June 21 and 22, 2020

3rd

Sunday after Pentecost

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TODAY’S WORSHIP FOCUS

God calls people out of boundless grace. In our Scripture Lessons for today we

will hear of our Lord’s calling of Moses, Paul, and Matthew. Each was flawed, but

each was forgiven and used to accomplish the Lord’s work. That same grace has

been showered on us so that we can live at peace with God and serve him with

the gifts he has given us.

WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD

Worship Information

Welcome to worship at Good Shepherd’s Lutheran Church.

• If your child becomes restless while sitting with you during the service, we

have a room on the lower level. Ask an usher if you need assistance.

• If you are hearing impaired, we are equipped with an audio induction loop

assistive listening system. Please switch your hearing aid to “T” or request

assistance from an usher.

A more detailed list of guidelines for worship during these times is on page 23.

I rejoiced with those who said to me,

“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

Psalm 122:1

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OPENING HYMN

462 | Oh, that the Lord Would Guide My Ways

PLEASE STAND

INVOCATION AND GREETING

Minister: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the

Holy Spirit.

Congregation: Amen.

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.

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According to

Jesus’ promise,

hear the words

of forgiveness

(Absolution) as if

Jesus himself

was speaking.

Through his

church he

announces the

forgiveness of

sins to his

people.

This canticle is

based on Psalm

34:8 and Psalm

119:89. This is a

joyful song —

we have just

heard that our

sins are forgiven

and are about to

hear the Word

of God!

CONFESSION OF SINS

M: We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love

and serve him as his dear children. But we have disobeyed him

and deserve only his wrath and punishment. Therefore, let us

confess our sins to him and plead for his mercy.

C: Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth.

In countless ways I have sinned against you and do not

deserve to be called your child. But trusting in Jesus, my

Savior, I pray: Have mercy on me according to your unfailing

love. Cleanse me from my sin, and take away my guilt.

M: God, our heavenly Father, has forgiven all your sins. By the

perfect life and innocent death of our Lord Jesus Christ, he has

removed your guilt forever. You are his own dear child. May God

give you strength to live according to his will.

C: Amen.

M: In the peace of forgiveness, let us praise the Lord.

OH, TASTE AND SEE

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PRAYER OF THE DAY

M: Let us pray.

O God, the strength of all who trust in you, mercifully hear our

prayers. Be gracious to us in our weakness and give us strength

to keep your commandments in all we say and do; through Jesus

Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the

Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

PLEASE BE SEATED

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FIRST LESSON Exodus 3:1-15

Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law,

the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert

and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD

appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that

though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I

will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn

up.”

When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to

him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”

And Moses said, “Here I am.”

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for

the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Then he said, “I am

the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the

God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to

look at God.

The LORD said, “I have indeed

seen the misery of my people in

Egypt. I have heard them crying

out because of their slave drivers,

and I am concerned about their

suffering. So I have come down to

rescue them from the hand of the

Egyptians and to bring them up

out of that land into a good and

spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the

Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. And

now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way

the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to

Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”

But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh

and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

Prior to this

reading, Moses

had failed in his

efforts to free his

people. He was

an exiled killer,

living in the

wilderness. While

he was correct to

wonder why God

would choose

him, Moses went

too far and

questioned God.

God’s answer is

the repeated

word “I.” The

solution was not

Moses’ abilities,

but God’s grace.

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And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you

that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out

of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.”

Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to

them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me,

‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say

to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God

of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God

of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, the name by

which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.”

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PSALM OF THE DAY

Psalm 119c

Oh, how I love your law!*

I meditate on it all day long.

I have more insight than all my teachers,*

for I meditate on your statutes.

I have more understanding than the elders,*

for I obey your precepts.

Refrain

I have kept my feet from every evil path*

so that I might obey your Word.

I have not departed from your laws,*

for you yourself have taught me.

How sweet are your words to my taste,*

sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Glory be to the Father and to the Son*

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,*

is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Refrain

Throughout

Psalm 119, the

Psalmist marvels

at the Word of

God. It reveals

God’s grace and

unleashes God’s

power in our

lives!

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Another

surprising choice

by God. God

would use Saul,

a persecutor of

the Church, to

expand the

Church. Why?

Because God is

gracious!

“Alleluia” indeed!

