Word of God Lutheran Church Third Sunday after Pentecost June 25, 2017
ORDER OF SERVICE June 25, 2017 Third Sunday after Pentecost ENTRANCE RITE Announcements Prelude Call to worship chime * Brief Order of Confession and Forgiveness... page 10 * Entrance Hymn You Who Dwell in the Shelter of the Lord... WOV 779 * Greeting and Kyrie... page 28 * Hymn of Praise... page 29 * The Lord be with you... page 30 * Prayer of the Day PROCLAIMING THE WORD First Reading... Jeremiah 20:7-13 Psalm (Read Responsively)... Psalm 91:1-10 Second Reading... Romans 6:1b-11 * Alleluia Verse... page 31 * Gospel... Matthew 10:24-39 Children s Sermon Sermon * Hymn of the Day I m So Glad Jesus Lifted Me... WOV 673 * Apostles Creed... page 33 * Prayers... page 34 * Share the Peace... page 34 SHARING OF THE SACRAMENTAL MEAL Offering * Offertory... page 35 * Offertory Prayer... page 35 * Great Thanksgiving... page 36 * The Lord's Prayer... page 39 Lamb of God... page 39 Communion * Blessing... page 40 * Canticle... page 40 * Prayer, Benediction, and Dismissal... page 41 * Closing Hymn Great Is Thy Faithfulness... WOV 771 * Please stand as able All who are baptized and believe that Jesus is truly present in the bread and wine are invited to receive communion and assurance of God s forgiveness. Children who have not been instructed in the sacrament should fold their hands to receive a blessing. NOTE: Page numbers are in the front of the hymnal, followed by the hymn numbers. WOV is the blue With One Voice Hymnal. All music and words printed with permission CCLI #11046540
Devotion Booklet - June 25, 2017 Prayer List Wilma and Al Kuehl s sister - Please pray for their 80-year-old sister who has depression; Wilma & Al Kuehl. (6/18) Wilma and Al Kuehl s niece - Please pray for healing for the Kuehl s niece who has cancer; Wilma & Al Kuehl. (6/18) Family of Kevin Parise - Please pray for comfort for the Farms nephew s family as they mourn their loss of Kevin; Ruth & Alan Farms. (6/18) Jeff - Please pray for good health and steady work for Kerry s son; Kerry Batchelder. (6/18) Chris Watson - Please pray for a successful recovery from brain surgery; Jodie Muller and Kaitlin Muller. (6/18) Justin - Please pray that our Lord will sustain him with strength and good health while he oversees a work project in south Florida; Linda Lake. (6/18) Praise! Courtney and her nursing class returned safely after a wonderful study experience in the Philippines; Tina Petersen. (6/18) Family of Joel Doby - Please pray for comfort and peace as they mourn their loss of Joel; Gwyn & Mike Wilson. (6/11) Diane - Please pray for peace for the family of Mandy Flurey s mom, she is currently at home with hospice care; Gwyn & Mike Wilson. (6/11) Family of Bonnie Holberg - Please pray for comfort as they mourn the loss of Bonnie s husband, Frank; Gywn & Mike Wilson. (6/11) Family of Paul Englund - Please pray for comfort and peace as we mourn the loss of our brother-in-law, the husband of Pastor Larry s sister, Cynthia; Carolyn & Larry Lystig. (6/11) Family of Brenna Chastain - Please pray for peace and comfort as they mourn the sudden loss of Brenna; Lauren & Darrin Simmonds. (6/11) Paul Farms - Please pray for Alan s brother, Paul, who has congestive heart failure; Ruth & Alan Farms. (6/11) Birdsong and Holbrook families - Please pray for comfort and peace as we mourn the loss of our sweet friend, Gloria; Judi Holbrook. (6/9). Roger Remter - Please pray for Tata s father, Roger, who is being moved to a larger facility in Lincoln, Nebraska due to a stroke; Tata Pike. (6/8) Jane Baron and family - Please pray for comfort and peace as they mourn the loss of Jane s son, Scott; Martha Ann & Jack Elrod. (6/2) Family of Ted Connell - Please pray for comfort as they mourn their loss of Laura Williams father-in-law; Corkey Reel. (5/30) Tammy Pakulski - Please continue to pray for healing and comfort; Carole & Russ Pakulski. (5/30) Roy Sherah - Please pray for strength and healing as he battles esophageal cancer; Gwyn & Mike Wilson. (5/28) Jane McLaughlin - Please pray for Mary s mom, her cancer, which was in remission has metastasized to her brain and she is undergoing radiation; Mary & Hal Prather. (5/25) Family of Janet Howard - Please pray for comfort and peace for Alan s sister s family as they mourn their loss of Janet; Ruth & Alan Farms. (5/22)
Jeremiah 20:7-13 7 O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me. 8 For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, Violence and destruction! For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long. 9 If I say, I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name, there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot. 10 For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! Denounce him! Let us denounce him! say all my close friends, watching for my fall. Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him. 11 But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. 12 O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause. 13 Sing to the Lord; praise the Lord! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers. Psalm 91:1-10 91 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the Lord, My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. 5 You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. 8 You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. 9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place the Most High, who is my refuge 10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.
