2nd Sunday after Pentecost

2nd Sunday after Pentecost June 22, 2014 9:00 AM Rev. Carl Larson 401 South Flynn Drive Milbank, SD 57252 605-432-5566 alcpastor@itcmilbank.com

Welcome to American Lutheran Church If you are visi ng with us this morning, we are honored by your presence. Please sign the guest register in the Narthex on the Kiosk. American Lutheran celebrates the Lord s Supper at each worship service. All who confess Jesus as Lord are welcome to the table. Following worship, please join us for a me of coffee and conversa on - Fellowship Hall. Restrooms are located in the passageway between the narthex and fellowship hall. Please contact one of the ushers for any assistance. Quiet bags (books & coloring pages) are available for the children. Hearing Assisted Receivers are available at the AV booth. This morning s service can be viewed on-line at www.americanlutheran.com The Radio Broadcast is Given In Honor or Al and Kathy Mathiason s 35 th wedding anniversary. June 15 A endance-115; Giving-$2,537.00 Scripture Readings for June 29 Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6:12-23 Ma hew 10:40-42 Thank you to all that are helping with worship: Acolyte Brandon Hansen Greeters Aaron and Stacy Anderson and family Lector Marion and Claire Mischel Communion Servers Mischel family PRAYER CONCERNS: Jordan Volkenant, Jim Aden, Herb Petersen, Vern Foss, Deb Pauli, Own Spanton PRAY FOR THOSE SERVING OVERSEAS: Mackenzie Foss, Nick Boerger, PRAY FOR JORDAN HINS AND HS MISSIONARY MINISTRY IN TURKEY. PRAY FOR THE FLOOD VICITMS IN SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA Each month we will be praying for another church in our community and their mission. This month we will be praying for Peace Lutheran. From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2014 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #42845; CCLI #61684; One License #A-711308 New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Chris an Educa on of the Na onal Council of the Churches of Christ GATHERING PRELUDE WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS P: Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, who forgives all our sin, whose mercy endures forever. C: Amen. P: In the presence of God, who sees our hearts and our minds, let us confess our sin. Silence is kept for reflec on. 2

P: God our strength, C: we confess that we are cap ve to the power of sin that dwells within us. We put ourselves first and others last. What we think will make us happy leaves us longing for more. Even when we want to do what is good, we find ourselves doing the opposite. Rescue us from death's grip on our lives, and raise us up day by day, that we may be alive to God in Christ Jesus. Amen. P: Sisters and brothers, all have fallen short of the glory of God; therefore we are jus fied by God's grace as a gi. Nothing can separate us from the love of God in + Christ Jesus, in whom we have forgiveness of sin, life, and salva on. C: Amen. 3

GATHERING SONG Holy, Holy, Holy LBW 165 GREETING P: Great Healer and Savior, send your power upon this church. C: Touch our brokenness and li us out of our rou nes. P: Walk with us on the paths of fear, so that we might know faith and courage. C: Wipe from us tears of sorrow and show us the joy of new opportuni es. P: The God who created space and me, journeyed with us in human form, and travels with us s ll, be with you all. C: And also with you. KYRIE WOV pg. 28 CANTICLE OF PRAISE WOV pg. 29-30 4

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PRAYER P: Let us pray. Teach us, good Lord God, to serve you as you deserve, C: to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask for reward, except that of knowing that we do your will, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. HYMN SING 6 Choose your favorite hymns

WORD GENESIS 21:8-21 The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyp an, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac." The ma er was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you. As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a na on of him also, because he is your offspring." So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, pu ng it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes. Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; for she said, "Do not let me look on the death of the child." And as she sat opposite him, she li ed up her voice and wept. And God heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Come, li up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great na on of him." Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went, and filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink. God was with the boy, and he grew up; he lived in the wilderness, and became an expert with the bow. He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt. L: Word of God, word of life. C: Thanks be to God. PSALM 86:1-10, 16-17 L: Bow down your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and in misery. C: Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful; save your servant who trusts in you. L: Be merciful to me, O LORD, for you are my God; I call upon you all the day long. C: Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I li up my soul. 7

L: For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, and abundant in mercy toward all who call upon you. C: Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer, and a end to the voice of my supplica ons. L: In the me of my trouble I will call upon you, for you will answer me. C: Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord, nor anything like your works. L: All the na ons you have made will come and worship you, O Lord, and glorify your name. C: For you are great; you do wondrous things; and you alone are God. L: Turn to me and have mercy on me; give your strength to your servant, and save the child of your handmaid. C: Show me a sign of your favor, so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame; because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me. ROMANS 6:1B-11 Should we con nue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been bap zed into Christ Jesus were bap zed into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by bap sm into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrec on like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. L: Word of God, word of life. C: Thanks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION WOV page 31 8

MATTHEW 10:24-39 The Gospel according to Ma hew, the 10 th chapter. C: Glory to you, O Lord. A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven. Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one's foes will be members of one's own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. P: The Word of the Lord. C: Praise to you, O Christ. MESSAGE 9

HYMN OF THE DAY Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus LBW 487 10

RESPONSE TO THE WORD APOSTLES CREED WOV page 33 P: Let us stand and confess our faith in the words of the Apostles Creed. C: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pon us Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrec on of the body, and the life everlas ng. Amen. PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH P: Strengthened by the Spirit who gives us words to speak and hearts that care, let us bring our hopes and needs to God who listens. A brief silence. P: We pray for healing worship, that your love will fill our hearts through our songs and prayers and give us strength to spread your word. Lord, in your mercy, C: hear our prayer. P: We pray for healing growth, that this land you have made will con nue to sustain life of all kinds plants, animals, and people. We pray for the farm families whose fields are underwater, for those who lives and homes have been disrupted because of damaging winds. Listen to their cries. Lord, in your mercy, C: hear our prayer. P: We pray for healing words among peoples and places where violence, mistrust, anger, and division reign. Be with the people of Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan who are in fear because of the warfare in their land. Send your Spirit to bring much-needed peace to our rela onships and our world. Lord, in your mercy, C: hear our prayer. 11

