Looking Forward to Sunday Morning (1 Year Lectionary): The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Jesus – Pr. Heath Curtis, 1/30/26 (0304, Encore)

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🗓️ 30 January 2026

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Pr. Heath Curtis, President of the Southern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Pastor Matthew Harrison, president of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod.
0:06.4	We have thousands of churches and schools all across the U.S., large, small, and in between.
0:13.4	We are the pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-family Lutherans.
0:17.8	During the memorial service for Charlie Kirk, his widow, Erica, stated, If you aren't a member of a church, I beg you to join one, a Bible-believing church.
0:26.6	I agree.
0:28.6	The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod is the ultimate Bible-believing Church.
0:31.6	We confess the truth of every word of the Bible.
0:35.6	The basic message of the Bible is easy to understand.
0:39.4	It's all about Jesus, our Savior.
0:42.4	As St. John wrote,
0:43.4	The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from all our sin.
0:48.2	Jesus comes for sinners.
0:50.2	Jesus comes for you.
0:52.0	To find a Lutheran Church, Missouri Synodd Cong congregation near you, visit L-CMS.org.
0:57.5	L-C-MS.org.
1:01.6	In his tough, but now behold him, see the long expected lord ancient prophets and foretold him god has thou
1:22.0	thou thou'nest word how to praise them his redeinement shall break forth with one of God.
1:36.3	The hymn in his temple now behold him.
1:39.3	It is based upon a reading in Luke chapter 2, where the infant Jesus is presented in the temple.
1:47.7	He is met by Simeon and Anna, his parents hear a word of prophecy.
1:52.7	We hear the song of Simeon.
1:55.0	And of course, it's also the occasion of the purification of Mary.
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