Romans 6:1b-11 6 Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Matthew 10:24-39 24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. 26 So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. 34 Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Prayer List (continued) Praise! Matthew Drury beginning college and for his love; Michael Crofton. (5/21) Praise! Patty s father, John, surgery went well; Patty & Bob Lambert. (5/21) Laura Menle - Please pray for relief from pain and a quick recovery from surgery; Kerry Batchelder. (5/14) Wyatt Wilson - Please pray for healing after a re-injury of his knee; Gwyn & Mike Wilson. (5/14) Praise! Mickey Goff, Patty s aunt has finished chemo and there is no sign of cancer; Patty & Bob Lambert. (5/14) Nancy Shepack - Please pray for healing from injuries due to an accident; Sonya Murphy. (5/14) Sermon Notes
ANNOUNCEMENTS The Summer Lunch Program is off and running. Volunteers meet in the annex on Fridays at 10:00 am. Please contact Christina at 404-429-3370, stina0702@gmail.com, or sign up on the bulletin tear-off. VBS, Faith in the Fiery Furnace, set-up Sunday, July 9 at 11:45 am. Many hands makes light work, please join us. Did you participate in a stewardship act this past week? Don t forget to complete a Service Project Offering slip. The slips can be found in the back of the sanctuary chairs and will be collected during the offering until the end of October. WoG s 3rd annual VBS, Faith in the Fiery Furnace, is July 11 13, from 6 pm - 8:30 pm. Volunteers are needed and greatly appreciated! Please sign up on bulletin tear-off, or contact Andi Laaker at laakerroom@att.net. Dollar Tree is partnering with Operation Homefront s annual Back-to- School Brigade and will set out collection barrels in their stores July 5 through August 11. Last year, Operation Homefront distributed more than 25,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to military kids across the country. Sonya Murphy is a volunteer at the Dollar Tree in Braelinn Village. For more info, please visit Operation Homefront s website at www.facebook.com/operationhomefront. Our next RLC Warehouse service opportunity is Wednesday, July 12, at 9:00 am and the Real Life Center Mobile Food Pantry will be Thursday, August 17, at 9:00 am. Please sign up on the bulletin tear-off or contact Lynda Wojcik at lwojcik456@gmail.com. The next Midwest Food Bank distribution will be Tuesday, July 25 (8 am - 12 pm & 6 pm - 8 pm); Wednesday, July 26 (8 am - 1:30 pm); and Thursday, July 27 (8 am - 12 pm). Lunch is provided each day to all volunteers. Contact Joe Bowler at ltcbowler@gmail.com, or sign up on the bulletin tear-off. The Redeemer Soup Kitchen serving at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Atlanta will be Monday, July 31. Meet in WoG parking lot at 8:30 am and carpool up to Redeemer, returning about 12:30 pm. Contact Cathy Moore at mooreteam5@gmail.com for more info. Unless otherwise indicated, the announcement submission deadline for the Sunday bulletin is the previous Monday at 11:00 AM. Please send all announcements to wogadmin@woglutheran.com. Free to be a Steward this week 26 hours 41 minutes May 2017 Report Average Weekly Worship Attendance: 131 Monthly Giving: $23,261 Monthly Benevolence: $2,572 Building for Our Future Giving to Date: $565,400 Interested in giving online? Visit http://woglutheran.org/online_giving
Upcoming Events Please Mark Your Calendars! Monday, June 26 - Worship & Music Team Meeting, 6:30 PM Thursday, June 29 - Assemble Bulletins, 1:00 PM Friday, June 30 - Summer Lunch Program, 10:00 AM Sunday, July 2 - Worship Service, 10:15 AM Tuesday, July 4 - Independence Day (Office will be closed) Wednesday, July 5 - ROMEO s Monthly Luncheon, 12:00 PM Thursday, July 6 Friday, July 7 Sunday, July 9 Tuesday, July 11 Wednesday, July 12 Thursday, July 13 Friday, July 14 - Assemble Bulletins, 1:00 PM - Summer Lunch Program, 10:00 AM - Worship Service, 10:15 AM - Chapel Chat, 11:30 AM - VBS Faith in the Fiery Furnace Set-up, 11:45 AM - VBS Faith in the Fiery Furnace, 6:00 PM - RLC Warehouse, Senior Box Distribution, 9:00 AM - VBS Faith in the Fiery Furnace, 6:00 PM - Assemble Bulletins, 1:00 PM - VBS Faith in the Fiery Furnace, 6:00 PM - Summer Lunch Program, 10:00 AM Sunday, July 16 - Worship Service, 10:15 AM Tuesday, June 18 Thursday, July 20 Friday, July 21 - Finance Team Meeting, 7:00 PM - Assemble Bulletins, 1:00 PM - Service Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM - Midwest Food Bank Pre-pack, 8:00 AM - Summer Lunch Program, 10:00 AM Sunday, July 23 - Worship Service, 10:15 AM Tuesday, July 25 Wednesday, July 26 - Midwest Food Bank Distribution, 8:00 AM - Midwest Food Bank Distribution, 6:00 PM - Midwest Food Bank Distribution, 8:00 AM Sanctuary Space 303 Kelly Drive, Suite 10 Peachtree City, GA 30269 Church Phone 770-897-4508 Mailing Address 401 Dividend Drive, Suite 7 Peachtree City, GA 30269 Pastor Jeffray Greene Phone 770-897-4508 Email prgreene@woglutheran.org Colleen Oakes, Administrative Assistant Email wogadmin@woglutheran.org www.facebook.com/woglutheran Visit us online at www.woglutheran.org Members should sign up for their own password