HOLY COMMUNION The prble of the mustrd seed June 14, 2015 + 10:00.m. Centrl - in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ Christ the mustrd seed grows into tree with room for ll The mustrd seed becomes gret shrub tht shelters the birds, reclling ncient imges of the tree of life. We d expect cedr or sequoi, but Jesus finds the power of God better imged in tiny, no-ccount seed. It s not the wy we expect divine ctivity to look. Yet the tree of life is here, in the cross round which we gther, the tree into which we re grfted through bptism, the true vine tht nourishes us with its fruit in the cup we shre. It my not pper ll tht impressive, but while nobody s looking it grows with power beyond our understnding. The Holy Spirit gthers us in unity on the first dy of the week, the dy of Christ s resurrection PRELUDE dgio & llegro from Sont in GTHERING t the sound of the bell the ssembly stnds to fce the worship leders t the bck of the church. G. F. Hndel PROCESSIONL HYMN (hymn) 524 Wht Is This Plce GREETING P Grce to you nd pece from God our Cretor, the love t our beginning nd without end, in our midst nd with us. God is with us, here we find new life. PRYER OF THE DY P Let us pry... men. P s the welcome concludes: now my the love of Christ rule in our herts. My the word of Christ dwell in us richly. God speks to us in scripture reding, preching, nd song WORD CHILDREN S WORD Children re invited to come forwrd; prents re welcome to come with their children. REDING The sign of the cedr Ezekiel 17:22 24 Thus sys the Lord GOD: I myself will tke sprig from the lofty top of cedr; I will set it out. I will brek off tender one
Tree imgery is used in messinic prophecy to tell how the Lord will choose someone from Judh s royl fmily (the cedr tree) to reign over ll cretion. This tree will be plnted on Mount Zion, the loction of the holy temple. from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plnt it on high nd lofty mountin. 23 On the mountin height of Isrel I will plnt it, in order tht it my produce boughs nd ber fruit, nd become noble cedr. Under it every kind of bird will live; in the shde of its brnches will nest winged cretures of every kind. 24 ll the trees of the field shll know tht I m the LORD. I bring low the high tree, I mke high the low tree; I dry up the green tree nd mke the dry tree flourish. I the LORD hve spoken; I will ccomplish it. Prise to Christ, the Word. Thnks be to God. PSLM Pslm 92:1 4, 12 15 The righteous shll spred brod like cedr of Lebnon. (92:12) Ll L L L It is good thing to give thnks to the LORD, to sing prise to your nme, O Most High; 2 to herld your love in the morning nd your fithful- ness t night; 3 on the psltery, nd on the lyre, nd to the melody of the hrp. 4 For you hve mde me gld by your cts, O LORD; nd I shout for joy becuse of the works of your hnds. 12 The righteous shll flourish like plm tree, nd shll spred brod like ce- dr of Lebnon. 3 Those who re plnted in the house of the LORD shll flourish in the courts of our God; 14 they shll still ber fruit in old ge; they shll be green nd succulent; 15 tht they my show how up- right the LORD is, my rock, in whom there is no injustice. 2 Pul encourges believers to live by fith nd not by sight. We do not consider Jesus from humn perspective but through the eyes of fith, believing he died for ll nd ws rised. ll who re in Christ re now in God s new cretion. REDING In Christ, new cretion 2 Corinthins 5:6 10; 14 17 Pul writes: We re lwys confident; even though we know tht while we re t home in the body we re wy from the Lord 7 for we wlk by fith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we do hve confidence, nd we would rther be wy from the body nd t home with the Lord. 9 So whether we re t home or wy, we mke it our im to plese him. 10 For ll of us must pper before the judgment set of Christ, so tht ech my receive recompense for wht hs been done in the body, whether good or evil. 14 For the love of Christ urges us on, becuse we re convinced tht one hs died for ll; therefore ll hve died. 15 nd he died for ll, so tht those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died nd ws rised for them. 16 From now on, therefore, we regrd no one from humn point of view; even though we once knew Christ from humn point of view, we know him no longer in tht wy. 17 So if nyone is in Christ, there is new cretion: everything old hs pssed wy; see, everything hs become new!
