OFFERING Meditation€¦ · Web view2020/04/26  · ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH A Congregation of “The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod” 42 Alta Vista Rd., PO Box 1049; Eagle Point,

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCHA Congregation of “The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod”42 Alta Vista Rd., PO Box 1049; Eagle Point, OR 97524541-826-4334; www.stjohnep.org School 541-879-0020

Rev. Gary Clark, Pastor April 26, 22, 2020

Our Mission is to “Share God’s Word, Love, and His Gift of Eternal Life for all People through Jesus Christ.”

WE ANSWER GOD’S CALL IN WORSHIP

You are welcome here at St. John. We invite you to share in fellowship of Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord. Please sign our guest book in the entryway. If you live in the area, and do not have a church home, please consider making St. John your regular home for worship and growing together in faith. If you wish to become a member, please indicate this in the book that is passed during worship. Then talk with pastor for the next steps.

We have a nursery during 10:30 service for children up to age 5 who may not be ready to experience the entire worship time.

As often as we celebrate the Sacrament of the Altar, we do so in faith, receiving the bread and wine as the true body and blood of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin that He purchased on the cross. More than a symbol, but His gift of grace for all who believe.

We Worship God in liturgy in response to His love:1st Sunday “Let Us Enter In” w/Communion2nd Sunday “Blended Liturgy”3rd Sunday “Divine Service II 2nd Setting” w/Communion4th Sunday “Alternate Liturgy” 5th Sunday “Divine Service III”

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTERThe Risen Lord Jesus Is with Us in Holy Baptism and in ‘the Breaking of the Bread’ From “before the foundation of the world” until heaven and earth pass away, “the word of the Lord remains forever” (1 Peter 1:20, 25). This “living and abiding word of God” is the preaching of Christ Jesus, namely that God “raised him from the dead and gave him glory” (1 Peter 1:21, 23). By this living word, we “have been born again” to eternal life (1 Peter 1:23) and ransomed from our sinful and mortal life “with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18–19). This living word also calls us to repentance, to dying and rising in Holy Baptism “in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins” (Acts 2:38). In this, we receive the Holy Spirit “for you and for your children and for all who are far off” (Acts 2:39). Through the preaching of His cross and resurrection, Jesus draws near to bring us “into his glory” (Luke 24:26). As He opens the Scriptures, He opens our minds to comprehend “the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27), and He brings us to know Him “in the breaking of the bread” (Luke 24:35).

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ALTERNATE LITURGY OF THE WORD

PRELUDE

THE LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES

SERVICE OF PREPARATION

HYMN OF INVOCATION “Days of Elijah”

These are the days of Elijah – declaring the Word of the LordAnd these are the days of Your servant Moses - Righteousness being restoredAnd though these are days of great trials – of famine and darkness and swordStill we are the voice in the desert crying – prepare ye the way of the Lord

Chorus: Behold He comes, riding on the cloudsShining like the sun, at the trumpet callSo lift your voice, It's the year of JubileeAnd out of Zion's hill Salvation comes

And these are the days of Ezekiel – the dry bones becoming as fleshAnd these are the days of Your servant David – rebuilding a temple of praiseAnd these are the days of the harvest the fields are as white in the worldAnd we are the laborers in Your vineyard – declaring the Word of the Lord

Chorus: Behold He comes, riding on the cloudsShining like the sun, at the trumpet callSo lift your voice, It's the year of JubileeAnd out of Zion's hill Salvation comes

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(BRIDGE)There is no God like Jehovah! There is no God like Jehovah!There is no God like Jehovah! There is no God like Jehovah!There is no God like Jehovah! There is no God like Jehovah!There is no God like Jehovah! There is no God like Jehovah!

Chorus Behold He comes, riding on the clouds2 times: Shining like the sun, at the trumpet call

So lift your voice, It's the year of JubileeAnd out of Zion's hill Salvation comes

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INVOCATION

P: In the name of the Father and the † Son and the Holy Spirit,

C: Amen.

WE CONFESS OUR SIN

P: As we prepare our hearts and minds for worship let us first confess our sins and be assured of his everlasting promise to forgive.

P: If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

C: But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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P: Let us confess our sins to God our heavenly Father.C: Most merciful God, we confess that we are by

nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways to the Glory of your Holy name. Amen.

P: In the mercy of Almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ he gives the power to become the children of God and bestows on them the Holy Spirit. May the Lord, who has begun this good work in us, bring it to completion in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

C: Amen.

