RUSHFORD LUTHERAN CHURCH
SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
JUNE 22, 2025 (No Monday Night)
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES
Led by: Steven Burdey
Scripture Reader
8:00 AM: Pam Neilsen
9:15 AM: Gerri Neilsen
Organist
8:00 & 9:15 AM: Shary Evavold
Projectionist
8:00 AM: Donny Kjos
9:15 AM: Sandy Rasmussen
Videographer
9:15 AM: David/Andrea Brand
Ushers
8:00 AM: Dale Evavold, Brendon Honken
9:15 AM: Milford Paulson, Lowell Rasmussen
Altar Guild:
Tesh Kopperud, Ruth Peterson
(9:15 AM SERVICE IS LIVE STREAMED ON YOU TUBE.)
PRELUDE
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
GREETING ONE ANOTHER
OPENING HYMN (Remain standing) This Is My Father’s World
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This is my Father’s world,
And to my list’ning ears,
All nature sings, and round me rings,
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father’s world;
I rest me in the thought,
Of rocks and trees, of…skies and seas;
His hand the wonders wrought.
This is my Father’s world,
The birds their carols raise;
The morning light, the lily white,
Declare the maker’s praise.
This is my Father’s world;
He shines in all that’s fair.
In-the rustling grass, I…hear him pass;
He speaks to me ev’rywhere.
This is my Father’s world,
Oh, let me not forget,
That, though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet.
This is my Father’s world;
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is king, let-the heav-ens ring;
God reigns, let-the earth be…glad!
INVOCATION
Leader: In the name of the Father, and of Son + and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
Leader: Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sin to God our Father, imploring him, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to grant us forgiveness. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
People: Who made heaven and earth.
Leader: I said I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.
People: And you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Leader: Almighty God, our Maker and Redeemer, we poor sinners confess to you that we are by nature sinful and unclean and that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed. Therefore we flee for refuge to your infinite mercy, seeking and imploring your grace for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
People: Most merciful God, you have given your only Son to die for us. Have mercy on us, and for his sake grant us remission of all our sins. By your Holy Spirit, increase in us true knowledge of you and of your will and true obedience to your word, so that by your grace we may come to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Leader: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, has had mercy on us and has given his only Son to die for us and for his sake forgives us all our sins. To all who believe in his name, he gives power to become children of God and bestows on them his Holy Spirit. All who believe and are baptized shall be saved. Grant this, O Lord, unto us all.
People: Amen.
RESPONSIVE PSALM Psalm 3 (ESV)
Leader: O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
People: Many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God.
Leader: But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
People: I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill.
Leader: I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
People: I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
Leader: Arise, O Lord! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.
People: Salvation belongs to the Lord; your blessing be on your people!
OLD TESTAMENT (Please be seated) Isaiah 65:1-9 (ESV)
Lector: A reading from the prophet Isaiah, chapter sixty-five, verses one to nine.
1 I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that was not called by my name. 2 I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices; 3 a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens and making offerings on bricks; 4 who sit in tombs, and spend the night in secret places; who eat pig’s flesh, and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels; 5 who say, “Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.” These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day. 6 Behold, it is written before me: “I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their lap 7 both your iniquities and your fathers’ iniquities together, says the Lord; because they made offerings on the mountains and insulted me on the hills, I will measure into their lap payment for their former deeds.” 8 Thus says the Lord: “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and they say, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,’ so I will do for my servants’ sake, and not destroy them all. 9 I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, and from Judah possessors of my mountains; my chosen shall possess it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Lector: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
EPISTLE Galatians 3:23-4:7 (ESV)
Lector: A reading from Galatians chapter three and four:
23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise. 1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
Lector: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
HOLY GOSPEL (Please stand) Luke 8:26-39 (ESV)
Leader: The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the eighth chapter.
People: Glory to You, O Lord.
26 Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” 29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.) 30 Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him. 31 And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. 32 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned. 34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 36 And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed. 37 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
Leader: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
People: Praise to You, O Christ.