Prise to Christ, the Word. Thnks be to God. GOSPEL CCLMTION The ssembly welcomes the gospel: GOSPEL The prble of the mustrd seed Mrk 4:26 34 The holy gospel ccording to Mrk. Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus frequently uses prbles to tech ordinry people s they re ble to her nd understnd. Imges of sowing nd growing show the vitlity of God s kingdom. Jesus sys, The kingdom of God is s if someone would sctter seed on the ground, 27 nd would sleep nd rise night nd dy, nd the seed would sprout nd grow, he does not know how. 28 The erth produces of itself, first the stlk, then the hed, then the full grin in the hed. 29 But when the grin is ripe, t once he goes in with his sickle, becuse the hrvest hs come. 30 He lso sid, With wht cn we compre the kingdom of God, or wht prble will we use for it? 31 It is like mustrd seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smllest of ll the seeds on erth; 32 yet when it is sown it grows up nd becomes the gretest of ll shrubs, nd puts forth lrge brnches, so tht the birds of the ir cn mke nests in its shde. 33 With mny such prbles he spoke the word to them, s they were ble to her it; 34 he did not spek to them except in prbles, but he explined everything in privte to his disciples. The gospel of the Lord. Prise to you, O Christ. SERMON silence for reflection HYMN OF THE DY (hymn) 516 lmigty God, Your Word Is Cst stnzs 2 & 3 in hrmony Benedicite, omni oper Domini or Song of Cretion is historic cnticle from the Ester Vigil. The Benedicite Minnesot ws dpted by Pstor Christopherson bsed on the Benedicite otero from the New Zelnd Pryer Book. In our pryer with the erth nd se nd ll their cretures Christins of vrious regions re dpting this cnticle to reflect their corner of cretion. BENEDICITE MINNESOT (Bless the Lord, Minnesot) O give thnks to our God who is good; whose love endures forever. Sun nd moon nd strs, lights of the northern sky: give to our God thnks nd prise. Sunrise nd sunset, dy nd night: give to our God thnks nd prise. Hills nd vlleys, pine forests nd grsslnds, glcil lkes, riverbnks nd boundry wters, shelter belts nd tll-grss priries, hedwters nd Superior: give to our God thnks nd prise. 3
Rivers nd strems, bogs nd morines, frost nd ice, snow nd rin, ponds nd lkes, lughing wters: give to our God thnks nd prise. Mples nd pines, cottonwood nd dogwood, elm nd sh, corn nd ots, whet nd soybens, wild rice nd lflf, rgweed nd thistle: give to our God thnks nd prise. Wlleye nd sunfish, bdger nd deer, egle nd loon, moose nd elk: give to our God thnks nd prise. Rbbits nd cttle, mosquitoes nd moths, cts nd bers, wolves nd dogs, robins nd bees, sprrows nd crdinls nd squirrels, sheep nd pigs, owls nd hwks: give to our God thnks nd prise. ll peoples immigrnt nd ntive, women nd men, who inhbit wter bthed Minnesot: give to our God thnks nd prise. ll you sints nd mrtyrs of the Priries nd North Woods: give to our God thnks nd prise. O give thnks to our God who is good; whose love endures forever. The lnguge of our worship this summer is bsed on lnguge in the New Zelnd Pryerbook. PRYERS OF INTERCESSION ech petition concludes:... Her our pryer, O God of grce, Your mercy endures forever. P Merciful God, you look with compssion on ll who turn to you. Her the pryers of your people. Grnt tht wht we hve sked in fith we my by your grce receive; through Jesus Christ our Lord. men. God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ MEL PECE P Blessed be Christ the Prince of Pece, who breks down the wlls tht divide. P The pece of God be lwys with you. Prise to Christ who unites us in pece. The ssembly is invited to shre God s pece with one nother. GTHERING OF GIFTS n offering is gthered for the mission of the church, including the cre of those in need. During this time, the tble is set. fter the offering is gthered, bred, wine, money, nd other gifts re brought forwrd. The ssembly stnds s the procession reches the chncel. Offering of Music ri ( l Bch) Sigfrid Krg-Elert 4 Offertory Pryer Let us pry together.