HYMN OF PRAISE “My Savior My God”

I am not skilled to understandWhat God has willed what God has plannedI only know at His right handStands One who is my Savior

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I take Him at His word and deedChrist died to save me this I readAnd in my heart I find a needOf Him to be my Savior

That He would leave His place on highAnd come for sinful man to dieYou count it strange so once did IBefore I knew my Savior

Chorus: My Savior lovesMy Savior livesMy Savior's always there for meMy God He wasMy God He isMy God is always gonna beMy Savior lovesMy Savior livesMy Savior's always there for meMy God He wasMy God He isMy God is always gonna be

Yes living dying let me bringMy strength my solace from this springThat He who lives to be my KingOnce died to be my Savior

That He would leave His place on highAnd come for sinful man to dieYou count it strange so once did IBefore I knew my Savior ChorusCCLI Song No. 4592255;CCLI License No. 309126; © 2005 Bridge Building Music, Inc. Aaron Shust | Dorothy Dora Greenwell

INTROIT (spoken by all) Psalm 116:1–14116 I love the LORD, because he has heard

my voice and my pleas for mercy. 2 Because he inclined his ear to me,

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therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The snares of death encompassed me;

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”

5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.

6 The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.

7 Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;

9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

10 I believed, even when I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted”;

11 I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.”

12 What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me?

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD,

14 I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.

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P: The Peace of the Lord be with you always.C: And also with you.

COLLECT (spoken by all)

O God, through the humiliation of You Son, You raised up the fallen world. Grant to Your faithful people, rescued from the peril of everlasting death, unending gladness and eternal joys; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever,Amen

SERVICE OF THE WORD

FIRST READING Acts 2:14a, 36–4114 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his

voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.

36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far

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off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

R: This is the Word of the Lord.C: Thanks be to God.

EPISTLE LESSON 1 Peter 1:17–2517 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for

“All flesh is like grass 9

and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers,

and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.”

And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

R: This is the Word of the Lord.C: Thanks be to God.

HOLY GOSPEL Luke 24:13–3513 That very day two of them were going to a village

named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. 18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things

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happened. 22 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, 23 and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” 25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, 29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight. 32 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” 33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34 saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

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P: This is the gospel of our LordC: Thanks be to you, Oh ChristCHILDREN’S LESSON

SERMON “Didn’t Your Hearts burn within When You- Understood The Promise of Jesus’ Resurrection”

Luke 24:13–35

SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING

SERMON HYMN “As The Deer”

As the deer panteth for the waterSo my soul longeth after TheeYou alone are my heart's desireAnd I long to worship Thee

Chorus You alone are my strength my shieldTo You alone may my spirit yieldYou alone are my heart's desireAnd I long to worship Thee

You're my friend and You are my brotherEven though You are a KingI love You more than any otherSo much more than anything

I want You more than gold or silverOnly You can satisfyYou alone are the real joygiverAnd the apple of my eye

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THE APOSTLE’S CREED please remain seated

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ His 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 into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, thecommunion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

OFFERING Meditation: “Reckless Love”

Before I spoke a word You were singing over meYou have been so so good to meBefore I took a breath You breathed Your life in meYou have been so so kind to me

Chorus: (And) O the overwhelming never-ending reckless Love of GodO it chases me down fights 'til I'm foundLeaves the ninety-nineI couldn't earn it I don't deserve it

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Still You give Yourself awayO the overwhelming never-ending recklessLove of God yeah

When I was Your foe still Your love fought for meYou have been so so good to meWhen I felt no worth You paid it all for meYou have been so so kind to me

Chorus: (And) O the overwhelming never-ending reckless Love of GodO it chases me down fights 'til I'm foundLeaves the ninety-nineI couldn't earn it I don't deserve itStill You give Yourself awayO the overwhelming never-ending recklessLove of God yeah

Bridge: There's no shadow You won't light upMountain You won't climb upComing after me There's no wall You won't kick downLie You won't tear downComing after me

Chorus (And) O the overwhelming never-ending reckless Love of GodO it chases me down fights 'til I'm foundLeaves the ninety-nineI couldn't earn it I don't deserve itStill You give Yourself away

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O the overwhelming never-ending recklessLove of God yeah

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PRAYERS FOR ALL PEOPLE

THE LORD’S PRAYER

SERVICE OF SENDING

BENEDICTION (GOD’S BLESSING)

Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you, The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you, The Lord look upon you with favor and give you His peace.People: Amen

SENDING HYMN: “My Redeemer Lives”

I know He rescued my soulHis blood has covered my sinI believe I believeMy shame He's taken awayMy pain is healed in His nameI believe I believeI'll raise a banner'Cause my Lord has conquered the grave

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Chorus: My Redeemer livesMy Redeemer livesMy Redeemer livesMy Redeemer lives

I know He rescued my soulHis blood has covered my sinI believe I believeMy shame He's taken awayMy pain is healed in His nameI believe I believeI'll raise a banner'Cause my Lord has conquered the grave

Chorus: My Redeemer livesMy Redeemer livesMy Redeemer livesMy Redeemer lives

Bridge: You lift my burdensI'll rise with YouI'm dancing on this mountaintopTo see Your kingdom come

