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Sunday June 28, 2026

Holy Eucharist

10:00 AM

The organ prelude is selected and played by organist Karlaine Livingston.

After the prelude, the church bell is rung inviting the passing populace to our service. A moment of silence is then observed.

The congregation is invited to stand.

Entrance Hymn

# 525 The Hymnal 1982

Minister: Blessed be the one, holy, and living God.
People: Glory to God for ever and ever

Minister: Let us pray.

Minister and People:

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Song of Praise

#S-280 The Hymnal 1982

Minister: God be with you.
People: And also with you.

Minister: Let us pray.

The Collect for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Minister and People: Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Reading

Genesis Genesis 22:1-14

Lector: A Reading from Genesis.

1God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.” 3So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him. 4On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place far away. 5Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will go over there; we will worship, and then we will come back to you.” 6Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. 7Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” 8Abraham said, “God himself will provide the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.
9When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. 11But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”12[The angel] said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”13And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14So Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

Lector: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.
People: Thanks be to God.

PSALM 13

How long, O God? Will you forget me for ever; * how long will you hide your face from me?
How long shall I have perplexity in my mind and grief in my heart, day after day; * how long shall my enemy triumph over me?
Look upon me and answer me, O God, my God; * give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
Lest my enemies say they have prevailed over me, * and my foes rejoice that I have fallen.
But I put my trust in your mercy; * my heart is joyful because of your saving help.
I will sing to the Holy One, who has dealt with me richly; * I will praise the Name of God Most High.

Second Reading

Romans 6:12-23

Lector: A reading from the Letter of Paul to the Romans.

12 Do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. 13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. 14For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted, 18 and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
20 When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Lector: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.
People: Thanks be to God.

Sequence Hymn

#170 The Hymnal 1982

The Holy Gospel

Matthew 110:40-42

Minister: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew
People: Glory to you, O Christ

Jesus said, 40 “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; 42 and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”

Minister: The Gospel of the Lord.
People: Praise to you, O Christ.

The Sermon

The Rev. Dr. Bruce MacDuffie

Nicene Creed

Presider and people:
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.

Amen.

Prayers of the People

Reader: Brothers and sisters, present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life. And with humble hearts, pray to the Lord, saying, “Look upon us; answer us, O Lord our God.”

Reader: Lord God, you have freed your Church from sin: sanctify us that we may be wholly dedicated to you and your purposes.

Silence

Reader: Look upon us;