Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ!

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1 Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ! We thank God that you have joined us this morning for worship. If you are visiting with us, we thank God you are here and pray our worship together will be a mutual blessing. If you are looking for a church home, we hope Abiding Savior can meet your needs. Please introduce yourself to one of the Pastors. We ask both members and visitors to kindly fill out attendance cards and pass them to the center aisle. The ushers will gather them during the Sermon Hymn which follows the Children s Message. Feel free to add a prayer request for the Pastor to include in the congregational prayer. We love children here at Abiding Savior. Parents are encouraged to sit in the front pews so that young children can see what is happening during worship. If you should want to make use of our cry room or nursery, please ask one of our ushers for directions. Ministers Rev. Dr. Thomas Rogers... Senior Pastor Rev. Glenn Lucas... Associate Pastor Mrs. Donna Lucas... Principal Pam Howard... Preschool Director Chris Rogers... Music Director & Organist Kyle Salesky.Director of Family and Youth Ministries Hank Hellfeld... Deacon Call Us Church Office... (949) School Office... (949) Preschool Office... (949) On the Web...

2 Worship Service of Word and Song Third Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, June 10, :15 a.m. WELCOME Please stand. OPENING CONGREGATIONAL SONG The Solid Rock My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly lean on Jesus name. On Christ the solid Rock, I stand All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand. When darkness seems to hide his face I rest on His unchanging grace. In ev ry high and stormy gale My anchor holds within the veil. Refrain His oath, His covenant, His blood, Support me in the whelming flood. When all around my soul gives way He then is all my hope and stay. Refrain When he shall come with trumpet sound O may I then in Him be found. Dressed in his righteousness alone, Faultless to stand before the throne. Refrain Twice By Charlie Hall, Edward Mote, Kendall Combes, Trent Austin & William Batchelder Bradbury Words: Public Domain All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. CCLI # INVOCATION Pastor: In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen! CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION Worshippers are invited to kneel for the Confession and Absolution. Those who desire not to kneel may sit or stand. Pastor: Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 2

3 Pastor: If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared. Pastor: Since we are gathered to hear God s Word and call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people, let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner. Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen. Pastor: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for us and for His sake forgives us all our sins. 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 Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. OLD TESTAMENT READING GENESIS 3:8-15 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, Where are you? And he said, I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself. He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat? The man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate. Then the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? The woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate. The LORD God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. 3

4 EPISTLE READING 2 CORINTHIANS 4:13 5:1 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, I believed, and so I spoke, we also believe, and so we also speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Please stand for the Reading of the Holy Gospel. THE HOLY GOSPEL MARK 3: Then [Jesus] went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, He is out of his mind. And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, He is possessed by Beelzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons. And he called them to him and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. But no one can enter a strong man s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house. Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin for they had said, He has an unclean spirit. And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you. And he answered them, Who are my mother and my brothers? And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother. Reader: This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to You O Christ. Worshippers are invited to stand and share the peace of the Lord with each other. Children can come down to the chancel steps for the children s message. 4

5 CHILDREN HILDREN S MESSAGE Prayer and member/guest cards will be collected during the following song: CONGREGATIONAL SONG Unstoppable God Heaven thundered And the world was born. Life begins and ends In the dust You formed. Faith commanded And the mountains moved. Fear is losing ground To our hope in You. Unstoppable God, Let Your glory go on and on. Impossible things In Your name, they shall be done. Freedom conquered, All our chains undone. Sin defeated, Jesus has overcome. Mercy triumphed When the third day dawned. Darkness was denied When the stone was gone. Refrain Twice Nothing shall be impossible. Your kingdom reigns unstoppable. We ll shout Your praise forevermore. Jesus our God unstoppable. Sing four times. Unstoppable God, Let Your glory go on and on. Impossible things In Your name, they shall be done. Repeat By Chris Brown, Steven Furtick & Wade Joye 2014 Be Essential Songs (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. CCLI # THE SERMON The Mission of God Seeking and Saving The Lost REV EV. GLENN LUCAS APOSTLES CREED 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, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. 5

6 GATHERING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS God doesn t need our money, but in His grace He gives us the privilege to be stewards of everything He has entrusted to our care. We can do more together than separately. As one body in Christ, our congregation has agreed to offer our first fruits to support ministries and missions that enable us to communicate Christ s love to everyone, everywhere; and our love for Him. Your sacrificial gift enables this holy work. CONGREGATIONAL MUSICAL OFFERING Thy Strong Word Thy strong word did cleave the darkness; At Thy speaking it was done. For created light we thank Thee, While Thine ordered seasons run. Alleluia, alleluia! Praise to Thee who light dost send! Alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, without end! From the cross Thy wisdom shining Breaketh forth in conqu ring might; From the cross forever beameth All Thy bright redeeming light. Alleluia, alleluia! Praise to Thee who light dost send! Alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, without end! Please rise in honor of the Holy Trinity. God the Father, light-creator, To Thee laud and honor be. To Thee, Light of Light begotten, Praise be sung eternally. Holy Spirit, light-revealer, Glory, glory be to Thee. Mortals, angels, now and ever Praise the holy Trinity! Text: Martin H. Franzmann, Tune: Thomas J. Williams, ; setting: Richard W. Hillert, b. 1923, alt. Text & Setting: 1969 Concordia Publishing House Tune: Public Domain LSB 578 Used by Permission. LSBHymnLicense.net # THE PRAYERS Pastor: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs. Pastor: Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer. After each petition the prayer concludes: Pastor: Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend ourselves and all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy through Jesus Christ, our Lord. We pray together, 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 for ever and ever. Amen. 6

