6th Sunday after Pentecost July 12, 2020
Welcome & Announcements
*Call to Worship: Psalm 65:1-13
*Opening Prayer …………………………………………….. pg. 2
THE OPENING HYMN ---------------------------------(WOV) # 651
“Shine, Jesus, Shine”
*Confession of Sins ……………………………..................... pg. 2
*Kyrie …………………………………………………….…. pg. 3
*Declaration of Grace …………………………………..…… pg. 3
HYMN --------------------------------------------------------------- # 353
“The Best Book of All”
Scripture Lessons: First Reading: Isaiah 55:10-13
Second Reading: Romans 8:12-17
*The Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
*Response to the Gospel …………………………………..… pg. 3
*Confession of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed ………………... pg. 4
*Gloria Patri …………………………………………………. pg. 4
The Offering
*Response: “Create in Me A Clean Heart O God” ……..….. pg. 17
*Prayers of the Church
HYMN --------------------------------------------------------------- # 182
“For the Beauty if the Earth”
Sermon: “Soil Matters”
THE CLOSING HYMN ------------------------------------------- # 582
“ ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus”
*The Lord’s Prayer ………………………………………….. pg. 5
*The Benediction ………………………………..…………... pg. 5
*Three-fold Amen ………………………………...…………. pg. 5
THE DOXOLOGY ……………………………...………….. # 390
Organ Postlude
(* Indicates where congregation should stand if possible)
WE CORDIALLY WELCOME all who have come to worship with us this morning, especially our guests and visitors. May our Father’s mercy in Jesus assure you of the forgiveness of all your sins. If you have not established your church home in our area, we are anxious to share with you all the blessings which God gives to us through His Word. We ask that you please sign our guest book, and we hope that you return to worship with us again soon.
Announcements
The Semi-Annual meeting will be held today, downstairs, immediately following the service.
This Week’s Activities:
14th – Tues. – Quilting Workday, 1:00 p.m.
19th – Sun. – Worship Service, 9:00 a.m.
Muffin Sunday, Ladies A - J
*Call to Worship: Psalm 65:1-13
65 Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to
you shall vows be performed.
2 O
you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.
3 When iniquities prevail against
me, you atone for our transgressions.
4 Blessed
is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We
shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of
your temple!
5 By awesome deeds you answer
us with righteousness,O God of our salvation,the hope of all the
ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;
6 the one who by his strength established the
mountains, being girded with might;
7 who stills
the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of
the peoples,
8 so that those
who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You
make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.
9 You visit the earth
and water it; you greatly enrich it;the river of God is full of
water; you provide their grain,for so you have prepared it.
10 You water its furrows
abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and
blessing its growth.
11 You
crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with
abundance.
12 The pastures
of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy,
13 the meadows clothe themselves
with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and
sing together for joy.
1st Reading: Isaiah 55:10-13
10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. 12 “For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall make a name for the Lord, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
2nd Reading: Romans 8:12-17
12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
*The Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, 6 but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 He who has ears, let him hear.” 18 “Hear then the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”