Back to School Blessings/Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Join us for this service of Holy Communion. This morning, as kids and teachers and staff head back into school, we will offer blessings for all. In our gospel this morning, Jesus declares that the church will be built on the rock of Peter’s bold confession of faith. God’s word of reconciliation and God’s mercy are keys to the church’s mission. Paul urges us to not be conformed to this world but to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, using our individual gifts to build up the body of Christ. From the table we go forth to offer our spiritual worship through word and deed.