Pentecost 5
July 13, 2014
10 am Holy Communion Service
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Welcome to worship at
Grace!
Welcome
to long-time Lutherans, Christians from every tradition, and people new
to
faith. Welcome to all who have no church home, want to follow Christ, have
doubts, or do not believe. Welcome to new visitors and old friends. Welcome to
people of every age and size, color and culture, every sexual orientation and
gender identity, socio-economic status, marital status, ability and challenge.
Welcome to believers and questioners, and to questioning believers. This is a
place
where you are welcome to celebrate and sorrow, rejoice and recover.
This is a place where lives are made new.
Special Welcome to
Newcomers
Welcome to our small community of faith.
While we are small in numbers, we have big hearts and a desire to
grow. In order to help you follow along,
we have included all the materials you need for worship in this bulletin.
Please join us for worship any Sunday at 10am that you are able. If you cannot join us in person, you can also
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Bible Study that Doesn’t Suck anytime during the week at our website
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If you have any questions about the service or about Grace, you can fill
out the form in pew to let our pastor know you’d like to chat. Or you can contact Pastor Megan Rohrer at
415-827-2587 or pastor@gracesf.com.
Prelude: Psalm 149:3 - "Let them praise
His name in the dance" Douglas E.
Wagner
Greeting:
Water is poured into the baptismal font.
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.
English Verses 1, 2 and 3
Prayer of
the Day: God, help us to be good stewards of
your creation and to support growth in the world. Care for our planet and help us to grow in
our faith each day. Amen.
Welcome
First Reading: Genesis 25:19-34
19These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son:
Abraham was the father of Isaac, 20and Isaac was forty years old
when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister
of Laban the Aramean. 21Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife,
because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah
conceived. 22The children struggled together within her; and she
said, “If it is to be this way, why do I live?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.
23And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two
peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other,
the elder shall serve the younger.” 24When her time to give birth
was at hand, there were twins in her womb. 25The first came out red,
all his body like a hairy mantle; so they named him Esau. 26Afterward
his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau’s heel; so he was named
Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. 27When the boys
grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a
quiet man, living in tents. 28Isaac loved Esau, because he was fond
of game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from
the field, and he was famished. 30Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat
some of that red stuff, for I am famished!” (Therefore he was called Edom.) 31Jacob
said, “First sell me your birthright.” 32Esau said, “I am about to
die; of what use is a birthright to me?” 33Jacob said, “Swear to me
first.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34Then
Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank, and rose and went
his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
L Word of hope, word of life. Thanks
be to God
Psalm 119 105-112 (read responsively)
Your
word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106I have sworn
an oath and confirmed it, to observe your righteous ordinances.
107I am severely afflicted; give me life, O Lord,
according to your word.
108Accept my
offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me your ordinances.
109I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not
forget your law.
110The wicked
have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts.
111Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy
of my heart.
Second Reading:
Romans 8:1-11
There is
therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2For
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of
sin and of death. 3For God has done what the law, weakened by the
flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh,
and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4so that the
just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to
the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5For those who live according
to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live
according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6To
set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life
and peace. 7For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is
hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed it cannot, 8and
those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9But you are not in
the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone
who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
10But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead
because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11If
the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised
Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his
Spirit that dwells in you.
L Word of hope, word of life. Thanks
be to God
Gospel Reading: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
That
same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2Such
great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while
the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3And he told them many things in
parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4And as he
sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5Other
seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang
up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 6But when the sun rose,
they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. 7Other
seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8Other
seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some
sixty, some thirty. 9Let anyone with ears listen!”
…
18“Hear then the parable of the sower. 19When
anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one
comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the
path. 20As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who
hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21yet such a
person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or
persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. 22As
for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the
cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields
nothing. 23But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one
who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in
one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
The gospel of the Lord. Praise
to you, O Christ.
Sermon
Silence for reflection
follows the sermon. The assembly stands
to proclaim the word of God in song.
Embodied Response to the Readings and Sermon: Judith Lavender
Dancer
Prayers of Intercession
A During this season of Pentecost, we pray that
the Holy Spirit will bring understanding, inspiration and health to the church,
the world and all people in their need. A brief silence.
Creating
God, help us repair broken relationships, to clean up our messes and debts and
to ask for help when we need it. God in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Parent
God, bless all who are parents, the family and staff of the Grace
Infant
Care Center
and all who have created families. Help
us to become better at loving and receiving love from others. God in your mercy, hear our prayer.