P: We pray for healing rest for those whose bodies and spirits are weary and in pain. Surround them with your care and love. Lord, in your mercy, C: hear our prayer. P: We pray for healing me, when we can focus on you and your renewing love. Amidst our busy lives, help us to stop, focus, and rest in you. Lord, in your mercy, C: hear our prayer. P: We pray for healing hope for those whose loved ones have died, and give thanks for the lives of those who have gone before us in faith. Lord, in your mercy, C: hear our prayer. P: We li our prayers to you, God of mercy, confident that all things are in your hands. In Jesus' name we pray. C: Amen. SHARING OF THE PEACE P: The peace of the Lord be with you all. C: And also with you. P: Let us share God s peace with one another. OFFERING OFFERTORY Accept, O Lord, the Gi s We Bring WOV 759 Verse 1 Verse 2 Accept, O Lord, the gi s we bring to place upon your table. We do not worship as we ought but only as we're able. The vines were planted, seeds were sown. They grew in your good pleasure. What once was common, daily food becomes a holy treasure. Verse 3 Our hopes and dreams, our toils and cares we li in prayer before you. Lord, by your grace now come to us, as humbly we adore you. OFFERTORY PRAYER P: God of mercy and grace, the eyes of all wait upon you, and you open your hand in blessing. 12

C: Fill us with good things at your table, that we may come to the help of all in need, through Jesus Christ, our redeemer and Lord. Amen. MEAL GREAT THANKSGIVING P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. P: Li up your hearts. C: We li them to the Lord. P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C: It is right to give our thanks and praise. PREFACE P: Holy God, our Maker, Redeemer, and Healer, in the harmonious world of your crea on the plants and animals, the seas and stars, were whole and well in your praise. When sin had scarred the world, you sent your Son to heal our ills and to form us again into one. WORDS OF INSTITUTION P: In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Again, a er supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people. Do this in remembrance of me. For as o en as we eat of this bread and drink of this cup, we proclaim the Lord s death un l he comes. C: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. LORD S PRAYER 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 tempta on, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. 13

INVITATION TO COMMUNION P: Everyone who hungers, come to the table. C: Eat what is good, that you may live. DISTRIBUTION I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry WOV 770 14

SENDING OF COMMUNION P: Gracious God, loving all your family with a mother's tender care: As you sent the angel to feed Elijah with heavenly bread, assist those who set forth to share your word and sacrament with those who are sick or homebound. In your love and care, nourish and strengthen those who will receive this sacrament, and give us all the comfort of your abiding presence through the body and blood of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. C: Amen. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION P: We thank you, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have fed us in a way our hearts can understand, with the saving body and blood of Jesus Christ. C: Enliven us by your presence in this meal, that we may be your presence in the world, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. SENDING BLESSING P: Lord God, you are great and you give us wondrous gi s. We go forth knowing of your strength and your Spirited Presence. C: And as we go forth, fill us with new vision and with a sense of purpose. May we serve God today and ever day, knowing that God is for us. Amen. SENDING SONG Let All Things Now Living LBW 557 Verse 1 Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving to God the creator triumphantly raise, who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us, who s ll guides us on to the end of our days. God's banners are o'er us, God's light goes before us, a pillar of fire shining forth in the night, ll shadows have vanished and darkness is banished, as forward we travel from light into light. 15

Verse 2 His laws he enforces, the stars in their courses and sun in its orbit obediently shine; the hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains, the deeps of the ocean proclaim God divine. We too should be voicing our love and rejoicing; with glad adora on a song let us raise ll all things now living unite in thanksgiving: "To God in the highest, hosanna and praise!" CHALLENGE P: Go in peace. Serve the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. SUNDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY SUNDAY THIS WEEK AT AMERICAN LUTHERAN 9:00 Worship with Communion/KMSD 10:00 Coffee Fellowship 10:00 July LIA 9:00 Quil ng 6:00 Manna 9:00 Worship with Communion/KMSD 10:00 Coffee Fellowship NEEDED: Please sign-up at the Welcome Center if you would be able to furnish treats, serve & clean-up on any Sunday this summer. HYMNALS 16

There is s ll me to donate new hymnals for worship. The cost is $22.50 per hymnal. Hymnals can also be purchased In Memory or In Honor of someone. Please sign up at the Welcome Center or contact the church office if you wish to par cipate. MARK YOUR CALENDARS VBS July 13-17 at Living Word. Sign-up sheets & registra ons at the Welcome Center. NEEDED: 4 people to help teach VBS from ALC. See Maren Davis if you can help out or call 949-3176. VBS Mission Project.NEEDED: winter coats, caps, scarves, mi ens/gloves that are gently used in elementary sizes. THANK YOU to those who have sponsored our Radio Broadcasts. We are in need of people to sponsor RADIO BROADCASTS and/or FLOWERS for the 2nd half of the year. Cost for the radio is $100. Check out the 2014 schedule on the Kiosk. CARD NOOK All napkins are $1.00 off the package price during June/July Please contact the church office if you have not received an ALC T-shirt. We have several sizes on hand, so please stop and let us know what you need. 17