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4TH SUNDAY OF PENTECOST - JUNE 28, 2020
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JUNE 28 - 4TH SUNDAY OF PENTECOST
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Welcoming...
What have others done to welcome YOU? How did it feel to be welcomed?
Was welcoming a one-time thing, or did this person offer
a life-time of welcome
to you?
We typically bless the quilts loving made by our Snip-its quilters the Sunday before Palm Sunday. Yet, this year, that was right when COVID-19 kept us all home and we were figuring out how to do our first online worship. That seems like a long time ago now!
The gospel this Sunday has Jesus talking about welcoming and what that means...that in welcoming...we welcome God.
A quilt made for another, especially another you will never meet in person, is a radical expression of welcome
. It is welcome without judgement. It is welcome without needing proof of identity. It is welcome that is based not on receiving...but selfless giving. It is welcome that lets another know they are not alone and loved by someone else in the world.
This Sunday in worship, we bless 126 quilts that Lutheran World Relief will send around the world to welcome others with God's love.
So, as you welcome others this week and as you are yourself welcomed...may it be the beginning of a life-time of wrapping another with the love of God
that is both radical, BOLD, and selfless...always full of life, forgiveness, and hope for the future.
Peace,
PV
Special thank you to those who helped make our online worship possible this morning, a powerful witness that even though space may separate us, it is the love of God in Christ which connects and re-connects us this day and always (
The Carpenter Family,
The Cheesman Family, Janette Clausen, Dale Moquist, Craig and Vonda Orton, Fonda Rhoades, The Vanicek Family).
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The live-stream worship begins at 9AM on Sunday on YouTube and Facebook.
Visit our website (
CLICK HERE
) for links to all our online resources for worship and communication.
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NOTE: If you subscribe to our YouTube channel or Facebook page, you will get reminders on your device when livestream worship begins.
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This Sunday's worship is printed in a downloadable bulletin to aid in your worship this weekend.
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Martin Luther argued that “the ears are the only organs of a Christian,” since it is through the ear that life begins, through hearing the preached Word of God.
Read scripture from YOUR Bible at home. Remember the story of who gave you or how you got your Bible. May this story remind you of your connection to Christ & others.
READINGS FOR PENTECOST+4
Jeremiah 28:5-9
(Jeremiah not afraid to call it like it is)
Psalm 89:1-4,15-18
(thanks for God's steadfast love)
Matthew 10:40-42
(welcoming...welcoming...welcoming)
CLICK HERE
for various ways to
DWELL IN THE WORD
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REMEMBERING OUR COMMUNION
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One thing that many miss is sharing in Holy Communion.
This time invites us to turn our question from, "How do we receive Holy Communion?” to “How does the Word of God come to us and how do we receive the Word of God?
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Prayer is central to the life of faith because it connects us to God and each other, a reminder that we are never socially distanced in Christ. Please say these names aloud as a way of lifting them up to God this day. Names in
bold
were added this past week. You are welcome in this time of prayer to include your own joys and concerns.
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Mike Wilde
Pam Wooten
Kaiden King
Ruby Sanders
David Ping
Carol Stiles
Angie Atkinson
Carolyn Selman
Marci Wilde
Joe Manno
Jim Dipprey
Faith Trapp
Ken Tate
Wyatt Crouse
Jenny Braeutigam
Vondean Schmidt
Vince Wesch
Sandra Conners
Laverne Pullin
Dick Schroer
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Jolene Williams
Annie Woods
Nik Schappe
Doris Tate
Linda Williams
Mary Posey
Harold Brueckner
Mary Langehennig
Matt Vella
Jon Bohmann
Judy Saxsma
Chris Tretter
Ellen Adams
Philip Salyers
Gil Debner
Mike Knigge
Craig Fields
Julia Reitz
Lincoln Cortez
Wayne Rhoades
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Marnie Casteneda
Wade Herrington
Wanda Center
Charles Butle
Diane and Bill Burke
Amanda Morris
Pete Davis
Danette DeMont
Shane Carpenter
Anne Hunnafin
Greg Schoonmaker
Bob Lenz
Toby Green
Tammy Whitman
Sibi & Don Kraemer
Brayden Ybarra
Larry Stahl
Margo Stahl
Bob & Kris Ward
Ron Burke
Greg Butler
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OFFERINGS AND GIFTS TO GOD
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Thank you for your continued generosity toward our operating budget during this time.
Stewardship quote for the week:
"There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up." - John Holmes
If you’re not using electronic giving, you can still mail your offering to the church at 1803 Highway 1431 West, Marble Falls, TX 78654
. And if you’re not already a sustaining member of our ministry through our Consecration Sunday process, this is a great time to ask the question, "What % of my income is God calling me to give?" Even a commitment of $5 or $10 a week can make a huge difference in our community.
or to set up a reoccurring offering.
Or, simply text the amount
you want to give to 830-460-5757.
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BLESSING FOR THE WEEK AHEAD
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Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers,
nor things present, nor things to come,
nor powers, nor heights, nor depths,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us
from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
God, the creator, +Jesus, the Christ,
and the Holy Spirit, the comforter,
bless you and keep you in eternal love. Amen.
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GO IN PEACE...TOGETHER, BOLDLY LIVING AND SHARING GOD'S GRACE WITH ALL!
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LIVE STREAMS FROM OUR SISTER CHURCHES
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If you would like to tune into a
live-stream
or
recorded
worship from one of our
sister ELCA congregations
, click the button below to visit our synod's website archiving a cornucopia of options of how God's people are worshipping.
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PRAYER RESOURCES FOR YOUR WEEK
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This is wonderfully elegant website with a daily scripture reading, music to go along with the reading, and a reflection.
It's also an app for your smartphone. Search for "pray as you go" and take with you for anytime a way to recenter your day.
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