Readings: Ephesians 2:4-10; Matthew 9:9-13
Month: July 2020
Worship Resources: August 9, 2020
Simon & Jude (Summer Series)
I am using the sundaysandseasons.com resources for prayers and am not writing my own. I will still list hymn suggestions and other resources for any others thinking about using this summer series.
Festival Day: October 28
Color: Red or Green
Readings: 1 John 4:1-6; John 14:21-27
Resources: Wikipedia (Jude), Wikipedia (Simon), anglican.com, satucket.com
Simon and Jude (actually Judas, but he’s called Jude to better distinguish him from Judas Iscariot) are listed among Jesus’ inner circle of disciples. In today’s gospel, which is set at the last supper, Jude’s question (“How is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”) is in response to what Jesus says in verse 19: “In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.” The answer to Jude’s question will come in Jesus’ resurrection, the appearances of the risen Christ, and the coming of the Spirit.
Suggested hymns based on the texts:
ELW #652. Built on a Rock
ELW #804. Come Down, O Love Divine
ELW #404. Come, Gracious Spirit, Heavenly Dove
ELW #816. Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life
ELW #408. Come, Thou Almighty King
ELW #607. Come, Ye Disconsolate
ELW #520. Dearest Jesus, at Your Word
ELW #753. Dona nobis pacem
ELW #401. Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading
ELW #733. Great Is Thy Faithfulness
ELW #543. Go, My Children, with My Blessing
ELW #612. Healer of Our Every Ill
ELW #253. He Came Down
ELW #324. In the Cross of Christ I Glory
ELW #325. I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
ELW #312. Jesus, Come! For We Invite You
ELW #595. Jesus Loves Me!
ELW #754. Jesus, the Very Thought of You
ELW #403. Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song
ELW #766. Lord of Our Life
ELW #517. Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word
ELW #631. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
ELW #818. O Master, Let Me Walk with You
ELW #763. My Life Flows On in Endless Song
ELW #322. Oh, Love How Deep
ELW #534. Savior, Again to Your Dear Name
ELW #405. O Spirit of Life
ELW #305. When Jesus Came to Jordan
ELW #581. You Are Mine
ELW #758. You Are the Way
LBW #472/3. Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire
WOV #686. Holy Spirit, Come to Us
SP #23 Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled
Various Hymnals Let There Be Peace on Earth (1983) by Jill Jackson
Various Hymnals Make me a channel of your peace (1967) adapted by Sebastian Temple
Various Hymnals Put Peace into Each Other’s Hands (1989) by Fred Kaan
Various Hymnals Spirit-Friend (1997) by Tom Colvin
Various Hymnals Unless a Grain of Wheat (1983) by Bernadette Farrell
(ELW=Evangelical Lutheran Worship; LBW=Lutheran Book of Worship)
Other (mostly contemporary) options:
“Blessed Be Your Name” By Matt Redman, Beth Redman.
“More Than Conquerors” As performed by Rend collective.
“Our God” By Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, et al.
“You Are Holy (Prince Of Peace)” By Marc Imboden, Tammi Rhoton.
More options here.
“More Than Conquerors” As performed by Rend collective.
“Our God” By Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, et al.
“You Are Holy (Prince Of Peace)” By Marc Imboden, Tammi Rhoton.
More options here.
Dakota Road Songs:
“BOUNDLESS LOVE”
“BUILD UP – Isaiah 57, 58”
“CHOOSE LOVE”
“EVER LOVING GOD”
“FOR ALL”
“I BELIEVE IN THAT LOVE”
“MADE FOR LOVE”
“REACH OUT”
“STEADFAST LOVE”
“BOUNDLESS LOVE”
“BUILD UP – Isaiah 57, 58”
“CHOOSE LOVE”
“EVER LOVING GOD”
“FOR ALL”
“I BELIEVE IN THAT LOVE”
“MADE FOR LOVE”
“REACH OUT”
“STEADFAST LOVE”
Worship Resources: August 2, 2020
Matthew (Summer Series)
I am using the sundaysandseasons.com resources for prayers and am not writing my own. I will still list hymn suggestions and other resources for any others thinking about using this summer series.
