Blessings
Sunday, August 2, 2026
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Call to Worship and Prayer
Matthew 8:5-13
Prelude: "Blessed Assurance"
Hymn, "Onward Christian Soldiers"
Offering and Doxology
Hymn, "I will Sing the Wondrous Story"
Praise and Prayer
Responsive Scripture: Matthew 8:14-34
Jesus Heals Many
14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law
lying in bed with a fever.
15 He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.
16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all
the sick.
17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
“He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.”
The Cost of Following Jesus
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him
and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of
Man has no place to lay his head.”
21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my
father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own
dead.” Jesus Calms the Storm
23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him.
24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves
swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got
up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even
the winds and the waves obey him!”
Jesus Restores Two Demon-Possessed Men
28 When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,
two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
29 “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you
come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
30 Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding.
31 The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32 He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died
in the water.
33 Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all
this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
34 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.
Hymn, "Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus"
Special Music, "Without You I Am Nothing" Salvation Music
Sermon: "More Red Letters"
Hymn, "The Love of God"
Prayers
Betty and Sandy’s friend Rosie Stark was tragically killed; pray for Rosie’s family.
Beth Lueth’s niece Ellen has breast cancer.
Penny’s needs prayers for the Callahan family.
Kevin O’Hanolon
Praises
Maggie and family have moved in.
Mary Z’s family now includes new babies and a visiting sister
Please check the list of needs of our church in the Fellowship Room.
Your donations are appreciated! Please check what church supply levels are low.
August 22nd: Saturday, Percival Hometown Pride picnic and cowpie
contest.
September 5th: Pancake Breakfast, 8am to 10:30am
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Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown
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