HOLY COMMUNION The Cnnite womn s dughter is heled August 17, 2014 + 10:00.m. Centrl - in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ Let us trust Christ our nurse who hels the sick In Isih we her tht God s house shll be house of pryer for ll people nd tht God will gther the outcsts of Isrel. The Cnnite womn in tody s gospel is Gentile, n outsider, who is unflinching in her request tht Jesus hel her dughter. As Jesus commends her bold fith, how might our church extend its mission to those on the mrgins of society? In our gthering round word nd mel we receive strength to be signs of comfort, heling, nd justice for those in need. The Holy Spirit gthers us in unity on the first dy of the week, the dy of Christ s resurrection GATHERING PRELUDE Beethoven Meets How Gret Thou Art At the sound of the bell the ssembly stnds to fce the worship leders t the bck of the church. Bill Lydell PROCESSIONAL HYMN (hymn) 532 Gther Us In stnz 1 - ll; 2 - men, women join t Gther us in... 3 - women, men join t Give us to drink... 4 - ll GREETING P The grce of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, nd the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you ll. And lso with you. God speks to us in scripture reding, preching, nd song The prophet clls upon Isrel to do justice in view of God s imminent intervention to sve. Righteousness nd obedience define who belongs to the Isrelite community not rce, ntionlity, or ny other ctegory. PRAYER OF THE DAY P... through, Jesus Christ, our Svior nd Lord. Amen. WORD CHILDREN S WORD Children re invited to come forwrd; prents re welcome to come with their children. FIRST READING A house of pryer for ll people Isih 56:1, 6 8 Thus sys the LORD: Mintin justice, nd do wht is right, for soon my slvtion will come, nd my delivernce be reveled. 6 And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the nme of the LORD, nd to be his servnts, ll who keep the sbbth, nd do not profne it, nd hold fst my covennt
7 these I will bring to my holy mountin, nd mke them joyful in my house of pryer; their burnt offerings nd their scrifices will be ccepted on my ltr; for my house shll be clled house of pryer for ll peoples. 8 Thus sys the Lord GOD, who gthers the outcsts of Isrel, I will gther others to them besides those lredy gthered. Her wht the Spirit is sying to the Church. Thnks be to God. PSALM Let ll the peoples prise you, O God. (67:3) Pslm 67 L Refrin Refrin L L L My God be merciful to us nd bless us; my the light of God s fce shine upon us. Let your wy be known upon erth, your sving helth mong ll ntions. Refrin Let the peoples prise you, O God; let ll the peoples prise you. Let the ntions be gld nd sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity nd guide ll the ntions on erth. Let the peoples prise you, O God; let ll the peoples prise you. Refrin The erth hs brought forth its increse; God, our own God, hs blessed us. My God give us blessing, nd my ll the ends of the erth stnd in we. Refrin SECOND READING Romns 11:1 2, 29 32 God s mercy to ll, Jew nd Gentile God hs not rejected Isrel. Rther, the cll nd gifts of God re irrevocble, so tht while ll hve been disobedient, God hs mercy upon ll. Pul writes: I sk, then, hs God rejected his people? By no mens! I myself m n Isrelite, descendnt of Abrhm, member of the tribe of Benjmin. 2 God hs not rejected his people whom he foreknew. 29 For the gifts nd the clling of God re irrevocble. 30 Just s you were once disobedient to God but hve now received mercy becuse of their disobedience, 31 so they hve now been disobedient in order tht, by the mercy shown to you, they too my now receive mercy. 32 For God hs imprisoned ll in disobedience so tht he my be merciful to ll. 2
Her wht the Spirit is sying to the Church. Thnks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (hymn) 509 God s Word Is Our Gret Heritge sung in hrmony GOSPEL The Cnnite womn s dughter is heled Mtthew 15:21 28 The holy gospel ccording to Mtthew. Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus teches his disciples tht true purity is mtter of the hert rther thn outwrd religious observnces. Almost immeditely, this teching is tested when womn considered to be pgn nd unclen pproches him for help. 21 Jesus [left tht plce nd] went wy to the district of Tyre nd Sidon. 22 Just then Cnnite womn from tht region cme out nd strted shouting, Hve mercy on me, Lord, Son of Dvid; my dughter is tormented by demon. 23 But he did not nswer her t ll. And his disciples cme nd urged him, sying, Send her wy, for she keeps shouting fter us. 24 He nswered, I ws sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Isrel. 25 But she cme nd knelt before him, sying, Lord, help me. 26 He nswered, It is not fir to tke the children s food nd throw it to the dogs. 27 She sid, Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs et the crumbs tht fll from their msters tble. 28 Then Jesus nswered her, Womn, gret is your fith! Let it be done for you s you wish. And her dughter ws heled instntly. The gospel of the Lord. Prise to you, O Christ. SERMON silence for reflection HYMN OF THE DAY (hymn) 722 O Christ, Your Hert, Compssionte stnzs 2 & 3 in hrmony APOSTLES CREED A We hve been mde God s people through our Bptism into Christ. Living together in trust nd hope, we confess our fith. I believe in God, the Fther lmighty, cretor of heven nd erth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God s only Son, our Lord. who ws conceived by the Holy Spirit born of the virgin Mry, suffered under Pontius Pilte, ws crucified, died, nd ws buried; he descended to the ded. On the third dy he rose gin; he scended into heven, he is seted t the right hnd of the Fther, nd he will come to judge the living nd the ded. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy ctholic Church, the communion of sints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, nd the life everlsting. Amen. 3
