THE ORDER OF WORSHIP

Time after Pentecost, Lectionary 18

August 4, 2019 PRELUDE Trio Sonata in F: Andante; Allegro Telemann
Holy Communion (ELW 8) WELCOME

INVOCATION
INTRODUCTION In the name of the Father, and of the (+) Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Today’s texts offer instruction and encouragement for all who are GATHERING SONG: You Servants of God (ELW 825)
occasionally overwhelmed by the “unhappy business” of life. Jesus urges
us to take care and be on guard against all kinds of greed. We who have GREETING
died with Christ in holy baptism have also been raised with him and are
encouraged to elevate our thinking, seeking the “things that are above.” To The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of
that end we seek the sustenance of the Lord’s supper and the the Holy Spirit be with you all!
encouragement of God’s word. And also with you!

CHILDREN are always welcome to our Worship Service. Rainbow bags and CANTICLE OF PRAISE
a cry room are available. A staffed nursery is also available if needed. An
usher will gladly provide you with assistance.

As a worship courtesy, we ask that you please turn off or set to vibrate all
cellular telephones and pagers during the worship service.

We ask that all present today please fill out the Attendance and Communion
registration card found in your bulletin and place it in the offering plate so
that we may record your presence with us.

PRAYER UPON ENTERING THE PEW

God of grace, you have given us minds to know you, hearts to love you,
and voices to sing your praise. Fill us with your Spirit, that we may
celebrate your glory and worship you in spirit and truth, through Jesus
Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
 the more they went from me;
they kept sacrificing to the Baals,
and offering incense to idols.
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Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
I took them up in my arms;
but they did not know that I healed them.
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I led them with cords of human kindness,
with bands of love.
I was to them like those
who lift infants to their cheeks.
I bent down to them and fed them.
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They shall return to the land of Egypt,
and Assyria shall be their king,
because they have refused to return to me.
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The sword rages in their cities,
it consumes their oracle-priests,
and devours because of their schemes.
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My people are bent on turning away from me.
PRAYER OF THE DAY To the Most High they call,
but he does not raise them up at all.
Let us pray. Benevolent God, you are the source, the guide, and the goal of 8
our lives. Teach us to love what is worth loving, to reject what is offensive How can I give you up, Ephraim?
to you, and to treasure what is precious in your sight, through Jesus Christ, How can I hand you over, O Israel?
our Savior and Lord. Amen. How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
Please be seated. My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
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A MESSAGE FOR OUR CHILDREN I will not execute my fierce anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
FIRST READING: Hosea 11:1-11 for I am God and no mortal,
the Holy One in your midst,
A reading from Hosea. and I will not come in wrath.
Hosea compares God’s love for Israel to the love parents have for their 10
children. Whether teaching toddlers to walk or dealing with a child’s They shall go after the LORD,
rebellion, good parents continue to love their children as they try to lead who roars like a lion;
them to life. In the same way, God’s love will not let Israel go. when he roars,
his children shall come trembling from the west.
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When Israel was a child, I loved him, 11
They shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
and out of Egypt I called my son. and like doves from the land of Assyria;
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The more I called them, and I will return them to their homes, says the LORD.
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The word of the Lord. So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above,
Thanks be to God. where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things
that are above, not on things that are on earth, 3for you have died, and your
PSALM 107:1-9, 43 life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ who is your life is revealed,
then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
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Refrain: Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication,
impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). 6On account of
these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient. 7These are
the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life. 8But now
you must get rid of all such things—anger, wrath, malice, slander, and
Tone: abusive language from your mouth. 9Do not lie to one another, seeing that
you have stripped off the old self with its practices 10and have clothed
yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge
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according to the image of its creator. 11In that renewal there is no longer
Give thanks to the LORD, for the | LORD is good, Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave
for God’s mercy en- | dures forever. and free; but Christ is all and in all!
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Let the redeemed of the | LORD proclaim
that God redeemed them from the hand | of the foe, The word of the Lord.
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gathering them in | from the lands; Thanks be to God.
from the east and from the west, from the north and | from the
south. Please stand for the reading of the gospel.
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Some wandered in | desert wastes;
they found no path to a city where | they might dwell. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
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They were hun- | gry and thirsty;
their spirits lan- | guished within them.
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Then in their trouble they cried | to the LORD,
and you delivered them from | their distress. R
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You led them | on a straight path
to go to a city where | they might dwell.
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Let them give thanks to you, LORD, for your | steadfast love
and your wonderful works | for all people.
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For you satisfy the | thirsty soul
and fill the hungry | with good things.
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Whoever is wise will pon- | der these things,
and consider well the LORD‘s | steadfast love. R

