Word of God Lutheran Church Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 12, 2018
ORDER OF SERVICE August 12, 2018 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Advent C Christmas C Epiphany C Lent C Easter C Pentecost ENTRANCE RITE Announcements Call to worship chime * Brief Order of Confession and Forgiveness... page 10 * Entrance Hymn All Hail the Power of Jesus Name screen * Greeting and Kyrie... page 28 * Hymn of Praise... page 29 * The Lord be with you... page 30 * Prayer of the Day PROCLAIMING THE WORD First Reading... 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 Psalm (Read Responsively)... Psalm 130 Second Reading... Ephesians 4:25-5:2 * Alleluia Verse... page 31 * Gospel... John 6:35, 41-51 Children s Sermon Sermon * Hymn of the Day As the Grains of Wheat.WOV 705 * Apostles Creed... page 33 * Prayers... page 34 * Share the Peace... page 34 SHARING OF THE SACRAMENTAL MEAL Offering Offertory... page 35 * Offertory Prayer... page 35 * Great Thanksgiving... page 36 * The Lord's Prayer... page 39 Lamb of God... page 39 Communion * Blessing... page 40 * Canticle... page 40 * Prayer, Benediction, and Dismissal... page 41 * Closing Hymn What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine... WOV 780 * Please stand as able All who are baptized and believe that Jesus is truly present in the bread and wine are invited to receive communion and assurance of God s forgiveness. Children who have not been instructed in the sacrament should fold their hands to receive a blessing. NOTE: Page numbers are in the front of the hymnal, followed by the Hymn numbers. WOV is the blue With One Voice. All music and words printed with permission CCLI #11046540
Devotion Booklet - August 12, 2018 Prayer List Ryan Lembke - Please pray for the Pike s nephew. He is suffering from Crohn s disease; Pike family. (8/5) Gene Ergle - Please pray for Diane s brother who is in Spaulding hospital; Diane Swaney. (8/5) Hank Frampton - Please pray for a recovery from an accident; Vija Cole. (8/5) Jim McLaughlin - Please pray for peace and grace in decision making for Mary s dad. He is hospitalized with broken ribs and weakness; Prather family. (8/5) Eli - Please pray. Eli is an 11-year-old with water on his lungs; Margie & Danny Bell. (8/5) Melinda - please pray for positive test results from doctor; Melinda Poff. (8/5) Family of David Bean - Please pray for comfort and peace for the family as they mourn their loss of David, Glenn s brother-in-law; Glenn Gilbert. (8/5) Jerry Roberts - Please continue to pray for his recovery from knee replacement surgery; Dyann Roberts. (8/2) Caroline Moore - Please pray for strength and healing. Caroline is in her early 20s and has suffered acute paralysis from the neck down; Karen Hacker. (7/30) Dillon and family - Please pray for safety from heat and fires in California; Vija Cole. (7/29) Vija Cole - Please pray for a speedy recovery after knee replacement surgery; Doris Dahlke (8/02) Hudson - Please pray for healing. He is an infant who is suffering from brain seizures; Gwyn & Mike Wilson. (7/29) Sam Calabro - Please pray for strength and comfort during tests; Tata & Ron Pike. (7/29) Thomas family - Please pray for comfort as they mourn their loss of Dave, Ted s brother; Sandy Thomas. (7/23) Heather Teel - Please pray for strength and guidance; Linda Williams. (7/22) Kathy and Sam - Please pray for Jennifer s sister and brother-in-law. Their house was struck by lightening; Griffin family. (7/22) Russell Knight - Please pray for Myrna s 97-year-old brother who is not responding to medication for pain; Myrna & Al Baird. (7/22) Trey McCauley - Please pray. He is in ICU in critical condition due to an adverse reaction to medication; Linda Lake. (7/22) Joe Hajducko - Please pray for a quick recovery from surgery and strength through his cancer treatment; Apfel family. (7/22) Praise! Thanks for the blessing of the VBS; Corkey Reel. (7/22) Harry McBride - Please pray for a painless and speedy recovery from a broken hip; Sue & Randy Burnett. (7/22) Julienne Lambert and Brent Morris - Please pray for God s blessing on their union in marriage and safety for all who are traveling; Patti & Bob Lambert. (7/15) Laura Williams - Please pray for Corkey s daughter. She is recovering from major foot surgery; Corkey Reel. (7/15) Family of Merle Peshera - Please pray for comfort & peace as they mourn their loss of Merle; Linda Williams. (7/15)
2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 5 And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom. 6 So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim. 7 And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men. 8 The battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword. 9 And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on. 15 And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him. 31 And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, Good news for my lord the king! For the Lord has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you. 32 The king said to the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite answered, May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you for evil be like that young man. 33 And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son! Psalm 130 130 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. 