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August 2, 2026 10th Sunday after Pentecost

10am - Live In-Person Worship THIS WEEK

 

Sunday, August 2, 2026
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost| Year A


Focus Theme:
“Wrestling”


Focus Prayer:
Holy One, help us to prevail in all the struggles we encounter. Amen.


Focus Scripture:
Genesis 32:22-31
22  The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his  eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and  sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. 24  Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25  When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on  the hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled  with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But  Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.” 27 So he said  to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then the man said,  “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven  with God and with humans and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him,  “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my  name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,  saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.” 31  The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.


All readings for this Sunday:
Genesis 32:22-31 and Psalm 17:1-7, 15 • Isaiah 55:1-5 and Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21 • Romans 9:1-5 • Matthew 14:13-21


Focus Questions:
Do you watch or participate in wrestling matches?
What is the appeal of wrestling?
What causes discomfort in wresting…for participants or spectators?
How does our faith journey invite us to wrestle…internally and externally?
What are you wrestling with in this season?

SCRIPTURES FOR This Sunday

Genesis 32:22-31 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READING: Matthew 14:13-21 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READING: Matthew 14:13-21 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

Genesis 32:22-31


22  The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his  eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and  sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. 24  Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25  When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on  the hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled  with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But  Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.” 27 So he said  to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then the man said,  “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven  with God and with humans and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him,  “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my  name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,  saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.” 31  The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.


 


GOSPEL READING: Matthew 14:13-21 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READING: Matthew 14:13-21 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READING: Matthew 14:13-21 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

Matthew 14:13-21  

 

Feeding the Five Thousand

13 Now  when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted  place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on  foot from the towns.  14 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them and cured their sick.  15 When  it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted  place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may  go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”  16 Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”  17 They replied, “We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.”  18 And he said, “Bring them here to me.”  19 Then  he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves  and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed and broke the  loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to  the crowds.  20 And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.  21 And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.


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