Seventh Sunday of Easter
10:00 AM Service May 16, 2021
GATHERING
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Ringing of the Bell
(Please Stand)
Confession and Forgiveness
In the name of the Father, and of the +Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
God of all mercy and consolation, come to the help of your people, turning us from our
sin to live for you alone. Give us the power of your Holy Spirit that we may confess our
sin, receive your forgiveness, and grow into the fullness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and
Lord.
Amen
Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
(Silence is kept for reflection.)
Most merciful God,
We confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have
sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by
what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have
not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ,
have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in
your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. 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.
L: Alleluia! Christ is risen!
C: He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!
L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy
Spirit be with you all.
C: And also with you.
L: Let us pray:
Gracious and glorious God, you have chosen us as your own, and by the
powerful name of Christ you protect us from evil. By your Spirit transform us
and your beloved world, that we may find our joy in your Son, Jesus Christ, our
Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and forever. Amen.
WORD
First Reading Acts 1: 15—17, 21--26 Pg. 1691
R: Word of God, Word of life.
C: Thanks be to God.
Psalm: Psalm 1 Pg. 843
PS 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the
way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
PS 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law, he meditates day
and night.
PS 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and
whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
PS 1:4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
PS 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly
of the righteous.
PS 1:6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the
wicked will perish.
Second Reading: 1 John 5: 9--13 Pg. 1903
R: Word of God, Word of life.
C: Thanks be to God.
Instrumental Offering
(Please rise for the Gospel.)
After the Gospel is announced:
C: Glory to you, O Lord.
Gospel Reading John 17: 6--19 Pg. 1680
P: The gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to you, O Christ.
(Please be seated)
Sermon
(Please Stand)
Hymn # 496 “One Bread, One Body” st. 1
Refrain: One bread, one body, one Lord of all; one cup of blessing which we bless,
and we, though many throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord.
1. Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man, no more. (Refrain)
L: Together with the whole church, we confess our faith:
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. Amen
The Prayers
L: . . .Lord, in your mercy,
C: Hear our prayer.
Offering
L: Let us pray---
C: God our provider, you have not fed us with bread alone, but with words of
grace and life. Bless us and these your gifts, which we have first received from
you, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
MEAL
P: The Lord be with you
C: And also with you.
P: Lift up your hearts
C: We lift them to the Lord.
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
C: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
P: It is indeed right, our duty and our joy. . .we look with hope for his coming again.
C: Amen. Come Lord Jesus.
Words of Institution
The 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
Invitation to Communion
SENDING
Blessing
Hymn # 655 “Son of God, Eternal Savior” sts. 3,4
1. Come, O Christ, and reign among us, King of love and Prince of peace;
hush the storm of strife and passion, bid its cruel discords cease.
By your patient years of toiling, by your silent hours of pain,
quench our fevered thirst of pleasure, stem our selfish greed of gain.
2. Son of God, eternal Savior, source of life and truth and grace,
Word made flesh, whose birth among us hallows all our human race:
by your praying, by your willing that your people should be one,
grant, oh, grant our hope’s fruition: here on earth your will be done.
L: Alleluia! Christ is risen!
C: He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!
L: Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Postlude
*** Hymns reprinted by permission under CCLI Lic. # 2561118