Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 AM Service August 8, 2021
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Ringing of the Bell
(Please Stand)
Confession and Forgiveness
In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Let us with confidence draw near to God in confession, that we may
receive mercy and find grace in time of need.
(Silence is kept for reflection)
Have mercy on us, O God,
according to your lovingkindness. In your great mercy, wash away our iniquity and cleanse us from our sin. Create in us clean hearts, O God, and renew a right spirit within us. Do not remove us from your presence; do not take your Spirit away. Restore to us the joy of your salvation, and sustain us with your Spirit. Amen.
Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our + Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life.
Amen.
Hymn # 524 “What Is This Place”
1. What is this place where we are meeting? Only a house, the earth its floor. Walls and a roof sheltering people, windows for light, an open door. Yet it becomes a body that lives when we are gathered here, and know our God is near.
3. And we accept bread at this table, broken and shared, a living sign. Here in this world, dying and living, we are each other’s bread and wine. This is the place where we can receive what we need to increase: our justice and God’s peace.
L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of
the Holy Spirit be with you all.
C: And also with you.
L: Let us pray:
All: Gracious God, your blessed Son came down from heaven to be the true bread that gives life to the world. Give us this bread always, that he may live in us and we in him, and that, strengthened by this food we may live as his body in the world, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
WORD
First Reading: 1 Kings 19: 4—8 Pg. 559
R: Word of God, Word of life.
C: Thanks be to God.
Psalm Psalm 34: 1—8 Pg. 871
PS 34:1 I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
PS 34:2 My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
PS 34:3 Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.
PS 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
PS 34:5 Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered withshame.
PS 34:6 This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of
all his troubles.
PS 34:7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he
delivers them.
PS 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes
refuge in him.
Second Reading: Ephesians 4: 25—5: 2 Pg. 1822
R: Word of God, Word of life.
C: Thanks be to God.
(Please stand for the Gospel)
After the Gospel is announced:
C: Glory to you, O Lord.
Gospel Reading John 6: 35, 41—51 Pg. 1657
P: The gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to you, O Christ.
(Please be seated)
Sermon
(Please Stand)
Hymn # 658 “O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts”
1. O Jesus, joy of loving hearts, the fount of life, the light of all: from every bliss that earth imparts we turn, unfilled, to hear your call.
2. We taste you, ever living bread, and long to feast upon you still; we drink of you, the fountainhead; our thirsting souls from you we fill.
L: With the whole church, let us confess our faith:
All: 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.
The Prayers
L: . . .Lord, in your mercy,
C: Hear our prayer.
Offering
Let us pray:
O God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us:
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
SENDING
Blessing
Hymn #618 “Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer”
1. Guide me ever, great Redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak, but you are mighty; hold me with your powerful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore, feed me now and evermore.
2. Open now the crystal fountain where the healing waters flow; let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through. Strong deliverer, strong deliverer, shield me with your might arm, shield me with your might arm.
3. When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside; death of death and hell’s destruction, land me safe on Canaan’s side. Songs and praises, songs and praises I will raise forevermore, I will raise forevermore.
L: Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Postlude