoming services. Our in-person services will follow safety practices of mask-wearing and social distancing. Have a wonderful week! Visit our website at https://www.gethsemanela.com/ Give your offering online at https://www.gethsemanela.com/donate

October 10, 2020 Sermon Colossians 2:1-10, 13-15: "Here I Stand" Join us right here while "Safe at Home" for a Sunday morning Gospel message!... We also invite those who feel comfortable worshiping in person to join us for an outdoor service Sunday at 10am on our campus in Mar Vista. If you'd like to worship in person, please sign up for our mailing list on our website (or email Pastor Steve) so you can receive the registration for our upcoming services. Our in-person services will follow safety practices of mask-wearing and social distancing. Have a wonderful week! Visit our website at https://www.gethsemanela.com/ Give your offering online at https://www.gethsemanela.com/donate

Happy Friday! This Sunday we will not have an online sermon message. We invite those who feel comfortable worshiping in person to join us for an outdoor service Sunday at 10am on our campus in Mar Vista with guest Pastor Andrew Schroeder of CA Lutheran High School. If you'd like to worship in person, please sign up for our mailing list on our website (or email Pastor Steve) so you can receive the registration for our upcoming services. Our in-person services will follow safet...y practices of mask-wearing and social distancing. Have a wonderful weekend, and we hope to see you soon! Visit our website at https://www.gethsemanela.com