Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43; Romans 8:12-25 |Good and bad. Right and wrong. In much of society, we’ve been trained to judge between one thing and the next. But, the truth is, it’s not always that simple. Life often doesn’t exist in black and white, but somewhere in the gray. So then, how are we to live as people of faith, here and now? If you’re seeking to explore challenging questions of life and faith, join us as we wrestle with the parable of the wheat and the weeds, as we claim the hope that God will restore all that exists, and as we are sent forth to live as if this hope means something for us and for the world.
Sunday, July 23, 2023, Eighth Sunday of Pentecost Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A.Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: Blessed Assurance. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2011 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Confession and Forgiveness: Used by permission from All Creation Sings, Setting 11 under Augsburg Fortress license. Adapted by Rev. A. Kenitzer. Kyrie: Lord, Have Mercy. Text and Music: Sarah Hart. Text and Music: © 2018 OCP. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of Praise: Glory to God. Text and Music: Sarah Hart. Text and Music: © 2010, 2018 OCP. Covered under One License subscription.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia. Text and Music: Sarah Hart. Text and Music: © 2018 OCP. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: The Reign of God, like Farmer’s Field. Text and Music: Delores Dufner. Text and Music: © 2003 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription.
Offering Song: Reflection. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2016 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Communion Liturgy: Holy, Amen & Lamb of God. Text and Music: Sarah Hart. Text and Music: © 2010, 2018 OCP. Covered under One License subscription. Communion Song: Blessed Assurance. Text: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915. Music: Phoebe P. Knapp, 1830-1908. Text and Music: © OCP Publications. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: On What Has Now Been Sown. Text: John Newton, 1725-1807, alt. Music: John Darwall, 1731-1789. Text and Music: Public Domain.