Grand Meadow Lutheran Church

Grand Meadow Lutheran Church As part of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), we are a vibrant church committed to growing as disciples at all ages and stages of life.

For online giving with Vanco: Worship at 9 am. Office hours by appointment (please call). We celebrate the good news of Jesus Christ's saving resurrection, God's continuing good creation, and the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. We regularly join in caring fellowship with one another and reach out to others. Our communion is open to all baptized believers, and we welcome and bless all who

choose to walk through the ups and downs of life with us. For online giving with Vanco: https://tinyurl.com/GMLCVanco

Join us during Meadowfest for root beer floats on the church lawn! Saturday June 27th beginning at 11:00am! A free will ...
06/18/2026

Join us during Meadowfest for root beer floats on the church lawn! Saturday June 27th beginning at 11:00am! A free will donation is appreciated!

06/14/2026

Worship for the 3nd Sunday after Pentecost June 14, 2026. Permission to reprint and stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license # A-723683. All rights reserved.

06/13/2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS & WORSHIP RESOURCES 06/14/2026
*Our summer sermon series in Genesis continues today in chapters 18 and 21 where we’ll hear again God’s promise to give Abraham and Sarah and child and the birth of their son, Isaac.
*Thank you to all who helped at the Blood Drive on Thursday and thank you to all who donated blood!
*Goodstock 2026 will be held at Good Earth Village on Saturday June 20th and Sunday June 21st. On Saturday June 20th there will be a color trail run, live music, family fun zone, wagon rides, and a bonfire. On Sunday June 21st there will be coffee and rolls in log lodge and an outdoor worship service! For more information and to register for the color trail run visit https://goodearthvillage.org/goodstock/.
*Mark your calendars and plan to join us during Meadowfest! On Saturday June 27th we’ll be having Root Beer Floats out on the church lawn beginning at 11:00am. On Sunday June 28th join us for the Ecumenical Community Worship Service at 10:00am in Memorial Park. A time of coffee and fellowship will follow the service.
*If you’d be willing to help with a bit of cleaning this summer, until our crew from Next Step returns in September, we’d greatly appreciate it! Today’s cleaning tasks are: check garbage cans and empty if needed, clean sinks, mirrors, and toilets in upstairs and downstairs bathrooms, check supplies in bathrooms and restock if needed, and sweep the fellowship hall.
*Amanda and Nikki are looking for another adult volunteer to help with Sunday School starting in the fall. If interested, willing, or curious to learn more, please talk to one of them.
*The June coin offering will go to the Grand Meadow Area Ambulance. The July coin offering will go to Good Earth Village.
*It takes many hands to make things happen here at church, to keep the life of our church going and our ministry happening. If you’d like to get more involved, we are in need of more volunteers to read in worship, run the camera and PowerPoints, be head usher, serve on the decorating committee, serve on altar guild, and help with coffee hour. If any of those sound like something you’d be willing to do, please talk to Joanne or Pastor Megan.
*Your continued giving and generosity is greatly appreciated and needed! Offerings can be brought to worship, or mailed to the church office, Nancy, or Diana. If you would like to set up online giving with Vanco please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/GMLCVanco

WORSHIP RESOURCES
Announcements

Confession and Forgiveness
In the name of the Father,
and of the ☩ Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.

Silence is kept for reflection.

Gracious God,
have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things we have done and things we have failed to do. Turn us again to you, and uphold us by your Spirit, so that we may live and serve you in newness of life through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Amen.

God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved. In the name of ☩ Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Almighty God strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live in your hearts through faith.
Amen.

Hymn: For the Beauty of the Earth

Greeting

Kyrie

Hymn of Praise

Prayer of the Day
God of compassion, you have opened the way for us and brought us to yourself. Pour your love into our hearts, that, overflowing with joy, we may freely share the blessings of your realm and faithfully proclaim the good news of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Reading: Romans 5:1-8

Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19

Gospel: Matthew 9:35-10:14

Children’s Sermon

Reading: Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7

Sermon

Hymn: He Comes to Us as One Unknown

Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

Prayers of Intercession

Peace

Offering

Offertory Verse

Offertory Prayer
Loving God, we offer at your table the gifts of our hearts. Help us take heart in you and share freely of your love, so that all creation can taste your abundance. We ask this in the name of Jesus, through the Spirit abiding with us now and forever. Amen.

Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

Blessing
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord’s face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. Amen.

Hymn: I Love to Tell the Story

Bell

Doxology

Dismissal

We're trying something new this year! Mark your calendars and plan to join us on Saturday June 27th, during Meadowfest f...
06/13/2026

We're trying something new this year! Mark your calendars and plan to join us on Saturday June 27th, during Meadowfest for root beer floats on the church lawn starting at 11:00am!

06/07/2026

Worship for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost June 7, 2026. Permission to reprint and stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license # A-723683. All rights reserved.

06/06/2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS & WORSHIP RESOURCES 06/07/2026
*We will be celebrating Holy Communion in worship today. If you are worshipping with us online and wish to commune, you’ll want to have bread/crackers and juice/wine ready to go.
*We begin our summer sermon series, journeying through Genesis today in Genesis chapter 12 with the call of Abram.
*The council will meet this Tuesday, June 9th at 6:00pm in the old pastor’s study.
*The Grand Meadow WELCA group will meet this Wednesday, June 10th at 1:30pm. All women of the congregation are invited to attend.
*There will be a Red Cross Blood Drive in the fellowship hall this Thursday, June 11th from 12:00pm-6:00pm.
*The Grand Meadow Women of the ELCA (WELCA) Bakeless Bake Sale raised $1,000! Thank you so much to all who so generously gave to support the WELCA group’s work! Thank you!
*Goodstock 2026 will be held at Good Earth Village on Saturday June 20th and Sunday June 21st. On Saturday June 20th there will be a color trail run, live music, family fun zone, wagon rides, and a bonfire. On Sunday June 21st there will be coffee and rolls in log lodge and an outdoor worship service! For more information and to register for the color trail run visit https://goodearthvillage.org/goodstock/.
*Our cleaning crew from Next Step is done for the summer; we’ll look forward to having them resume in September. In the meantime, we’re going to handle the cleaning ourselves so if you are willing to help us out, we’d greatly appreciate it! There is a checklist of tasks in the kitchen.
*Amanda and Nikki are looking for another adult volunteer to help with Sunday School starting in the fall. If interested, willing, or curious to learn more, please talk to one of them.
*The June coin offering will go to the Grand Meadow Area Ambulance.
*It takes many hands to make things happen here at church, to keep the life of our church going and our ministry happening. If you’d like to get more involved, we are in need of more volunteers to read in worship, run the camera and PowerPoints, be head usher, serve on the decorating committee, serve on altar guild, and help with coffee hour. If any of those sound like something you’d be willing to do, please talk to Joanne or Pastor Megan.
*Your continued giving and generosity is greatly appreciated and needed! Offerings can be brought to worship, or mailed to the church office, Nancy, or Diana. If you would like to set up online giving with Vanco please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/GMLCVanco

WORSHIP RESOURCES
Announcements

Confession and Forgiveness
In the name of the Father,
and of the ☩ Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.

Silence is kept for reflection.

Gracious God,
have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things we have done and things we have failed to do. Turn us again to you, and uphold us by your Spirit, so that we may live and serve you in newness of life through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Amen.

God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved. In the name of ☩ Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Almighty God strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live in your hearts through faith.
Amen.

Hymn: God Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens

Greeting

Kyrie

Hymn of Praise

Prayer of the Day
O God, you are the source of life and the ground of our being. By the power of your Spirit bring healing to this wounded world, and raise us to the new life of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Reading: Romans 4:13-25

Psalm 33:1-12

Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Children’s Sermon

Reading: Genesis 12:1-9

Sermon

Hymn: Faith Begins by Letting Go

Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

Prayers of Intercession

Peace

Offering

Offertory Verse

Offertory Prayer
Loving God, we offer at your table the gifts of our hearts. Help us take heart in you and share freely of your love, so that all creation can taste your abundance. We ask this in the name of Jesus, through the Spirit abiding with us now and forever. Amen.

Holy Communion
Dialogue
Preface
Sanctus
Words of Institution

Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

Distribution

Post-Communion Blessing

Canticle

Post-Communion Prayer
Compassionate God, through the gifts of bread and wine our hearts are filled with the abundance of your love. Strengthen us that we, through this holy meal, may share your love freely, as you have shared with us. We ask this in the name of Jesus, through the Spirit nourishing us now and forever. Amen.

