Second Sunday after Pentecost. Join us for this service of Holy Communion. This Sunday we will bless the Quilts and Backpacks for Lutheran World Relief that our faithful Quilters have been working on all year before sending them off to LWR. In worship we hear though Jesus was a devout Jew who practiced his faith, he was criticized for eating with tax collectors and sinners—the religiously nonobservant. Jesus criticizes the self-righteous and reminds us that mercy is to be at the heart of our religious practices. God continues to be made known in those on the margins of society, like Matthew the tax collector and the hemorrhaging woman. As we gather each Lord’s day we receive the healing that makes us well and sends us forth to be signs of God’s mercy for the world.