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Peace Lutheran Church
We welcome you in the name of the Lord Jesus. We are honored with your presence. If you do not have a church home, you are invited to join us regularly. Please introduce yourself to Pastor Jeremy Lucke or one of the Ushers as you leave today and sign the guest book in the entryway. We continue to observe the guidelines for health safety. If you have any questions, please see an usher. Everyone is welcome.
The ringing of the bell and the lighting of the Christ candle mark the beginning of our service and a time for quiet meditation, prayer and inward reflection as we begin our worship.
Children are welcome at our worship services. If you prefer, Peace Lutheran has a playroom equipped for children three years old and younger. The room is unstaffed and can be accessed in the fellowship hall where the service is also being live streamed for your convenience and enjoyment.
Holy Communion is celebrated every first and third Sunday and will follow the order of service in the bulletin. If you are a baptized Christian and share our faith in Jesus as Savior and have been instructed in the meaning and use of the Lord’s Supper, you are invited to partake. We have pre-wrapped communion wine or juice and wafers. We also have gluten-free wafers available. If you desire a gluten-free wafer, ask the server. May the body and blood of Jesus, present in the bread and wine, be a blessing to you.
There are times during the service when you will be asked to stand if you are able. Please feel free to remain seated if standing is difficult.
Offering. Peace Lutheran Church understands and teaches that Offerings are voluntary and to be from the heart. Whether we give or do not give does not determine our salvation. Whether we give much or little does not determine our standing before God. Sharing an Offering is an opportunity to quietly practice generosity with our neighbors.
Serving You
Pastor Pastor Jeremy Lucke
Music Director Colleen Schulze
Choir Director Diane Crocker
Supt. Of Sunday School Anne Schroeder & Karyn Stanley
Admin Assistant Daniel Dusek
Parish Nurse Kathy Durling
Webmaster Jim Holroyd
Audio-Visual Johnathon Holroyd, George Abele, Nicholas Abele, Merv Munster, Callie Santora, Joyce Long, Oscar Gutbrod, Sam Worth, Rick Durling, Jim Holroyd, Debbi Weiler, Dan Dusek, Seamus Harrington, Archer Schroeder
Praise Team Rick Durling, Patrick Kamins, Ginny Tonelli, Karyn Stanley, Nora Stanley, Diane Crocker, Kaia Lucke, Anne Schroeder, John Mergl
Today, June 29, 2025 (Outdoor Worship)
Musician Colleen Schulze
Reader Seamus Harrington
Flowers George & Jancie Abele
AS WE GATHER…………. When you feel all alone, remember this: you are not alone. First, you are not alone in feeling that way. In today’s Old Testament Reading, you will see how even Elijah, the mighty prophet of God, felt all alone. “I, even I only, am left!” he exclaimed (I Kings 19:10). That was his honest feeling; however, it wasn’t true. The Lord revealed to Elijah that He had not abandoned His prophet, even reassuring Elijah of this by providing Elisha as his helper in proclaiming the Word of the Lord. God’s presence and provision in Elijah’s life reassured him of his divine purpose, and the same is true for you! Even when you think that you are alone, you are not!
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING PRAISE SONG: “Come, Thou Fount”
Robert Robinson & Asahel Nettleton
Come, thou fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above,
Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it,
mount of Thy redeeming love.
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Hither to Thy love has blessed me,
Thou hast brought me to this place,
And I know Thy hand will bring me
safely home by Thy good grace.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger,
interposed His precious blood.
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Oh, to grace how great a debtor
daily I’m constrained to be;
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to Thee
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love.
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for Thy courts above.
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Oh, that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face
Full arrayed in blood-washed linen,
how I’ll sing Thy sov’reign grace.
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
bring Thy promises to pass
For I know They power will keep me
till I’m home with Thee at last.
OPENING BLESSING AND FOCUS
Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
Leader: I called on the name of the Lord:
People: O Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief!
Leader: The Lord has dealt bountifully with us.
People: The Lord has opened our ears.
Leader: The Lord has delivered us from death.
People: He wipes away tears from all faces.
Leader: He rescues our feet from stumbling
People: and restores our tongues to proclaim His good news.
WE CONFESS
Leader: Despite all of God’s actions on our behalf, we still struggle with sin our lives. Our tongues still curse. Our feet still stumble. Our ears still listen to lies and gossip. But our heavenly Father invites us to come to Him for restoration, renewal, and forgiveness.
~~~~~ Moment of Silence ~~~~~
Leader: We confess,
People: We have sinned against You and our neighbors in what we have said and what we have left unsaid. We have neglected opportunities to love our neighbors. We have stumbled and fallen again and again. We ask that You restore us, renew us, and forgive us on account of Jesus. Amen.
Leader: Almighty God, in His boundless love sent His Son, Jesus, to die and rise for our forgiveness and eternal life. Because of Jesus, we are restored, body and soul. Therefore, by Jesus’ authority, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen. We are forgiven in Christ. We are renewed and restored. Amen.
SONG OF PRAISE “Bless the Lord (10,000 Reasons)”
Chorus: Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before O my soul
I’ll worship Your holy name
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The sun comes up, it’s a new day dawning,
It’s time to sing Your song again.
Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me,
Let me be singing when the evening comes.
Chorus
You’re rich in love and You’re slow to anger,
Your name is great and Your heart is kind.
For all Your goodness I will keep on singing,
Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find.
Chorus
And on that day when my strength is failing,
The end draws near and my time has come.
Still my soul will sing Your praise unending,
Ten thousand years and then forevermore.
