Eleventh Sunday after
Pentecost
+ Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost+
Lectionary 19
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CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSES ARE IN BOLD TYPE.
GATHERING
GATHERING HYMN Now
We Join in Celebration #462
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
ELW, page 94
HYMN OF PRAISE “Glory to God” from
[overleaf]
“Glory
to God” from
SALUTATION
The
Lord be with you.
And also with you.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Gracious God, your blessed Son came down from heaven
to be the true bread that gives life to the world. Give us this bread always, that he may live
in us and we in him, and that, strengthened by this
food, we may live as his body in the world, through Jesus Christ, our Savior
and Lord. Amen.
FIRST READING
1 Kings 19:4-8
Elijah went a day’s journey into the
wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he
might die: “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better
than my ancestors.”
Then he lay
down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and
said to him, “Get up and eat.” Elijah looked, and there at his head was a cake
baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
The angel of the Lord came a second
time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too
much for you.” Elijah got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength
of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the
mount of God.
Word
of God, word of life.
Thanks
be to God.
PSALMODY Psalm
34: 1-8. Sung in alternation with the cantor.
Cantor
I will bless the Lord / at all times;
God’s praise shall ever be / in my mouth.
People I will glory / in the Lord;
let the humble hear
/ and rejoice.
Cantor Proclaim
with me the greatness / of the Lord;
let us exalt the
name of the / Lord together.
People I
sought the Lord, who / answered me
and delivered me out
of / all my terror.
Cantor Look upon the Lord / and be
radiant,
and let not your
faces / be ashamed.
People I called in my affliction and / the Lord
heard me
and saved me from /
all my troubles.
Cantor The
angel of the Lord encompasses / the God fearing,
and the Lord
will de /-liver them.
All Taste
and see that the / Lord is good;
happy are they who
trust / in the Lord
SECOND LESSON Ephesians 4:25-5:2
So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors,
for we are parts of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go
down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up
stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as
to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your
mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your
words may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of
God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away
from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together
with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Therefore be imitators of God, as
beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for
us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Word
of God, word of life.
Thanks
be to God.
GOSPEL
ACCLAMATION
HOLY GOSPEL John
6:35, 41-51
The
Holy Gospel according to
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
Then the Judeans began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; this one has seen the Father.
“Very truly, I tell you, whoever
believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna
in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from
heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came
down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread
that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
SERMON
Pastor William Yancey
HYMN OF THE DAY O
Living Bread from Heaven #542
CREED
I
believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator
of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived
by the Holy Spirit,
born of the
virgin Mary,
suffered under
Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day
he rose again;
he ascended into
heaven,
he is seated at
the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the
dead.
I
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy
catholic church,
the
communion of saints,
the forgiveness
of sins,
the resurrection
of the body,
and
the life everlasting. Amen.
COMMISSIONING OF CLAIRE FLESCH FOR WORK
WITH THE ELCA
Young Adults in Global
PRAYERS
With reverence for the earth, those
in need, and the whole human family,
let us
offer our prayers to God.
A brief silence.
After each portion of the prayers:
Let us pray.
Have
mercy, O God.
IN
OUR PRAYERS:
Receive
our hopes and prayers, O God of mercy,
for great is your faithfulness in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
PEACE
OFFERING
CANTICLE Let the Vineyards be Fruitful #182
OFFERING PRAYER
God of mercy and grace,
the eyes of all wait upon you, and
you open your hand in blessing. Fill us with good things at your table, that we may
come to the help of all in need, through
Jesus Christ, our redeemer and Lord. Amen.
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
YOU
ARE WELCOME AT GOD'S TABLE. Believing in the real presence of Christ in the
holy meal, this church practices eucharistic
hospitality. We invite all baptized persons to share in the Holy Eucharist.
Children who do not commune are invited to come forward for the blessing. GRAPE
JUICE is provided in the tray of individual cups for those who prefer this
alternative. It is recognized by a
deeper rose color.
The
Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift
up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
It is indeed right and salutary…we praise your name and join in their unending hymn:
SANCTUS Holy,
Holy, Holy from
THANKSGIVING
AT THE TABLE
Holy God, our Maker, Redeemer, and Healer, in
the harmonious world of your creation, the plants and animals, the seas and
stars were whole and well in your praise. When sin had scarred the world, you
sent your Son to heal our ills and to form us again into one. In 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. Remembering, therefore, his acts of healing,
his body given up, and his victory over death, we await that day when all the
peoples of the earth will come to the river to enjoy the tree of life. Send your Spirit upon us and this meal: as grains scattered on
the hillside become one bread, so let your Church be gathered from the ends of
the earth, that all may be fed with the Bread of life, your Son.
Through
him all glory and honor is yours, Almighty Father, with the Holy Spirit, in
your holy Church, both now and forever.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
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.
AGNUS DEI Lamb of God from
COMMUNION HYMNS Eat This Bread #472
I Received the Living God #477
POSTCOMMUNION Bread
of the World
This hymn will often be our Postcommunion
canticle in the next several Sundays,
as we contemplate the “Bread of Life” narrative in
John’s Gospel.
PRAYER
Generous
God, we thank you that at Wisdom's holy table you have fed us again with her
bread and wine, the food of everlasting life. Send us, your servants, into all
the land, that we may act wisely, seek the good of our neighbor, and call
others to come to the feast; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
SENDING
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BLESSING
SENDING HYMN Savior, Again to Your Dear Name #534
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Gavotte
in B minor Arcangelo Corelli
***Those
wishing to listen to the postlude may be seated near the organ. Conversationalists are invited to the
Narthex. ***
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Instrumental
music for this service is by the Italian violinist and composer, Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), who spent most of his career
in
Acknowledgements:. Service music reprinted from ELW, copyright © 2006 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress
license # 14709-LIT. “Bread of the World” is reprinted from the Hymnal
Supplement 1991. Copyright © 1991 by GIA Publications,
Inc.,
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TODAY'S WORSHIP LEADERS
Preacher and Celebrant Pastor William Yancey
Assisting Minister Deborah
Bohlmann
Lector Steve Poplawski
Acolyte Kasia
White
Ushers Cindy
Clausen
Jane Gilchrist
Musicians Dr. Stephen Mager, Music
Director and Organist
Hospitality Claire Flesch Commissioning
Reception
Provided by Pastor and Valerie Yancey
Rev. Dr. William L. Yancey, Pastor
Stephen Mager, D.M., Music Director
Rev. Rebecca Boardman, Lutheran Campus
Ministry, e-mail: pastor.rebeccab@sbcglobal.net
Candice Stone, Vicar, candstone1@yahoo.com
Mary Works, Administrative Assistant
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