07/28/24

As We Gather 

Sometimes the brightness of the day we are experiencing can affect how we perceive the space in which we are worshiping. A bright, sunny day can lift our spirits; a dark, cloudy day can have the opposite effect. Throughout the pages of Scriptures, God is associated with brightness and light. His setting of the rainbow in the heavens, recorded in the book of Genesis, is a symbol of God’s promises to His faithful people. Images mentioned in our hymns also attest to the powerful brightness of God, as in “O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright” (LSB 874), written by Ambrose of Milan in the fourth century. Whether a day has sunny skies or dull clouds or even rainbows, the very presence of God among us brings an eternal brightness to our time of worship.

 Family Room & Children Activity Bags- Children Activity Bags- We value children in our worship services. If needed, there is a family room available for families with children. The family room has a diaper changing table, a closed-circuit TV to watch the worship service, toys and books for children. The family room is located across from the kitchen in the long hallway, the first door on the right, just past the bathrooms. There are “King’s Kids” bags with activities for children to help them worship. They are near the usher’s station on a small rack. Please return the bag to the rack after the service.

Holy Communion- The Scripture teaches the Lord’s Supper is a precious gift of God in which Christ gives us His true body and blood (in a miraculous way), together with the bread and wine, for the forgiveness of our sins and the strengthening of our faith. Because the Bible teaches that this Sacrament may also be spiritually harmful if misused the LCMS ordinarily communes only those who have been instructed in the teachings of our church and who have confessed their faith in these teachings. Please speak to Pastor Ralph before the service if you have a question about this. For those who prefer a non-alcoholic alternative, there is grape juice at the center of each tray. Those not receiving the Sacrament, including children, are invited to come to the altar, cross their arms over their chest, and receive a special blessing.
This World a Scaffolding for the Next  To God this world is only a preparation and scaffolding for yonder world.  A wealthy builder must have much scaffolding for a house.  When the house is finished, he tears the scaffolding down.  An artist must first rub and mix his colors and clean his brush.  A barber must first wash his hands and strop his razor.  These activities are nothing but preparation.  In like manner, God has made this whole world as a preparation for yonder life.  There matters will for the first time really go according to the power and the will of God.   What Luther Says # 4946

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

July 28, 2024

Welcome 

Opening Hymn                    This Is the Day the Lord Has Made                               LSB  903

Invocation, Confession and Absolution           (Psalm 145: 8-13)

P:   We gather in the name and at the invitation of our great and gracious triune God;

C:   In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

P:   The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. 

C:   The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. 

P:   All you have made will praise you, O Lord; your saints will extol you. 

C:   They will tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might, 

P:   so that all men may know of your mighty acts 

C:   and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. 

P:   Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 

C:   and your dominion endures through all generations.

P:   Let us implore our heavenly Father of the mercy He so desires to give:

C:   O almighty God, merciful Father, I come before knowing I do not measure up to the Laws’ perfect demands. While I do deserve Your present and eternal punishment, Your compassionate and forgiving nature has turned Your wrath away from those who confess Your Son as our Savior. Thank You for Your grace that continues to strengthen my walk with You and grant me the power of Your Holy Spirit that I may amend my sinful life. Amen.

(Silence for Meditation)

P:   As you believe, so let it be. As a called and ordained servant Christ and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C:   Amen. 

Hymn of Praise                       My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less                         LSB 575

Prayer of the Day

All:  Almighty and most merciful God, the protector of all who trust in You, strengthen our faith and give us courage to believe that in Your love You will rescue us from all adversities; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

O T  Lesson                          (God makes a covenant with Noah.)                     Genesis 9:8–17

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: ⁹ “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you ¹⁰ and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. ¹¹ I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” ¹² And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: ¹³ I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. ¹⁴ Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, ¹⁵ I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. ¹⁶ Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” ¹⁷ So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.” 

