Worship Outline for Sunday, June 28, 2020

Sunday, June 28, 2020

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, whose steadfast love is everlasting, whose faithfulness endures from generation to generation.

Amen.

Trusting in the mercy of God, let us confess our sin.

Silence is kept for reflection.

Reconciling God,

we confess that we do not trust your abundance, and we deny your presence in our lives. We place our hope in ourselves and rely on our own efforts. We fail to believe that you provide enough for all. We abuse your good creation for our own benefit. We fear difference and do not welcome others as you have welcomed us. We sin in thought, word, and deed. By your grace, forgive us; through your love, renew us; and in your Spirit, lead us; so that we may live and serve you in newness of life. Amen.

Beloved of God, by the radical abundance of divine mercy we have peace with God through + Christ Jesus, through whom we have obtained grace upon grace. Our sins are forgiven.

Let us live now in hope. For hope does not disappoint, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

HYMN: Lord, Speak to Us, That We May Speak    #676

1    Lord, speak to us, that we may speak in living echoes of your tone; as you have sought, so let us seek your straying children, lost and lone.

2    Oh, lead us, Lord, that we may lead the wand'ring and the wav'ring feet; oh, feed us, Lord, that we may feed your hung'ring ones with manna sweet.

3    Oh, teach us, Lord, that we may and wing our words, that they may reach the hidden depths of many a heart.

4    Oh, fill us with your fullness, Lord, until our very hearts o'erflow in kindling thought and glowing word, your love to tell, your praise to show.

GREETING

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

And also with you.

PRAYER OF THE DAY

O God, you direct our lives by your grace, and your words of justice and mercy reshape the world. Mold us into a people who welcome your word and serve one another, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

Amen.

Children's message

FIRST READING: Jeremiah 28:5-9

⁵The prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord; ⁶and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord fulfill the words that you have prophesied, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the exiles. ⁷But listen now to this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people. ⁸The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms. ⁹As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.”

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

PSALM: Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18

 ¹Your love, O Lord, forever | will I sing;
  from age to age my mouth will pro- | claim your faithfulness.
 ²For I am persuaded that your steadfast love is estab- | lished forever;
  you have set your faithfulness firmly | in the heavens.
 ³“I have made a covenant with my | chosen one;
  I have sworn an oath to Da- | vid my servant:
 ⁴‘I will establish your | line forever,
  and preserve your throne for all | generations.’ ” R
 ¹⁵Happy are the people who know the | festal shout!
  They walk, O Lord, in the light | of your presence.
 ¹⁶They rejoice daily | in your name;
  they are jubilant | in your righteousness.
 ¹⁷For you are the glory | of their strength,
  and by your favor our might | is exalted.
 ¹⁸Truly, our shield belongs | to the Lord;
  our king to the Holy | One of Israel. R

SECOND READING: Romans 6:12-23

¹²Do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. ¹³No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. ¹⁴For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

  ¹⁵What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! ¹⁶Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? ¹⁷But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted, ¹⁸and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. ¹⁹I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
  ²⁰When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. ²¹So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. ²²But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. ²³For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL: Matthew 10:4-42

The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the 10^th Chapter.

Glory to you, O Lord.

[Jesus said to the twelve:] ⁴⁰“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. ⁴¹Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; ⁴²and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, O Christ.

SERMON

HYMN: ELW                                         Amazing Grace                                                        #779

1    Amazing grace! how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found;         

was blind, but now I see.

2    'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved;

how precious did that grace appear

the hour I first believed!

3    Through many dangers,

toils, and snares I have already come;

'tis grace has brought me safe thus far,

and grace will lead me home.

4    The Lord has promised good to me;

his word my hope secures;

he will my shield and portion be

as long as life endures.

5    When we've been there ten thousand years,

bright shining as the sun,

we've no less days to sing God's praise

than when we'd first begun.

APOSTLES CREED

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

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

PEACE

OFFERING

COMMUNION PRAYER

Please be sure to have the wafer or bread if you choose laid out in front of you.  As well is you have wine or juice present that it is also in front of you during the communion liturgy.  Once the liturgy is complete, I will say, "The Body of Christ given for you."  We will then eat together.  The same for the drink. 

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

DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNION

BLESSING

HYMN: ELW                                     Be Thou My Vision                                                     #793

     

1    Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art: thou my best thought both by day and by night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

2    Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord. Thou my soul's shelter, and thou my high tow'r, raise thou me heav'nward, O Pow'r of my pow'r.

3    Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise, thou mine inheritance, now and always: thou and thou only, the first in my heart, great God of heaven, my treasure thou art.

4    Light of my soul, after victory won, may I reach heaven's joys, O heaven's Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

DISMISSAL

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Worship Outline for Saturday, June 27, 2020

Gathering Music                     “Cross”fire Praise Band

Community Song        You Are My King ( Amazing Love)

I’m forgiven because You were forsaken,

I’m accepted, You were condemned.

I’m alive and well, Your spirit is within me

Because You died and rose again.

Amazing love, how can it be

That You, my King would die for me?

Amazing love, I know it’s true;

It’s my joy to honor You. (2x)

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.

