Welcome to Worship
Good morning, and welcome to Christ Mertz Lutheran Church, wherever you’re joining us from today. Whether you’re here in the sanctuary or watching from home, we’re glad you’re with us for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost.
Today’s readings circle around a single image: the rock. In Isaiah 51, God calls the people to look back to “the rock from which you were hewn” — Abraham and Sarah, one couple who became a nation. In Romans 12, Paul asks us to offer ourselves as living stones in one body, each gift different, each member needed. And in the Gospel, Jesus asks Peter the question that still echoes through every generation of the church — “who do you say that I am?” — before naming him the rock on which the church itself would be built.
It’s also Backpack Sunday, so we’ll be blessing our students and teachers as they head back into a new school year — a fitting day to remember that God isn’t finished shaping any of us yet.
We worship this morning in the Service of the Word, with hymns old and new, prayers for our community, and a sermon growing out of these readings. However you got here today — out of habit, out of hope, or somewhere in between — pull up a seat, and let’s worship together.
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Liturgical Texts & Scripture
Liturgical texts, scripture readings, and music reprinted from Sundays and Seasons, copyright © Augsburg Fortress. Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. Music and texts used by permission; license # SAS002147. OneLicense #A-721235 with podcasting/streaming. All rights reserved. CCLI Church Copyright License® 22713895 Size B and CCLI CCLI Streaming License℠ 22713905 Size B. All rights reserved.
Service Music
“Give Me Jesus” — Tune: © 2006 Augsburg Fortress; Evangelical Lutheran Worship. Reprinted with permission under OneLicense #A-721235
“By All Your Saints” — Tune: © 2006 Augsburg Fortress; Contributors: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Martin A Seltz. Reprinted with permission under OneLicense #A-721235
“How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds” — Tune: St. Peter, Alexander R Reinagle; Text: John Newton. Reprinted with permission under OneLicense #A-721235
“Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow” — Authors: Louis Bourgeois, Thomas Ken; CCLI Song #56204; Public Domain. Reprinted with permission under CCLI License #2964851
“Meditation” — Alice Tegnér, arr. Karl-Peter Chilla, © 2020 by Strube Verlag GmbH, München
“More Love to Thee, O Christ” — William H. Doane, arr. Mark Hayes, © 2006 Lorenz Publishing Co.
“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” — L. v. Beethoven, adapted by Edward Hodges, © 2009 by Hal Leonard Corporation
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