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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Worship Folder Pastor John Melke Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Bible Readings 1 Kings 3:5-12, Matthew 13:44-52, 1 Timothy 6:17-21 Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: 1 Timothy 6:17-19 17 Instruct those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but rather in God, who richly supplies us with all things for our enjoyment. 18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in...

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Bible Readings Isaiah 55:6-11, Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Isaiah 55:6-11 6 Seek the Lord while he may be found! Call on him while he is near! 7 Let the wicked man abandon his way. Let an evil man abandon his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will show him mercy. Let him turn to our God, because he will abundantly...

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Bible Readings Isaiah Exodus 33:12-23, Matthew 11:25-30 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Romans 7:24-25 24 What a miserable wretch I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my sinful flesh I serve the law of sin. The Holy Bible, Evangeli...

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Bible Readings Matthew 10:34-42, 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Psalm 27 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers advance against me to eat my flesh, when my foes and my enemies come against me, it is they who will stumble and fall. 3 If a...

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Bible Readings Matthew 10:24-33, 2 Timothy 4:1-8 Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Romans 6:1b-11 Dead to Sin and Living for God 6 What shall we say then? Shall we keep on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 Absolutely not! We died to sin. How can we go on living in it any longer? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus wer...

Third Sunday after Pentecost Bible Readings Numbers 27:15-23, 1 Corinthians 4:1-7, Matthew 9:35-10:8 Worship Folder Pastor Dennis ValleauSermon text: Exodus 20:8-11 8 Remember the Sabbath day by setting it apart as holy. 9 Six days you are to serve and do all your regular work, 10 but the seventh day shall be a sabbath rest to the Lord your God. Do not do any regular work, neither you, nor your so...

Second Sunday after Pentecost Bible Readings Isaiah 35:4-7 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 God’s Mercy to Paul 12 I give thanks to the one who empowered me, namely, Christ Jesus our Lord, that he treated me as trustworthy, appointing me into his ministry. 13 He did this even though formerly I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I was shown me...

First Sunday after Pentecost— Holy Trinity Bible Readings Genesis 1:1-2:3, Matthew 28:16-20 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Genesis 1 & 2 3 God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 6 God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, and let it separate the water from the water.” 9 God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and...

Day of Pentecost Bible Readings John 7:37-39 Acts 2:1-21 1 Corinthians 12:3-11 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Acts 2:12 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other, “What does this mean?” The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House. Take a Moment to recall something from toda...

Seventh Sunday of Easter Bible Readings Acts 1:12-26, John 17:1-11, 1 Peter 4:12-17, 5:6-11 Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Acts 1:12-26 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. Matthias Is Chosen 13 When they entered the city, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter an...

Sixth Sunday of Easter Bible Readings Psalm 66, John 14:15-21 , 1 Peter 3:13-22 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: 1 Peter 3:13-22 13 Can anyone really harm you for being eager to do good deeds? 14 Even if you have to suffer for doing good things, God will bless you. So stop being afraid and don’t worry about what people might do. 15 Honor Christ and let Him be the Lord of your lif...

Fifth Sunday of Easter Bible Readings John 14:1-15 1 Peter 2:4-10 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: John 14:1-15 No Greater Love—in Peace 1 “Do not let your heart be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I wil...

Fourth Sunday of Easter Bible Readings Isaiah 35:4-7 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: (Sermon Text) (Insert Sermon reading here)Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor...

Third Sunday of Easter Bible Readings 1 Peter 1:17-21 Luke 24:13-35 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: 1 Peter 1:17-21 17 You pray to God and call him Father. And this Father judges each man’s work equally. So while you are here on earth, you should live with respect for God. 18 You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way. You got that way of living from the people...

Second Sunday of Easter Bible Reading 1 Peter 1:3-9 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: John 20:19-31 Behind Locked Doors 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were together behind locked doors because of their fear of the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. So t...

Resurrection of Our Lord— Easter Day Bible Readings Exodus 15, 1 Corinthians 15:11-15 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 28:1-10 1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 Suddenly, there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, and going to the tomb, he rolled away...

Resurrection of Our Lord— Easter Dawn Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: John 20:1-2, 10-18 1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she left and ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she told them, “an...

Passion Sunday Service Bible Readings Matthew 26 – 27:10 Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Matthew 21:1-11 Jesus’ Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem 1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. Immediately you will find a donkey tied there along with her colt. Untie them and bring them...

Fifth Sunday in Lent Bible Readings Romans 8:11-14 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: John 11:1-45 The Death of Lazarus 11 Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 This was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, he whom...

Thursday Lenten Service 3-23-23 Bible Readings Matthew 26:57-68 Worship Folder Pastor Paul TullbergSermon text: Mark 15:17-21 17 They put a purple robe on him, twisted together a crown of thorns, and put it on him. 18 The soldiers began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 They kept hitting him on the head with a reed and spitting on him. They also kneeled down to pay homage to him. The Cru...

Fourth Sunday in Lent Bible Readings Ephesians 5:8-14 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: John 9:1-7,13-17,34-39 A Blind Man Sees 9 As Jesus was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that God’s works might be re...

Thursday Lenten Service 3-16-23 Bible Readings Matthew 26:57-68 Worship Folder Pastor Lucas ProeberSermon text: John 18:33-19:1 33 Pilate went back into the Praetorium and summoned Jesus. He asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own people and chief priests handed you o...

Third Sunday in Lent Bible Readings Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-8, John 3:1-17 Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Exodus 17:7 7 He named the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?” The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Momen...

Thursday Lenten Service 3-9-23 Bible Readings Matthew 26:57-68 Worship Folder Pastor Peter PlagenzSermon text: Matthew 26:57-68 Jesus’ First Trial in the Sanhedrin 57 Those who had arrested Jesus led him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the experts in the law and the elders were assembled. 58 Peter was following him at a distance and went as far as the courtyard of the high priest. He went...