Epiphany 7
February 23, 2014
10 am Holy Communion Service
Assurance of Forgiveness
P Forgetting that God has blessed us, we
return again and again to worship, yearning to remember God’s promises. As often as we have forgotten to follow God,
we have been forgiven. May we receive
God’s compassion experience forgiveness for all of our sins, in the name of
Jesus Christ.
C Amen.
Greeting
P The Grace of Jesus Christ, the love of God
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
C And also
with you.
Gathering Hymn
Prayer of the Day
P Let us pray.
A brief silence is kept.
Loving
God, you are made known in the work of our hands, in the beauty of creation and
the ways that we love. Help us to act
with kindness, compassion and forgiveness.
Help us to grow and to honor the growth of other. Amen.
Welcome Pastor Rohrer
First Reading
19:1 God
told Moses 2 to tell the entire Israelite community these things:
Be holy, for I, God, am holy…
9 When
you reap the harvest from your fields, do not cut the grain to the very edges
of the field, or gather in all the gleanings. 10 Nor are you to completely strip your vines or pick up
the fallen fruit. Leave the extra grain and fruit for poor people and
foreigners to gather for themselves. I
am a God known through actions.
11 Do
not steal. do not lie. Do not cheat your neighbor. 12 Do not swear by my name with the intent to deceive,
for if you do, you profane my name. I am
a God known through actions.
13 Do
not oppress your neighbors or rob them. Do not hold back the hired hand’s wages
until the next day. 14 Do not insult deaf
people, or put obstacles in the way of blind people. Revere your God.
15Do not
be corrupt in administering justice. Do not show partiality to the poor or give
honor to the great. Judge your neighbor with fairness. 16 Do not go about slandering others. Do not profit by
the blood of your neighbor. I am a God known through actions.
17 Do
not nurse hatred for a neighbor. If you are angry with your neighbor, speak
frankly about it, to avoid storing up ill feelings.18 Never seek revenge or hold a grudge toward your relatives.
You must love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am a God known through
actions.
L The word of the Lord
C Thanks be to
God
Psalm: 119:33-40 Read responsively
33 Educate me, God, in the way of your statutes, and
I’ll keep them to the end.
34 Give me discernment, that I may observe
your Law and obey it with all my heart.
35 Lead me in the path of your commands— that is where
I’ll find joy.
36 Draw my heart to your decrees and not
toward selfish gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things;
make me alive in your way.
38 Fulfill for your faithful your promise
to those who fear you.
39 Take away the reproach which I dread, for your
ordinances are good.
40 See how I long for your precepts! In
your justice give me life.
Second Reading
10 By the grace
God gave me, I acted as a wise architect and laid the foundation. Someone else
is doing the building. But each of you doing the building must do it carefully.
11
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already in place—Jesus
Christ…
16 Aren’t you
aware that you are the temple
of God temple of God
Anthem - "This Is a Day of New
Beginnings"; Music: Carlton
Gospel Acclamation
Gospel: Matthew
5:38-48
P The holy gospel
according to Matthew, the fifth chapter.
C Glory to you, O Lord.
38 “You’ve heard
the commandment, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I tell
you, offer no resistance whatsoever when you’re confronted with violence. when
someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn and offer the other. 40 If anyone
wants to sue you for your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 Should anyone
press you into service for one mile, go two miles. 42 Give to those
who beg from you. And don’t turn your back on those who want to borrow from you.
43
“You have heard it said, ‘Love your neighbor—but hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell
you, love your enemies and pray for your persecutors. 45 This will
prove that you are children of God. For God makes the sun rise on bad and good
alike; God’s rain falls on the just and the unjust. 46 If you love
those who love you, what merit is there in that? Don’t tax collectors do as
much? 47 And if you greet only your sisters and brothers, what is so
praiseworthy about that? Don’t Gentiles do as much? 48 Therefore be
perfect, as abba God in heaven is perfect.
P The gospel of the Lord.
C
Praise to you, O Christ.
Sermon Pastor Rohrer
Silence for reflection follows the sermon.
