Pentecost Ninth Sunday

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church

(616) 866-1881 | cosrock.org

Pastor Tim Gauger Pastor Steve Hahm m. (616) 581-3808 m. (225) 773-8399

[email protected] [email protected]

this week @ COS

8:30 am Worship 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am VBS Set Up Monday, July 26

9:30 am Vacation Bible School Tuesday, July 27

9:30 am Vacation Bible School Wednesday, July 28

9:30 am Vacation Bible School Thursday, July 29

9:30 am Vacation Bible School 6:30 pm Worship Friday, July 30 Saturday, July 31 Sunday, August 1 8:30 am Worship 10:00 am Worship

serving

Organ Kris Nitz

Liturgy Pastor Steve Hahm Sermon Pastor Tim Gauger Offerings Cleve Kasper

Kathy Kasper

Altar Guild Jill Weber Rebekah Becker Pam Oehring Laurie Marquis

8:30 am Streaming Kurt Nitz

Altar Assistants Mark DeWitt

Dean Herried Lector Paul Becker

Ushers Gerald Hammerschmidt Brian Steinberg

10:00 am

Altar Assistants Tim Dahlke Brad Clark Lector Tim Dahlke Ushers Derek Rummel

Bill Marquis

VBS Registration

9:30 am-12:00 pm July 26-29

"Rocky Railways" VBS is this week for students entering K or DK through students entering 5th grade. Last chance to register using the QR code to the right.

Hymn O Savior, Precious Savior

Pentecost

| Ninth Sunday

6:30 pm July 23 | 8:30 & 10:00 am, July 25, 2021

New to COS? We’re glad you’re here! Sign our guest book at cosrock.org/guest:

Kids Church

Kids Church is on hiatus. It will resume this fall. Cry Room

M: The grace of our Lord (+) Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.

C: And also with you. Confession and Absolution

M: God invites us to come into his presence to worship him with humble and penitent hearts. Therefore, let us acknowledge our sinfulness and ask him to forgive us.

C: Holy and merciful Father, I confess that I am by nature sinful, and that I have disobeyed you in my thoughts, words, and actions. I have done what is evil and failed to do what is good. For this I deserve your punishment both now and in eternity. But I am truly sorry for my sins, and trusting in my Savior Jesus Christ, I pray: Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.

M: God, our heavenly Father, has been merciful to us and has given his only Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Therefore, as a called servant of Christ and by his authority, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son (+) and of the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen.

M: The works of the Lord are great and glorious; his name is worthy of praise. C:

♫

Of this our song above In endless adoration And everlasting love!

Then shall we praise and bless thee Where perfect praises ring

And evermore confess thee, Our Savior and our King. Prayer of the Day

M: Let us pray.

Grant us, Lord, the spirit to think and do what is right that we, who cannot do anything that is good without you, may by your help be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

news & happenings

Bring some of your bumper crop garden vegetables with you to church on Thurs-days and SunThurs-days for the Produce Table. Others without gardens of their own can help themselves to some fresh produce. A freewill donation goes to our congrega-tion’s Assistance Fund.

Perennials

There are perennials for the taking on the produce table. They are divided from the church and church members landscapes. If you’d like to make a donation, it goes to the church landscaping fund for the facility expansion.

Fill a Back Pack—North Kent Connect

Thursday, July 29

Check out this week’s COS E Bulletin for information on how you can fill a Back Pack clients of North Kent Connect by July 29. There are links to lists of age-appropriate supplies you can purchase and stuff into a new backpack. Drop it off at North Kent Connect before July 29th. They will have a donation bin inside their lobby (the glass double doors to the right of the NKC garden), and at the

housewares donation area on the south side of the building. Thank you for help-ing local families in need get ready for school! Check out nkconnect.org . WELS Campus Ministries

Are you heading to college this fall? Do you know someone who is going to col-lege? Don’t leave your faith life at home! Sign up with WELS Campus Ministry to get connected with the local campus pastor near your school and to receive free copies of Meditations devotions and Forward in Christ magazine. Sign up at wels.net/college.

