July 5, 2026 - Loss & Loyalty Human love and loyalty effect change

Today's Gathering Hymn was "God, We Gather as Your People (For All the Children)," which appears in All Creation Sings, the 2020 worship supplement to Evangelical Lutheran Worship by David Lohman. Lohman wrote both the text and the tune, WELCOME BE OUR SONG, making it one of the relatively few hymns in the collection created entirely by a single author-composer

David Lohman is an American composer, hymn writer, and church musician whose work has become increasingly influential in mainline Protestant worship, particularly in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is especially known for writing music that is highly singable by congregations while expressing themes of hospitality, inclusion, justice, and community.

This was both an open and welcoming song for Bree Theilacker as Creator Lutheran Church's new Music Minister. The setting was what Creator calls the African American setting. Bree accompanied the congregation confidently and robustly, today portending a great future of collaborative worship through Creator.

Pastor Emillie preached on Ruth, one of her favorite books of the Old Testament.