Chorus: My Redeemer livesMy Redeemer livesMy Redeemer livesMy Redeemer lives

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POSTLUDE

SERVING TODAY

Ministering Saints: All God’s People at HomeAltar Guild: Margie Kay/ Laree LinderAccompanist 1st Service: Justin ClarkElder on Duty 2nd Service: Justin HuntleyPastor: Rev. Gary Clark

April 26 – Third Sunday of Easter1 Peter 1:18-19 – “Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.” We have been ransomed – bought back from the slavery into which we were born. We do not belong to ourselves, or to the devil, or to the world. We belong to Jesus. Therefore, we live our lives not in accordance with our own wisdom but in line with God’s Word.

Regular offering for April to date: $7,735.00

Attendance: Home worship streaming 45 homes17

Birthdays: 4/17 Emily Matray,4/20-Emma Weaver, 4/21-Jayce Pech,4/23 Jaylynn Cope, 4/25-Vicki Huntley, 5/1 Evie Forbes, 5/2 Casie Johnson, Susan Andrews, George Linder, Lucas Wihtol,

Anniversaries: 4/19- Ray & Susan Andrews

(If your special date is not listed, please tell us so we may add it to our list. Thank you!)

This Week at St. John 4/26/20 thru 5/2/20

Sunday- 9:00a Worship Live Streaming Home9:15a At home

Monday- 4/23 THRU 3/31 SCHOOL/OFFICE CLOSED Access Food Pantry Closed

Tuesday- ALLACTIVITIES

Wednesda CANCELLEDUNTIL

Thursday- RESTRICTIONSARE LIFTED

Friday-Saturday-

VBS Director WantedBoard Of Education is looking for a new lead for the 2020 Vacation Bible School Program. If interested, please contact Candy Butler @ 541-826-4609.

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LOOKING AHEAD

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please pray for all whom God will call to come along side our leaders, and be actively involved in learning Christ in intentional servant outreach, as we build up the Body of Christ.

Missionaries IN Training St. John Lutheran School: up through 4th grade

this year Sunday school for all ages, Weekly Bibles Studies Youth Confirmation Lutheran Women in Mission (LWML) stretching

from here to around the worldForeign Mission:

Dominican Republic Danelle Putnam serves families and children with disabilities

Point of Grace Academy Kenya Pastor Dennis Meeker and Deaconess Lorna

Lutheran World Relief Local Mission:

Vacation Bible School Summer and Winter Recreational Worship Fun in the Son, Harvest Fest

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Visiting our Homebound and Hospitalized, Comforting the Grieving, Celebrating every new birth

Access Food Pantry, Eagle Point Food Project Guitar Lessons Gospel Music Time at Lakeland Sr. Living, E.P. Men’s Gospel Mission Evening Chapel 2nd Sunday

7pm Bible Study and Songs at Laurel Pines Sr. Home

W.C. The use of our church facility for Girl Scouts and

Martial Arts to build community Open Mic Music night the last Saturday of each

month 6:00pm to 8:00pm with snacks and fellowship in faith.

Missionaries In Training classes (MINT)

These classes are designed and informed by God. The main textbook is His word, the Bible. There are many ways to approach His text. There is just one Holy Spirit, who enables us to hear and understand His message. His message points all people to God’s saving grace.

SERMON “Didn’t Your Hearts burn within When You- Understood The Promise of Jesus’ Resurrection from His Word?”

Luke 24:13–35

As you walk through these resurrection accounts, ask questions:

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Ask why Jesus did not allow these disciples to recognize Him on this 7 mile walk. Ask yourself, are there things Jesus had not allowed me to recognize until He revealed them at just the right time?

Is it significant, that Jesus waited to reveal Himself until they invited Him to stay and at the moment, He broke the bread?

What do you naturally do when you learn something new about God and His gift of faith in His Word?

Write out the last thing that warmed you heart while reading, hearing, or remembering God’s word of promise.

Did you naturally think of who you could share it with?

Did they understand and rejoice?

“What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk? “asked the stranger on their way to Emmaus.

Can you imagine the look on faces of these two disciples of Jesus?

?” And they stood still, looking sad. 18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered

him,

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“Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”

19 And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of

Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.

Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.

22 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, 23 and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

4 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.”

25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

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26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther,

29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.”

So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at table with them, he took the

bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them.

31 And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him.

And he vanished from their sight. 32 They said to each other,

“Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?”

33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem.

And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together,

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34 saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”

35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Father of all mercy and grace, help us we pray to see you more clearly and to love our neighbors as you love us.

We thank you for your gift of faith which enables us to see your grace and mercy and give you true glory,In Jesus name who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever, Amen!

May God Bless Your Days in His Grace!

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