All may make the sign of the cross, the sign marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins.

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1 S T. ANDREW S Lutheran Church 1416 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost August 12, :30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) is the red worship book found in your pew racks. Service music, indicated with a page number, can be found in the front portion of the book. Hymns, indicated by number, are found in the back portion of the book. Congregational responses are printed in bold type. b GATHERING b PRELUDE: Amazing Grace arr. Kathleen Wissinger CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS All may make the sign of the cross, the sign marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins. Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit full of compassion and mercy, abounding in steadfast love. Amen Trusting God s promise of forgiveness, let us confess our sin against God and one another. Silence for reflection and self-examination. Eternal God our creator, in you we live and move and have our being. Look upon us, your children, the work of your hands. Forgive us all our offenses, and cleanse us from proud thoughts and empty desires. By your grace draw us near to you, our refuge and our strength; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. God s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us. In the mercy of almighty God, Christ died for us while we still were sinners; and for his sake, God forgives you all your sins. Thanks be to God. Following the absolution we stand for the hymn, facing the processional cross as we begin.

2 GATHERING SONG: You Are Holy ELW Hymn 525 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. KYRIE Cantor REFRAIN Cantor: For the reign of God, and for peace throughout the world, for the unity of all...refrain For your people here, who have come to give you praise, for the strength to live your Word...REFRAIN Following final refrain we sing: Cantor

3 HYMN OF PRAISE: Now the Feast and Celebration

4 PRAYER OF THE DAY The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray. 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. We sit. b WORD b CHILDREN S SERMON (11:00 a.m.) FIRST READING: 1 KINGS 19:4-8 4[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. 5 Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, Get up and eat. 6 He 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. 7 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. 8 He 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. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

5 PSALM 34: The following refrain will be sung first by the cantor and then by the congregation each time thereafter. I will bless the Lord at all times. Praise shall always be on my lips; my soul shall glory in the Lord; for God has been so good to me. REFRAIN Glorify the Lord with me. Together let us all praise God s name. I called the Lord, who answered me; from all my troubles I was set free. REFRAIN Worship the Lord, all you people. You ll want for nothing if you ask. Taste and see that the Lord is good; in God we need put all our trust. REFRAIN SECOND READING: EPHESIANS 4:25--5:2 25So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. 26 Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not make room for the devil. 28 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. 29 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. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. 31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, 32 and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, 2 and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. We stand.

6 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION The Holy Gospel according to John. Glory to you, O Lord. GOSPEL: JOHN 6:35, Jesus said to [the crowd,] I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 41 Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, I am the bread that came down from heaven. 42 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? 43 Jesus answered them, Do not complain among yourselves. 44 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. 45 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. 46 Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 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. Praise to you, O Christ. SERMON We sit.

7 We stand and sing. HYMN OF THE DAY: I Am the Bread of Life ELW Hymn 485 APOSTLES CREED: Please turn to the back inside cover of your hymnal We kneel or stand for the prayers. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION Each intercession will end with Lord in your mercy, to which we respond: Hear our prayer. b MEAL b PEACE The peace of the Lord be with you always. And also with you. We greet one another with a gesture of peace using these or similar words: Peace be with you. We sit. OFFERTORY ANTHEM: As We Gather at Your Table arr. K. Lee Scott As we gather at your table, as we listen to your Word, help us know, O God, your presence: let our hearts and minds be stirred. Nourish us with sacred story till we claim it for our own; teach us through this holy banquet how to make Love s victory known. Turn our worship into witness in the sacrament of life; send us forth to love and serve you, bringing peace where there is strife. Give us, Christ, your great compassion to forgive as you forgave; may we still behold your image in the world you died to save. Gracious Spirit, help us summon other guests to share that feast where triumphant Love will welcome those who had been last and least. There no more will envy blind us nor will pride our peace destroy, as we join with saints and angels to repeat the sounding joy.

8 We stand as the gifts are presented. OFFERTORY SONG: As The Grains of Wheat David Haas OFFERTORY PRAYER

9 THE GREAT THANKSGIVING It is indeed right, our duty and joy.we praise and join their unending hymn: The Great Thanksgiving concludes:.to you, O God, Father, Son and holy Spirit, be all honor and glory in your holy church, now and forever. Amen.

10 THE LORD S PRAYER 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. We sit. LAMB OF GOD HOLY COMMUNION All are welcome to commune. Communion will be received at the altar rail by intinction; we receive the consecrated bread and dip it into the chalice. Those unable to partake of wine or wheaten bread are assured that the Church affirms our Lord s presence in, with, and under each element alone; however, gluten free wafers and grape juice are available. Please let the Pastor or Lay Assistant know of your need. COMMUNION HYMN: In the Singing ELW Hymn 466

11 COMMUNION HYMN: Eat This Bread We stand. POST-COMMUNION BLESSING AND PRAYER BENEDICTION b SENDING b SENDING SONG: Hallelujah! We Sing Your Praises ELW Hymn 535 Choir: first refrain, stanza one Congregation: second refrain, stanza two, refrain Go in Peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.

12 Welcome Please welcome our own the Rev. Paul Aebischer, who will be preaching today while Pastor Trump is away. Pastor Aebischer currently serves as a regional representative with Portico Benefit Services, a ministry of the ELCA. COPYRIGHT PERMISSIONS: Prayer of the Day and other liturgical from Sundays & Seasons, copyright 2006, Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission. Portions of the liturgy reprinted from Now the Feast and Celebration, by Marty Haugen copyright 1999 by GIA Publications, Inc.. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A taste and See text James E. moore, Jr., based on Psalm 34. Music by James E. Moore, Jr; text and music 1983 GIA Publications. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A As the Grains of Wheat music by David Haas, copyright 2006 GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A As we Gather at your table text by Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1989 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream IL All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A Eat this Bread text by Taize community, music by Jacques Berthier. Text and music 1984 Les Presses de Taize, admin GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A Broad River Road, Columbia, South Carolina, Tel: (803) Website: officemgr@salutheran.com Pastor: The Rev. John P. Trump Deacon: Sandra Holland Director of Music Ministries: Jenny Walrath Choir Director: Nicholas Shumate Office Manager: Lina Gann