Trinity Sunday
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:
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.
Gathering Hymn
Prayer of the Day
Loving
God, stir up your wisdom amongst us and help us to speak with one voice about
your love, grace and forgiveness. Amen.
Welcome
First Reading
Isaiah 6:1-13
6In the year that King Uzziah died, I
saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe
filled the temple. 2Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had
six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their
feet, and with two they flew. 3And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth
is full of his glory.” 4The pivots on the thresholds shook at the
voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke.
5And
I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among
a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord
of hosts!” 6Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal
that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7The seraph
touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your
guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.” 8Then I heard the
voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I
said, “Here am I; send me!”
9And
he said, “Go and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend;
keep looking, but do not understand.’ 10Make the mind of this people
dull, and stop their ears, and shut their eyes, so that they may not look with
their eyes, and listen with their ears, and comprehend with their minds, and
turn and be healed.” 11Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said:
“Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the
land is utterly desolate; 12until the Lord
sends everyone far away, and vast is the emptiness in the midst of the land. 13Even
if a tenth part remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an
oak whose stump remains standing when it is felled.” The holy seed is its
stump.
Word
of hope, word of life. Thanks
be to God
Romans 8 (read responsively)
18I
consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with
the glory about to be revealed to us.
19For the
creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; 20for the creation was subjected to
futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in
hope
21that the
creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the
freedom of the glory of the children of God.
22We know
that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; 23and
not only the creation,
but we
ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we
wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
Second Reading 2 Corinthians 4:5-12
5For
we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as
your slaves for Jesus’ sake. 6For it is the God who said, “Let light
shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7But we
have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this
extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.
8We
are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to
despair; 9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not
destroyed; 10always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that
the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies. 11For
while we live, we are always being given up to death for Jesus’ sake, so that
the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh. 12So
death is at work in us, but life in you.
Word of hope, word of
life. Thanks
be to God
Special Music Here I Am Lord WOV# 752 Grace
Choir
Gospel Reading Mark
2:23 - 3:6
23One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their
way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 24The Pharisees
said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” 25And
he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions
were hungry and in need of food? 26He entered the house of God, when
Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not
lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions.” 27Then
he said to them, “The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the
sabbath; 28so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”
3Again he
entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2They
watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might
accuse him. 3And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come
forward.” 4Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do
harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5He
looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and
said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was
restored. 6The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the
Herodians against him, how to destroy him. 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
for the Spirit to inspire the church, the world and all people. A brief
silence.
Creating God, help us to
rethink old grudges, live generously and help to others when they need it. God
in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Parent God, bless all who are
grandparents, the family and staff of the Grace Infant
Care Center
and all who foster families. Help us to give
and receive love. And, encourage us to
become less grumpy and to err on the side of compassion when we interact with
people we don’t understand. 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 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 care for our climate, conserve
water and draw closer to God in all that we do at work and at home. God in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Loving God, give us listening
ears and healthy bodies. Provide special
care and support to those who are irradiating cancer from their body and provide a special blessing for the spouses,
health care providers, lab techs and researches who support those whose minds,
bodies or spirits are in need of care.
We yearn for justice and await the day we will be reunited with those we
have lost. But, there is no rush, so
help us to live the best we can, with the time we have. 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.
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. 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
Music Night!!! Led by Ashley Moore (the musician who led the
music at our the Beatles’ Masses)
Starting Wednesday, June 10th
at 7pm (in Brotherhood Hall) we will begin sixth months of a Wednesday
music night. Ashley will teach new songs
and you can teach Ashley some of your favorite hymns. Beginning in July, one of the Wednesdays each
month will have a 4pm music gathering for individuals who don’t like to drive
after dark.
Singers of all levels (including no experience at all)
are invited to come. Individuals who
would like to play musical instruments are invited to bring them along as
well.
Like all things we do at Grace, ALL are truly welcome
to join us.
Sending Hymn
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.
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.
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