Author: Julie Raffa

Introit Psalm 56:3–4, 10–11; antiphon: v. 13
For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from | falling,* that I may walk before God in the | light of life. When I | am afraid,* I put my | trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not | be afraid.* What can flesh | do to me? In God, whose | word I praise,* in the Lord, whose | word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not | be afraid.* What can man | do to me? For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from | falling,* that I may walk before God in the | light of life.
Collect of the Day
O God, because Your abiding presence always goes with us, keep us aware of Your daily mercies that we may live secure and content in Your eternal love; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Old Testament Reading Jeremiah 20:7–13
7O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me. 8For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long. 9If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot. 10For I hear many whispering.
Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my close friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him.” 11But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. 12O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause. 13Sing to the Lord; praise the Lord! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.
Gradual Psalm 145:3, 5b, 6b
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. On your wondrous works, I will meditate, and I will declare your greatness.
Epistle Romans 6:12–23
12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. 13Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
15What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to8.1 righteousness leading to sanctification.
20When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death. 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Holy Gospel Matthew 10:5a, 21–33
5These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, . . .21“Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
24“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
26“So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. 28And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.”
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3rd Sunday after Pentecost
Divine Service
Lutheran Service Book: Page
Liturgy: Setting 3 184
Apostles Creed 192
Hymns:
Amazing Grace 744
Lord of Our Life 659
Communion Hymns: 685
643
725
637
O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe 666
Scripture Readings:
Old Testament: Jeremiah 20:7-13
Epistle: Romans 6:12-23
Gospel: Matthew 10:5a, 21-33
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In our prayers, we remember:
X The family and friends of Camilla Kreis, who died June 13, 2020.
X Christians throughout the world persecuted for the confession of the faith.
XAll who serve in law enforcement, protecting our communities, and their families and all
X All who serve in the military, protecting our our country, home and away.
X For all who live under the flag of our nation, for those who govern in this country, and for the causes of peace and justice.
X All those struggling with health issues: Deb Ziemann, Kandie Darmody, Audrey Hilgendorf, Orville Heckendorf, Lois Pritzlaff, Jerry & Gert Sullivan, Tim Allen, Tracey Leffin-Hedrick, June Fry, Elaine Kuenzel, Richard Reich, Judy Clark, Louise Kreis, Diane Behrens, Eric Johanen, Jennifer Jensen, those upon our hearts.
X X X
Preacher: Rev. Joseph Fisher
Liturgist: Rev. Christopher Raffa
Organist: Ben Grosskreuz, Sam Grosskreuz
Elders: Dennis E., Bob K., Gary J.

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Sunday:
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Wednesday:
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Thursday:
7:00 p.m. Divine Service
Sunday, June 28:
1:00 p.m. Voter’s Meeting
Sunday, September 13
9:15 a.m. 1st Day of Sunday School
12:00 p.m. Church Picnic

3rd Sunday after Pentecost
June 18-21, 2020
“ 32So everyone who acknowledges me before men,
I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,”
Matthew 10:32
Welcome and blessings to you through our Lord Jesus Christ!
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Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
462 Meadowbrook Drive, West Bend, WI 53090
(262) 334-0375 www.pilgrimlutheran-westbend.org