Good Shepherd Lutheran Church WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Sunday, June 24
5th Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday Services 7:45 and 10:30 am
ALL ARE WELCOME
Introduction
Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation! Now we are in the storm, the boat almost swamped; but Jesus is here now, and when we call him he will calm the storm. Even the wind and waves listen to him as they would to their creator. We also listen to him and are called to believe in the power of God’s word in him, a power greater than all that we fear.
Readings and Psalm
- Job 38:1-11
The creator of earth and sea
- Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32
You stilled the storm and silenced the waves of the sea. (Ps. 107:29)
- 2 Corinthians 6:1-13
Paul’s defense of his ministry
- Mark 4:35-41
Christ calming the sea
Sunday, July 1
6th Sunday after Pentecost
Introduction
A woman finds healing by touching Jesus’ cloak, and a girl is restored to life when he takes her by the hand. In both cases a boundary is crossed: in Jesus’ time the hemorrhaging woman was considered ritually unclean, polluting others by her touch, and anyone who touched a corpse also became unclean. In Mark’s gospel Jesus breaks down barriers, from his first meal at a tax collector’s house to his last breath on the cross as the temple curtain is torn in two. We dare to touch Jesus in our “uncleanness” and to live as a community that defines no one as an outsider.
Readings and Psalm
- Lamentations 3:22-33
Great is the Lord’s faithfulness
- Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 (alternate)
God created humankind for immortality
- Psalm 30
I will exalt you, O Lord, because you have lifted me up. (Ps. 30:1)
- 2 Corinthians 8:7-15
Excel in generosity, following the Lord Jesus
- Mark 5:21-43
Christ healing a woman and Jairus’s daughter