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION A With the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, let us pry for the church, those in need, nd ll of God s cretion. fter ech petition: Lord, in your mercy, her our pryer. God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ P Into your hnds, O God, we commend ll for whom we pry, trusting in your bundnt mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. MEAL PEACE P In Jesus Christ God hs mde his pece with us. The pece of Christ be with you lwys. And lso with you. The ssembly is invited to shre God s pece with one nother. GATHERING OF GIFTS An offering is gthered for the mission of the church, including the cre of those in need. During this time, the tble is set. After 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 The Lord Is My Light Frnces Allitsen The Lord is my light nd my slvtion, whom, then shll I fer? The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom then shll I be frid? Though n host of men were lid ginst me, yet shll not my hert be frid; And though there rose up wr ginst me, yet will I put my trust in Him. For, in the time of trouble, He shll hide me in His tberncle, ye in the secret plces of His dwelling shll He hide me, nd set me upon rock of stone. The Lord is my light nd my slvtion, whom, then shll I fer? The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom then shll I be frid? Offertory Pryer A Let us pry together. God of ll cretion, ll you hve mde is good, nd your love endures forever. You bring forth bred from the erth nd fruit from the vine. Nourish us with these gifts, tht we might be for the world signs of your grcious presence in Jesus Christ, our Svior nd Lord. Amen. GREAT THANKSGIVING P The Lord be with you. And lso with you. P P Lift up your herts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thnks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thnks nd prise. 4
P It is indeed right, our duty nd our joy... join their unending hymn: All re invited to receive these gifts of God. Communion t this service is served stnding by individul chlices. 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) 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. Amen. Breking of the Bred nd Invittion to the Tble Communion Lmb of God Music Summertime George Gershwin 5
silence for reflection Pryer fter Communion A Let us pry. Grcious provider, you nourish us with holy food nd drink, nd you open us up to the needs of others. Refresh us with your Spirit, tht our words nd deeds my proclim your cretive nd life-giving Word, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. God blesses nd sends us in mission to the world BLESSING Amen. SENDING RECESSIONAL HYMN (hymn) 665 Rise, Shine, You People! DISMISSAL Plese fce the processionl cross for the dismissl. A Go in pece. Serve the Lord. Thnks be to God. The crillon sends the ssembly into mission. Plese gther on the north plz for fellowship nd music following worship. Brief snctury tours will be offered this morning following the postlude; Meet tour guide t the pulpit. POSTLUDE Fugue in C (Jig Fugue) Dietrich Buxtehude Portions of the liturgy re from Sundys nd Sesons.com 2014 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress liturgies license #26515. 6 Digitl giving is vilble t Centrl. You cn esily donte t our Secure Give kiosk in the south commons using your credit crd, debit crd, or checking ccount. You cn give by using the free downlod of the Secure Give pp for your phone. Set up is simple for one time or recurring dontions or you cn donte nonymously. You cn lso 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.
SERVING TODAY Pstor Mrk F. Bents Tom Hnn Mrk Sedio Jne Lien Thoms Dreeze Bill Lydell Helen Klnderud Rick Johnston Dve West, Richrd Stegll Usher Ministry Tem Dvid Molvik, Mrk Brodin Jon Vn Wirt, Audrey Grote, Mry Oelke, Kthy Felix Pt Forse presiding ssisting minister cntor ssocite cntor/orgnist soloist jzz pino reder crucifer scristns ushers sound opertors hosts nd greeters docent Chncel flowers tody re given by the Centrl Luthern Seniors (OWLS) in loving memory of Norm nd Rlph Jcobson. 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. As 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). An usher or greeter will be gld to ssist you. Welcome to the Lord s Tble. All re welcome t the Lord s Tble. 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. All 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. A pstor will contct you. We envision becoming thriving, vibrnt model of urbn Luthern ministry for the 21 st century. This lofty vision requires us to sk ech dy if our gols for worship, lerning, nd service re clerly reching diverse neighborhood nd city in lnguge nd ction tht reflect the world s well s our heritge. CENTRAL LUTHERAN 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