Blessing
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord’s face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. Amen.

Hymn: What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine

Bell

Doxology

Dismissal

The registration deadline to guarantee a t-shirt for the Color Trail Run at Goodstock is this Thursday, June 4th! The re...
06/03/2026

The registration deadline to guarantee a t-shirt for the Color Trail Run at Goodstock is this Thursday, June 4th! The registration link and more information about Goodstock can be found here:
https://goodearthvillage.org/goodstock/

There's a new Faith and Worship section in the Fillmore County Journal and Grand Meadow Lutheran Church is featured for ...
06/02/2026

There's a new Faith and Worship section in the Fillmore County Journal and Grand Meadow Lutheran Church is featured for our 150th Anniversary! A big thank you to Char for putting the article together. And a special thanks to the local businesses that sponsored the page: Olson Tree Service, LRM, First Farmers & Merchants Bank, Glynn's Motor Mart, and the GM License Bureau!

05/31/2026

Worship for Holy Trinity Sunday May 31, 2026. Permission to reprint and stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license # A-723683. All rights reserved.

05/30/2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS & WORSHIP RESOURCES 05/31/2026
*Today is the last day of the WELCA Bakeless Bake Sale! A big thank you to all who have donated! If you’d still like to make a donation you can leave in the jar in the narthex or give it to Pat or Dorothy Jacobson.
*Many, many thanks to all who helped with the 50/50 raffle at Deer Creek Speedway last night! And an extra big thank you to Dillon for organizing the volunteers and supplies!
*Our cleaning crew from Next Step is done for the summer; we’ll look forward to having them resume in September. In the meantime, we’re going to handle the cleaning ourselves so if you are willing to help us out, we’d greatly appreciate it! There is a checklist of tasks in the kitchen.
*Our summer sermon series in the book of Genesis begins next Sunday, June 7th!
*We will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday June 11th from 12:00pm to 6:00pm.
*Amanda and Nikki are looking for another adult volunteer to help with Sunday School starting in the fall. If interested, willing, or curious to learn more, please talk to one of them.
* The May coin offering will go to Good Earth Village. The June coin offering will go to the Grand Meadow Area Ambulance.
*It takes many hands to make things happen here at church, to keep the life of our church going and our ministry happening. If you’d like to get more involved, we are in need of more volunteers to read in worship, run the camera and PowerPoints, be head usher, serve on the decorating committee, serve on altar guild, and help with coffee hour. If any of those sound like something you’d be willing to do, please talk to Joanne or Pastor Megan.
*Your continued giving and generosity is greatly appreciated and needed! Offerings can be brought to worship, or mailed to the church office, Nancy, or Diana. If you would like to set up online giving with Vanco please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/GMLCVanco

WORSHIP RESOURCES
Announcements

Confession and Forgiveness
In the name of the Father,
and of the ☩ Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.

Silence is kept for reflection.

Gracious God,
have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things we have done and things we have failed to do. Turn us again to you, and uphold us by your Spirit, so that we may live and serve you in newness of life through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Amen.

God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved. In the name of ☩ Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Almighty God strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live in your hearts through faith.
Amen.

Hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy

Greeting

Kyrie

Hymn of Praise

Prayer of the Day
Almighty Creator and ever-living God: we worship your glory, eternal Three-in-One, and we praise your power, majestic One-in-Three. Keep us steadfast in this faith, defend us in all adversity, and bring us at last into your presence, where you live in endless joy and love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

First Reading: Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Psalm 8

Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Children’s Sermon

Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Hymn: Lord, You Give the Great Commission

Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

Prayers of Intercession

Peace

Offering

Offertory Verse

Offertory Prayer
Blessed are you, O God, ruler of heaven and earth. Day by day you shower us with blessings. As you have raised us to new life in Christ, give us glad and generous hearts, ready to praise you and to respond to those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

Blessing
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord’s face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. Amen.

Hymn: All Things Bright and Beautiful

Bell

Doxology

Dismissal

Address

115 1st Street NE
Grand Meadow, MN
55936

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Sunday 8am - 12pm

Telephone

+15077545203

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Grand Meadow Lutheran Church posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Place Of Worship

Send a message to Grand Meadow Lutheran Church:

Shortcuts

Share

Category