Community Song        Seek Ye First  

Seek ye first the kingdom of God 

And His righteousness;

And all these things will be added unto you.

Hallelu, Hallelujah

Ask and it shall be given unto you;

Seek and you shall find;

Knock and it shall be open unto you.

Hallelu, Hallelujah

Seek ye first the kingdom of God 

And His righteousness;

And all these things will be added unto you.

Hallelu, Hallelujah

Prayer

Children’s Message

Readings

                        Jeremiah 28:5-9

                        Romans 6:12-23

Community Song        Thy Word

Refrain

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet

And a light unto my path.

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet

And a light unto my path.

1.     When I feel afraid,

Think I’ve lost my way,

Still you’re there right beside me.

And nothing will I fear,

As long as You are near.

Please be near me to the end. Refrain

2.     I will not forget

Your love for me, and yet,

My heart forever is wandering.

Jesus be my guide,

And hold me to your side,

And I will love you to the end. Refrain

Gospel Matthew 10:40-42

Message

  

Community Song        Breathe   

This is the air I breathe

This is the air I breathe

Your holy presence living in me

This is my daily bread

This is my daily bread

Your very word spoken to me

And I, I’m desperate for you.

And I, I’m lost without you. (2x)

This is the air I Breathe.

This is the air, I Breathe.

Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty; I believe He made the earth and heavens.

I believe in Jesus born of a virgin, I believe He is the Son of God.

I believe in Jesus as teacher and healer that his life was poor and simple.
I believe Jesus heals and forgives; that he was betrayed and rejected; that he fought the power of evil.

I believe that Jesus died, was buried and He rose to life again.

I believe He was taken to heaven; and He reigns at God’s right hand.

I believe Jesus will come back in glory, and will judge the dead and living.

I believe the holy life-giving Spirit is a gift of the Son and Father to us;

I believe the three are one and united.

I believe in the resurrection of the body and in an everlasting life. Amen

Prayers

Peace

Offering

Community Song        Sanctuary        Sung through 3 times

Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary,

pure and holy, tried and true. 

With thanksgiving,

I’ll be a living sanctuary for You.

Communion

Lord’s Prayer

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever.   Amen.

Communion

When the pastor lifts the bread and says “This is the body of Christ given for you.” We will eat together. When the pastor lifts the wine and says, “This is the blood of Christ shed for you.” We will drink together.

Blessing

Community Song        Jesus, Lover of My Soul         

Jesus, Lover of my soul,
Jesus, I will never let you go
You’ve taken me from the miry clay
You've set my feet upon the Rock,

and now I know.

I love you, I need you,

Though my world may fall,

I’ll never let you go
My Savior, my closest friend,
I will worship you until the very end. (2x)

Jesus, Lover of my soul...

Dismissal

Music used in this service is reprinted with permission OneLicense.net #A-710659

The Rev. Timothy Muse, Lead Pastor

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

The Rev. Diana Thompson, Administrative Pastor

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Interim Pastor, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Minerva

Music “Cross”fire, St. Paul’s Praise Band. 

Pastor Timothy Muse, Bass

Gina Falconer, Keyboard

Greg Brookes, Drums

Diana Cullen, Vocalist

Worship Outline for Sunday, June 21, 2020

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, whose steadfast love is everlasting, whose faithfulness endures from generation to generation.

Amen.

Trusting in the mercy of God, let us confess our sin.

Silence is kept for reflection.

Reconciling God,

we confess that we do not trust your abundance, and we deny your presence in our lives. We place our hope in ourselves and rely on our own efforts. We fail to believe that you provide enough for all. We abuse your good creation for our own benefit. We fear difference and do not welcome others as you have welcomed us. We sin in thought, word, and deed. By your grace, forgive us; through your love, renew us; and in your Spirit, lead us; so that we may live and serve you in newness of life. Amen.

Beloved of God, by the radical abundance of divine mercy we have peace with God through + Christ Jesus, through whom we have obtained grace upon grace. Our sins are forgiven. Let us live now in hope. For hope does not disappoint, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

HYMN: ELW # 796 How Firm a Foundation 

1    How firm a foundation, O saints of the Lord,

      is laid for your faith in Christ Jesus, the Word!

      What more can he say than to you he has said

      who unto the Savior for refuge have fled?

2    "Fear not, I am with you, oh, be not dismayed,

      for I am your God and will still give you aid;

      I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand,

      upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand."

3    "When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie,

      my grace, all-sufficient, shall be your supply.

      The flames shall not hurt you; I only design

      your dross to consume and your gold to refine."

4    "Throughout all their lifetime my people shall prove

      my sov'reign, eternal, unchangeable love;

      and then, when gray hairs shall their temples adorn,

      like lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne."

GREETING

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

And also with you.