Blessed re you, God of ll cretion; through your goodness we hve these gifts to shre. ccept nd use our offerings for your glory nd for the service of your kingdom. Blessed be God forever. men. GRET THNKSGIVING P The Lord is here. God s Spirit is with us. P Lift up your herts. We lift them to the Lord. P Let us give thnks to the Lord our God. It is right to offer thnks nd prise. P Honor nd worship re indeed your due, our Lord nd our God, through Jesus Christ, For you creted ll things; nd for your glory they hve their being. P Therefore with people of every ntion, tribe nd lnguge, with the whole Church on erth nd in heven, joyfully we give you thnks nd sing: ll re invited to receive these gifts of God. Communion t this service is served stnding by individul cups. Plese follow the direction of the ushers to communion sttion. Grpe juice nd gluten-free bred re vilble upon request. Children re welcome to receive communion or blessing. The presider continues with the Gret Thnksgiving concluding: Lord s Pryer (1975) P s Christ teches we pry: Our Fther in heven, hllowed be your nme, your kingdom come, your will be done, on erth s in heven. Give us tody our dily bred. Forgive us our sins s we forgive those who sin ginst us. Sve us from the time of tril nd deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, nd the glory re yours, now nd forever. men. 5
Breking of the Bred nd Invittion to the Tble P We brek this bred to shre in the body of Christ. We who re mny re one body, for we ll shre one bred. Lmb of God Music for Violin Lrgo & llegro from Sont in G. F. Hndel silence for reflection Pryer fter Communion Let us pry. Most loving God, cretor nd redeemer, we give you thnks for this foretste of your glory. Through Christ, nd with ll your sints, we offer ourselves nd our lives to your service. We sk this through Jesus Christ, the servnt, our friend nd brother. men. God blesses nd sends us in mission to the world BLESSING men. SENDING RECESSIONL HYMN (hymn) 679 For the Fruit of ll Cretion stnzs 1 & 2 in hrmony DISMISSL Plese fce the processionl cross for the dismissl. Go now to love nd serve the Lord. Thnks be to God. The crillon sends the ssembly into mission. Brief snctury tours will be offered this morning following the postlude. POSTLUDE Procession in the Clssicl Style Gordon Young Portions of the liturgy re from Sundys nd Sesons.com 2015 ugsburg Fortress. ll rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under ugsburg Fortress liturgies license #26515. Copyright mteril from New Zelnd Pryer Book - He Krki Mihinre o otero is used with permission. 6
SERVING TODY Pstor Meliss Pohlmn Pstor D. Foy Christopherson Julie nderson Derek Rsmussen Mrk Sedio In Snyder Leon Tibben Dvid Molvik, Mrk Brodin Richrd Stegll, Dve West, Bruce Bergeson-Meekins, Bill Msche Bob Tufford, Vrney Kizolu nn Stechmnn, Hrld Fber Pt Forse presiding preching ssisting minister reder cntor/orgnist violin crucifer sound opertors scristns led ushers hosts nd greeters docent Chncel flowers tody re given by the Circle of Friends to the glory of God. If you wish to donte flowers contct Judy Korogi 10 dys in dvnce t 612-788-1288. Lrge print service folders, ssisted listening devices, nd ccess seting re vilble to id your prticiption in worship. Plese inquire with n usher. 7
WELCOME! Everyone is welcome. s community of the people of God, the members of Centrl Luthern Church re clled to welcome ll people regrdless of ge, economic sttus, ethnic bckground, gender, physicl or mentl bility, rce or sexul orienttion. We ffirm tht in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slve nor free, there is neither mle or femle (Gltins 3:28). Christ hs mde us one. Guests re welcome. We re plesed you re worshiping with us tody. We invite guests to complete the Welcome to Centrl crd found in the pew rcks nd leve it with n usher or plce it in the offering plte. If you would like more informtion bout Centrl, plese contct us t 612-870-4416, or emil info@centrlmpls.org. Children re welcome t ll services. Worship bulletins for children nd ctivity bgs re vilble t Snctury entrnces. If you would prefer to use Centrl s nursery (vilble for children ges four nd younger), you will find it up the steps from the informtion desk t the South Entrnce (cross from the fellowship hll). n usher or greeter will be gld to ssist you. Welcome to the Lord s Tble. ll who come seeking Jesus re welcome t Holy Communion. Plese follow the guidnce of the ushers nd instructions in the order of service. During communion, ministers will bring bred nd wine to persons in designted ccess seting res. If you re not in designted ccess seting re nd desire to commune where you re seted, plese notify n usher who will direct communion ministers to come nd serve you. Communion my be received in one kind (only bred or only wine) from ny sttion if whet bred or lcohol presents helth concern. Gluten-free breds nd lcohol-free wine re vilble by request t most liturgies from most communion sttions. Welcome to Holy Bptism. ll who come seeking Jesus re welcome to receive Holy Bptism. Plese visit with ny worship leder, stff member, hospitlity volunteer, contct the church office, or complete n informtion crd, indicting tht you wish to be bptized. pstor will contct you. Friends of Centrl Sty connected. cross the country nd beyond there re mny people who hve soft spot in their hert for Centrl Luthern Church people who feel connection both to the history nd the ongoing mission of this congregtion. If you re one of them, we invite you to join new network of Friends of Centrl. Pick up brochure or visit our website for more informtion or to join. Digitl giving is vilble t Centrl. You cn go online through Centrl s website t www.centrlmpls.org nd click on Donte to our Mission. If you give electroniclly, use the green pew crd to drop in the offering plte insted of n envelope. Centrl Luthern is supported by givers like you. Questions? Contct the church office t 612-870-4416. CENTRL LUTHERN CHURCH in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ 333 South Twelfth Street Minnepolis, MN 55404 612.870-4416 www.centrlmpls.org COME & SEE