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GATHERING

PRELUDE

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

RINGING OF THE BELL

CHOIR ANTHEM “Jesus Priceless Treasure”

Please rise as you are able

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.

Silence is kept for reflection.

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

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.

GATHERING HYMN “All Who Are Thirsty”

Words and Music by Brenton Brown and Glenn Roberts

All who are thirsty, all who are weak, come to the fountain.

Dip our heart in the stream of life. Let the pain and the sorrow be washed away in the waves of His mercy as deep cries out to deep. (We sing)

Come, Lord Jesus, come. Come, Lord Jesus, come. Come, Lord Jesus, come. Come, Lord Jesus, come.

All who are thirsty, all who are weak, come to the fountain.

Dip our heart in the stream of life. Let the pain and the sorrow be washed away in the waves of His mercy as deep cries out to deep. (We sing)

Holy Spirit, come. Holy Spirit, come. Holy Spirit, come. Holy Spirit, come.

Come, Lord Jesus, Come Come, Lord Jesus, Come

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GREETING

The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

And also with you.

HYMN OF PRAISE

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Let us pray: Eternal God, your kingdom has broken into our troubled world through the life, death, and resurrection of your Son. Help us to hear your word and obey it, and bring your saving love to fruition in our lives, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Please be seated.

WORD

FIRST READING Isaiah 55:1-9

To those who have experienced long years in exile, the return to their homeland is a celebration of abundant life. God calls them into an everlasting covenant of love. Those who return to God will enjoy new life and forgiveness, because God’s ways are not our ways.

1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. 3 Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. 4 See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.

5 See, you shall call nations that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. 6 Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; 7 let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

PSALM Psalm 63: 1-8

REFRAIN

1 O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my

flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 Therefore I have gazed upon you in your holy place, that I might behold

your power and your glory. 3 For your steadfast love is better than life itself; my lips shall give you

praise. 4 So will I bless you as long as I live and lift up my hands in your name.

REFRAIN 5 My spirit is content, as with the richest of foods, and my mouth praises you

with joyful lips, 6 when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night

watches. 7 For you have been my helper, and under the shadow of your wings I will

rejoice. 8 My whole being | clings to you; your right hand holds me fast.

REFRAIN

SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 10: 1—13

Paul uses images from Hebrew Scriptures and prophecy to speak the truth of Jesus Christ: He is our rock, our water, our food, and our drink. Christ is the living sign of God’s faithfulness.

1 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wil-derness. 6 Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did. 7 Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.” 8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9 We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents. 10 And do not complain as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 11 These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. 13 No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

CHILDREN’S SERMON Pastor Chris Steubing

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

The Gospel according to Luke.

Glory to you, O Lord.

GOSPEL READING Luke 13:1-9

Asked about current tragic events, Jesus turns a lesson about whether suffering is deserved into a hard call to obedience. He then tells a parable that holds out hope that the timeline for ultimate judgment will be tempered by patience.

1 At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 [Jesus] asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. 4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.” 6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 7 So he said to the gardener, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why Should it be wasting the soil?’ 8 He replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”

The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.

Please be seated.

SERMON Pastor Chris Steubing

HYMN OF THE DAY “Rock of Ages” Hymn #623

Please rise as you are able.

THE PRAYERS

. . .God in your mercy, Receive our prayer.

THE PEACE

The peace of Christ be with you always. And also with you.

Let us share the peace with one another.

PRAYER MOSIAC

You are invited to offer your prayers to God by writing a word or phrase, on a piece of torn paper, trusting that God who is near to the broken-hearted hears our prayers whether they are written, spoken, or offered as sighs too deep for words. You may place them in the offering plate. Your prayers will be added to the “Broken and Be-loved” prayer mosaic after worship.

OFFERING

OFFERING SONG “This I Believe” (back pg.)

Please rise as we sing the final chorus and the offering is brought forward.

OFFERING PRAYER

Let us pray. God of goodness and growth, all creation is yours, and your faithfulness is sure. Receive the gifts we bring, and nourish us to proclaim your abiding love in our communities and in the world, through Jesus Christ, our strength and our song. Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer (Sung)

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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen

BENEDICTION

God our tender parent, God the crucified one, God the reconciling Spirit, bless you now and forever.

SENDING HYMN “Light Dawns a Weary World” Hymn #726

DISMISSAL

Go in peace. Share the good news.

Thanks be to God.

POSTLUDE

Our thanks to those who serve as our worship leaders:

Our Liturgist—Claire Roberts

Our Reader—Allen Brzozowski

Organist/Pianist—Wendy Kuenemann

Choir/HandBell Director—Wendy Kuenemann