Luke 12:32-40; Genesis 15:1-6 | Have you ever seen a dog run toward its owner at the end of the day when they get home? Most often, dogs are full of joy when they see their favorite human. Which, there’s something to be said about the relationship between a dog and its master. This weekend in our Gospel reading, we also hear of a warning of a master’s return. But unlike the joy that typically spreads over our faces as we greet a dog at the end of the day, so often, messages of our Lord’s return is painted with the complete opposite of joy. And yet, as Scripture points us to, the day of the Lord will be one filled with the fulfillment of all God’s promises to us, and to all the world. So, as we await the fullness of God’s Kingdom on earth as in heaven, then how are we to live? Join us this weekend for worship as we continue to follow the love of Jesus, and as we are summoned to live faithfully and generously in response to God’s faithfulness as we await with joy for our bridegroom’s arrival.
Sunday, August 10, 2025, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A. Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Liturgy: Text Acknowledgement for Behold, I Make All Things New. Music: Benjamin Splichal Larson. Purchased by SOTC, 2019. Hymn of the Day: Faith Begins by Letting Go. Text and Music: Carl P. Daw Jr. b. 1944, J. G. Werner, Choralbuch, 1815. Text and Music: © 1996 Hope Publishing Company. Covered under One License. Offering Song: In Christ There Is No East or West. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2016 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License. Communion Song: We Walk by Faith. Text and Music: Marty Haugen. Text and Music: © 1984 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License. Sending Song: This Is My Father’s World. Text and Music: Maltbie D. Babcock, 1858-1901, Franklin L. Sheppard, 1852-1930, adapt. Text and Music: © Public Domain.