Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 7/12-13
Pentecost 5 7.12-13.25. PDF DS 4
FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
JULY 12-13, 2025
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WELCOME TO ST. PAUL’S!
Saturday – 5:00 p.m. Sunday – 10:00 a.m.
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THE ENTRANCE RITE
PRELUDE With the Lord Begin Your Task Setting: Michael Burkhardt
WELCOME
ENTRANCE HYMN With the Lord Begin Your Task LSB 869
1 With the Lord begin your task;
Jesus will direct it.
For His aid and counsel ask;
Jesus will perfect it.
Ev’ry morn with Jesus rise,
And when day is ended,
In His name then close your eyes;
Be to Him commended.
2 Let each day begin with prayer,
Praise, and adoration.
On the Lord cast ev’ry care;
He is your salvation.
Morning, evening, and at night
Jesus will be near you,
Save you from the tempter’s might,
With His presence cheer you.
3 With your Savior at your side,
Foes need not alarm you;
In His promises confide,
And no ill can harm you.
All your trust and hope repose
In the mighty Master,
Who in wisdom truly knows
How to stem disaster.
4 If your task be thus begun
With the Savior’s blessing,
Safely then your course will run,
Toward the promise pressing.
Good will follow ev’rywhere
While you here must wander;
You at last the joy will share
In the mansions yonder.
5 Thus, Lord Jesus, ev’ry task
Be to You commended;
May Your will be done, I ask,
Until life is ended.
Jesus, in Your name begun
Be the day’s endeavor;
Grant that it may well be done
To Your praise forever.
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION LSB 203
In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.
Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
Almighty God, merciful Father, in Holy Baptism You declared us to be Your children and gathered us into Your one, holy Church, in which You daily and richly forgive us our sins and grant us new life through Your Spirit. Be in our midst, enliven our faith, and graciously receive our prayer and praise; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
KYRIE LSB 204
Lord, have mercy;
Christ, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
HYMN OF PRAISE – “Gloria in Excelsis” LSB 204
1 To God on high be glory
And peace to all the earth;
Goodwill from God in heaven
Proclaimed at Jesus’ birth!
We praise and bless You, Father;
Your holy name, we sing—
Our thanks for Your great glory,
Lord God, our heav’nly King.
2 To You, O sole-begotten,
The Father’s Son, we pray;
O Lamb of God, our Savior,
You take our sins away.
Have mercy on us, Jesus;
Receive our heartfelt cry,
Where You in pow’r are seated
At God’s right hand on high—
3 For You alone are holy;
You only are the Lord.
Forever and forever,
Be worshiped and adored;
You with the Holy Spirit
Alone are Lord Most High,
In God the Father’s glory.
“Amen!” our glad reply.
THE PRAYER OF THE DAY
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray. Lord Jesus Christ,
in Your deep compassion You rescue us from whatever may hurt us. Teach us to
love You above all things and to love our neighbors as ourselves; for You live and
reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
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THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
FIRST LESSON (Be seated) Leviticus 19:9-18
“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.
“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning. You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.”
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
PSALM 41 (sung responsively)
Blessèd is the one who considers the poor!
In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;
he is called blessèd in the land;
you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;
in his illness you restore him to full health.
As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against you!”
My enemies say of me in malice,
“When will he die and his name perish?”
And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,
while his heart gathers iniquity;
when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
All who hate me whisper together about me;
they imagine the worst for me.
They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;
he will not rise again from where he lies.”
Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,
and raise me up, that I may repay them!
By this I know that you delight in me:
my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.
But you have upheld me because of my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever.
Blessèd be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!
Amen and Amen.
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.
SECOND LESSON Colossians 1:1-14
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
(10:00) CHILDREN’S SERMON
ALLELUIA VERSE (Stand)
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
These things are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
GOSPEL Luke 10:25-37
The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the 10th chapter
Glory to You, O Lord.
Behold, a lawyer stood up to put [Jesus] to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to You, O Christ.
SERMON (Be seated)
Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus. Amen. Dear friends in Christ:
The Gospel lesson just read is certainly one of the greatest readings in all of Scripture. But what makes it so great? Is it the beautiful example of goodness shown by the merciful neighbor – an example so beautiful that we have laws and hospitals named after it? Is it the shocking fact that the merciful neighbor turns out to be a foreigner? Or is it something else… perhaps the fact that it gives us a message we don’t always catch at first glance?
I suggest to you today that this text is great for all these reasons, and perhaps for other reasons as well. As we dive into it during this sermon, let’s note three important messages that it most definitely gives, and consider how each of these pushes us to great living too.
The first message is certainly the most obvious of the three. As the words of Jesus in both his conversation with the man and in his parable clearly proclaim, we are to love our neighbor.
