Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
1024 W. 8th Street Waterloo, Iowa 50702
Information for August 16, 2026
Take a moment to notice the * at the beginning of various portions of the order of service. The * indicates the place where it is inappropriate to enter or leave the sanctuary because it marks a time of prayer or respect for the Word of the Lord. Please be considerate of others around you by honoring these notations.
ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
The Lord Lifts Up the Lowly
August 16, 2026
AS WE GATHER: “And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard” (Gen. 4:1-15). For unlike Abel, Cain’s offering did not proceed from a heart that revered and trusted in the Lord. Thus, the lowly tax collector who prayed, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” was the one who went down to his house justified before God, not the respectable, outwardly righteous Pharisee who trusted in himself and his own good living (Luke 18:9-14). “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Eph. 2:1-10). The one who penitently despairs of his own righteousness and relies completely on the atoning mercy of God in Christ is the one who is declared righteous. For Christ died for our sins and rose again the third day (1 Cor. 15:1-10). Therefore, “everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
PARTICIPATING:
Worship Leader/ Preacher Pastor Justin Kane
Organist Mr. Kolleen Hosford
Elder Mr. Kevin McCrindle
Lay Reader Mr. Levi Carolus
Greeters Carol Gustafson
Door Greeter Brian Williams
*COLLECT OF THE DAY:
Pastor: Almighty and everlasting God,
People: always more ready to hear than we to pray and to give more than we either desire or deserve, pour down upon us the abundance of Your mercy, forgiving those things of which our conscience is afraid and giving us those good things that we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Responsive Prayer 2
Page 285
Announcements
Opening Hymn LSB 744 “Amazing Grace”
Opening Versicles LSB 285
Old Testament: Genesis 4:1-15 Pew Bible Page 6
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Pew Bible Page 1789
*Holy Gospel: Luke 18:9-14 Pew Bible Page 1628
Hymn LSB 570 “Just as I Am”
Sermon
*Kyrie LSB 285
*Lords Prayer LSB 285
*Apostles’ Creed LSB 286
*Versicles LSB 286
Collect of the Day printed
Luther’s Morning Prayer LSB 287
*Benedicamus and Blessing LSB 287
Closing Hymn LSB 918 “Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer”
ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
1024 West Eighth Street, Waterloo Iowa
319.235.6705
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