Word of God Lutheran Church Sixth Sunday of Easter May 21, 2017
ORDER OF SERVICE May 21, 2017 Sixth Sunday of Easter ENTRANCE RITE Announcements Prelude Call to worship chime * Brief Order of Confession and Forgiveness... page 56 * Entrance Hymn Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise... LBW 526 * Greeting and Kyrie... page 57 * Hymn of Praise This is the Feast... page 60 * The Lord be with you... page 62 * Prayer of the Day PROCLAIMING THE WORD First Reading...Acts 17:22-31 Psalm (Read Responsively)... Psalm 66:8-20 Second Reading... 1 Peter 3:13-22 * Alleluia Verse... page 62 * Gospel... John 14:15-21 Children s Sermon Sermon * Hymn of the Day Love Divine, All Loves Excelling... LBW 315 * Apostles Creed... page 65 * Prayers... page 65 * Share the Peace... page 66 SHARING OF THE SACRAMENTAL MEAL Offering * Offertory... page 66 * Offertory Prayer... page 67 * Great Thanksgiving... page 68 * The Lord's Prayer... page 71 Lamb of God... page 72 Communion * Blessing... page 72 * Canticle Thank the Lord... page 72 * Prayer, Benediction, and Dismissal... page 74 * Closing Hymn Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart... LBW 486 * 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. LBW is the green Lutheran Book of Worship. All music and words printed with permission CCLI #11046540
Devotion Booklet - May 21, 2017 Prayer List Laura Menle - Please pray for relief from pain and a quick recovery from surgery; Kerry Batcheld. (5/14) Praise! Our son Jeff found employment and his health has improved; Kerry Batcheld. (5/14) Praise! To all mothers for their love on Mother s Day; Michael Croft. (5/14) Wyatt Wilson - Please pray for healing after a re-injury of his knee; Gwyn & Mike Wilson. (5/14) Janet Howard - Please pray for Alan s sister who is currently in hospice; Ruth & Alan Farms. (5/14) Praise! Mickey Goff, Patty s aunt has finished chemo and there is no sign of cancer; Patty & Bob Lambert. (5/14) John Wedwick - Please pray for a successful surgery and quick recovery for Patty s dad; Patty & Bob Lambert. (5/14) Nancy Shepack - Please pray for healing from injuries due to an accident; Sonya Murphy. (5/14) Praise! Thank you for the gifts of love and hard work for the Ladies Tea; Corkey Reel. (5/14) Ted Connell - Please pray for healing for Laura Williams father-in-law; Corkey Reel. (5/14) Jenn - Please pray for God s guidance with life changes for Linda s daughter; Linda Williams. (5/14) Family of Denny Schmidt - Please pray for comfort and peace as they mourn the loss of Denny; Judi Holbrook. (5/9) Andrew Lohr - Please pray for healing for Stony s 13 year-old grandson. Andrew has pneumonia, hemorrhaging, high fever, and is facing additional surgery; Stony & Dee Lohr. (5/7) Darcy Drury - Please pray for a quick recovery from foot surgery; Cheryl & Bill Drury. (5/7) Praise! Blessing of Mimi from Mimi s Good Food who supplied food for Fish Stix s year end celebration; Michael Crofton. (5/7) Jeffrey - Please pray for healing, he has pneumonia, infected kidneys, and heart issues; Danny Bell. (5/7) Kim s daughter Georgia - Please pray for this 3-month old who is very sick; Danny Bell. (5/7) Tage - Please pray for healing for this 7 year-old with heart valve issues who is facing possible surgery in June; Danny Bell. (5/7) Cara - Please pray for a successful ACL surgery and quick recovery; Danny Bell. (5/7) Anya - Please pray for the Elrod s granddaughter, she is in Children s Hospital Houston; Lynda Wojcik. (5/1) Chase Curtis - Please pray for healing with health concerns for the Farms grandson; Ruth & Alan Farms. (4/30) Tammy Pakulski - Please pray for healing and comfort for her upcoming surgery; Carole & Russ Pakulski. (4/30)
Acts 17:22-31 22 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: To the unknown god. What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. 26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, 28 for In him we live and move and have our being ; as even some of your own poets have said, For we are indeed his offspring. 29 Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead. Psalm 66:8-20 8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, 9 who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip. 10 For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. 11 You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs; 12 you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. 13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you, 14 that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. 16 Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul. 17 I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.
Psalm 66:8-20 (continued) 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me! 1 Peter 3:13-22 13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, 16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20 because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. ~~~~~ John 14:15-21 15 If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.
Prayer List (continued) Family of JoAnne Pritchett - Please pray for comfort as they mourn their loss of Joanne; Sandy & Ted Thomas. (4/30) Marilyn Wells family - Please pray for comfort and peace as they mourn their loss of Marilyn; Linda Williams. (4/23) Larry, Justin, & Andrew - Please pray for safety as they commute back and forth to Florida over the next few months managing the company s roof project; Linda Lake. (4/23) Susie Gaskill s daughter and son-in-law - Please pray for them as they struggle with infertility; Susie & Charlie Gaskill. (4/23) Kevin Parise - Please continue to pray for healing for the Farms nephew. Kevin will be entering rehab, but mesothelioma has now been discovered; Ruth & Alan Farms. (4/23) Andrea - Please pray for guidance and healing for her upcoming surgery; Tina Petersen. (4/16) Jessie - Please pray for her to trust in the Lord as she faces her mother s, (Selma Rave) diagnosis of massive invasive cancer; Vija Cole. (4/16) Sermon Notes
ANNOUNCEMENTS In honor of Recognition Sunday, please take a moment to congratulate the following WoG members. High school graduates are Matthew Drury, Landmark, Stephanie Pike, Landmark, Emily Petersen, Whitewater, Caitlyn Switzer, Home School, and college graduate Megan Gilbert who is graduating with her BS in Nursing from Georgia Southern University. Women s Bible Study will not meet Wednesday, May 17, or Wednesday, May 24. The make-up dates will be Wednesday, May 31 and Wednesday, June 7. Please contact Mary at maryprather@gmail.com if you have any questions. The Summer Lunch Program kicks-off Friday, June 9. Volunteers are needed to prepare and deliver the lunches. Please contact Christina at stina0702@gmail.com, 404-429-3370, or sign up on the bulletin tear-off. WoG s 3rd annual VBS, Faith Through the Fire, is July 11 13, from 6 pm - 8:30 pm. There will be Bible study, crafts, skits, music, snacks, recreation, service projects and fellowship. Volunteers are needed and greatly appreciated! Please sign up on bulletin tear off, or contact Andi Laaker at laakerroom@att.net. Our next RLC Warehouse service opportunity is Wednesday, June 14, at 9:00 am and the Real Life Center Mobile Food Pantry will be Thursday, June 15, at 9:00 am. Please sign up on the bulletin tear-off or contact Pam Davis at jpdavis403@yahoo.com. The next Midwest Food Bank distribution will be Tuesday, May 23 (8 am - 12 pm & 6 pm - 8 pm); Wednesday, May 24 (8 am - 1:30 pm); and Thursday, May 25 (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, May 29, and Tuesday, May 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.com. April 2017 Report Average Weekly Worship Attendance: 138 Monthly Giving: $27,312 Monthly Benevolence: $3,004 Building for Our Future Giving to Date: $547,624 Interested in giving online? Visit http://woglutheran.org/online_giving
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