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PRELUDE “My Soul Proclaims Your Greatness” Aaron D. Miller
CONFESSION AND FORGIVNESS
Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God,
who forgives all our sin, whose mercy endures
forever.
Amen.
Let us confess our sin and come to God for healing.
Silence is kept for reflection.
Gracious God,
have mercy on us.
We confess that we have honored you with our
lips,
but have harmed our neighbors with our tongues.
The cravings at war within us
cause conflicts and disputes.
In our desire to be first
we make distinctions among ourselves.
We place the needs of the poor and the suffering
last.
In your great mercy, forgive us our sins.
Draw near to us with grace in time of need,
and turn us to follow in the way of Jesus
Christ,
our Savior and Lord.
Amen.
God promises to forgive our iniquity
and to remember our sin no more.
By grace you have been saved.
In the name of ☩ Jesus Christ,
the source of eternal healing,
your sins are forgiven.
Amen.
HYMN O God, My faithful God #806
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.
KYRIE
HYMN OF PRAISE
PRAYER OF THE DAY, Children's message
First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9a
4The Lord God has
given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with
a word. Morning by morning he wakens— wakens my ear
to listen as those who are taught. 5The Lord God has
opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward. 6I gave my back to those
who struck me,
and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
I did not hide my face from insult and spitting. 7The Lord God helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame; 8he who vindicates me is
near.Word of the
Lord. Thanks be to God
Psalm: 116:1-9
1I love the Lord, who has | heard my voice, and
listened to my | supplication,
2for the Lord has given | ear to me whenever
I called.
3The cords of death
entangled me; the anguish of the grave | came upon me;
I came to | grief and sorrow.
4Then I called upon the
name | of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray you, | save my life.”
5Gracious is the | Lord and righteous; our
God is full | of compassion.
6The Lord watches over the innocent; I
was brought low, | and God saved me.
7Turn again to your
rest, | O my soul. for the Lord has
dealt | well with you.
8For you have rescued
my | life from death, my eyes from tears, and my | feet from stumbling;
9I will walk in the
presence | of the Lord in the
land | of the living.
Second Reading: James 3:1-12
1Not many of
you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who
teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2For all of us make many
mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the
whole body in check with a bridle. 3If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make
them obey us, we guide their whole bodies. 4Or look at ships: though
they are so large that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are guided
by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5So also the tongue is a
small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! 6And the tongue is a fire.
The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the
whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by
hell. 7For every
species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has
been tamed by the human species, 8but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil,
full of deadly poison. 9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with
it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. 10From the same mouth come
blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. 11Does a spring pour forth
from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? 12Can a fig tree, my
brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water
yield fresh.
Word of the
Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Mark the 8th
chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
27Jesus went
on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he
asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they answered him, “John
the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29He asked them, “But who
do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” 30And he sternly ordered
them not to tell anyone about him. 31Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man
must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests,
and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32He said all this quite
openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But turning and looking
at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are
setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” 34He called the crowd with
his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them
deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35For those who want to
save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and
for the sake of the gospel, will save it. 36For what will it profit
them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 37Indeed, what can they
give in return for their life? 38Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in
this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be
ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
The Gospel
of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN Will You Come and Follow Me #798
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
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
HYMN Jesus Call O’er the Tumult #696
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine #774
POSTLUDE “Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song” Karen Black
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