7 HOLY COMMUNION REGARDING HOLY COMMUNION As Lutheran communicants, we believe that Jesus Christ is truly present in this holy supper. Be mindful of the words of St. Paul: Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. (1 Corinthians 11:28) Are you truly sorry for your sins? Do you believe your sins are forgiven because Jesus died for them? Do you believe that Jesus gives you His own body and blood in the sacrament as a seal of that forgiveness? Do you have the sincere intent to do better in living the Christian life? Then come, and receive assurance and strength from Jesus. NOTE: In the center of each communion tray are a few glasses with grape juice wine for those who are on alcohol restrictive medications or who, for personal reasons, wish to abstain from wine. Also we have gluten-free communion wafers available for those who need them. They are in the small plastic containers on the wafer trays (patens). The empty plastic containers may be placed in the bags with the used communion cups. WORDS OF INSTITUTION Pastor: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of me. In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: Drink of it, all of you; this is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. THE PEACE Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you. People: And also with you. DISTRIBUTION SONGS Anchor I have this hope As an anchor for my soul. Through ev ry storm I will hold to You. With endless love All my fear is swept away. In ev rything I will trust in You. There is hope in the promise of the cross. You gave ev rything to save the world You love. And this hope is an anchor for my soul. Our God will stand unshakable. 7

8 Unchanging One He Who was and is to come. Your promise sure You will not let go. There is hope in the promise of the cross. You gave ev rything to save the world You love. And this hope is an anchor for my soul. Our God will stand unshakable. Repeat Your name is higher Your name is greater All my hope is in You. Your Word unfailing Your promise unshaken All my hope is in You. Repeat By Ben Fielding & Dean Ussher 2012 Hillsong Music (Admin by EMI Christian Music Publishing) All rights reserved. Used by permission. CCLI # Beautiful Lord When the storm is raging all around me, You are the peace that calms my troubled sea. And when the cares of this world darken my day, You are the light that shines and shows me the way. And, oh, the beauty of Your majesty, On the cross You showed Your love for me. Beautiful Lord, awesome and mighty; I m captured by this love I see. Beautiful Lord, tender and a holy; Your mercy brings me to my knees. It s Your mercy that has made me free, beautiful Lord. When my sin is all that I can see, Your grace remains the shelter that I seek, And when my weakness is all I can give, Your gentle Spirit gives me strength again. Refrain Words & Music by Leeland Mooring and Marc Byrd 2006 Blue Raft Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. CCLI # PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Pastor: Let us pray. O God our Father, the fountain and source of all goodness, who in loving-kindness sent Your only-begotten Son into the flesh, we thank You that for His sake You have given us pardon and peace in this sacrament, and we ask You not to forsake Your children but always to rule our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit that we may be enabled to serve You constantly; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. 8

9 BENEDICTION Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. Amen! CLOSING CONGREGATIONAL SONG Mighty To Save Everyone needs compassion, Love that s never failing; Let mercy fall on me. Everyone needs forgiveness, The kindness of a Savior; The Hope of nations. Savior, He can move the mountains, My God is Mighty to save, He is Mighty to save. Forever, Author of salvation, He rose and conquered the grave, Jesus conquered the grave. So take me as You find me, All my fears and failures, Fill my life again. I give my life to follow Everything I believe in, Now I surrender. Refrain Shine your light and let the whole world see, We re singing for the glory of the risen King... Jesus Shine your light and let the whole world see, We re singing for the glory of the risen King. Refrain Shine your light and let the whole world see, We re singing for the glory of the risen King... Jesus Shine your light and let the whole world see, We re singing for the glory of the risen King. Words & Music by Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding 2006 Hilsong Publishing Used by Permission All Rights Reserved CCLI # Pastor: Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to t God. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Flowers The flowers which grace our altar this weekend are dedicated to the glory of the Lord by Judy Gorrell in loving memory of her husband, Don. 9

10 We Pray For This Week Diane Kleiman, Todd & Teri Kleiman & Family, Dan & Victoria Knott & Family, Judy Koch-Jones, Kerri Kolset & Family, Barbara Koosman & Family, John & Roxie Korinetz, LaDonna Kracht & Family, Greg & Jennifer Kranawetter & Family, Larry & Joy Kuester Keep in Your Prayers Prayers for strength and healing, h guidance and blessing for: Elizabeth Hurley Jeanne Kelly Brad Lucente Crystal Nylander Brett Riedlinger Suzanne Bailey Terri Green Alexander Hernandez Betsy Hotsko Patricia Howard Lee Seib Junko Shiki Denice Soresi Eileen Stewart Maggie Winn We pray p for those who are ill: Irene Fabre Larry Reimnitz Lou Torres Etsuko Busker Rosemary Colburn We pray for those who are recovering: Jeff Conrad Rocky Hewitt June Thomas Prayer Partners Listen to what s needed. Pray for what s needed. People who wear this badge have been trained to lift up your joys and sorrows in private prayer. Look for them and feel free to pray with them! 10