Reformation
Sunday
October 26, 2014
10 am Holy Communion Service
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Today’s Worship
Participants:
Pastor: Rev. Megan
Rohrer
Music Director:
Dorothy Clazie
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 join us online via live stream or by watching
the archives of our worship and Bible Study that Doesn’t Suck anytime during
the week at our website (www.gracesf.com), or on our mobile phone app, Bible Study that Doesn’t Suck, is
available on Google Play and ITunes.
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 pastor@gracesf.com.
Prelude: "Eternal Lord of Love,Behold
Your Church" Old 124th Setting
by David Maxwell
Greeting: Water is poured into the baptismal font.
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.
Opening Hymn: Verses 1, 3-4
Welcome
Prayer of
the Day:
Reforming God, help us to evolve with you. Enable us to move forward, remembering the
wisdom the saints. Amen.
First Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34
The
days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a
new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32It
will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them
by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke,
though I was their husband, says the Lord. 33But
this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those
days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I
will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my
people. 34No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each
other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from
the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I
will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.
L Word of hope, word of life. Thanks
be to God
Psalm 46 (read responsively)
1God is our refuge and strength, a
very present help in trouble.
2Therefore we
will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in
the heart of the sea; 3though its waters roar and foam, though the
mountains tremble with its tumult.
4There is a river whose streams make
glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
5God is in the
midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning
dawns.
6The nations are in an uproar, the
kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7The Lord of
hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8Come, behold the works of the Lord;
see what desolations he has brought on the earth.
9He makes wars
cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he
burns the shields with fire.
10“Be still, and know that I am God! I
am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.”
11The Lord of
hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Second Reading: Romans 3:19-28
For
what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
20Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine
nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the
things he has made. So they are without excuse; 21for though they
knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became
futile in their thinking, and their senseless minds were darkened. 22Claiming
to be wise, they became fools; 23and they exchanged the glory of the
immortal God for images resembling a mortal human being or birds or four-footed
animals or reptiles. 24Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of
their hearts to impurity, to the degrading of their bodies among themselves, 25because
they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the
creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. 26For
this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged
natural intercourse for unnatural, 27and in the same way also the
men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for
one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own
persons the due penalty for their error. 28And since they did not
see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to things
that should not be done.
L Word of hope, word of life. Thanks
be to God
Special
Music: "All My Hope on God Is
Founded" Music: Herbert
Howells Grace Choir Text: Joachim Neander
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 used with permission for worship and
podcast under OneLicense.net #A-723548.
Gospel Reading: John 9:31-36
Then
Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word,
you are truly my disciples; 32and you will know the truth, and the
truth will make you free.” 33They answered him, “We are descendants
of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying,
‘You will be made free’?” 34Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell
you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. 35The slave does
not have a permanent place in the household; the son has a place there forever.
36So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
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.
Hymn of the Day:
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: "The Call" Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams Hilda Schedler, soprano Text: George Herbert
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
Sending Hymn : Verses 1-2 and 4-5
Dismissal
A: Go in peace and serve our God.
C:
Thanks be to God.
Postlude "Rise Up
and Serve the Lord" Hymntune:
Festal Song William Walter
Please join
us for coffee and refreshments downstairs in the Fellowship Hall.
To get to
the Fellowship Hall, exit to the right of the communion railing at the front of
the church.
Announcements:
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
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Fundraiser: A Musical Events
featuring the movie RENT.
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November 27 –
Thanksgiving: A meal served for 300 individuals (mostly homeless or
seniors) by Welcome at St. Francis Lutheran Church.
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18 - Holden Evening Prayer, 6:30pm: Each Thursday night in Advent.
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