+ Fourth Sunday after Trinity +
July 13, 2025
Christ’s Mercy Is Ours to Show to Others
“Be merciful, even as your Father also is merciful” (Luke 6:36–42). The old Adam in us wants to condemn and seek vengeance. But the Lord says, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay” (Rom. 12:14–21). To condemn, to avenge yourself, is to put yourself in the place of God. It is to fail to trust that He is just. Ultimately, it is to disbelieve that Jesus suffered the full vengeance for all wrongs. Only Christ is merciful as the Father is merciful. He is the one who overcame all evil with the good of His cross, forgiving even His executioners. Jesus is our Joseph, who comforts us with words of pardon and reconciliation (Gen. 50:15–21). He is the One who does not condemn but gives life that runs over. Only through faith in Christ are we sons of the Father—being merciful, forgiving, doing good to our enemies. For in Christ we know that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us (Rom. 8:8–13).
Sunday Resources:
- Bulletin for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity ~ July 13, 2025
- News & Notes for 7/13/2025
- Congregation at Prayer for Trinity 4 ~ 7/13/25
Sunday Readings:
- Old Testament: Genesis 50:15-21
- Epistle: Romans 8:18-23
- Gospel: Luke 6:36-42
Sunday Catechesis:
- The Augsburg Confession
Wednesday Catechesis:
- The Book of Matthew
Week of Trinity 4 (July 13 through July 19, 2025):
Sunday
- 8:25 a.m. Choir practice in Fellowship Hall
- 9:00 a.m. Divine Service
- 10:30 a.m Bible Study
Monday
- 8:30 a.m. Matins
Tuesday
- 8:30 a.m. Matins
- 9:15 a.m. OMT
- 7:00 p.m. Security committee meeting
Wednesday
- 8:30 a.m. Matins
- 9:30 a.m. Bible Study
- 11:00 a.m. Divine Service
- 7:00 p.m. Evening Prayer
Thursday
- 8:30 a.m. Matins
- 4:30 p.m. Private Confession
- 7:00 p.m. Elders’ meeting
Friday
- 8:30 a.m. Matins
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- OMT Theological Reading Group
Tuesday, July 15 (Trinity)
8:30 am Matins
9:15 am Reading Discussion
11:15 am Prayer
11:30 am Lunch
Reading Assignment: Due: Lockwood, Michael A. The Unholy Trinity: Martin Luther Against the Idol of Me, Myself, and I. St. Louis, Missouri, Concordia Publishing House, 2016. (245 pages)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Lutheran Witness LCMS Magazine Renewal If you would like a subscription to the Lutheran Witness, the official magazine of the LCMS, please sign up on the sheet in the narthex. A one-year subscription is $32, payable to Trinity Lutheran Church with Lutheran Witness in the memo line. Please place your check or cash in the offering plate, making note that it is for the Lutheran Witness subscription. (We will make a check out to the Kansas LCMS district office for all subscriptions from Trinity.) The deadline for subscribing is August 15 so please sign up before that date. Thank you!
- Lutherans for Life of Kansas Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting for Lutherans for Life of Kansas will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The new Executive Director of Lutherans For Life, Rev. Dr. Aric Fenske, will be the featured speaker. Please mark your calendar and encourage church members, LFL chapter and team members, and friends and family to attend this special event. This is a great opportunity for us to meet other Lutherans for Life in Kansas and hear what our chapters, teams, our board, and the National LFL have been doing for LIFE at all ages and stages.
- Summer Learning Conferences Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Boyle will be presenting at conferences in Kansas this summer. He will present Learning to Speak Liturgically: The Grammar of the Psalms August 16 at the St. John Worship Conference in Topeka.On August 18 – 20, he will present History & Spirit, Life Here and in Eternity: Medieval Christian Preaching as a continuing education course at Risen Savior, Basehor. Please see the links below for more information. (And he’d really like to see you . . . )
St. John, Topeka, Worship Conference, August 16
CTSFW Continuing Ed. Course in Basehor, KS, August 18-20
- Donate online Zeffy is set up for your donations to Trinity. Either scan the QR code
or find a link on our website. Questions? See Amanda or Dick. You can choose your
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- Craft Club On July 21, bring your own craft to work on and join us for an hour of fellowship and crafting fun in Trinity’s fellowship hall at 7 p.m. Cookies and tea will be served; all ages welcome. Feel free to bring a friend. For more information, please contact Patricia or Prairie VanSant at (316) 210-1573.
- Are You A Dillon’s Shopper? Designate Trinity as your Dillon’s rewards charity online, using the code QG377. You will need to designate Trinity every year for this rewards program.
- Scholarship for Students Concordia University Chicago “Prepared to Serve” has a scholarship program for students preparing to enter service for the church. Beginning fall 2025, eligible full-time students will pay a maximum of $5,000 in tuition and mandatory fees each academic year.
Fairmount Ministries
- 6:47 Tuesdays @Fairmount! continues weekly throughout the summer! Topics we are exploring: ‘Adulting’ -what now?! – the spiritual practices of building a lifestyle.
- Save the Date! The Gathering a benefit for Fairmount Ministries will be Oct. 16, 2025.
- Follow Fairmount on Facebook & Instagram: @FairmountMinistries and @FairmountCoffee
- Call for Nominations: National Synod Officer, Board, and Commission Positions The Committee for Convention Nominations requests nominations of qualified members of Synod member congregations for positions to be filled by the Synod convention meeting July 18-23, 2026. Officers, agencies, ordained and commissioned ministers, and members congregations and their lay members are all invited to submit nominations, to be received preferably before Aug. 18, 2025 and no later than Oct. 18, 2025. For more information, please go to lcms.org/nominate. Any member of a congregation with a valid e-mail address will be able to establish an account and submit a nomination.
- Firearms, Then Whiskey Sampling The 3rd annual Firearms Then Whiskey Sampling will be held on August 2 at El Dorado State Park Shooting facility starting at 1 p.m. Feel free to bring any guns and ammo you wish to share. Sons, guests, those new to shooting, and those without a firearm to bring are all welcome to join. At 4 p.m., meet at Trinity’s parsonage for whiskey sampling and snacks. Please bring your favorite whiskey and a food item to share.
RESOURCES:
Issues, Etc.
For the week of July 13
Where Christianity Meets Culture . . . Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show and podcast produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. Recent topics include: Seeking Truth & Speaking Truth, The Worsening Pandemic of Gambling, A New Study on Christian Faith & Marriage, Eastern Mysticism in Public Schools, A Supreme Court Ruling on Children & Pornography and more. You can listen on-demand at issuesetc.org, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod, TuneIn, the LPR mobile app and a podcast provider.
As a result of Sunday’s Bible class discussion, these are link to Commemorations, Feasts, and Festivals with information about the Saints:
Link to Feasts and Festivals throughout the Church Year
Link to Commemorations throughout the Church Year
MISCELLANEOUS:
Trinity Lutheran Church tlcwichita.org
Concordia Academy Wichita Concordia Academy Wichita – Home
Kansas District LCMS LCMS Kansas District | (kslcms.org)
The Lutheran Church Missouri SynodLCMS.org – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Eighth Day Books Eighth Day Books
Eighth Day Institute Welcome to Eighth Day Institute
Concordia Publishing House Home – Concordia Publishing House (cph.org)
Issues, Etc. issuesetc.org
Luther Classical College Luther Classical College
