Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Rome, Georgia

Pentecost 2   June 7, 2026  10:30 a.m.

WELCOME!

A special welcome to all visitors and guests who are with us today.  We pray that you will hear and receive the Word of God with joy in our midst.  If you are a guest, please sign our guest book located in the narthex.

HOLY COMMUNION is celebrated on the first and third Sundays of each month.  We invite you to prepare for the Sacrament of Holy Communion with the following personal questions: Am I a believer, confessing Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior?  Do I believe Christ is fully present in the communion meal with His body and blood in the Bread and Wine to forgive sin and restore fellowship with the Father? Do I come with a repentant heart intending to live in obedience to God’s will?  Answering yes to these questions is an indication that one is prepared to receive Communion.

THE ORDER OF WORSHIP

Divine Service Setting I

Prelude and Welcome                                         Summer 2026

“HOLDING ON TO JESUS AMIDST OUR CULTURAL WAVES AND WINDS.”

Opening Hymn          “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” #790

Confession and Absolution - please stand or kneel…...page 151

Introit spoken by leader.

Kyrie chanted/sung…….…….……..……….........pages 152-153

Hymn of Praise “Glory to God in the Highest” ………pages 154

Salutation and Collect of the Day  chanted/sung......…page 156

Please be seated.

Old Testament Reading                                  Hosea 5:15 – 6:6

Readings printed on back cover of bulletin.

Psalm 119:65-72

Read responsively, from the hymnal, whole verse by whole verse.

Epistle Reading                                                 Romans 4:13 – 25

Alleluia and Verse sung – please stand...........................page 156

The Holy Gospel                                            Matthew 9:9 – 13

The Nicene Creed….....inside back cover of hymnal or page 158

Please be seated

Hymn of the Day                       “Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me”   # 715

The Sermon         “Storm-Calming Lord ”      (Matthew 8:23-27)                                                    

“Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then Jesus rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

The Offering  please be seated. 

You may add your prayer request by filling out the slip located in the pews. Please hand your prayer request to the usher during Offering.

The Offertory  sung – please stand. …………….……..page 159

The Prayers please stand.

After the leader ends a petition with the words “Lord in Your Mercy,”the congregation responds, “Hear our prayer.”

The Service of the Sacrament:

Preface chanted/sung responsively………...…....page 160

The Sanctus and Prayer of Thanksgiving.........page 161

Lord’s Prayer spoken………………..………… page 162

The Words of Our Lord spoken………………….page 162

Pax Domini ……………….……………….…...…page 163

The Agnus Dei “Lamb of God” sung……….…..page 163

Please be seated

The Distribution and Hymn        “Lord, Take My Hand ”   # 722                              

Post-Communion Canticle “Thank the Lord” sung…...page 164

The Collect and Benediction …….….……………..….page 166

Closing Hymn:               “Jesus, Lead Thou On”                  # 718    

Postlude

Acknowledgements  Divine Service I, Lutheran Service Book. ©  Concordia Publishing House. 

Readings June 7 2026 Pentecost 2

The Old Testament Reading  Hosea 5:15 - 6:6

15 I will return again to my place,
    until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
    and in their distress earnestly seek me.

“Come, let us return to the Lord;
    for he has torn us, that he may heal us;
    he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
2 After two days he will revive us;
    on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live before him.
3 Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;
    his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us as the showers,
    as the spring rains that water the earth.”

4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
    like the dew that goes early away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have slain them by the words of my mouth,
    and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
    the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

The Epistle Reading  Romans 4:13-25

13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.

16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. 18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness  of Sarah's womb. 20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” 23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

The Holy Gospel Matthew 9

9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

10 And as Jesus[b] reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”