Here Jesus echoes a message found throughout the scriptures, and one which is stated very directly in the ancient Law from Leviticus. We heard this word from Leviticus in our first reading where it says: “you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
This commandment, along with loving God “with all your heart, soul, mind and strength,” accurately summarizes the entire Law of God. Jesus himself taught this summary of the Law on many occasions. And he confirms the lawyer’s stating of it in today’s reading too, telling him: “You have answered correctly: do this and you will live.”
But Jesus then says more about this message. And he does this by telling a parable. His parable tells of a good Samaritan who loved his neighbor by helping him when he was down and providing ongoing care for his healing.
Here Jesus shows what love is to look like. We are to love our neighbors by offering them help, showing them mercy, and caring for their needs. The picture Jesus paints here is clear. And in case anyone misses the point, Jesus concludes by saying: “Go and do likewise.”
Understanding the message Jesus gives here is not hard. But living it out is.
A couple of weeks ago, as I was walking near the Metro station, a young man approached me and said: “I’m sorry, sir, but I need to take the Metro from here into the city and I don’t have any money. Can you help me out? It only costs a few dollars.”
How was I to love this neighbor of mine? Should I give him the money he requested? Or buy him a metro card instead? Should I ask him a few questions to see if he’s telling the truth? Or should I offer him some other kind of help – like help earning money.
Then again, perhaps a kind and simple “no” is what he really needed. Sometimes that’s the case; it’s hard to say for sure.
And maybe “no” is the answer I needed too. For I already have lots of other time and monetary obligations. And lots of neighbors. As do we all.
How we love our neighbor in the best possible way is rarely easy to determine. And we certainly can’t meet everyone’s needs.
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be very serious about God’s call to love. There are many, many people we can help. Probably more than we realize.
“Do this and you will live,” says Jesus. According to this statement, loving your neighbor is truly living. And this idea should catch our attention, because we usually think of living as stacking up accomplishments or seeing the world or experiencing many pleasures. I remember years ago when a friend of mine described a certain community to me by saying: “It’s good living.” And by this they meant that it had lots of jobs, plenty of money, and fun things to do.
But Jesus urges us to see things differently. True living according to Jesus, is loving our neighbor.
The lawyer who initiated the conversation with Jesus obviously understood the complexity and challenge involved in this. For that’s why he asked his follow-up question: “And who is my neighbor?”
The answer Jesus gives to this question contains the second important message of this text. Let me explain.
The Gospel writer tells us that the lawyer asked this question because he wished to justify himself. Obviously, the lawyer knew that there were lots of people he didn’t love, and he reasoned that if it turned out those people really weren’t his neighbors he could then avoid breaking God’s command.
But perhaps the lawyer also knew that the Old Testament Law was a little unclear here. In most of its uses, “neighbor” refers to fellow Israelites – with the word being very similar in meaning to “brothers.” The two words, neighbor and brother, are sometimes used in parallel with one another, as they are in today’s Leviticus 19 reading. Therefore, loving your neighbor, to most people, meant the keeping of moral obligations among your own covenant family.
However, “neighbor” has an expanded meaning in other verses. For example, Psalm 44 says: “You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us. You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.” Here the word clearly refers to the people of other nations—those who were foreigners and gentiles.
What was the thinking in Jesus’ day? In Matthew 5, Jesus said: “you have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’” This is not a direct quote from the Old Testament. But it must have been a message that prevailed among the people. Here the thought is that anyone who is a threat to you is your enemy, and not really your neighbor.
What do we say about this question in our day? In a document by our Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations called Immigrants Among Us, there is a section which is titled: “Who is my neighbor?” The document gives a clear and direct answer to that question, saying: “anyone who needs my help is my neighbor.” This answer echoes the thought of Martin Luther, who said the same thing in his day while commenting on the same text we’re considering from Luke 10.
The CTCR document does go on to suggest that “if everyone is my neighbor in general, the danger is that no one will by my neighbor concretely.” And to assist us in offering concrete help, the document points us to the doctrine of vocation, saying: “In the context of our God-given vocation, or station in life, we have opportunities to fulfill God’s command to love our neighbor as ourselves.”
According to our Lutheran understanding, each of us has many vocations. We all have a vocation as a family member. And those of us who are working have a vocation as an employee. All of us have a vocation as a citizen of a country too. And most of us – preferably all of us – have a vocation as a member of a church.
The CTCR document goes on to say that “since we are faced with many neighbors asking for our attention, our specific vocations help us to define who are our closest neighbors (those toward whom we bear the greatest God-given responsibility), what neighbor’s needs we should deal with first and how to do so.” This advice is in keeping with a scripture we read last Sunday, from Galatians 6, where Paul teaches us to “do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.”
