Tag: Let My People Go

SEDER, 2026

February 26, 2026 / Scott Heitshusen

Come join us for the SEDER MEAL (with Holy Communion) at LifeBridge!

DATE:	April 2, 2026 (“Maundy/Holy Thursday”)
TIME:	7:00 PM
LOCATION:	LifeBridge Sanctuary

The meal is FREE (though a freewill offering will be taken)! ALL people and ages are welcome!

Due to the extreme preparations needed, sign-up for the meal is needed for EACH PERSON ATTENDING. DEADLINE is SUNDAY, MARCH 29! – You can do so by the sign-up form here.

Mark it on your calendar, sign-up, and plan to attend! You won’t be disappointed!

More about the SEDER MEAL from
lifebridgesealy.com/ministries/seder-meal/

The Seder, celebrated on “Maundy Thursday” (a.k.a, “Holy Thursday”), tells the story of the Passover event and meal from the book of the Exodus in the Old Testament. This is important because this is the event Jesus was celebrating with His disciples for His last supper (and instituted the Sacrament of Holy Communion); and He didn’t choose this connection arbitrarily.

Jews the world over celebrate the Seder as a reminder to the Passover. For Christians, we see the deep and deliberate connection of the Passover and Jesus as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world” (John 1:29). We will see the how God has saved us from death by the blood of His Lamb, Jesus, just as He saved Israel from death through the blood of lambs in the Exodus.

And all of this will tie into the Passion of Jesus through Holy Week as well as Holy Communion.

SEDER, 2026

SEDER Meal. 7:00 PM, LifeBridge Sanctuary. All welcome, but sign-up needed.

SEDER, 2025

SEDER Meal. 7:00 PM, LifeBridge Sanctuary. All welcome, but sign-up needed.

SEDER, 2024

SEDER Meal. 7:00 PM, LifeBridge Sanctuary. All welcome, but sign-up needed.

SEDER, 2023

SEDER Meal. April 14, 2022, 7:00 PM, LifeBridge Sanctuary. All welcome, but sign-up needed.

SEDER, 2022

SEDER Meal. April 14, 2022, 7:00 PM, LifeBridge Sanctuary. All welcome, but sign-up needed.

SEDER, 2021

SEDER Meal. April 9, 2020, 7:00 PM, LifeBridge Sanctuary. All welcome, but sign-up needed.

SEDER, 2020

SEDER Meal. April 9, 2020, 7:00 PM, LifeBridge Sanctuary. All welcome, but sign-up needed.

SEDER, 2019

Join us for a very special Seder Meal for Maundy Thursday. Those gathered will engage in the rituals associated with the Passover meal Jesus shared with his disciples, the traditional…

How God Changes Us

February 22, 2026 / Scott Heitshusen

When God makes Himself known in our lives, we are changed.

For some that change is done in pride and obstinance, resulting in a tenacity of rebellion.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.”’”

Exodus 8:1 (ESV)

For others, it is a transformation of our very core identity, life of sacrifice, and cross-bearing unto everlasting life.

We see in our Scriptures from Exodus 3 how God changes us through

His presence,

His Plan,

His Purpose, and

His Messiah!

And how we, as ones now changed in Jesus, are:

humble in stature,

bold in action,

steadfast in adversity,

confident in uncertainty.

God has changed you through Jesus! He has broken into your life and moved you from the deepest depths of your sins to the highest pinnacle of perfection! But as His redeemed ones, He also calls us to service outside of our plans, ourselves; outside out comfort zones; outside of ourselves.

And that will changes us too.

That will changes others through us.

Because God uses His people to change people; to free people; to work His Plan in Jesus!

“Thank You, Lord, for changing us forever through Jesus’ suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension. Give us boldness when You call us to a life of change with Your presence, Your plan, and Your provision, because of Your Messiah. Give us humility, boldness, steadfastness, and confidence to live in You and Your change for us every day. In Jesus’ precious name do we pray; Amen.”

Scripture

Exodus 24:12–18

1 Kings 19:3–8

Matthew 17:1–8

Psalm 121

The Book of EXODUS — Let My People Go

January 27, 2026 / Scott Heitshusen

This Lenten season we will be going through “The Book of EXODUS: Let My People Go!”

Throughout the book of Exodus God reveals who he is through his absence and his presence, through his silence and his speech, through his wrath and his mercy, and through his judgement and his amazing grace. In doing so, the book paints a beautiful portrait of Jesus.

R. Reed Lessing (series author)

Exodus gives us a wonderful image of God saving His people with “a strong hand and an outstretched arm” (Deuteronomy 26:8). In fact, the first commandment in the Jewish numbering system is “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery” (Exodus 20:2).

That’s something for us to hold on to and a reality we can live in when we look at the chaos of our world, our culture, and our lives.

We can feel so trapped and helpless, and looking to our culture only exacerbates those feelings!

But God is faithful, and as He saved His people by bringing them out of Egypt and into the Promised Land, so He has saved us through Jesus and blessed us with His Holy Spirit.

Join us this Lent as we go through God’s command to our enemies, to let us go!

“Big Things with Small Stuff — ASH WEDNESDAY, 2026

January 27, 2026 / Scott Heitshusen

Join us on WEDNESDAY, February 18, 2026, at 7:00 PM for Ash Wednesday worship and the Imposition of Ashes.

“Big Things with Small Stuff”

May we see God’s rescue of our evil ways in our personal prison conquered forever through Jesus.

SCRIPTURES:

Genesis 3:19
Exodus 2:1-10

https://youtu.be/3JWUk4zw6q8

The purpose of repentance is not to be swallowed up by guilt. It is to be freed from a dark and destructive direction by God’s wakening Word, and to be sent on a new path by the sin-conquering Savior. It’s what we all need.

THE REV. MIKE NEWMAN
PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS DISTRICT OF THE LC-MS

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of our Lenten journey, which culminates on Easter Sunday with the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.

On that night at worship we mark our foreheads with an ash cross and, as that cross is marked, we are reminded of our sins. As we are marked by Jesus’ sacrifice; we are drawn to the realization that “[we] are dust, and to dust [we] shall return” (Genesis 3:19).

On Ash Wednesday and throughout the season of Lent, we also focus on our sins, on repentance, and on our broken world; seeing how we and all of creation has fallen far short of God’s intention and glory.

But we do not despair because we look to the certain hope that is ours through the forgiveness of our sins given to us freely by God’s grace through faith in Jesus.

THE IMPOSITION OF ASHES

Everything we experience in life is
finite and temporal, including our own lives. As the Scripture reports, we came
from the dust of the ground and we will return to the dust of the ground. (Genesis 3:19 & Ecclesiastes 3:20)

For many centuries the use of ashes has symbolized repentance. Imposing ashes in the form of a cross on the forehead of the worshipper on Ash Wednesday is a vivid reminder that such a person has been redeemed by Christ the Crucified. It is a symbol, not primarily of our sins, but upon the forgiveness of them through faith in Jesus.

As Ash Wednesday is a somber time as we remember that Jesus willingly suffering and death come as a result of our sins and His love. As such, at the conclusion of worship that day, we exit the church in silence.

“Repentance slays selfish pride, turns us from sin’s siren call, quiets arrogant arguments, tames out-of-control egos, pulls us back from distraction, leads us to restoration of relationships, places us on the pathway of walking with God, and restores our hearts with compassion and grace.

We need this personally. We need this as schools and congregations. We need this as a District. We need this as a Synod. We need this as Christ’s Church.”

The Rev. Mike Newman
Former President of the Texas District of the LC-MS

Tag: Let My People Go

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