Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 AM Service July 18, 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.
Let us with confidence draw near to God in confession, that we may
receive mercy and find grace in time of need.
(Silence is kept for reflection)
Have mercy on us, O God,
according to your lovingkindness. In your great mercy, wash away our iniquity and cleanse us from our sin. Create in us clean hearts, O God, and renew a right spirit within us. Do not remove us from your presence; do not take your Spirit away. Restore to us the joy of your salvation, and sustain us with your Spirit. Amen.
Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our + Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life.
Amen.
L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Gathering Hymn # 611 “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”
1. I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto me and rest; lay down, O weary one, lay down your head upon my breast.” I came to Jesus as I was, so weary, worn, and sad; I found in him a resting place, and he has made me glad.
2. I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Behold, I freely give the living water, thirsty one; stoop down and drink and live.” I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life giving stream; my thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in Him.
3. I heard the voice of Jesus say, “I am this dark world’s light; look unto me, your morn shall rise, and all your day be bright.” I looked to Jesus, and I found in him my star, my sun; and in that light of life I’ll walk till traveling days are done.
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:
C: O God, powerful and compassionate, you shepherd your people, faith-fully feeding and protecting us. Heal each of us, and make us a whole peo-ple, that we may embody the justice and peace of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen
WORD
First Reading Jeremiah 23: 1—6 Pg. 1210
R: Word of God, Word of life.
C: Thanks be to God.
Psalm: Psalm 23 Pg. 862
Ps.1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. Ps.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet wa-ters, Ps.3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Ps.4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with
me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Ps.5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with
oil; my cup overflows. Ps.6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will
dwell in the house of the Lord forever
Second Reading: Ephesians 2: 11—22 Pg. 1819
R: Word of God, Word of life.
C: Thanks be to God.
(Please rise for the Gospel.)
After the Gospel is announced:
C: Glory to you, O Lord.
Gospel Reading Mark 6: 30-34, 53—56 Pg. 1562
P: The gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to you, O Christ.
(Please be seated)
Sermon
(Please Stand)
Hymn # 722 “O Christ, Your Heart, Compassionate”
1. O Christ, your heart, compassionate, bore every human pain. Its beating was the pulse of God; its breadth, God’s vast domain. The heart of God, the heart of Christ combined in perfect rhyme to write God’s love in human deeds, eternity in time.
2. As once you welcomed those cast down and healed the sick, the blind, so may all bruised and broken lives through us your help still find. Lord, join our hearts with those who weep that none may weep alone, and help us bear another’s pain as though it were our own.
3. O Christ, create new hearts in us that beat in time with yours, that, joined by faith with your great heart, become love’s open doors. We are your body, risen Christ; our hearts, our hands we yield that through our life and ministry your love may be revealed.
4. O Love that made the distant stars, yet marks the sparrow’s fall, whose arms stretched wide upon a cross embrace and bear us all; come, make your church a servant church that walks your servant ways, whose deeds of love rise up to you, a sacrifice of praise!
L: Together with the whole church, we confess our faith:
All: 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.
L: Let us pray---
C: Gracious God, all goodness flows from you. You bless us and you call us to be a blessing to a world in need. Accept these offerings as a sign of our whole lives returned to you through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
MEAL
P: It is indeed right, our duty and our joy. . .we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
C: And also with you.
The 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 Commun-ion
SENDING
Blessing
Hymn # 654 “The Church’s One Foundation”
1. The church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ, her Lord:
she is his new creation by water and the word.
From heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride;
with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.
2. Elect from every nation, yet one o’er all the earth, her charter of salvation one Lord, one faith, one birth; one holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food, and to one hope she presses with every grace endued.
3. Though with a scornful wonder this world sees her oppressed, by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed, yet saints their watch are keeping; their cry goes up: “How long?” and soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.
4. Through toil and tribulation and tumult of her war, she waits the consummation of peace forevermore; till with the vision glorious her longing eyes are blest, and the great church victorious shall be the church at rest.
5. Yet she on earth has union with God, the Three in One, and mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won. Oh, blessed heavenly chorus! Lord, save us by your grace, that we, like saints before us, may see you face to face.
L: Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Postlude