CONFESSION OF FAITH The Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary,
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried.
He descended into hell.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Christian church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting, Amen.
HYMN OF THE DAY (Please be seated) Beautiful Savior
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Beautiful Savior, King of creation,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Truly I’d love thee, Truly I’d serve thee,
Light of my soul, my joy, my crown.
Fair are the meadows, Fair are the woodlands,
Robed in flow’rs of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
He makes our sorr’wing spirit sing.
Fair is the sunshine, Fair is the moonlight,
Bright the sparkling stars on high;
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels in the sky.
Beautiful Savior, Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, Praise, adoration
Now and forevermore be thine!
TODAY’S MESSAGE Steve Burdey, Lay Leader
PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE (Please stand for prayer)
Leader: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, and for all people according to their needs.
Each petition ends with: Lord, in your mercy,
To which we respond: Hear our prayer.
LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those
Who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
And the power and the glory,
Forever and ever. Amen.
BENEDICTION
Leader: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
People: Amen.
DISMISSAL
Leader: Go in peace. Serve the Lord!
People: Thanks be to God!
CLOSING HYMN (Be seated) God Be with You Till We Meet Again
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God be with you till we meet again,
By His counsels guide, uphold you,
With His sheep securely fold you,
God be with you till we meet again.
Till we meet, till we meet,
Till we meet at Jesus’ feet;
Till we meet, till we meet,
God be with you till we meet again.
God be with you till we meet again,
’Neath His wings protecting hide you,
Daily manna still provide you,
God be with you till we meet again.
Till we meet, till we meet,
Till we meet at Jesus’ feet;
Till we meet, till we meet,
God be with you till we meet again.
God be with you till we meet again,
When life’s perils thick confound you,
Put His arms unfailing round you,
God be with you till we meet again.
Till we meet, till we meet,
Till we meet at Jesus’ feet;
Till we meet, till we meet,
God be with you till we meet again.
God be with you till we meet again,
Keep love’s banner floating o’er you,
Smite death’s threat’ning waves before you,
God be with you till we meet again.
Till we meet, till we meet,
Till we meet at Jesus’ feet;
Till we meet, till we meet,
God be with you till we meet again.
OFFERING THANK YOU FOR WORSHIPING WITH US
All songs and hymns CCLI 11170614. Parts of the liturgy © Creative Worship, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO, 1994 to today; or © Lutheran Book of Worship, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, Minneapolis, MN, 1978, or © Reclaim Resources, St. Paul, MN, 2013 Scripture references, unless otherwise noted, from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The following individuals have requested prayer:
Family of Marlys Johnson, Alice Sievers, Emily Heiden-Michaelis, Deanna Stennes
Prayer Concerns: Please contact Pastor Steve by emailing steve.chellew@gmail.com or calling 507.703.1221. You may also call the church office at 507-864-7152
Front Planters have been planted out front. Those still wanting to contribute to the planter fund may drop their contribution off at the church office. This may be done in celebration of any event or person in your life. Each planter is $55.00.
Donations received as of now: Ardith Brown-IMO Richard Brown, Roberta Anderson-IMO Kenny Anderson & IHO Milford & Linda Paulson, Ron & Ruth (Peterson) Torkelson-IMO Family & Friends, Dean Hatlevig-IMO Dalton Bedward
CALENDAR
SUNDAY, JUNE 22 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:00 AM & 9:15 AM Worship Service
Coffee served by Miriam Circle-Fellowship Hall
6:30 PM Youth Group
MONDAY, JUNE 23
5:30 PM NO Coffee House Worship
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
9:00 AM Men’s Helping Hands & Ladies’ Mission Work
4:30 PM Family Education Committee Meeting
SUNDAY, JUNE 29 THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:00 AM & 9:15 AM Worship Service
Coffee served by Miriam Circle-Fellowship Hall
6:30 PM Youth Leadership Banquet