God,
guide our civic leaders and enable them to be good stewards of public trust,
resources and properties. Be with our
bishops Elizabeth and Mark, our pastor Megan and all the staff and leaders of
our congregation. God in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We
give thanks for all who work in healing and caring professions. Support doctors, nurses, partners, parents
and friends who love and support others.
Provide healing and hope for those whose minds, bodies or spirits are in
need of care. Help us to live as fully
as we can as we await the day all pain and suffering will end. God in your mercy, hear our prayer.
For
whom and what else do the people of Grace pray?
(Please offer - silently or aloud- petitions
to God. End spoken petitions with “God
in your mercy.”)
P
Our prayers rise like incense and are held by a loving God who yearns for us to
be our best. May we sleep well, worry
less, and live convinced that God is on our side. 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. Then, the assembly is seated.
Offering
An offering is gathered for
the mission of the church, including the care of those in need.
Offertory: "Now the Silence, Now the Peace" Carl F. Schalk arr. Sue Mitchell-Wallace
Offering
Prayer:
After the offering is
gathered, the assembly stands.
A Let us
pray. God, bless all that we have to offer. May our financial support
match the generosity of our lives. Help
us to be good stewards of our financial and emotional investments. 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 On 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: (This version is from the New
Zealand Prayer Book)
Eternal Spirit,
Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
Source of all that is and that shall be,
Father and Mother of us all,
Loving God, in whom is heaven:
The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!
The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world!
Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!
Your commonwealth of peace and freedom
sustain our hope and come on earth.
With the bread we need for today, feed us.
In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.
In times of temptation and testing, strengthen us.
From trials too great to endure, spare us.
From the grip of all that is evil, free us.
For you reign in the glory of the power that is love,
now and forever. Amen.
Eternal Spirit,
Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
Source of all that is and that shall be,
Father and Mother of us all,
Loving God, in whom is heaven:
The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!
The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world!
Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!
Your commonwealth of peace and freedom
sustain our hope and come on earth.
With the bread we need for today, feed us.
In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.
In times of temptation and testing, strengthen us.
From trials too great to endure, spare us.
From the grip of all that is evil, free us.
For you reign in the glory of the power that is love,
now and forever. Amen.
Blessing
Announcements
Closing Hymn (on next page)
Scripture in
this service is adapted from The Inclusive Bible: The First Egalitarian
Translation, by Priests for Equality.
2009, Sheed & Ward. Kindle Edition. The
traditional Lutheran liturgy is from Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2014
Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies
Annual License #28429. Hymns and special music used with permission for
worship and podcast
under OneLicense.net #A-723548 and
WorshipCast #6400
Dismissal
A: Go in peace and serve our God.
C: Thanks be to God.
Postlude: "A
Trumpet Fantasy" Leon Nelson
Please join us for coffee and refreshments downstairs
in the Fellowship Hall.
Prayer List:
Jeanne, Michael and Hilda as
they travel
Genni – Judith’s mother
Stephanie – who joins us on
the live stream
A prayer of thanksgiving for
Markus, who fixed our phone lines this week.
Use
the white papers in the pew, or email pastor@gracesf.com to let Pastor Megan to add names to our public
and private prayer list.
Upcoming
Events:
You can find more information and find archived
sermons and worship live streams at our website: www.gracesf.com or on our blog: www.sfgrace.blogspot.com
Upcoming Events and Dates:
·
Every 1st, 2nd and 4th
Wednesday – June 11-September 24, 6:30-8pm
– Summer Bible Movie Night: (@
St Paulus Lutheran 1541 Polk St) We will be watching the 10 part Bible Series
created by the History channel. You can
come and join us or you can use our study guide questions that are posted
online and watch at home each week. The
Bible series is available for streaming on Netflix.
·
September 6 -
Beatles Mass, 7pm Eucharist
·
September 20 –
Neighborhood Block Party
·
October 4 –
Night Ministry Fundraiser: We will
invite singing groups to come to grace to help us raise money for the Night
Ministry.
·
November 8 –
Welcome Fundraiser: An event to raise
money to serve the homeless and hungry in our Sunset neighborhood.
·
November 27 –
Thanksgiving: A meal served for 300 individuals (mostly homeless or
seniors) by Welcome at St. Francis Lutheran Church.
·
December 4 –
18 - Holden Evening Prayer, 6:30pm: Each Thursday night in Advent.
·
December 6 –
Beatles Mass: An event to raise money
to serve the homeless and hungry in our Sunset neighborhood.
·
December 24 – Christmas Eve Service of Carols, 9:30pm
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