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Teach us, good Lord God, to serve you as you deserve, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask for reward, except that of knowing that we do your will, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

Children's message

FIRST READING: Jeremiah 20:7-13

 ⁷O Lord, you have enticed me,
  and I was enticed;
 you have overpowered me,
  and you have prevailed.
 I have become a laughingstock all day long;
  everyone mocks me.
 ⁸For whenever I speak, I must cry out,
  I must shout, “Violence and destruction!”
 For the word of the Lord has become for me
  a reproach and derision all day long.
 ⁹If I say, “I will not mention him,
  or speak any more in his name,”
 then within me there is something like a burning fire
  shut up in my bones;
 I am weary with holding it in,
  and I cannot.
 ¹⁰For I hear many whispering:
  “Terror is all around!
 Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
  All my close friends
  are watching for me to stumble.
 “Perhaps he can be enticed,
  and we can prevail against him,
  and take our revenge on him.”
 ¹¹But the Lord is with me like a dread warrior;
  therefore my persecutors will stumble,
  and they will not prevail.
 They will be greatly shamed,
  for they will not succeed.
 Their eternal dishonor
  will never be forgotten.
 ¹²O Lord of hosts, you test the righteous,
  you see the heart and the mind;
 let me see your retribution upon them,
  for to you I have committed my cause.

 ¹³Sing to the Lord;
  praise the Lord!
 For he has delivered the life of the needy
  from the hands of evildoers.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

PSALM: Psalm 69:7-18

 ⁷Surely, for your sake I have suf- | fered reproach,
  and shame has cov- | ered my face.
 ⁸I have become a stranger to | my own kindred,
  an alien to my | mother’s children.
 ⁹Zeal for your house has eat- | en me up;
  the scorn of those who scorn you has fall- | en upon me.
 ¹⁰I humbled my- | self with fasting,
  but that was turned to | my reproach. R
 ¹¹I put on | sackcloth also,
  and became a by- | word among them.
 ¹²Those who sit at the gate mur- | mur against me,
  and the drunkards make | songs about me.
 ¹³But as for me, this is my prayer to you, at the time you have | set, O Lord:
  “In your great mercy, O God, answer me with your un- | failing help.
 ¹⁴Save me from the mire; do not | let me sink;
  let me be rescued from those who hate me and out of | the deep waters. R
 ¹⁵Let not the torrent of waters wash over me, neither let the deep swal- | low me up;
  do not let the pit shut its | mouth upon me.
 ¹⁶Answer me, O Lord, for your | love is kind;
  in your great compassion, | turn to me.
 ¹⁷Hide not your face | from your servant;
  be swift and answer me, for I am | in distress.
 ¹⁸Draw near to me | and redeem me;
  because of my enemies de- | liver me. R

SECOND READING: Romans 6:1b-11

^1bShould we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? ²By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? ³Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
  ⁵For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. ⁶We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. ⁷For whoever has died is freed from sin. ⁸But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. ⁹We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. ¹⁰The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. ¹¹So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL: Matthew 10:24-39

The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the 9^th Chapter.

Glory to you, O Lord.

[Jesus said to the twelve:] ²⁴“A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; ²⁵it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!
  ²⁶“So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. ²⁷What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. ²⁸Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. ³⁰And even the hairs of your head are all counted. ³¹So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
  ³²“Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; ³³but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.
  ³⁴“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
 ³⁵For I have come to set a man against his father,
 and a daughter against her mother,
 and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
 ³⁶and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household.
³⁷Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; ³⁸and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. ³⁹Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, O Christ.

SERMON

HYMN: ELW # 781 Children of the Heavenly Father

1    Children of the heav'nly Father

      safely in his bosom gather;

      nestling bird nor star in heaven

      such a refuge e'er was given.

2    God his own doth tend and nourish,

      in his holy courts they flourish.

      From all evil things he spares them,

      in his mighty arms he bears them.

3    Neither life nor death shall ever

      from the Lord his children sever;

      unto them his grace he showeth,

      and their sorrows all he knoweth.

4    Though he giveth or he taketh,

      God his children ne'er forsaketh;

      his the loving purpose solely

      to preserve them pure and holy.

APOSTLES CREED

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

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

PEACE

OFFERING

COMMUNION PRAYER

Please be sure to have the wafer or bread if you choose laid out in front of you.  As well is you have wine or juice present that it is also in front of you during the communion liturgy.  Once the liturgy is complete, I will say, "The Body of Christ given for you."  We will then eat together.  The same for the drink. 

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

DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNION

BLESSING

HYMN: ELW # 824 This Is My Father’s World                                                                           

1    This is my Father's world,

      and to my list'ning ears

      all nature sings, and round me rings

      the music of the spheres.

      This is my Father's world;

      I rest me in the thought

      of rocks and trees, of skies and seas;

      his hand the wonders wrought.

2    This is my Father's world;

      the birds their carols raise;

      the morning light, the lily white,

      declare their maker's praise.

      This is my Father's world;

      he shines in all that's fair.

      In the rustling grass I hear him pass;

      he speaks to me ev'rywhere.

3    This is my Father's world;

      oh, let me not forget

      that, though the wrong seems oft so strong,

      God is the ruler yet.

      This is my Father's world;

      why should my heart be sad?

      The Lord is king, let heaven ring;

      God reigns, let earth be glad!

DISMISSAL

Liturgy and hymns printed and streamed with permission through One License. A-710659