The words we

sing quote John

21:31. John’s

summary of his

Gospel remind us

why we are

delighted to hear

the Word of God

— it directs us

to Jesus as our

Savior! Alleluia!

SECOND LESSON 1 Timothy 1:12-17

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he

considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. Even though

I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was

shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of

our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and

love that are in Christ Jesus.

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ

Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the

worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the

worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as

an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal

life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be

honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY

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PLEASE STAND

GOSPEL LESSON Matthew 9:9-13

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man

named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s

booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got

up and followed him.

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s

house, many tax collectors and “sinners” came and

ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees

saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your

teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a

doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy,

not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

M: This is the Gospel of the Lord.

PLEASE BE SEATED

The Pharisees

knew the

Scriptures and

carried out the

required

sacrifices. But

Jesus chose

Matthew, a

sinner, to follow

him. Jesus wants

our hearts to

believe in him so

that we too will

follow him in

true faith.

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The author of

this hymn faced

two major

tragedies that

led him to write

this hymn. First,

he was

financially ruined

by the Chicago

fire of 1871.

Then, as he

worked to

rebuild the city,

he planned a trip

for his family to

help with

outreach work in

England.

Detained by

business, he sent

his wife and four

daughters ahead.

Their ship,

named Ville Du

Havre (note the

title of the hymn

tune) was struck

by another ship

and only his wife

survived. With

these events in

his mind, he

wrote this hymn

about the peace

that was his

because of

Christ. What a

witness to God’s

grace!

HYMN OF THE DAY

760 | When Peace Like a River

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This creed was

not written by

the apostles. It

receives its name

because it

accurately

summarizes

what the

apostles taught

about the Triune

God. How do we

know what they

taught? They

were inspired to

record their

teachings in the

Scriptures.

SERMON Matthew 9:9-13

“Sinner” Isn’t Such a Bad Term

PLEASE STAND

CONFESSION OF FAITH Apostles’ Creed

C: I believe in God, the Father almighty,

maker of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended into hell.

The third day he rose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of God the Father

almighty.

From there 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.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

Spoken by the Minister.

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LORD’S PRAYER

M: Hear us, Lord, as we pray in Jesus’ name.

C: 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.

PLEASE BE SEATED

HYMN

377 vs. 1, 7-10 | Dear Christians, One and All Rejoice

C: s Dear Christians, one and all, rejoice,

With exultation springing,

And, with united heart and voice

And holy rapture singing,

Proclaim the wonders God has done,

How his right arm the vict’ry won.

How dearly it has cost him!

To me he spoke, "Hold fast to me—

I am your rock and castle.

Your ransom I myself will be;

For you I strive and wrestle.

For I am yours, your friend divine,

And evermore you shall be mine;

The foe shall not divide us.

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This hymn by

Martin Luther

was the first

congregational

hymn that he

wrote. Because

of its clear and

straightforward

teaching of God’s

grace, it became

a popular

evangelism tool

in Germany. One

of Luther’s

contemporaries

wrote, “I do not

doubt that

through this one

hymn of Luther

many hundreds

of Christians

have been

brought to the

truth faith.”

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"The foe shall shed my precious blood,

Me of my life bereaving.

All this I suffer for your good;

Be steadfast and believing.

Life shall from death the vict’ry win;

My innocence shall bear your sin,

And you are blest forever.

"Now to my Father I depart,

The Holy Spirit sending

And, heav’nly wisdom to impart,

My help to you extending.

He will a source of comfort be,

Teach you to know and follow me,

And in all truth will guide you.

"What I on earth have lived and taught

Be all your life and teaching;

So shall my kingdom’s work be wrought

And honored in your preaching.

Take care that no one’s man-made laws

Should e’er destroy the gospel’s cause.

This final word I leave you."

PLEASE STAND

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CLOSING PRAYER AND BENEDICTION

M: O Lord God, our heavenly Father, pour out the Holy Spirit on

your faithful people. Keep us strong in your grace and truth,

protect and comfort us in all temptation, and bestow on us your

saving peace, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

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.

PLEASE BE SEATED

Closing Hymn is printed on the next page.

This blessing is

directly from the

Word of God —

Numbers 6:24-

26. With this

blessing, God

puts his name on

his believers and

promises to bless

them!

