Worship Notes for July
Weekend of Sunday, July 7 4th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Sermon Title: “The Core of our Calling”
God is the source of our nourishment. Our Lord’s invitation to “take and eat . . . take and drink” is a repeated one. In the holy eucharist, in the word read and proclaimed, in the assembly of the people of God, the dominion of God has come near. Rejoice! Your name is written in heaven.
Weekend of Sunday, July 14 5th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 10:25-37
Sermon Title: “Welcome Rev. Arlon Stubbe”
To love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind is to reflect God’s mercy in responding to one’s neighbor. That mercy found its most profound expression in the “gospel that has come to you”—namely the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That gospel mercy comes to us again today: at the font, at the altar, and from the pulpit. It is very near to you.
Weekend of Sunday, July 21 6th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 10:38-42
Sermon Title: “Welcome Rev. Arlon Stubbe”
Perhaps the church, at its best, is “all ears.” Almighty God urges the faithful, again and again, to “listen up!”—to heed the word from above. So it was with Abraham and Sarah, with Mary and Martha, and the early church at Colossae. So it is today as we join the assembly to hear the word of God, the words of life.
Weekend of Sunday, July 28 7th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 11:1-13
Sermon Title: “Lord, Teach Us to Pray”
Persistence in prayer evoked the admiration of Jesus and wins the attention of the Lord when Abraham intercedes for Sodom. The life of the baptized—to be rooted and built up in Christ Jesus the Lord—is to be rooted in prayer. God hears and answers prayer and so strengthens God’s own. “When I called, you answered me; you increased my strength within me.”
Sermon Title: “The Core of our Calling”
God is the source of our nourishment. Our Lord’s invitation to “take and eat . . . take and drink” is a repeated one. In the holy eucharist, in the word read and proclaimed, in the assembly of the people of God, the dominion of God has come near. Rejoice! Your name is written in heaven.
Weekend of Sunday, July 14 5th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 10:25-37
Sermon Title: “Welcome Rev. Arlon Stubbe”
To love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind is to reflect God’s mercy in responding to one’s neighbor. That mercy found its most profound expression in the “gospel that has come to you”—namely the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That gospel mercy comes to us again today: at the font, at the altar, and from the pulpit. It is very near to you.
Weekend of Sunday, July 21 6th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 10:38-42
Sermon Title: “Welcome Rev. Arlon Stubbe”
Perhaps the church, at its best, is “all ears.” Almighty God urges the faithful, again and again, to “listen up!”—to heed the word from above. So it was with Abraham and Sarah, with Mary and Martha, and the early church at Colossae. So it is today as we join the assembly to hear the word of God, the words of life.
Weekend of Sunday, July 28 7th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 11:1-13
Sermon Title: “Lord, Teach Us to Pray”
Persistence in prayer evoked the admiration of Jesus and wins the attention of the Lord when Abraham intercedes for Sodom. The life of the baptized—to be rooted and built up in Christ Jesus the Lord—is to be rooted in prayer. God hears and answers prayer and so strengthens God’s own. “When I called, you answered me; you increased my strength within me.”