The document concludes, however, by warning us against excluding some people as our neighbors. For it says: “Our Lord showed in his ministry that no one is excluded from his love.” And this is a warning we all need to hear.
The question of how we go about distributing our loving and compassionate acts to others is one that we face each day. And these decisions won’t always be easy.
By making the hero in his parable a Samaritan, Jesus reminds us that we often need to be prompted to think beyond our closest circles. To the lawyer’s question of “who is my neighbor,” Jesus basically answers: “the Samaritans are your neighbors.” This thought is reinforced when Jesus, following his death and resurrection, sends out his disciples and says: “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
To review: message number one is to “love your neighbors” by helping them. And message number two is to understand that everyone is your neighbor.
Message number three is a message that may seem secondary in this text. But when we consider the difficulties we have with the first two messages, its importance is quickly realized.
From earliest times, Christians have interpreted the parable of the Good Samaritan as one which also tells us something about Jesus. And this makes sense, for the parables of Jesus always tell us about the kingdom and only occasionally give us a lesson in morality.
In this reading of the parable, you and I are the ones who have been beaten up and lie half-dead and helpless along life’s road. We’ve been robbed of our good health and happiness by the forces of evil and our self-sufficiency has been stripped away. Our own carelessness and poor choices have certainly contributed to this demise as well.
But then, in our helpless state, Jesus the Good Samaritan comes to our rescue. And he comes as a surprising outsider – one sent from another world – to offer this generous help.
In this reading of the text, we see that Jesus is much different than the priest and the Levite, who here represent the Law and the efforts of men. The Law can give knowledge of what to do, but it can’t enable a person to do it. And fellow humans will help us at times but are just as often the cause of our problems.
Jesus, we see, is the neighbor who truly loves us. He is the one who acts out of compassion—a word from our text which is reserved only for Jesus in the four Gospels – and who tends to our greatest needs.
Jesus comes to us sinners in our mortal state and binds up our wounds. He pours on the oil and wine of his grace so that we might live. He justifies us through his own self-giving on the cross, so that we might have eternal life.
And Jesus’ help continues – both in our lives and in the course of this world. For Jesus has built and empowered his Church to be the inn where his mercy is dispensed. Here we find the oil of Baptism and the wine of the Eucharist. Here the sores of sin begin to heal, and we become restored to the image of God.
Through the ministry of Jesus our Good Samaritan, we can get back on the road of life with good health. And through his ongoing care, we can be Good Samaritans to others too—loving them as Jesus empowers us to do.
Our good health will never be perfect. Nor will our love. We will constantly need God’s help and healing.
But we can grow. And we can endure.
Consider this quote from Luther: “This life, therefore, is not godliness but the process of becoming godly, not health but getting well, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not now what we shall be, but we are on the way. And this is not the goal; but it is the right road. At present, everything does not gleam and sparkle, but everything is being cleansed.”
Later in his ministry, Jesus would give the command: “love one another as I have loved you.” And this command moves us beyond a simple loving of others as ourselves. For Jesus’ love is a far greater love.
With our eyes therefore fixed on his mercy, his grace, and his forgiveness, let us love one another. In his holy name. Amen.
HYMN OF THE DAY (Stand) Where Charity and Love Prevail LSB 845
1 Where charity and love prevail
There God is ever found;
Brought here together by Christ’s love
By love are we thus bound.
2 With grateful joy and holy fear
His charity we learn;
Let us with heart and mind and soul
Now love Him in return.
3 Forgive we now each other’s faults
As we our faults confess,
And let us love each other well
In Christian holiness.
4 Let strife among us be unknown;
Let all contention cease;
Be God’s the glory that we seek;
Be ours His holy peace.
5 Let us recall that in our midst
Dwells Christ, His only Son;
As members of His body joined
We are in Him made one.
6 For love excludes no race or clan
That names the Savior’s name;
His family embraces all
Whose Father is the same.
APOSTLES’ CREED LSB, back cover
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His 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 into hell.
The third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Christian Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life ✠ everlasting. Amen.
OFFERING
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PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH
OFFERTORY Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful (LSB 955)
Let the vineyards be fruitful, Lord,
And fill to the brim our cup of blessing.
Gather a harvest from the seeds that were sown,
That we may be fed with the bread of life.
Gather the hopes and the dreams of all;
Unite them with the prayers we offer now.
Grace our table with Your presence, and give us
A foretaste of the feast to come.
