Luke 4:21-30; Jeremiah 1:4-10 | We all know the risks of selective hearing. Only listening to what we want to hear distorts what is true. Which, as we meet Jesus in our Gospel this weekend, it seems as though the crowd gathered around him was suffering from this very thing: they didn’t want to heed what Jesus was telling them. Hearing this story, it might be easy to chastise the crowd. But how often do we, too, simply hear what we want to hear so that we can remain comfortable? God’s Word is a word of comfort and life for us. But God’s Word is also a word of comfort and life for all people. So, even as we find ourselves surrounded by so many words and so many promises, we invite you to come and join us for worship as we listen for God’s Word to us today, and as we are sent as prophets to proclaim, enact, and live the good news of God’s Word for all people.
Sunday, February 2, 2025, Fourth Sunday after Epiphany 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. Gathering: Dearest Jesus, at Your Word. Text: Tobias Clausnitzer, 1619-1684, sts. 1-3; Gesangbuch, Berlin, 1707, st. 4; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878, adapted. Music: Johann R. Ahle, 1625-1673. Text and Music: Public Domain Hymn of the Day: There’s A Wideness In God’s Mercy. Text: Frederick W. Faber, 1814-1863, alt. Music: Calvin Hampton, 1938-1984. Text: Public Domain. Music: © 1977 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Offering: Gentle Mary Laid Her Child. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2016 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Communion Song: Lovely Needy People. Text and Music: Lenora Rand, Gary Rand. Original Recording by THE MANY. Text and Music: © 2016 Helical Music. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: Go, My Children, with My Blessing. Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919, alt. Music: Welsh traditional; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958. Text © 1983 Concordia Publishing House Music © Oxford University Press. Covered under One License subscription.