Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 AM Service
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.
Hymn #532 “Gather Us In” sts. 1,2,4
1. Here in this place the new light is streaming, now is the darkness vanished away; see in this space our fears and our dreamings brought here to you in the light of this day. Gather us in, the lost and forsaken, gather us in, the blind and the lame; call to us now, and we shall awaken, we shall arise at the sound of our name.
2. We are the young, our lives are a mystery, we are the old who yearn for your face; we have been sung throughout all of history, called to be light to the whole human race. Gather us in, the rich and the haughty, gather us in, the proud and the strong; give us a heart, so meek and so lowly, give us the courage to enter the song.
3. Not in the dark of buildings confining, not in some heaven, light years away— here in this place the new light is shining, now is the kingdom, and now is the day. Gather us in and hold us forever, gather us in and make us your own; gather us in, all peoples together, fire. . .of love in our flesh and our bone.
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:
All: Almighty and ever-living God, increase in us your gift of faith, that, for-saking what lies behind and reaching out to what lies ahead, we may fol-low the way of your commandments and receive the crown of everlasting joy, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
WORD
First Reading: Amos 5: 6—7, 10—15 Pg. 1425
R: Word of God, Word of life.
C: Thanks be to God.
Psalm Psalm 90: 12—17 Pg. 930
PS 90:12 Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
PS 90:13 Relent, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your
servants.
PS 90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy
and be glad all our days.
PS 90:15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many
years as we have seen trouble.
PS 90:16 May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their
children.
PS 90:17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work
of our hands for us--yes, establish the work of our hands.
Second Reading: Hebrews 4: 12—16 Pg. 1866
R: Word of God, Word of life.
C: Thanks be to God.
(Please stand for the Gospel)
After the Gospel is announced:
C: Glory to you, O Lord.
Gospel Reading Mark 10: 17—21 Pg. 1570
P: The gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to you, O Christ.
(Please be seated)
Sermon
(Please Stand)
Hymn # 685 “Take My Life, That I May Be”
1. Take my life, that I may be consecrated, Lord, to thee; take my moments and my days; let them flow in creaseless praise.
2. Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of thy love; take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for thee.
3. Take my voice and let me sing always, only, for my King; take my lips and let them be filled with messages from thee.
4. Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold; take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose.
5. Take my will and make it thine; it shall be longer mine.
Take my heart, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne.
6. Take my love; my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store; take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee.
L: With the whole church, let us 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.
Offering
Let us pray:
O God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us:
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
SENDING
Blessing
Hymn #655 “Son of God, Eternal Savior”
1. Son of God, eternal Savior, source of life and truth and grace. Word made flesh, whose birth among us hallows all our human race, you our head, who, throned in glory, for your own will ever plead: fill us with your love and pity, heal our wrong, and help our need,
2. As you, Lord, have lived for others, so may we for others live. Freely have your gifts been granted; freely may your servants give. Yours the gold and yours the silver, yours the wealth of land and sea; we but stewards of your bounty held in solemn trust will be.
3. 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.
4. 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: Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Postlude
***Hymns reprinted by permission under CCLI lic. #2561118