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July 19, 2026 8th Sunday after Pentecost

10am - Live In-Person Worship THIS WEEK

Sunday, July 19, 2026
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | Year A


Focus Theme:
“You Shall Spread”


Focus Prayer:
Holy One, help us spread your love and kindom. Amen.


Focus Scripture:
Genesis 28:10-19a
10 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. 11 He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night, because the  sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his  head and lay down in that place. 12 And he dreamed that there  was a stairway set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven,  and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 And the Lord stood beside him and said, “I am the Lord, the God of  Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I  will give to you and to your offspring, 14 and your offspring  shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the  west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and all the  families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your offspring. 15 Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will  bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done  what I have promised you.” 16 Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place—and I did not know it!” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none  other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”
18 So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had  put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top  of it. 19 He called that place Bethel.


All readings for this Sunday:
Genesis 28:10-19a  and Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 • Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19 or Isaiah  44:6-8 and Psalm 86:11-17 • Romans 8:12-25 • Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43


Focus Questions:
How do you hear from the Holy One?
How has your faith been influenced or impacted by other people?
What was the faith experience of your upbringing?
How does God’s abiding presence impact your decisions?
Do you discern God calling you to spread the kindom and in what way?

SCRIPTURES FOR This Sunday

Genesis 28:10-19a (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READING: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READING: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

Genesis 28:10-19a


10 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. 11 He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night, because the  sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his  head and lay down in that place. 12 And he dreamed that there  was a stairway set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven,  and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 And the Lord stood beside him and said, “I am the Lord, the God of  Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I  will give to you and to your offspring, 14 and your offspring  shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the  west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and all the  families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your offspring. 15 Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will  bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done  what I have promised you.” 16 Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place—and I did not know it!” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none  other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”
18 So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had  put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top  of it. 19 He called that place Bethel.


 


GOSPEL READING: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READING: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READING: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43


13:24 He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field,

13:25 but while everybody was asleep an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.

13:26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well.

13:27 And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, 'Master, did  you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come  from?'

13:28 He answered, 'An enemy has done this.' The slaves said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?'

13:29 But he replied, 'No, for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them.

13:30 Let both of them grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I  will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles  to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"

13:36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples  approached him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the  field."

13:37 He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;

13:38 the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one,

13:39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

13:40 Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

13:41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers,

13:42 and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!


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