Festival Day: July 25
Color: Red or Green
Readings: Ephesians 2:4-10; Matthew 9:9-13
Resources: anglican.com, satucket.com, Wikipedia
Tax collectors were agents of the oppressive empire, and they also had a reputation for extorting more than they had to collect. Jesus’ calling Matthew to follow him showed that Jesus not only associated with “bad guys,” he welcomed them into his inner circle. His sharing a meal with Matthew and other tax collectors and “sinners” was an enacted parable of the mercy of God. The meal we share at Jesus’ table is to be such a parable too.
Suggested hymns based on the texts:
ELW #779. Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
ELW #522. As We Gather at Your Table
ELW #416. At the Name of Jesus
ELW #421. By All Your Saints (esp. v. 20)
ELW #610. O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come
ELW #816. Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life
ELW #247. Come Now, O Prince of Peace
ELW #807. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
ELW #848. Give to Our God Immortal Praise!
ELW #358. Great God, Your Love Has Called Us
ELW #806. O God, My Faithful God
ELW #705. God of Grace and God of Glory
ELW #678. God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending
ELW #664. Heaven Is Singing for Joy
ELW #582. Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling
ELW #696. Jesus Calls Us; o’er the Tumult
ELW #592. Just As I Am, without One Plea
ELW #759. My Faith Looks Up to Thee
ELW #379. Now the Green Blade Rises
ELW #623. Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
ELW #351/2. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
ELW #590. Salvation unto Us Has Come
ELW #583. Take My Life, That I May Be
ELW #685. Take My Life, That I May Be
ELW #587/8. There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
ELW #798. Will You Come and Follow Me (The Summons)
LBW #298. One There Is, above All Others
WOV #669. Come Away to the Skies
WOV #793. Shout for Joy Loud and Long
Various Hymnals Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy (1759) by Joseph Hart
Various Hymnals The Master Came to Bring Good News (1965) by Ralph Finn
Various Hymnals To avert from men God’s wrath (1410) by Jan Hus
Various Hymnals You Have Passed By (1971) by Huub Oosterhuis
Various Hymnals Your Grace Is Enough (2003) by Matt Maher
(ELW=Evangelical Lutheran Worship; LBW=Lutheran Book of Worship)
Other (mostly contemporary) options:
“Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)” By Chris Tomlin, John Newton, et al
“Amazing Love” By Graham Kendrick.
“Every Move I Make” By David Ruis.
“My Lighthouse” As performed by Rend collective
More options here.
“Amazing Love” By Graham Kendrick.
“Every Move I Make” By David Ruis.
“My Lighthouse” As performed by Rend collective
More options here.
“LOVE CAN BREAK THROUGH”
“NO LONGER STRANGERS”
Episode 29 – Mary Magdalene
Readings: Acts 13:26-33a; John 20:1-2, 11-18
Worship Resources: July 26, 2020
James the Greater (Summer Series)
I am using the sundaysandseasons.com resources for prayers and am not writing my own. I will still list hymn suggestions and other resources for any others thinking about using this summer series.
Festival Day: July 25
Color: Red or Green
Readings: Acts 11:27-12:3a; Mark 10:35-45
Resources: anglican.com, satucket.com, Wikipedia
James and John left all that they had known and the future they had prepared for to follow Jesus on a path they couldn’t predict. When during that journey they asked Jesus for the places of honor in the coming kingdom, Jesus knew that once again they didn’t know what they were in for. Yet James did indeed drink from the same cup as Jesus when he became the first apostle to be killed for his faith. We, who also want to pin down God’s promise to us, pray that we will have the faith to follow Jesus into a future that is not the one we would have planned.
Suggested hymns based on the texts:
ELW #302. As with Gladness Men of Old
ELW #421. By All Your Saints (esp. v. 17)
ELW #626. By Gracious Powers
ELW #431. O Christ, What Can It Mean for Us
ELW #304. Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized
ELW #729. The Church of Christ, in Every Age
ELW #804. Come Down, O Love Divine
ELW #532. Gather Us In
ELW #428. Give Thanks for Saints
ELW #526. God Is Here!
