Worship 7/24/22

Worship Service
Sunday, July 24, 2022, at 10 a.m.

WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS

*INVOCATION

Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the † Son and of the Holy Spirit.

People: Amen.

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

Pastor: Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

People: Amen.

Pastor: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

(Silence for reflection and self-examination)

Pastor: Most merciful God,

People: We confess that we are in bondage to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

Pastor: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for you, and for his sake God forgives you all your sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ he gives the power to become the children of God and bestows on them the Holy Spirit.

People: Amen.

GREETING

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

People: And also with you.

*OPENING SONG Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Chorus

Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There’s a better home awaiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky

Verse 1

There are loved ones in the glory

Whose dear forms you often miss

When you close your earthly story

Will you join them in their bliss? (Chorus)

Verse 2

In the joyous days of childhood

Oft they told of wondrous love

Pointed to the dying Savior

Now they dwell with him above. (Chorus)

Verse 3

You remember songs of heaven

Which you sang with childish voice

Do you love the hymns they taught you,

Or are songs of earth your choice. (Chorus)

KYRIE

HYMN OF PRAISE

Prayer of the Day

Lay Leader: The Lord be with you.

People: And also with you.

Lay Leader: Let us pray. . . Eternal God, you draw near to us in Christ, and you make yourself our guest. Amid the cares of our lives, make us attentive to your presence, that we may treasure your word above all else, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

People: Amen.

CHILDREN’S CHURCH DISMISSAL

FIRST LESSON Colossians 2:6-15 [16-19]

⁶As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, ⁷rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

⁸See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ. ⁹For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, ¹⁰and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. ¹¹In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ; ¹²when you were buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. ¹³And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses, ¹⁴erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵He disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it.

[¹⁶Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. ¹⁷These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. ¹⁸Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, dwelling on visions, puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking, ¹⁹and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.]

Lay Leader: The word of the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God.

*VERSE

*GOSPEL LESSON Luke 11:1-13

Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the eleventh chapter.

People: Glory to you, O Lord.

¹[Jesus] was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”²He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. ³Give us each day our daily bread. ⁴And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial.”

⁵And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; ⁶for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.’ ⁷And he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ ⁸I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

⁹“So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. ¹⁰For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. ¹¹Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? ¹²Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? ¹³If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Pastor: The Gospel of the Lord

People: Praise to you, O Christ.

THE MESSAGE Pastor Coy Stark

*THE HYMN OF THE DAY I Love to Tell the Story

Verse 1

I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
of Jesus and his glory, of Jesus and his love.
I love to tell the story, because I know ’tis true;
it satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.

Refrain
I love to tell the story,
’twill be my theme in glory,
to tell the old, old story
of Jesus and his love.

Verse 2
I love to tell the story; ’tis pleasant to repeat
what seems, each time I tell it, more wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story, for some have never heard
the message of salvation from God’s own holy Word. (Refrain)

Verse 3
I love to tell the story, for those who know it best
seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song,
’twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long. (Refrain)

CCLI Song # 29413 – Arabella Catherine Hankey / William Gustavus Fisher – © Public Doman; For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use.

*THE APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again 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 OF THE PEOPLE

Each prayer petition will end with –
Lay Minister: Lord in your mercy

People: Hear our prayer.

PEACE

Lay Minister: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

People: And also with you.

OFFERTORY PRAYER
Pay Minister: Let us pray. Merciful Father,
People: We offer with joy and thanksgiving what you have first given us—ourselves, our time, and our possessions, signs of your gracious love. Receive them for the sake of him who offered himself for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

DIALOGUE
Lay Minister: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.

Lay Minister: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.

Lay Minister: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give him thanks and praise.

PREFACE

Pastor: It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everliving God. But chiefly we are bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of our Lord; for he is the true Passover Lamb who gave himself to take away our sin, who by his death has destroyed death, and by his rising has brought us to eternal life. And so, with Mary Magdalene and Peter and all the witnesses of the resurrection, with earth and sea and all their creatures, and with angels and archangels, cherubim and seraphim, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

THANKSGIVING
Pastor: Blessed are you, Lord of heaven and earth. In mercy for our fallen world you gave your only Son, that all those who believe in him should not perish, but have eternal life. We give thanks to you for the salvation you have prepared for us through Jesus Christ. Send now your Holy Spirit into our hearts, that we may receive our Lord with a living faith as he comes to us in his holy supper.
People: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION
Pastor: In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.
Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.

THE LORD’S PRAYER
Pastor: Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray:
People: 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.

POST-COMMUNION BLESSING
Lay Minister: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace.
People: Amen.

POST-COMMUNION PRAYER
Lay Leader: We give you thanks, almighty God, that you have refreshed us through the healing power of this gift of life; and we pray that in your mercy you would strengthen us, through this gift, in faith toward you and in fervent love toward one another; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.
People: Amen.

BLESSING
Lay Minister: Almighty God, Father, ☩ Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever.
People: Amen.

*CLOSING SONG I’ll Fly Away

Verse 1

Some bright morning when this life is over

I’ll fly away

To that home on God’s celestial shore

I’ll fly away

Chorus

I’ll fly away, oh glory, I’ll fly away.

When I die, Hallelujah by and by

I’ll fly away.

Verse 2

When the shadows of this life have gone

I’ll fly away

Like a bird from these prison walls I’ll fly

I’ll fly away (Chorus)

Verse 3

Oh, how glad and happy when we meet

I’ll fly away

No more cold iron shackles on my feet

I’ll fly away

SENDING

Pastor: Go in peace. Serve the Lord!
People: Thanks be to God.

Prayer Requests

Patty and family mourning the loss of Jim

Lois that she may see and remember her blessings, and be joyful each day. Prayers for her mental & emotional wellbeing.

Beth, Teresa, Roxie & Rhonda, Marla, Doris

Bill for heart procedure

Glen Foster in outpatient rehab for broken upper arm

Wisdom and peace for Janet as she determines how long to continue dialysis since she is not an open-heart surgery candidate

Wayne Maddox

Natalie & Mark in recovery

Matthew (healing after surgery)

Terry (who had a stroke) and Audrina the caretaker

Dillion, Kain

Anna, Val, Aleisha, Eva, Michael, Angela, Cindy

James, Nancy, Lora, Paula, Maria, Paola

Praise that Kenny’s cancer is gone!

Fred, Rick, Lorene, Ken, Calla

Lydia & Angie

Charles Diehl

Waylon Spradling and family

Wayne Simpson (Heart)

Angela & Shane Grier for their reconciliation in faith

Larry, Jill

Pray for peace in Ukraine & children of Ukraine

CHILDREN’S CHURCH DISMISSAL

FIRST LESSON Colossians 2:6-15 [16-19]

*GOSPEL LESSON Luke 11:1-13

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