N T Lesson               (Paul writes concerning the love of Christ.)          Ephesians 3:14–21

For this reason I kneel before the Father, ¹⁵ from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. ¹⁶ I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. ²⁰ Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, ²¹ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. 

Gospel Lesson    (Jesus walks on the Sea of Galilee and heals the sick people.)      Mark 6:45–56

Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. ⁴⁶ After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray. ⁴⁷ When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. ⁴⁸ He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, ⁴⁹ but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, ⁵⁰ because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” ⁵¹ Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, ⁵² for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened. ⁵³ When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there. ⁵⁴ As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus. ⁵⁵ They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. ⁵⁶ And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed. 

Message Hymn                                 Mighty To Save

Everyone needs compassion      Love that’s never failing

Let mercy fall on me      Everyone needs forgiveness

Kindness of a Savior      The hope of nations

Chorus:         Savior, He can move the mountains      My God is mighty to save

He is mighty to save       Forever, Author of salvation

He rose and conquered the grave       Jesus conquered the grave

So take me as You find me      All my fears and failures

Fill my life again       I give my life to follow

                       Everything I believe in         Now I surrender       Chorus

Bridge:          Shine your light       And let the whole world see

We’re singing for the glory      Of the risen King, Jesus

Shine your light      And let the whole world see

                  We’re singing for the glory      Of the risen King     Chorus

Written by Reuben Morgan and Ben Flielding ©2006 Hillsong Publishing

CCLI License #594388 Song Select  11390779

Message                                    And All Who Touched Him 

1. Touched by His ____________         ___________   .

2.  Touched by His  __________________    _________________     . 

3. Touched by His _____________    and __________     _________    to all who believe.

Notes:

Catechism                   The Second Article

P:     Let us confess together:

All: I believe in Jesus Christ, His 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 into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.

P: What does this mean?C: I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the virgin Mary, is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned person, purchased and won me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil; not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death, that I may be His own and live under Him in His kingdom and serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness, just as He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all eternity. This is most certainly true.

Prayers of the Church  

 After each petition:

 P:  Lord, in your mercy,

 C:  hear our prayer.

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.

The Lord’s Supper

Preface                                                                       page 160 in the hymnal

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 truly good, right, and salutary …. And ever more praising You and singing:

Sanctus — Holy, Holy, Holy                                         page 161 in the hymnal

C:  ♪ Holy, holy, holy Lord God of pow’r and might: Heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna. Hosanna. Hosanna in the highest.  Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

The Words of Institution    (Jesus Institutes the Lord’s Supper)

Pax Domini—The Peace of the Lord                                                page 163 in the hymnal

P:   The peace of the Lord be with you always.C:   ♪ Amen.

Agnus Dei – Lamb of God                                                              page 163 in the hymnal

C:  ♪ Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.

         Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.

         Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world; grant us peace.

Distribution of Communion

Distribution                                        Precious Lord, Take My Hand                    LSB  739

Nunc Dimittis                                                                                   page 211 in the hymnal        

C: ♪ O Lord, now let Your servant      Depart in heav’nly peace,    For I have seen the glory     Of Your redeeming grace:     A light to lead the Gentiles    Unto Your holy hill,    The glory of Your people,   Your chosen Israel.  All glory to the Father,   All glory to the Son,  All glory to the Spirit,    Forever Three in One;    For as in the beginning,    Is now, shall ever be,   God’s triune name resounding    Through all eternity.

Post Communion Thanksgiving

All:  Heavenly Father, we thank You for having fed us with Your life-giving food. Strengthen us in hope-filled living, help us to rejoice in Your mercies, and grant us a portion with the saints in light eternal. This we ask through Jesus Christ, with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

Benediction  

P:   The eternal grace of our Lord ✠ Jesus Christ and the steadfast love of God the Father and the blessed communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

C:   Amen. 

      Sending Hymn                       Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise                  LSB 802

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Dismissal 

P:   Go in peace as you serve the Lord.

C:   Thanks be to God.

Postlude