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CLOSING HYMN

471 | Renew Me, O Eternal Light

Offering plates are available by the doors.

Please wait for an usher to dismiss your row.

We will not reuse this worship folder.

Please dispose of it for us. Thank you!

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All the hymns in today worship service are public domain. | Oh, Taste and

See, and Verse of the Day ©1993 Kermit G. Moldenhauer | Scripture

Lessons taken from Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®

Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, by International Bible Society. Used by

permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

SERVING IN OUR SERVICE THIS MORNING

Preacher & Presiding Minister Pastor Tim Wempner

Worship Accompanist Nicole Tranberg

Head Usher Jim Sulok

7:45 a.m. Ushers Mark Beine and Ryan Bogenschneider

9:15 a.m. Ushers Trenton Glosson and Dan Frahm

10:45 a.m. Ushers Ray Montoure and Scott Ratzburg

Monday Usher Jim Sulok

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WEEKLY CALENDAR (also on www.GoodShepherds.net)

DATE TIME

Sunday (June 21) 7:45, 9:15, 10:45am Worship Services

Monday (June 22) 6:30pm Worship Service

Thursday (June 25) 6:30pm Coordinating Board/M4M Meeting

Sunday (June 28) 7:45, 9:15, 10:45am Worship Services with Communion

Monday (June 29) 6:30pm Worship Service with Communion

Attendance Last Sunday and Monday: 157

SERVING NEXT WEEK

Cleaning Team Team 11 (6/21 – 6/27): Tim and Jessica Hochmuth,

Nicole Tranberg, Mike and Carrie Henning, Peter and

Rebecca Iles, Pastor and Rossi Zarling

Head Ushers Scott Kuehn and Geoff Loper

7:45 a.m. Ushers Matt Wenzel and Paul Wolfgramm

9:15 a.m. Ushers Craig Niermann, Paul Schultz, and Sean Wiltsey

10:45 a.m. Ushers John Meyer and Brian Grady

Monday Usher Matt Young

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FROM THE TREASURER

Member Unified Through May 1, 2020

Member Unified Needed ....................... $442,845

Member Unified Received ..................... $438,960

Member Unified Surplus/(Deficit) ....... $3,885

Church / Ministry Debt as of May 1, 2020

Starting Balance 7/1/2019 ..................... $256,808.19

Current Balance 1/1/2020 ...................... $247,296.12

Fiscal Year Principal Paid ........................ $9,512.07

Flowers are placed on the altar to the glory of God by Matt and Michelle

Young in celebration of their 14th

wedding anniversary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS A list of events can found on our website

www.GoodShepherds.net

Worship Attendance - Because of limits to seating we are asking you to use

Flocknotes to sign up. See the message in your email for details. If you

prefer, you can still call the church office to reserve a spot.

Communion - We are planning to have the Lord's Supper in our public worship

services again on Sunday, June 28. We are waiting a little longer just to be

sure that everyone is comfortable gathering together. In the meantime, if

you would like to receive the Sacrament privately, please contact the Church

office to make an appointment.

Rummage Sale at Good Shepherd’s - We will host a rummage sale in our

parking lot on Saturday, July 18. If you’d like to sell, space is free, but we ask

to you register at http://www.goodshepherds.net/rummage.

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Taste and See - The WELS Missions office is excited to partner with the

Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS) to host an online event

called Taste and See. Check the bulletin board in the entry for details of this

event beginning June 27.

Samaritan Partners, WELS caregiver support - On June 23, Samaritan Partners

caregivers will meet at St. John's Lutheran Church in Wauwatosa at 1:30pm

outside at the gazebo off of the church parking lot. There will be no guest

speaker, just time to connect and catch up. If you plan to attend, RSVP to

Carol at 414-543-7532 or schatzy999@yahoo.com or Paula at 262-782-

0524. Attendees may bring their own lawn chair or sit in the gazebo.

WLHS Job Opening Wisconsin Lutheran High School is looking to hire a

planned and major gifts officer. Applicants should have experience in the

field of planned gifts, development and/or sales. For a full job description or

to submit a resume please contact Becky Glass at hr@wlhs.org.

Volunteer Opportunity - Kingdom Workers is offering an opportunity for our

youth to learn construction skills. See the bulletin board in the entry for

details.