Chorus
I Worship Your holy name
I worship Your holy name
PRAYER FOCUS
Leader: Let us Pray. Lord of all power and might,
People: author and giver of all good things,
Leader: when we feel alone and as if all hope is lost,
People: remind us of the never-failing presence of Your Spirit,
Leader: so that we who belong to Christ Jesus
People: may know Your presence, provisions, and purpose in our lives;
Leader: through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
People: Amen.
SCRIPTURE LESSONS
FIRST LESSON: I Kings 19:9b-21
9b And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 He 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.”
11 And 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. 12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper.
13 And 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?” 14 He 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.”
15 And 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. 16 And 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. 17 And 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.
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.” 19 So 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. 20 And 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?”
21 And 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.
Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
EPISTLE: Galatians 5:1, 13-25
5 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 For 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. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, 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.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
Holy GOSPEL: Luke 9:51-62
51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. 53 But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54 And 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?” 55 But he turned and rebuked them. 56 And they went on to another village.
57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 And 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.” 59 To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60 And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61 Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”
62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Leader: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
People: Praise to You, O Christ.
SERMON HYMN “We Will Glorify”
Twila Paris; Arr. Henry Wiens
We will glorify the King of Kings;
We will glorify the Lamb;
We will glorify the Lord of Lords,
Who is the great I Am.
Lord Jehovah reigns in majesty,
we will bow before His throne.
We will worship Him in righteousness,
we will worship Him alone.
He is Lord of heaven, Lord of earth,
He is Lord of all who live.
He is Lord above the universe,
all praise to Him we give.
Hallelujah to the King of Kings,
Hallelujah to the Lamb
Hallelujah to the Lord of lords,
Who is the great I Am.
SERMON
Pastor Jeremy Lucke
APOSTLES’ CREED
People: I believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
And was born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate.
Was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
And is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy Christian Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
And the life everlasting. Amen.
OFFERING
We offer our thanksgiving for what God has first given us—ourselves, our time, our possessions.
OFFERTORY
PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH
Leader: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.
Leader: Gracious Father, we believe that without Your Son, we are dead in our trespasses and overcome by our own sinful desires. Be merciful to us and help us to keep Jesus as the center of our lives. Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: Grant us true humility as little children. Deliver us from temptation and keep us in the faith. Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: We pray for all the little ones who believe in You, the youngest members of our congregation as well as those of every generation who are called Your children. Bless parents, pastors, and teachers to teach Your truth and Your ways, that we may grow in Christ’s forgiveness and live as Your children. Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: Give to us such love that cares for one another that we call those to sin to repentance in order to joyfully speak Your forgiveness. Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: Gracious Father, fill us with care for the members of our earthly families and especially those of the family of faith. We thank you for our special spiritual family at Peace as we enter into the summer season and enjoy a slower pace of life. We also pray for those with illness and trouble (especially……….). Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy. We pray these things through Your Son, Jesus, our Lord.
People: Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom,
And the power, and the glory,
Forever and ever. Amen
Benediction
Leader: The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look upon you with favor and …+ give you peace.
People: Amen.
CLOSING HYMN “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
Ada Ruth Habershon | Andy Griffith | Charles Hutchinson Gabriel | David Huntsinger | Steve Tyrell
© Words: Public Domain; Music: 1997 Manteo Enterprises, Inc.; Sparrow Song; EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (MAIN)
There are loved ones in the glory
whose dear forms you often miss,
When you close your earthly story,
will you join the in their bliss?
Will the circle, be unbroken
by and by Lord by and by?
There’s a better home awaiting,
in the sky, Lord, in the sky.
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In the joyous days of childhood,
oh, they told of wonderous love,
Pointed to the dying Savior;
now they dwell with Him above.
Will the circle be unbroken
by and by Lord, by and by?
There’s a better home awaiting,
in the sky, Lord, in the sky.
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One by one their seats were emptied,
one by one they went away.
Now the family circle’s broken,
will it be complete one day?
Will the circle, be unbroken,
by and by Lord, by and by?
There’s a better home awaiting,
in the sky Lord, in the sky.
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There’s a better home awaiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky.
Dismissal
Leader: Go in peace. Serve the Lord
People: Thanks be to God.
Announcements
ADULT BIBLE CLASS FOR SUMMER…………… Yes, the adults (and really all ages!) are having Bible Class through the summer. All are welcome! Our summer studies take place at 9:00 am in the fellowshiphall each Sunday. We are watching parts of the Chosen series. Each Sunday we watch a clip or two from the Chosen and then discuss how the episode plus God’s Word challenges us in our walk with the Lord.
PEACE NIGHT AT THE KNIGHTS…………….. Summer baseball with the Corvallis Knights is upon us. Peace is planning to attend the home game on July 6 at 5:05 pm and has tickets to share with you. We will sit as a church family and enjoy all the happenings of a Knights’ game. On this particular evening, the theme is Salute to Service–military and veteran appreciation. RSVP with Rachel H. if you would like to go!
JULY NEWSLETTER…………….. The July newsletter will be available this week. Take a look! This is a valuable resource to Peace happenings. You will find the Confirmation Students’ faith statements. You can discover ways to connect with Peace friends this month. You can access the calendar too. The newsletter is emailed digitally to those who desire it this way–talk to Dan if you want to be on that list. It can also be accessed on our website. We also offer hard copies–let Dan know if you want a copy.
PORTALS OF PRAYER……………. Are you in need of a devotional? The July- September Portals of Prayer are available for you. The devotionals are available in the narthex. Take one for yourself and one for a friend–we have plenty.
CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED FOR JULY 3rd AND 4th …….. In honor of Independence Day, the Peace Office will be closed on July 3 and 4 this week.
