Pentecost
11A
August 21, 2014
10 am Holy Communion Service
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Today’s Worship
Participants:
Pastor: Rev. Megan
Rohrer
Music Director: Dorothy
Clazie
Assisting Minister: Hilda
Reader: Sally
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: "Ever Faithful, Ever Near' Franklin Ritter
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.
Opening Hymn: Verses 1, 3, 4
Welcome
Prayer of
the Day:
Parent God, please provide us with your continual
care and help us to pass your love on to others. Amen.
First Reading: Exodus 1:8-2:10
8Now a
new king arose over Egypt,
who did not know Joseph. 9He said to his people, “Look, the
Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. 10Come,
let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war,
join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” 11Therefore
they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built
supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh. 12But the more they
were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came
to dread the Israelites. 13The Egyptians became ruthless in imposing
tasks on the Israelites, 14and made their lives bitter with hard
service in mortar and brick and in every kind of field labor. They were
ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them.
15The
king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and
the other Puah, 16“When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and
see them on the birthstool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, she
shall live.” 17But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the
king of Egypt
commanded them, but they let the boys live. 18So the king of Egypt
summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and allowed
the boys to live?” 19The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the
Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give
birth before the midwife comes to them.” 20So God dealt well with
the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong. 21And
because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. 22Then
Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every boy that is born to the Hebrews you
shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let
every girl live.”
2Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. 2The
woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she
hid him three months. 3When she could hide him no longer she got a
papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the
child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. 4His
sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.
5The
daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her attendants
walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid
to bring it. 6When she opened it, she saw the child. He was crying,
and she took pity on him, “This must be one of the Hebrews’ children,” she
said. 7Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and
get you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8Pharaoh’s
daughter said to her, “Yes.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. 9Pharaoh’s
daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give you
your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed it. 10When the
child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and she took him as her
son. She named him Moses, “because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”
L Word of hope, word of life. Thanks
be to God
Psalm 124 (read responsively)
1If it
had not been the God most high who was on our side—let
Israel now say— 2if it had not been the God most high
who was on our side, when our enemies attacked us, 3then they would
have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; 4then
the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; 5then
over us would have gone the raging waters.
6Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as
prey to their teeth.
7We
have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken,
and we have escaped.
8Our help is in the name of the God most high,
who made heaven and earth.
Second Reading:
Romans 12:1-8
12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers
and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living
sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2Do
not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and
acceptable and perfect. 3For by the grace given to me I say to
everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to
think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith
that God has assigned. 4For as in one body we have many members, and
not all the members have the same function, 5so we, who are many,
are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. 6We
have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in
proportion to faith; 7ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in
teaching; 8the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity;
the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.
L Word of hope, word of life. Thanks
be to God
Special
Music: "Take My Heart" Roger Summers Hilda
Schedler and Jeannie Wilson, sopranos
Gospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-20
13Now
when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,
“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14And they said, “Some
say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of
the prophets.” 15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16Simon
Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17And
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood
has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. 18And I tell
you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of
Hades will not prevail against it. 19I will give you the keys of the
kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and
whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” 20Then he
sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
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: " "Let Your Light So Shine" Tom Birchwood
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
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.
Sending Hymn : Verses 2-4
Dismissal
A: Go in peace and serve our God.
C: Thanks be to God.
Postlude
"Rise Up and Serve the Lord" Hymnyune; Festal Song arr.
PatriciaLou Harris
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
Upcoming Events and Dates:
·
Every 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
and December 6 - Beatles Mass, 7pm Eucharist
·
September 20 –
Neighborhood Block Party: Join us for
lunch, a bouncy house and other opportunities to get to know our
neighbors. Volunteers are needed to help
with lunch and to sell bake sale items.
·
September 27 – Open House and
Pastor Megan and Laurel’s, 4-7pm, You are invited to join us for a potluck
gathering. Please note that there is a
staircase with about 12 stairs at the entrance to the house and that we have
cats.
·
October 9 –
Night Ministry Fundraiser: We will
invite singing groups to come to grace to help us raise money for the Night
Ministry.
·
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 24 – Christmas Eve Service of Carols, 9:30pm
·
January 29-31 – Grace Film Festival, Grace will be hosting a film festival (January 29th theme:
Faith; January 30th theme: Hope; January 31st theme: Love). All films
will be screened in our sanctuary and will feature films that reflect our
progressive Lutheran faith.