Northside Lutheran Ministries - Northside Lutheran Ministries makes a

difference in the lives of many people through mission and ministry. Your

help and support for Northside is very important to keep this ministry going

and making a difference in many lives. They are in need of financial

donations, food and clothing. Please see our bulletin board for information

on where you can deliver items or whom to contact for more information.

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DEVOTIONS

Time of Grace can be seen Sundays at 10:30am on channel 58, CBS; 7:00am on

channel 41, ME-TV; on Saturdays at 12:00 am on channel 4, NBC.

Daily Devotions - Sign up to receive devotions by email at wels.net/servingyou/

devotions.

New Issues of Meditations and Forward in Christ are in the rack in the back of

church. If you wish to donate to the cost, place your gift in the box beneath

the rack. Our cost for Meditations is $3.50 and $1.50 for Forward in Christ.

For a DVD of today’s service please contact our church office.

Patricia Sharlene Kleist

January 7, 1951 – May 19, 2020

The Lord in his wisdom and love summoned from this vale of tears to

himself in heaven the soul of our sister in Christ at the age of 69

years, 4 months, and 12 days. A Christian funeral took place June 16,

2020.

Beverly Ann Yelle

August 6, 1934 – May 9, 2020

During the time we were not able to worship together, our sister in

Christ, Beverly, was taken to heaven at the age of 85 years, 9 months,

and 3 days. A Christian funeral took place on May 13, 2020.

May the Lord comfort all those who mourn

with the joyous message of his promise of life everlasting.

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COMMUNION DISTRIBUTION

Next weekend, Sunday, June 28 and Monday, June 29, we will celebrate the

Lord’s Supper in our worship services. In order to maintain social distancing, we

will use a continuous line distribution method.

Communicants will be ushered out into the center aisle. At the front of the

center aisle, a Pastor will place the wafer in your hand. You should stand there

and eat it. Behind the first Pastor will be a table with trays of the individual cups.

The other Pastor will invite you to “Take and drink.” Again, you should remain

standing there as you drink.

After receiving the Sacrament, you may exit in either direction to the side aisle.

There will be a basket for you to dispose of your individual cup as well as a

bottle of hand sanitizer, if you would chose to use it.

Please move at a pace that is comfortable for you. This method of distributing

the Lord’s Supper is not intended to hurry your reception of Christ’s body and

blood.

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GUIDELINES OF WORSHIP

• If you or anyone in your family feels sick, we would ask you to please stay

home.

• Please be very careful to maintain distance from each other as you enter and

exit the building.

• Each worship service will accommodate 60-65 people. Until further notice,

you will be required to sign up for which service you will attend so that we

can manage the number of people and maintain adequate spacing.

• To keep space between worshipers, we will only use every third pew (there

will be two empty pews between each group).

• Families can sit together. Individuals or couples will be asked to sit on one

side of a pew. If there is room, we will put another individual on the other end

of that pew.

• The ushers will seat you as you enter. They will begin in the front and work

toward the back in order to more easily maintain the spacing of the

worshipers. (Families with small children will be still be allowed to sit in the

back.)

• We will not pass the offering plate during the service. Plates will be stationed

at the front and back of the church to receive your offerings.

• At the end of the service, the ushers will dismiss the congregation by rows. In

order to avoid a large crowd, we must ask that you do not congregate in the

narthex, but that you exit the building.

• To sign up for a service you can either contact the Church office or use the

tool included in our FlockNotes emails.

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Good Shepherd’s Lutheran Church

1235 S 100th

Street

West Allis, Wisconsin 53214

www.goodshepherds.net

Timothy Wempner, Pastor ................. twempner@goodshepherds.net. ........ 414-774-1184

Joshua Zarling, Pastor .......................... jzarling@goodshepherds.net ............... 414-774-1184

Linda Veldman, Church Secretary ... church@goodshepherds.net ................ 414-774-1184

Michael Henning, Principal ................ mhenning@goodshepherds.net ......... 414-774-1184, ext. 202

Lori Burow, School Secretary ............ school@goodshepherds.net ................. 414-774-1184

Shelly Nardi, Early Childcare ............. childcare@goodshepherds.net ............ 414-774-1184

Gary Schmid, Cong. President .......... Gary.Schmid@wlc.edu ............................. 414-333-6732

School Fax .......................................................................................................................... 414-443-9947