Quarterly Meeting Results

At the quarterly meeting on July 11, the voters adopted a $532,341 operating budget for Fiscal Year 2021-22. The budget calls for a 5% increase in member giving, getting us over halfway to the level necessary to service the debt resulting from our upcoming facility expansion. Elections were also held:

news & happenings

July 26-28

WELS will be conducting its 66th _{biennial synod convention} this week. You can follow what’s happening and learn what’s new in the mission and ministry of our synod at wels.net/2021synodconvention.

Let’s Go

Are you struggling with talking to your friends and neigh-bors about God’s love? Let’s Go is designed to encourage and equip Christians to connect unchurched people in their lives to the gospel of Jesus Christ. It consists of seven les-sons in which Christians are taught a simple, three-part process for sharing their faith—Love the unchurched peo-ple God has brought into their lives; Listen carefully to their cares, concerns, and questions; and Lead them to the gospel so that the Holy Spirit can do its work. Find it at welscon-gregationalservices.net/lets-go.

A God-Lived Life

A God-Lived Life is a four-month challenge designed to give you an opportunity to put into practice what God’s Word teaches—to help us live a more God-lived life. The only way we can live for God is because he lived, died, and lived again for us. Our God-lived lives are a response to his life and love for us. Living as Christians, we have the privilege of demon-strating what God looks like in how we live our lives. Learn more at welscongregationalservices.net/a-god-lived-life. WELS.net

Did you know that COS members give approximately $30,000 per year as designated mission offerings for the support of work done through our Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod? Go to wels.net to discover stories about the many WELS world and home mission fields; explore ministries from around the world and nation; enjoy daily devotions and Bible readings; and subscribe to stay up to date on the latest news from your synod. All of this and more is available on wels.net.

This Week’s COS Member Birthdays & Anniversaries 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31

If your birthday or anniversary isn’t listed, you need to update your COS member profile at cosrock.org/profile:

In addition to your directory photo and biographical information, you can access your up to date contribution record and even print it come tax time. If you need assistance creating or accessing your profile, speak with the office.

First Lesson Jeremiah 23:1-6 Second Lesson Ephesians 2:13-22

Hymn The Lord’s My Shepherd Benediction

M: Brothers and sisters, go in peace. Live in harmony with one another. Serve the Lord with gladness.

The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look on you with favor and + give you peace.

Distribution

Reception of the Sacrament at COS is reserved for those who share our confession of the doctrines of Holy Scripture. We ask those who do not hold membership in this or another WELS congregation to give us the chance to teach those doctrines to you via our New Life in Christ Course prior to commun-ing. Speak to Pastor Hahm about the next course.

Center cup of each tray are reserved for those who have requested grape juice for medical reasons. Thank the Lord

M: For faith that has been fed and for grace that has been given, C: We thank you, Lord!

M: For unity among God’s people and giving us purpose in serving each other, C: We thank you, Lord!

M: For gathering us today and encouraging us to keep doing so until your return,

C: We thank you, Lord!

M: For the benefits today has brought us as we look forward to the blessings in store for us in heaven.

C: We thank and praise you, O Lord.

Sermon

Confession of Faith: Nicene Creed

C: 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 fully 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 and the Son, who in unity with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy Christian 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.

Offering

We have not yet resumed passing offering plates. Instead, they remain on stands at the sanctuary doors. You can also give your offerings via the QR code to the left, and/or at cosrock.org/donate. Prayer of The Church

The Lord’s Prayer

The Preface

M: The Lord be with you.

M: Lift up your hearts.

M: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

M: Praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In love he has blessed us with every spiritual blessing. He sends the Holy Spirit to testify that we are his children and to strengthen us when we are weak.

Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ. To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and thanks and honor and glory for ever and ever. Holy, Holy, Holy

Words of Institution

The minister speaks the words of institution, concluding… M: The peace of the Lord be with you always.