5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6 my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. 7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. 8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Ephesians 4:25-5:2 25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and give no opportunity to the devil. 28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. 29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. 5 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. John 6:35, 41-51 35 Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, I am the bread that came down from heaven. 42 They said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, I have come down from heaven? 43 Jesus answered them, Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, And they will 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 he who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers 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. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
Prayer List (continued) Ayman - Please pray for safety. He has been deployed to the Middle East; Linda Williams. (7/8) Sermon Notes
ANNOUNCEMENTS Action Ministries Summer Lunch volunteer appreciation luncheon will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, PTC, on August 28, at noon. Please RSVP by August 14 to Marilee Gardner at mgardner6080@gmail.com. The next Youth Advisory Board Meeting is Sunday, August 19, at 6:30 pm in the annex. Please contact Linda Lake at lllake@bellsouth.net. Thursday, August 23, Men s Movie and a Message meets in the sanctuary at 6:00 pm. Deadline to RSVP is Thursday, August 23. Please contact Vince Compagno at vcompagno@gmail.com or sign-up on the bulletin tear-off. Pizza and snacks will be served. Adult Choir rehearsal resumes Sunday, August 26, at 11:30 am in the sanctuary. YOUTH Connect resumes Sunday, August 26, at 6:30 pm in the annex. The church office will be closed Monday, September 3, in observance of Labor Day. Word of God Cherub Choir will begin Sunday, September 9, from 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm in the sanctuary. The choir is open for children ages 3 to third grade. Please contact Mary Prather at maryprather@gmail.com. Our next RLC Warehouse service opportunity is Wednesday, August 15, at 9:00 am, and the Real Life Center Mobile Food Pantry will be Thursday, August 16, at 9:00 am. Please sign up on the bulletin tear-off or contact wogadmin@woglutheran.org. The next Midwest Food Bank distribution will be Tuesday, August 21 (8 am - 12 pm & 6 pm - 8 pm); Wednesday, August 22 (8 am - 1:30 pm); and Thursday, August 23 (8 am - 12 pm). Lunch is provided each day to all volunteers. Contact Joe Bowler at ltcbowler@gmail.com, or sign up on the bulletin tear-off. The Redeemer Soup Kitchen serving at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Atlanta will be Monday, October 29, and Tuesday, October 30. Meet in WoG parking lot at 8:30 am and carpool up to Redeemer, returning about 12:30 pm. Contact Cathy Moore at mooreteam5@gmail.com for more info. Unless otherwise indicated, the announcement submission deadline for the Sunday bulletin is the previous Monday at 11:00 AM. Please send all announcements to wogadmin@woglutheran.org. June 2018 Report All donations will be applied to the General, Building, or Scholarship funds. Average Weekly Worship Attendance: 100 Monthly Giving: $21,270 Monthly Benevolence: $2,340 Building for Our Future Giving to Date: $710,488 Interested in giving online? Visit http://woglutheran.org/online_giving
Monday, August 13 Wednesday, August 15 Thursday, August 16 Friday, August 17 Upcoming Events Please Mark Your Calendars! - M.O.M. Team Meeting, 6:30 PM - RLC Senior Box Distribution, 9:00 AM - RLC Mobile Food Pantry, 9:00 AM - Assemble Bulletins, 1:00 PM - Service Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM - Midwest Food Bank Pre-pack, 8:00 AM Sunday, August 19 - Sunday School, 9:00 AM - Worship Service, 10:15 AM - Youth Advisory Board Meeting, 6:30 PM Monday, August 20 Tuesday, August 21 Wednesday, August 22 Thursday, August 23 Sunday, August 26 Wednesday, August 29 Thursday, August 30 - Worship & Music Team Meeting, 6:30 PM - Midwest Food Bank Distribution, 8:00 AM - Midwest Food Bank Distribution, 6:00 PM - Midwest Food Bank Distribution, 8:00 AM - Midwest Food Bank Distribution, 8:00 AM - Assemble Bulletins, 1:00 PM - Men s Movie and a Message, 6:00 PM - Sunday School, 9:00 AM - Worship Service, 10:15 AM - Adult Choir Rehearsal, 11:30 AM - YOUTH Connect, 6:30 PM - Bible Study with Pastor Greene, 6:30 PM - Assemble Bulletins, 1:00 PM Sunday, September 2 - Worship Service, 10:15 AM Monday, September 3 - Labor Day (office will be closed) Tuesday, September 4 - ROMEO s Monthly Luncheon, 11:00 AM Wednesday, September 5 - Bible Study with Pastor Greene, 6:30 PM Thursday, September 6 - Assemble Bulletins, 1:00 PM - ML/SC Meeting, 7:00 PM Sanctuary Space 303 Kelly Drive, Suite 10 Peachtree City, GA 30269 Church Phone 770-897-4508 Mailing Address 401 Dividend Drive, Suite 7 Peachtree City, GA 30269 Pastor Jeffray Greene Phone 770-897-4508 Email prgreene@woglutheran.org Colleen Oakes, Administrative Assistant Email wogadmin@woglutheran.org www.facebook.com/woglutheran Visit us online at www.woglutheran.org Members should sign up for their own password