Rev. Alan Ludwig – Cell # 509-540-9083, Email: lutheranprof@gmail.com
Secretary’s Office Hours M–F 9:00am – 2:00pm
The Third Sunday after Pentecost
June 29, 2025
Divine Service Setting 1 – LSB 151
Hymn: O Holy Spirit, Enter In LSB 913
Stand
Confession and Absolution
Exhortation (p.151)
Corporate Confession (p.151)
Service of the Word
Introit (responsively by whole verse) Ps. 85:8–10, 13; antiphon: v. 7
P Show us your steadfast love, | O Lord,*
and grant us your sal- | vation.
C Let me hear what God the | Lord will speak,*
for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but
let them not turn back to | folly.
P Surely his salvation is near to those who | fear him,*
that glory may dwell | in our land.
C Steadfast love and faith- | fulness meet;*
righteousness and peace kiss each | other.
P Righteousness will go be- | fore him*
and make his foot- | steps a way.
C Glory be to the Father and | to the Son*
and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- | ginning,*
is now, and will be forever. | Amen.
P Show us your steadfast love, | O Lord,*
and grant us your sal- | vation.
Kyrie (p.152)
Hymn of Praise: Gloria in Excelsis (p. 154)
Collect of the Day
P Let us pray.
Lord of all power and might, author and giver of all good things, graft into our hearts the love of Your name and nourish us with all goodness that we may love and serve our neighbor; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
Sit
Old Testament Reading: 1 Kings 19:9b-21
Behold, the word of the Lord came to [Elijah], and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.” 11And he said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper. 13And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 14He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.” 15And the Lord said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. 16And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place. 17And the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha put to death. 18Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
19So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his cloak upon him. 20And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?” 21And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the yokes of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him.
L This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
Gradual Romans 10:15b, 18b; Isaiah 52:7b, alt.
How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the | good news,*
who publish peace and bring good news of sal- | vation.
Their voice has gone out to | all the earth,*
and their words to the ends | of the world.
Epistle: Galatians 5:1, 13-25
1For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. . . .
13For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
L This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
Stand
Alleluia (p.156)
Holy Gospel: Luke 9:51-62
51When the days drew near for [Jesus] to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. 53But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” 55But he turned and rebuked them. 56And they went on to another village.
57As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 59To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” 62Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
L This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C Praise to You, O Christ.
Nicene Creed (p.158)
Sit
Hymn of the Day: Speak, O Lord, Your Servant Listens LSB 589
Sermon
Stand
Prayer of the Church
Offering
Offertory (p. 159)
Service of the Sacrament
Preface (p.160)
Sanctus (p.161)
Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Lord’s Prayer (p. 162)
The Words of Institution
Pax Domini (p.163)
Agnus Dei
Sit
Distribution of the Sacrament
Distribution Hymns
Water, Blood, and Spirit Crying LSB 597
Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior LSB 627
Stand
Canticle: Thank the Lord (p.164)
Post Communion Collect (p.166)
Benediction
Sit
Announcements
Hymn: Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus LSB 685
Acknowledgments
Divine Service, Setting One from Lutheran Service Book
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy
Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry
of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Prayers – For the home-bound: Alfred Larson; Doris Vilhauer, Betty Zundel, Ken & Dorothy Maas, Loretta Podoll, Betty Meints, Verdena Dabbert, Lorraine Krage, Lloyd Jerde, Phyllis Lassanske, and Maralyn Hoops.
For those sick, injured, or recovering: Nathaniel Wendt, Michael Wendt, Phyllis Yeske, Kevin Fehn, Larry Vietmeier, Daryl Swanhorst, Charlotte Scepaniak, Tom Hanson, Dorothy Maas, Mike Ringgenberg, Amy Scepaniak, Walter Schott, Annikki Marttila, Roger Zastrow, Don Hoops, and Keith Underberg.
For the children we sponsor through Mission Haiti: Michelet Voltaire, Michel Djoury, and Orgea Djouna;
For expectant mothers: Andrea Christianson and Rebecca McHenry.
For Lainey Wolf, granddaughter of Mike & Molly Ringgenberg. Mother Kaitlyn Wolf is doing well.
For Pastor Andreasen & family, and all our LCMS missionaries.
St. John’s
Ushers: Ray & Cyndy Larson
Next Week: Karl & Val Eichler
Last Week: No service on June 22
Our Savior
Organist: Caiden Siebert
Elders: Douglas Klipfel & Glen Rausch
Ushers: Bob Rausch & David Johnson
Altar Guild: Trisha Rausch & Family
Acolytes: Rhyan Johnson & Ella Brick
Last Week: Attendance – 108
Offering: General Fund $2,476; from St. John’s $3,171.38; Total $5,647.38
Schedule for the Week
Sunday St. John’s Divine Service – 8:00 am
Our Savior Bible Study – 9:45 am
Our Savior Divine Service – 10:45 am
Dual Parish Picnic – 12:30 pm at Columbia Park
Monday Mat Ladies – 1:00 pm
Deacons – 3:30 pm
Softball – 8:30 pm vs Aldersgate 2, Players Field B
Tuesday Coffee & Confessions – 6:30 am
Friday Independence Day – Office Closed
Next Sunday St. John’s Service of the Word – 8:00 am
St. John’s Bible Study – 9:15 am
Our Savior Divine Service – 10:45 am
Announcements
Dual Parish Picnic – There will be a picnic for both congregations today, Sunday, June 29
th at 12:30 pm at the Columbia Park. The meat/main dish will be provided, please bring side dishes to share. We will have our normal service times at both churches, then meet together for the picnic. The van will take some people from Our Savior to Columbia.
