NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST July 26, 2015 Calendar at St Johns: We have a couple of requests to use the church for ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH – TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH activities. Please write your event on the calendar on the bulletin board in the Pastor: ROBERT LUND hallway near the women’s bathroom. This will now be the main calendar for Church Websites: www.stjohnrapidan.com - www.trinitylakecrystal.com church use and borrowing tables and chairs. Rapidan Head Elder: David Stavenau Rapidan Organist: Bev Annis, Bonnie Huebsch St Peter’s Lutheran in Vernon Center will hold VBS from July 27th –July 29th Trinity Pianist: Denise Hudson from 6-8 p.m. This is for children from preschool through 6th grade. A free                                supper will be served each evening at 5:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. For ORDER OF WORSHIP: Special Order of Worship more information or to register call 549-3166 or email: HYMNS: 809, 806, 426 [email protected].                         CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF July 26TH – August 2ND Janet Smutka will be handling the Kwik Trip Scrip program at Trinity. TODAY: 9:00 Worship at St Johns Please see her or call her at 726-2668 to purchase them or for more 10:15 Worship at Trinity information.

NEXT SUNDAY: 8:30 Coffee Fellowship at St Johns Rapidan Birthdays for the Week of July 26th: – August 1st: Rick Pitts, 27th, 9:00 Worship at St Johns Kelly Lachmiller, 28th. 10:15 Worship at Trinity                          Information to Rapidan Anniversaries for the Week of July 26th: – August 1st: Hugh & Vail keep for Robert Lund, Pastor: [email protected]. His phone number is: Belgard, 1st. 651-324-9229, cell. To reach an elder of St John’s, please call: David 278- 4505 or Hugh 546-3162. To reach an elder of Trinity’s, please call: Rick 726- Trinity Birthdays for the Week of Week of July 26th: – August 1st: None. 6653, Kurt 726-2675 or Dale 546-3106. Trinity Anniversaries for the Week of May July 26th: – August 1st: Kurt & AS WE GATHER - Upon the chaos dark and rude—these words come from the Kelly Krumwiede, 30th. hymn “Eternal Father, Strong to Save.” They refer both to the “formless void” preceding creation and to the frightening power of a storm at sea. We may at times To place information into the bulletin (by noon on Friday), please contact feel like our lives are lived amid chaos dark and rude: random violence, destructive Vail Belgard, 546-3162 (leave message) or email: [email protected] storms, and dozens of daily demands pulling us in multiple directions. Today’s AND contact Shayna Cram, 546-9911 (leave message) or email: Readings give us God’s assuring word of promise amid the chaos dark and rude. [email protected]. Following the chaos of the great flood, God establishes His covenant with Noah and all creation never again to destroy the earth and all flesh with a flood, but to give life. The Epistle teaches us that since Christ dwells in our hearts through faith, we are rooted and ground in His love amid the chaos dark and rude. And in the Gospel, Jesus treads the chaos dark and rude under His feet: walking on the water signaled that Jesus has the ultimate power over all the chaos that threatens to overwhelm us. So today, amid the chaos dark and rude, Jesus, who got in the boat with the disciples and caused the wind to cease, is with us through His Word and in Holy Communion calming our fears and guiding us through it all.