Bulletin: July 5, 2026

First Lutheran Church                                                                Pentecost 6
PO Box 153 - 240 Elm Street West                                             July 5, 2026
Amery, WI   715-268-7135                                                            www.flcamery.org
Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. Jn. 17    

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

HYMN: My Country, ’Tis of Thee...........................Green 566
 
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS: 

PSALM 145:8-15  The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great kindness.   The LORD is loving to everyone and his compassion is over all his works.  All your works praise you, O LORD, and your faithful servants bless you. They make known the glory of your kingdom and speak of your power; that  the peoples may know of your power and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; your dominion endures throughout all ages. The LORD is faithful in all his words and merciful in all his deeds. The LORD upholds all those who fall; he lifts up those who are bowed down.

GREETING

KYRIE- Rd 157

HYMN: Now the Feast Rd 167

PRAYER: God of glory and love, peace comes from you alone. Send us as peacemakers and witnesses to your kingdom, and fill our hearts with joy in your promises of salvation; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Romans 7:15-25a I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. But in fact it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

HYMN:   God’s Word is Our Great Heritage…….Green 239

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Jesus spoke to the crowd saying: "To what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.' For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon'; the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds." At that time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. "Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."  

SERMON

HYMN: What a Friend We Have in Jesus………….Red 742

OFFERING

APOSTLES’ CREED

CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION
LORD’S PRAYER
Children of the...Rd 781, Lord Whose Love...Rd 712, Music

BENEDICTION

Go in peace and serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.

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