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Sunday, May 17th 2020 6th Sunday of Easter

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Welcome

+ PREPARATION +

Psalm 66:8-20 P Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, C who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip. P For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. C You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs; P you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have

brought us out to a place of abundance. C I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you, P that which my lips utterer and my mouth promised when I was in trouble. C I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals, with the smoke of the sacrifice of

rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. P Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul. C I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue. P If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. C But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. P Blesséd be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from

me!

Opening Hymn “Son of God, Eternal Savior” LSB #842

Text (sts. 1–4) and Tune: Public domain Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

Invocation P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen.

LITURGY NOTATIONS

Prelude Music helps draw us into an attitude of prayer and praise.

Processional Hymn We are a "singing church," so we follow the advice of the apostle Paul to teach and admonish "one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord" (Colossians 3:16). This hymn may be one of praise, prayer, or reflection on the season of the church year.

Invocation From the Latin “to call upon.” The spoken words at the beginning of the service remind us of our Baptism

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Confession of Sins P Father of all mercy and grace, C We confess to You our sins of body, mind, spirit, and tongue. We readily acknowledge with

our minds the victory of the Lord Jesus over death and the grave, but we so easily deny the power of His resurrection in our daily lives. We are sorry, and we want to change. As Jesus came among His followers by the Sea of Galilee, let Him now come among us speaking Your peace, breathing out Your Spirit, and granting us Your absolution, which He won for us by His dying and His rising again.

P God has heard your confession and speaks peace to you in Jesus’ name. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

+ WORD +

Prayer of the Day P The Lord be with you. C And also with you. P Let us pray. C O God, the giver of all that is good, by Your holy inspiration grant that we may think those

things that are right and by Your merciful guiding accomplish them; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

First Reading Acts 17:16-31 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’ Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

L This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God!

LITURGY NOTATIONS

Confession We examine ourselves and publicly confess our sins. Such a confession at the beginning of the service provides a climate of acceptance. In spite of our sins, we are accepted by God, and in turn we can accept each other. *I John 1:8-10

[Rom. 7:14-8:4]

Absolution Christ said to his disciples, "If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven"*. The pastor speaks for God and announces God's cleansing forgiveness to those who made confession. *John 20:23.

Prayer of the Day The main thoughts of the day are collected, or summarized in this short prayer. The collects for the season of the church year have come to us from the rich treasury of the church's heritage.

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Epistle Reading James 2:14-26 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

L This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God!

Gospel Reading John 14:15-21

P The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the 14th chapter. C Glory to You, O Lord.

[Jesus said:] “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”

P This is the Gospel of the Lord. C Praise to You, O Christ.

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Hymn of the Day “Lord, Whose Love through Humble Service” LSB #848

Text (sts. 1–4): © Oxford University Press Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, number 100012634.

Sermon “Believing Better”

Nicene Creed I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life T of the world to come. Amen.

LITURGY NOTATIONS

Hymn of the Day This hymn follows the theme of the readings and sets the stage for the sermon.

SERMON NOTES:

Nicene Creed From the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D., which spoke against the Arian heresy that claimed Jesus was not equal to God the Father in the Holy Trinity and took no part in creating the world. Which is why the words, “…And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made” were included. The Creed also addressed the error that the Holy Spirit proceeded only from God the Father, which removed Jesus’ taking part in sending the Holy Spirit to His people. Which is why the words, “And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son…” were included.

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Prayer of the Church P Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their

needs. Response after each petition

P . . . Lord, in Your mercy, C hear our prayer.

P Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen!

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+ REFLECTION ON THE SACRAMENT +

Reflection on the Sacrament

Prayer of the Feast of the Lamb C Heavenly Father, You are Holy indeed and all creation rightly gives you thanks and praise.

For as many grains of wheat are gathered into bread and grapes gathered into wine – we are many people from many different backgrounds gathered into the one Body of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. May our Lord uplift us and sustain us, as we look forward to the day when we may gather at this table to celebrate the Sacrament of the Altar, anticipating the great joy of the Feast of the Lamb in His kingdom which will have no end. Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ. In the unity of the Holy Spirit all glory and honor is Yours Almighty Father – now and forever more. Amen.

Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9–13) P Lord, remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray: C Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done

on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Benediction P The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and T give you peace. Numbers 6:24–26

C Amen.

LITURGY NOTATIONS

Prayer of the Church Since God’s people are called to ‘pray without ceasing’ (1 Thess. 5:17), we take this time to collect all our prayers to pray with one heart and mind as the people of God.

Offering Our words reflect the words God spoke to Abraham, “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.” (Genesis 12:2)

Lord’s Prayer We pray to God as our Father using the prayer of the family of God* because the Lord's Supper is our family meal. * Matt. 6:9ff; Luke 11:2ff

Benediction The blessing spoken by the pastor is the Aaronic benediction, the blessing God first gave to Aaron and the other priests to speak to the people of Israel. Jesus Christ, our High Priest, has come to us in a special way through this Holy Meal. The blessing is God's promise that Christ will go with us as we leave the church and return to the world to serve Him. We say "Amen" to affirm the blessing; "So be it -- it is true!" * Numbers 6:23-27.

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Closing Hymn “Christ the Eternal Lord” LSB #829

Christ the ascended King Exalted high above, Whose praise unending ages sing,

Whom yet unseen we love; When mortal life is past, Your voice from heaven’s throne

Shall call Your children home at last, To know as we are known.

Text (sts. 1–5): © 1999 Hope Publishing Co. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, number 100012634. Tune: Public domain / Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

P Go in peace, serve the Lord always with Joy.

C Thanks be to God.

Pastor Rance Settle | Pastor Walt Waiser | Vicar Mark Payne | Director of Parish Music—Stephanie Poyner

Next Sunday, May 24th 7th Sunday of Easter

Pastor Rance will be preaching on – First Reading – Acts 1:12-26 Epistle Reading – James 4:13-17 Gospel Reading – John 17:1-11

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