Church League Softball – Our game this week is Monday, June 30
th at 8:30 pm. We will play Aldersgate 2 on Players field B, at the new complex north of 8
th Avenue NE.
July 4th – The church office will be closed for Independence Day.
Saturday Bible Study – July 12
th 9:00-11:00 am at Our Savior –
The humiliation of our Lord Jesus Christ – What does it really mean that Christ “humbled himself, taking the form of a servant”? Did he temporarily become less than God? Did He forfeit His abilities to know all, to do all, to be everywhere? What does Christ’s humiliation mean for our salvation? This study will include the Christ-hymn of Philippians 2:5–11 and other passages of Scripture that illuminate this great mystery of the Word become flesh.
Our Savior Voters Meeting will be on Sunday, July 13
th at 9:30 am.
Funeral Planning Sheets are available at St. John’s in the back of the church, and at Our Savior in the office, if you’d like to use this resource.
Portals of Prayer for July – September are available in the narthex.
Lutheran Witness – The June/July issue of LW is available in the narthex. The theme is “Endurance in Jesus – Let Us Not Grow Weary”.
Job Opening –
The Lighthouse Preschool is hiring for the 2025/26 school year! We are looking to fill part-time positions in our aftercare program 3:15-5:30 M-F, and also on Wednesdays from 8-3:15 (could be afternoon only if necessary). Positions can be combined. Must be able to begin working in August. Please contact the preschool at 605-725-1855 or talk to Jenelle Siebert for more information.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry – Third Sunday after Pentecost
1 Kings 19:18 – “Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.” Elijah was so sure that he was right, that he was the only one left who had not gone after Baal. But he was too pessimistic; his faith in God was off-center. We can’t go by our own wisdom. We must trust the Lord and what He has revealed to us in His Word. Think about how this applies to our support of God’s work in the church with our offerings. Look in the Table of Duties in Luther’s Small Catechism to see what the Bible has to say about our giving.
Building Healthy Families: Someone once said you know you are Lutheran if you feel guilty about not feeling guilty enough. That’s only funny because it’s true! It’s easy for us to hold on to guilt, but the effects of doing so are detrimental to physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. Studies show that unresolved guilt and negative thinking increase the stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Too many stress hormones increase heart rate, blood pressure and inflammation throughout the body. Our relationships with others and God become distant when guilt separates us. Go to the source of lasting help to be cleansed from guilt (Psalm 51, 1 John 1:5-10, Hebrews 10:19-23) and talk with your pastor or an LFS counselor if you are stuck.
Lutheran Family Service www.LutheranFamilyService.org
Dear Friends in Christ,
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod is asking the youth of our Synod to help us improve Set Apart to Serve, the LCMS church work recruitment initiative.
Please invite your congregation’s youth to take a brief online survey using this link: lcms.org/set-apart-to-serve-youth-survey
The survey is open to seventh-graders through recent high school graduates. All responses are anonymous and confidential.
We would appreciate receiving all responses by July 15.
Thank you for your time.
In Christ,
Rev. Dr. James A. Baneck
Main Street Living – 10:00 AM- This Is the Life –
“Little Big Lie” – Curiosity and a little “white lie” result in very serious unintended developments for the Fisher family. 10:30 AM- Rev. Brian Mosemann, pastor at Immanuel, St. Paul, First English, and Bethesda Lutheran Churches in Menno, Scotland, Parker, and Marion, SD, presents the message
“Set Faces, Shaky Followers, and God’s Feast,” based on Luke 9:51-62. Watch Main Street Living on Sunday mornings on KDLT NBC TV. The worship segment also airs on Saturdays at 5:00 pm. Past shows are archived at www.mainstreetliving.com.
The Lutheran Hour – The Book of Job can teach us something about prayer and about how we can talk honestly to God, covered by Jesus. Speaker Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler delivers the message
"Honest to God” based on Job 1:21. Listen to The Lutheran Hour on Sunday mornings at 9:00 on KAWZ 88.1 FM, or on Sirius-XM Family Talk 131 at 9:00 am. Sermons are also archived on the website
www.lutheranhour.org.
DEFENDING THE FAITH, TEACHING THE TRUTH…
Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show and podcast produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. You can listen to conversations about: Israel in the Bible & the Nation of Israel Today, Contending for Christ Through the Apostles’ Creed, Sacred Art in the Church, The Consequences of Sexual Liberation and more. You can listen on-demand at
issuesetc.org, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod, TuneIn, the LPR mobile app and a podcast provider.
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod’s Statement on Close Communion:
The Lord’s Supper is celebrated at this congregation in the confession and glad confidence that, as He says, Our Lord gives into our mouths not only bread and wine but
His very body and blood to eat and drink for the forgiveness of sins and to strengthen our union with Him and with one another. Our Lord invites to His table those who trust in His words, repent of all sin, and set aside any refusal to forgive and love as He forgives and loves us, that they may show forth His death until He comes.
Because those who eat and drink our Lord’s body and blood unworthily do so to their great harm and because Holy Communion is a confession of the faith which is confessed at this altar, any who are not yet instructed, in doubt, or
who hold a confession differing from that of this congregation and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, and yet desire to receive the Sacrament, are asked to first speak with the Pastor.
(CTCR,
Admission to the Lord’s Supper, Nov 1999)