SECOND READING: Colossians 3:1-11

Life in Christ includes a radical reorientation of our values. Just as the
newly baptized shed their old clothes in order to put on new garments, so
Christians are called to let go of greed and take hold of a life shaped by
God’s love in Christ.
GOSPEL: Luke 12:13-21 I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived
As the Gospel is announced, worshippers are invited to trace a cross upon by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius
their forehead, then over their lips, and then over their hearts, silently Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.
praying, “May the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ be ever on my mind, on On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at
my lips, and in my heart.” the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and
the dead.
The holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Luke.
Glory to you, O Lord. 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
In God’s reign, the “rich will be sent away empty.” Jesus uses a parable to everlasting. Amen.
warn against identifying the worth of one’s life with the value of one’s
possessions rather than one’s relationship with God. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
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Someone in the crowd said to [Jesus,] “Teacher, tell my brother to divide
the family inheritance with me.” 14But he said to him, “Friend, who set me Treasuring your promise to hear us when we call, we pray for the church,
to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15And he said to them, “Take care! Be those in need, and all of your creation.
on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in
the abundance of possessions.” 16Then he told them a parable: “The land of
Each petition ends with:
a rich man produced abundantly. 17And he thought to himself, ‘What should
let us pray.
I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ 18Then he said, ‘I will do this: I
Have mercy, O God.
will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my
grain and my goods. 19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample All these things and more we ask in the name of our risen Lord, Jesus
goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ 20But God said to
Christ, by the power of your Holy Spirit. Amen.
him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And
the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21So it is with those who
CONFESSION OF SIN AND PROCLAMATION OF FORGIVENESS
store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”
Beloved in the Lord, let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of
The gospel of the Lord. one another.
Praise to you, O Christ. Silence for reflection.

SERMON Pastor Libby Buuck Most merciful God,

We confess that we have turned away from loving You, our neighbor,
HYMN OF THE DAY: Take My Life, That I May Be (ELW 685) and the world you cherish. We are truly sorry and humbly repent from
this way of death. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and
APOSTLES’ CREED unknown, things we have done and things we have failed to do. Fill us
As they recite the creed, worshippers are invited to bow beginning with the with your Spirit, uphold us, and lead us, so that we may live and serve
words “born of the virgin Mary,” until the words “he descended to the you in full, joyful life through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
dead.” Amen.

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and
made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved. In the
name of ☩ Jesus Christ I declare to you: God forgives you all your sins.
Almighty God strengthen you through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live DIALOGUE
in your hearts by faith and show forth in your life. Amen.
The Lord be with you.
Please rise and greet one another in the peace of the risen Christ. And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
PEACE We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
The peace of Christ be with you always. It is right to give our thanks and praise.
And also with you.
PREFACE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all
OFFERTORY Trio Sonata in F: Largo Telemann places give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, through
our Savior Jesus Christ; who on this day overcame death and the grave, and
OFFERTORY HYMN: Create in Me a Clean Heart (ELW 188) by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And
so, with all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth and the hosts of
heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

OFFERING PRAYER

Let us pray. God of all creation, all you have made is good, and your love
endures forever. You bring forth bread from the earth and fruit from the EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
vine. Nourish us with the Body and Blood of Christ through these gifts, so Worshippers are invited to bow with the consecration of the Lord’s body
that we will love the world as you have loved us in Jesus Christ, our Savior and blood, each time the words “Do this for the remembrance of me,” are
and Lord. Amen. spoken.
Holy, mighty, and merciful Lord, heaven and earth are full of your glory…

Pour out upon us the Spirit of your love, O Lord, and unite the wills of all
who share this heavenly food, the body and blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord;
to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, now and
forever. Amen.

LORD'S PRAYER
SONG DURING DISTRIBUTION: As the Grains of Wheat (ELW 465)
Risen Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
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 God our Father, with this bread of life and cup of salvation you have united
trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us us with Christ, making us one with all your people. Now send us forth in
from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, the power of your Spirit, that we may proclaim your redeeming love to the
forever and ever. Amen. world and continue forever in the risen life of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
INVITATION TO COMMUNION SENDING OF HOLY COMMUNION
All who want to die to themselves, pick up the cross, and live by the Holy O God of tender compassion, as you healed the sick and welcomed the
Spirit, come to the feast! stranger, bless those who leave this assembly to share the gifts of this table
with our sisters and brothers who are sick/homebound/imprisoned. May
Lutherans believe, teach and confess that we receive the true Body and Blood they be sustained by the love and prayers of this community, and by the
of Christ in Holy Communion. If you desire to pick up the cross and live in Bread of Life that satisfies all hunger, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Christ, we hope you will receive with us. Even if you do not feel prepared to
receive the sacrament today we hope you will join us at the table. Simply hold
BLESSING
your hands over your heart and the pastor will give you a blessing. Pastor will
be glad to discuss Holy Communion and Holy Baptism with you!
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord’s face shine on you with grace and mercy.
COMMUNION The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace.
In the name of the Father, and of the +Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The body of Christ, given for you.
The blood of Christ, shed for you. Amen. SENDING HYMN: Canticle of the Turning (ELW 723)
LAMB OF GOD DISMISSAL

Filled with the Holy Spirit, go in peace. Share the good news.
Thanks be to God!

POSTLUDE Trio Sonata in F: Allegro Telemann