THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST - 9/6/2026
When church people refer to “Matthew 18,” it is the gospel for this coming Sunday that they are thinking of, with its advice about how Christians are to deal with controversies within the believing community. The good news in the reading is especially the last line: that Christ is among us always. Come to receive Christ’s gift of himself in word, sacrament, and community.

This photo seems dated: the altar is against the wall, and the pastor is distributing wafers. But note the Tree of Life banner on the church’s front wall, on which the fruits of the Spirit grow from the cross of Christ’s forgiveness.



