The assembly stands to proclaim the word of God in
song.
Hymn of the Day – ‘Canticle of the Turning’
Prayers of Intercession
A During this season of Epiphany, we pray for
all who travel, those who find faith in unexpected places and for the church,
the world and all people in their need.
A brief silence.
A Creating God, help us to care for all of
your creation, to enjoy the beauty of all the earth: sunsets, stars and rainbows.
Lord in your mercy,
C Hear our
prayer.
A Parent God, bless all who are parents, the
family and staff of the Grace
Infant Care
Center
C Hear our
prayer.
A Help our civic leaders to bring justice to a
war torn world and cultivate peace and love beyond borders. Be with our bishops Elizabeth and Mark, our
pastor Megan and all the staff and leaders of our congregation. Help us to follow your path and grow in
faithfulness. Lord in your mercy,
C Hear our
prayer.
A Help us to love each other, our neighbors
and care for those who will soon join us.
Give us patience and help us have others the benefit of the doubt as we
journey together. Lord in your mercy,
C Hear our
prayer.
A For whom and what else do the people of
Grace pray?
(Please offer - silently or aloud- petitions to God. End spoken petitions with “Hear our prayer.”)
P Our prayers rise like
incense and are held by a loving God who yearns for us to be our best. May we find comfort, hope and love in our
days to come.
C Amen.
Peace
The presiding minister and the assembly greet each
other in the peace of the risen Christ.
P The peace of Christ be with you always.
C And also
with you.
The people may greet one another with the sign of
Christ’s peace, and may say, “Peace be with you” or similar words.
The assembly is seated.
Offering
An offering is gathered for the mission of the church,
including the care of those in need.
Offertory:
"Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts"; W. Gardiner
After the offering is gathered, the assembly stands.
Offering Prayer
A Let us pray.
C God, bless
our diversity gifts. Beyond our times, talents and treasures, we give
thanks for the relationships and visions that we bring into this holy
place. May our relationships with money, giving and receiving become one
of the ways we live our faith in the world. Amen.
Communion
P It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,
that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise . . . we
praise your name and join their unending hymn:
P 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
C
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
Scripture in this service is adapted from The
Inclusive Bible: The First Egalitarian Translation, by Priests for Equality. 2009, Sheed & Ward. Kindle Edition.
Holy Communion: Musical Setting, by
John Ylvisaker, text copyright © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, music © 1970
Augsburg Publishing House. Used by permission of Augsburg
Blessing
Announcements & Commemorations
for the Week
Collecting Important
Dates:
Pastor Megan wants to put
together a calendar of significant dates for members and friends of Grace, in
order to write cards each week recognizing the birthdays, anniversaries, anniversaries
of the passing of loved ones or any other dates that are important to you. Please take a moment at coffee hour to add
your significant dates to our list.
Getting to Know the New
Pastor:
Pastor Megan would like to
get to know everyone in the congregation and why the community at Grace is
important to you. Megan will be
scheduling appointments to visit every member of the congregation. During your time with the pastor you can have
tea or coffee, share an activity that you love, go for a walk or simply
chat. You can sign up for your “get to
know you” time with the pastor at coffee hour or wait for the pastor to get in
touch with you.
February 22nd
Installation Events:
Thank you to everyone who
helped to make the installation service a great success.
Upcoming Health and Vision
Events with SF CARES:
SF CARES is a collaboration between Welcome, The Night
Ministry and Welcome
·
February 22nd,
10am -3pm at St. Francis Lutheran
·
March 8th
at Santa Maria
·
April 12th
at Grace Lutheran
·
May 24th
at First United Lutheran
·
June 12th
at the Bayview Mission
Sending Hymn – ‘God
Be with You Till We Meet Again’
Dismissal
A: Go in peace and serve our God. C: Thanks be to God.
Postlude: "Great Is Thy Faithfulness";
William Runyan; arr.Douglas
Wagner
Please join us for coffee and refreshments downstairs
in the Fellowship Hall.
Our host today is Sally Ann Ryan.
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