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7th Sunday after Pentecost

Kurt Christenson

Sunday, July 12, 2026

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Prelude Come, Ye Thankful People arr. James Kasen

Welcome & Announcements

*Confession & Forgiveness

Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, whose compassion endures forever. Amen.

Let us confess our sin to God.

Silence is kept for reflection.

Compassionate God, we confess to you all our sins. Our burden is heavy, and we cannot free ourselves. In your mercy, call us back to you. Your yoke is easy and your burden is light. Restore us to dwell in your peace. In Christ’s name we pray, Amen.

Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” In the name of God,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, your sins are forgiven. Rest in God’s love. Amen.

*Gathering Hymn Come Ye Thankful People Come

*Prayer of the Day

O God, you direct our lives by your grace, and your words of justice and mercy reshape the world. Mold us into a people who welcome your word and serve one another, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Old Testament Reading Jeremiah 28:5-9

5 The prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord, 6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord fulfill the words that you have prophesied and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord and all the exiles. 7 But listen now to this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people. 8 The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms. 9 As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.”

Word of God, Word of Life. Thanks be to God.

A Living Psalm “Close Up” Becket Logan

Psalm 89

1 Your love, O Lord, forever | will I sing;

from age to age my mouth will pro- | claim your faithfulness.

2 For I am persuaded that your steadfast love is estab- | lished forever;

you have set your faithfulness firmly | in the heavens.

3 “I have made a covenant with my | chosen one;

I have sworn an oath to Da- | vid my servant:

4 ‘I will establish your | line forever,

and preserve your throne for all | generations.’ ” R

15 Happy are the people who know the | festal shout!

They walk, O Lord, in the light | of your presence.

16 They rejoice daily | in your name;

they are jubilant | in your righteousness.

17 For you are the glory | of their strength,

and by your favor our might | is exalted.

18 Truly, our shield belongs | to the Lord;

our king to the Holy | One of Israel. R

The Epistle Lesson Romans 6:12-23

12 Do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies, so that you obey their desires. 13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that, if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that you who were slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted 18 and that you, having been set free from sin, have become enslaved to righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms because of your limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness, leading to even more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.

20 When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 So what fruit did you then gain from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Word of God, Word of Life. Thanks be to God.

*Gospel Acclamation

*Gospel Matthew 10:40-42 Glory to you O Lord

Jesus said to the twelve: 40 “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous, 42 and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.

Sermon Pastor Kurt Christenson

*Hymn of the Day God, Whose Farm is All Creation

*Prayers of Intercession

Response to each petition: God of grace, hear our prayer.

*Apostle’s Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

*Exchange of Peace

The peace of the Lord be with you. And also with you.

Offering

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Offering Music God, Whose Farm is All Creation

Harvest Gifts setting Mark Sedio

*Offering Prayer

Loving God, we offer at your table the gifts of our hearts. Help us take heart in you and share freely of your love, so that all creation can taste your abundance. We ask this in the name of Jesus, through the Spirit abiding with us now and forever. Amen.

*The Great Thanksgiving

*Preface

It is indeed right, our duty and our joy… we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

*Sanctus

*Eucharistic Prayer

You are indeed holy, gracious and merciful God; everything is filled with your glory…

…Remembering his command to love one another, his life and death, his glorious resurrection and ascension, we pray for his coming again even as we cry:

P: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

Send now, we pray, your Holy Spirit, that all of your promises may come to us and your whole creation.

P: Amen. Come, Holy Spirit. Amen. Come, Holy Spirit.

This we pray through Jesus Christ, our Savior and our friend.

*The Lord’s Prayer

Lord, remember us in your Kingdom and teach us to pray:

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.

Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)

Communion Distribution

Communion Hymn A Sower’s Seed Fell on a Path

Text: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr.; 1923–2007

Music: Randall Sensmeier, b.1948

*Communion Blessing and Prayer

O God, through this meal you have strengthened us and appointed us to be your servants. Send us to do good and to share our possessions with all in need. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

*Sending Hymn On What Has Now Been Sown