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SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT
PREFACE (Stand) LSB 208-210
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everlasting God, for the countless blessings You so freely bestow on us and all creation. Above all, we give thanks for Your boundless love shown to us when You sent Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into our flesh and laid on Him our sin, giving Him into death that we might not die eternally. Because He is now risen from the dead and lives and reigns to all eternity, all who believe in Him will overcome sin and death and will rise again to new life. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:
SANCTUS LSB 208
Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth adored;
Heav’n and earth with full acclaim shout the glory of Your name.
Sing hosanna in the highest, sing hosanna to the Lord;
Truly blest is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
LORD’S PRAYER
Our 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.
THE WORDS OF OUR LORD
PAX DOMINI
The peace of the Lord be with you always.
Amen.
AGNUS DEI LSB 210
1 O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,
You take the sin of the world away;
O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,
Have mercy on us, Lord, we pray.
2 O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,
You take the sin of the world away;
Have mercy on us, Jesus Christ,
And grant us peace, O Lord, we pray.
THE COMMUNION (Be seated)
Those wishing to commune at the foot of the steps should come forward first. Those wishing to commune at the altar rail should come forward after these, front rows first, from both sides of the aisle. After receiving, all should return to their seats. A common dismissal will be given at the end.
DISTRIBUTION HYMN Drawn to the Cross, Which Thou Hast Blessed LSB 560
1 Drawn to the cross, which Thou hast blessed
With healing gifts for souls distressed,
To find in Thee my life, my rest,
Christ crucified, I come.
2 Thou knowest all my griefs and fears,
Thy grace abused, my misspent years;
Yet now to Thee with contrite tears,
Christ crucified, I come.
3 Wash me and take away each stain;
Let nothing of my sin remain.
For cleansing, though it be through pain,
Christ crucified, I come.
4 And then for work to do for Thee,
Which shall so sweet a service be
That angels well might envy me,
Christ crucified, I come.
NUNC DIMITTIS LSB 211
1 O Lord, now let Your servant
Depart in heav’nly peace,
For I have seen the glory
Of Your redeeming grace:
A light to lead the Gentiles
Unto Your holy hill,
The glory of Your people,
Your chosen Israel.
2 All glory to the Father,
All glory to the Son,
All glory to the Spirit,
Forever Three in One;
For as in the beginning,
Is now, shall ever be,
God’s triune name resounding.
PRAYER (Stand)
BENEDICTION
SENDING HYMN Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go LSB 854
(sung to alternate tune Hymn 405)
1 Forth in Thy name, O Lord, I go,
My daily labor to pursue,
Thee, only Thee, resolved to know
In all I think or speak or do.
2 The task Thy wisdom has assigned,
O let me cheerfully fulfill;
In all my works Thy presence find,
And prove Thy good and perfect will.
3 Thee may I set at my right hand,
Whose eyes my inmost substance see,
And labor on at Thy command,
And offer all my works to Thee.
4 Give me to bear Thine easy yoke,
And ev’ry moment watch and pray,
And still to things eternal look,
And hasten to Thy glorious day.
5 For Thee delightfully employ
Whate’er Thy bounteous grace has giv’n,
And run my course with even joy,
And closely walk with Thee to heav’n.
ANOUNCEMENTS
DISMISSAL
Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
POSTLUDE Te Deum Marc Antoine Charpentier
FELLOWSHIP: Board of Youth
Those serving:
Saturday, July 12, 5:00 p.m.:
Greeter: Bob Juenger
Comm. assist: Holly Siebrass
Reader: Rich Kauzlarich
Sunday, July 13, 10:00 a.m.:
Greeter: Charles Fisher
Comm. assist: Jill Hecht
Reader: Charles Fisher
Acolyte: Josslyn Godbee
7/12-13 Organist: Lois Lehrer
Acknowledgments
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 © 2025 Concordia Publishing House.
955 Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful Text: John W. Arthur, 1922–80
Tune: Richard W. Hillert, 1923–2010 Tune: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110005326
869 With the Lord Begin Your Task Text: Morgen- und Abend-segen, 1734, Waldenburg; tr. W. Gustave Polack, 1890–1950, alt. Tune: Peter Frank, 1616–75
Text: © 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110005326 Tune: Public domain
845 Where Charity and Love Prevail Text: Latin, c. 9th cent.; tr. Omer E. Westendorf, 1916–97, alt. Tune: Lucius Chapin, 1760–1842 Text: © 1960 World Library Publications. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110005326 Tune: Public domain
560 Drawn to the Cross, Which Thou Hast Blessed Text: Genevieve M. Irons, 1855–1928 Tune: Joseph Barnby, 1838–96 Text and tune: Public domain
854 Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go Text: Charles Wesley, 1707–88, alt. Text: Public domain 405 Alternate tune Winchester New Tune: Musicalisch Hand-Buch der Geistlichen Melodien, 1690, Hamburg, alt. Tune: Public domain