ELW #708. Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love
ELW #712. Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service
ELW #818. O Master, Let Me Walk with You
ELW #322. Oh, Love How Deep
ELW #843. Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness
ELW #418. Rejoice in God’s Saints
ELW #590. Salvation unto Us Has Come
ELW #497. Strengthen for Service, Lord
ELW #667. Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said
ELW #614. There Is a Balm in Gilead
ELW #666. What Wondrous Love Is This
ELW #659. Will You Let Me Be Your Servant
LBW #114. There Is a Green Hill Far Away
W&P #96 Make Me a Servant
Various Hymnals “Are Ye Able,” Said the Master (1926) by Earl Marlatt
Various Hymnals From Heaven You Came (1983) by Graham Kendrick
Various Hymnals He came to earth, not to be served (1990) by John Pantry
Various Hymnals James and John Once Came to Jesus (2008) by Paul Davidson
Various Hymnals Now in This Banquet (1986) by Marty Haugen
Various Hymnals Out of the Depths I Cry to Thee (1524) by Martin Luther
(ELW=Evangelical Lutheran Worship; LBW=Lutheran Book of Worship)
Other (mostly contemporary) options:
“Awesome God” By Rich Mullins.
“Blessed Be Your Name” By Matt Redman, Beth Redman.
“My Lighthouse” As performed by Rend collective
“The Servant King” By Graham Kendrick.
“You Are Worthy” By Darlene Zschech.
More options here.
“Blessed Be Your Name” By Matt Redman, Beth Redman.
“My Lighthouse” As performed by Rend collective
“The Servant King” By Graham Kendrick.
“You Are Worthy” By Darlene Zschech.
More options here.
Episode 28 – Philip & James
Readings: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6; John 14:8-14
Worship Resources: July 19, 2020
Mary Magdelene (Summer Series)
I am using the sundaysandseasons.com resources for prayers and am not writing my own. I will still list hymn suggestions and other resources for any others thinking about using this summer series.
Festival Day: July 22
Color: Red or Green
Readings: Acts 13:26-33a; John 20:1-2, 11-18
Resources: anglican.com, satucket.com, Wikipedia
Sometimes called “the apostle to the apostles” because she told them of her encounter with the risen Lord, Mary was a woman of Galilee who followed Jesus throughout his ministry. She was present at Jesus’ crucifixion and his burial.
Suggested hymns based on the texts:
ELW #375. Alleluia! Christ Is Arisen
ELW #371. Christians, to the Paschal Victim
ELW #373. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!
ELW #369. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Alleluia!
ELW #361. The Day of Resurrection!
ELW #492. Eat This Bread, Drink This Cup
ELW #419. For All the Faithful Women
ELW #427. For All Your Saints, O Lord
ELW #770. Give Me Jesus
ELW #428. Give Thanks for Saints
ELW #347. Go to Dark Gethsemane
ELW #535. Hallelujah! We Sing Your Praises
ELW #620. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
ELW #477. I Received the Living God
ELW #365. Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
ELW #599. Lord Jesus, Think on Me
ELW #379. Now the Green Blade Rises
ELW #322. Oh, Love How Deep
ELW #833. Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices
ELW #418. Rejoice in God’s Saints
ELW #426. Sing with All the Saints in Glory
ELW #386/7. O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing
ELW #366. The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done
ELW #493. Taste and See
ELW #384. That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright
ELW #376. Thine Is the Glory
ELW #391. This Joyful Eastertide
ELW #869. We Have Seen the Lord
ELW #798. Will You Come and Follow Me (The Summons)
ELW #825. You Servants of God
LBW #147. Hallelujah! Jesus Lives!
Various Hymnals A Prophet-woman broke a jar (1993) by Brian A. Wren
Various Hymnals Comes Mary to the Grave by Michael A. Perry
Various Hymnals In the Garden (1913) by C. Austin Miles
Various Hymnals Mary Magdalen by J. J. Callanan
Various Hymnals See, What a Morning (2003) by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Various Hymnals This is the Day (1980) by Les Garrett
(ELW=Evangelical Lutheran Worship; LBW=Lutheran Book of Worship)
Other (mostly contemporary) options:
“In Christ Alone” By Stuart Townend, Keith Getty.
“Mighty to Save” By Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan.
“My Song is Love Unknown” By John Nicholson Ireland, Samuel Crossman.
“Sweetly Broken” By Jeremy Riddle.
More options here.
“Mighty to Save” By Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan.
“My Song is Love Unknown” By John Nicholson Ireland, Samuel Crossman.
“Sweetly Broken” By Jeremy Riddle.
More options here.
Dakota Road Songs:
“ALL ARE WELCOME”
“EARLY MOURNING MARY”
“WE HAVE SEEN THE MESSIAH”
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