2nd Sunday of Easter
10:30 am Holy Communion Service
Grace Evangelical Lutheran, San
Francisco
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 10:30am
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
Greeting
Pastor: Alleluia! Christ is risen!
Congregation: Christ
is risen indeed! Alleluia!
The joy of the resurrection fills us with hope,
promises us new life, and draws
us together as one. We cannot keep this good news
to ourselves. Let us begin
our worship by turning to fellow worshipers and
greeting them with the words,
“Christ is risen!”
Worshipers
greet one another by saying, “Christ is risen!” or “Alleluia!” along with
introducing themselves to others they may not have yet met.
Gathering Hymn Verses
1, 4 and 5
Prayer of the Day
Loving
God, help us become a compassionate community that gives thanks more often than
we complain, assumes the best in others and shares when we can. Amen.
Welcome
First Reading Acts 4:23-37
23After
they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief
priests and the elders had said to them. 24When they heard it, they
raised their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the
heaven and the earth, the sea, and everything in them, 25it is you
who said by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant: ‘Why did
the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things? 26The kings
of the earth took their stand, and the rulers have gathered together against
the Lord and against his Messiah.’ 27For in this city, in fact, both
Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 28to
do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. 29And
now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word
with all boldness, 30while you stretch out your hand to heal, and
signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” 31When
they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with
boldness.
32Now
the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one
claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was
held in common. 33With great power the apostles gave their testimony
to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. 34There
was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold
them and brought the proceeds of what was sold. 35They laid it at
the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need. 36There
was a Levite, a native of Cyprus,
Joseph, to whom the apostles gave the name Barnabas (which means “son of
encouragement”). 37He sold a field that belonged to him, then
brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Word of hope, word of life. Thanks
be to God
Psalm 133 (read responsively)
1How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live
together in unity!
2It is like
the precious oil on the head, running down upon the beard, on the beard of
Aaron, running down over the collar of his robes.
3It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the
mountains of Zion.
For there the Lord ordained his blessing, life
forevermore.
Second Reading 1 John 1:1-2:5
1We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our
hands, concerning the word of life— 2this life was revealed, and we
have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that was
with the Father and was revealed to us— 3we declare to you what we
have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our
fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4We are
writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
5This
is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light
and in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have
fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what
is true; 7but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us
from all sin.
8If we
say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If
we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say that we have not
sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
2My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may
not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous; 2and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,
and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Word of hope, word of
life. Thanks
be to God
Special Music What
a Wonderful World Grace Choir
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
20:19-31
19When
it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the
house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came
and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20After he said
this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when
they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22When he had said this,
he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If
you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of
any, they are retained.” 24But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one
of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25So the other
disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see
the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails
and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
26A
week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them.
Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace
be with you.” 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and
see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but
believe.” 28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus
said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who
have not seen and yet have come to believe.” 30Now Jesus did many
other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this
book. 31But these are written so that you may come to believe that
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have
life in his name.
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 Verses
1, 3 and 4
Prayers of Intercession
A During this season of Easter, we pray for
all who long for a new start, experience health and love beyond their expectations
and for 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, you are the highest
authority. Help our civic leaders to
bring peace to a war torn world and to care for those who are vulnerable. Be with our bishops Elizabeth and Mark, our
pastor Megan and all the staff and leaders of our congregation. Help us to support the work and hobbies of
all who worship with us, so that we may draw closer to God in all that we do at
work and at home. God in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Loving God, help us to have
patience, compassion and listening ears for those who differ from us. Provide healing and hope for those whose
minds, bodies or spirits are in need of care.
We pray especially for those who care for the sick and support those who
are aging. Help us to live and
experience as much as we can while we await the day we will be reunited with
those we have lost. 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’s is on our side. Amen.
Offering
An offering is gathered for the mission of the church,
including the care of those in need. After
the offering is gathered, the assembly stands.
Offering Prayer
A Let us pray. God,
bless the 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:
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
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
Blessing
Announcements Tuesday Council Meeting
Sending Hymn
Verses 1-3
In English
(Hilda may teach us the refrain in Spanish if she is
here and willing)
Dismissal
A: Go in peace and serve our God.
C: Thanks be to God.
Postlude
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.
Grace
Film Festival:
Friday, April 24, 2015 - 5:30-10pm
Bayberries Have
Ripened (16:25) a short film from Nepal
; Dervish: a spiritual sojourn
(39:01) a short film from India
- Intermission -
Films resume at 6:30
Love Free or Die
(1:22:00) Documentary from US - The life and work of Bishop Gene Robinson, an
openly gay man who set a precedent in New Hampshire in the battle for LGBT
people to receive full acceptance in the faith.
- Intermission - Films resume at 8pm
The Illusion (2:04)
a short animated film from Iran;
The Complicated Race to the Wheel of
Life (11:35) a short film from the Philippines;
The Glorious Refuse (14:57) a short
film film from Nigeria; Alyosha's Love (22:42) a short film
from Russia; 1-0 (1) a short from Iran
- Intermission -
Films resume at 9pm
Of Boys and Planes (2:40) an animated short from Mexico; Two
Men and a Cradle (55:19) a documentary from France
Saturday, April 25, 2015 - 5:15-8:30pm
to be or not to be? (1:01:00) a film from Kazakhstan (All roles of this film are performed by
young people with disabilities. Every second of their lives is given to them by
incredible struggle, which enforces them to put a question for themselves: “To
be or not to be”?)
-
Intermission - Films resume at 6:30 pm
Brother Outsider (1:23:00) Documentary from US -
Documentary on Bayard Rustin, best-remembered as the organizer of the 1963
March on Washington.
-
Intermission - Films resume at 8pm
Because of Mum (12:17) an animated short from Bulgaria; Shades of Gray (6:18) an
animated short from the Russian Federation;
Ticonderoga (7) a short film from Canada;
Coffee Talk 6 - Gay Marriage (5:06) a short from the US
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