4th Sunday after PentecostJune 28, 2020

The welcome of baptism is for all God’s children. This baptismal gift sets us free from the power of sin and death. In today’s gospel, Christ promises that the disciple who gives a cup of cold water to the little ones serves Christ himself. From worship we are sent on our baptismal mission: to serve the little ones of the world and to be a sign of God’s merciful welcome.

Sundays and Seasons, Year A, 2020

Opening Versicles

P This is the day which the Lord has made;C let us rejoice and be glad in it.P From the rising of the sun to its setting,C the name of the Lord is to be praised.

P Let us call to mind the reason for our hope:C Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. P They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. C I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore, I will wait for him.” P The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;C it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

P From the rising of the sun to its setting,C the name of the Lord is to be praised.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Old Testament Canticle Isaiah 12:2b–6

P The Lord God is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.

L With joy will you draw water from the wells of salvation.And you will say in that day:“Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name,make known His deeds among the peoples,proclaim that His name is exalted.”

P The Lord God is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.

L Sing praises to the Lord, for He has done gloriously;let this be made known in all the earth.Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitants of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

P The Lord God is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. Reading Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18

L A reading from Psalm, the eighty-nineth chapter. 89 I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;    with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.2 For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;    in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”3 You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;    I have sworn to David my servant:4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever,    and build your throne for all generations.’” 15 Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,    who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,16 who exult in your name all the day    and in your righteousness are exalted.

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17 For you are the glory of their strength;    by your favor our horn is exalted.18 For our shield belongs to the Lord,    our king to the Holy One of Israel.

L This is the Word of the Lord.C Thanks be to God.

Reading Romans 6:12-23

L A reading from Romans, the sixth chapter.

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.15 What then? Are we to 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 once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

L This is the Word of the Lord.C Thanks be to God.

Reading Matthew 10:40-42

P The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the tenth chapter.C Glory to you, O Lord.

40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. 41 The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

P This is the Gospel of the Lord. C Praise to you, O Christ.

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Sermon Pastor Mau

Faith Stepping Stones-Graduation

Leila Benzinger, Sarah Brame, Cameron Dennis, Jonathan Wick.

Prayer

! In peace let us pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.! For the gift of divine peace and of pardon, with all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray

to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.! For the holy Christian Church, here and scattered throughout the world, and for the

proclamation of the Gospel and the calling of all to faith, let us pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.! For this nation, for our cities and communities, and for the common welfare of us all, let us

pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.! For seasonable weather and for the fruitfulness of the earth, let us pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.! For those who labor, for those whose work is difficult or dangerous, and for all who travel, let

us pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.! For all those in need, for the hungry and homeless, for the widowed and orphaned, and for all

those in prison, let us pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.! For the sick and dying and for all those who care for them, let us pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.! For those prayers and petitions your people bring before your throne of grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . let

us pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.! Finally, for these and for all our needs of body and soul, let us pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Prayer for Guidance in our Calling

! Lord God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.

Prayer for the Word

! Blessed Lord, You have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. Grant that we may so hear them, read, mark, learn, and take them to heart that, by the patience and comfort of Your holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

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Lord’s Prayer

COur Father who art in heaven,      hallowed be Thy name,      Thy kingdom come,      Thy will be done on earth           as it is in heaven;      give us this day our daily bread;      and forgive us our trespasses           as we forgive those           who trespass against us;      and lead us not into temptation,      but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom      and the power and the glory

forever and ever. Amen.

New Testament Canticle 1 Corinthians 15:20a; 5:7b; Romans 6:9–11

C Christ has been raised from the dead! Alleluia. Alleluia.

P Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed.Raised from the dead, He will never die again.Death has no more dominion over Him.

C Christ has been raised from the dead! Alleluia. Alleluia.

P Dying, Christ dies to sin, once for all.Living, He lives to God.Count yourselves as dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

C Christ has been raised from the dead! Alleluia. Alleluia.

Sending of God’s People Graduates and Wicks

Blessing

P Let us bless the Lord.C Thanks be to God.

P The almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the T Son, and the Holy Spirit, bless and preserve us.

C Amen.

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Ministering TODAY

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Pastor:Lectors:

Intercessor:Altar Guild

Media

Jon C. MauBev WickDan WickBev WickMary JochumMelinda SwanBrad DennisJohnny Dennis

AcknowledgmentsService of Prayer and Preaching from Lutheran Service Book. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2018 Concordia Publishing House. Cover page passage is taken from Sundays and Seasons 2020, Year A, ©2019 Augsburg Fortress Publishing, Minneapolis, MN. Graphics from Drawn from the Word, © 1999, Creative Communications for the Parish, Fenton, MO.

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