ORDER OF WORSHIP
6th Sunday after Pentecost
July 9, 2023
PRELUDE ‘He Leadeth Me!’ Arr. Gilbert Martin
WELCOME
CALL TO WORSHIP
Come all you who thirst for grace.
We come to receive peace and forgiveness
Christ is here and He brings hope and healing
We come to receive Christ’s encouragement
Come also to encourage one another
We open our hearts to worship our God
*HYMN: #267 (Red) ‘Come Christians Join to Sing’
Come, Christians, join to sing: Alleluia! Amen!
Loud praise to Christ our King: Alleluia! Amen!
Let all, with heart and voice, before his throne rejoice;
praise is his gracious choice: Alleluia! Amen!
Come, lift your hearts on high; Alleluia! Amen!
Let praises fill the sky: Alleluia! Amen!
He is our guide and friend; to us he'll condescend;
his love shall never end: Alleluia! Amen!
Praise yet our Christ again: Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain: Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven's blissful shore his goodness we'll adore,
singing forevermore: Alleluia! Amen!
CALL TO CONFESSION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and more often by what we have left undone. When You ask us to act, we worry. Instead of trusting You, we hesitate out of fear and ignorance, or simply because we think we are too busy. When we should be amazed and delighted, eager to share the good news, we hide, and miss the opportunity to deliver Your message to the world. In Your mercy, forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways, to the glory of Your holy name. Amen
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Friends, believe this good news. God hears us when we pray, God comes when we call, God forgives when we confess.
Thanks be to God. Amen.
*GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
And to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
World without end. Amen, Amen.
CHILDREN’S TIME
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE READING
Psalm 63: 1-5 (read responsively)
1You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
Gospel Reading: John 4:5-30, 39-42
5So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon.
7A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8(His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) 9The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) 10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 1
1The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?
12Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?”
13Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”
15The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.”
17The woman answered him, “I have no husband.”
Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’ 18for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!”
19The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. 20Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. 24God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” 26Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.”
27Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?”
28Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city.
She said to the people, 29“Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?”
30They left the city and were on their way to him. 9Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” 40So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them;
and he stayed there two days. 41And many more believed because of his word.
42They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves,
and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”
SERMON ‘Acceptance, Reconciliation, and sharing the Good News’ Donna Flint, CRE
HYMN: #649 (Red) ‘Amazing Grace’
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
was blind, but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
and grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come.
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me;
his word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be
as long as life endures.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun,
we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
than when we’d first begun.
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH—APOSTLES’ CREED (in unison)
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty, from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
INVITATION TO OFFERING
SPECIAL MUSIC- Cast Your Burden on the Lord- sung by Jan J, Mary E pianist
Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will make it light
Come unto Him, ye heavy laden; find your rest in Christ
Bring Him your sorrows, all your grief
Lay every weakness at His feet
He will sustain you, give you peace
And lead you into life
Cast your burden on the Lord and He will heal your soul
Place on His altar all your sin and He will bear its toll
Bring Him your blindness born of pride
Give Him your broken heart to bind
It was for this He bled and died:
That He might make you whole
Cast your burden on the Lord and He will carry you home
He will attend you and defend through perils yet unknown
Put your unwavering trust in Him
Christ, your constant heavenly friend
Has graven you in the palms of His hands
And never forsakes his own
*DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
-Richard C
-Maxine D
-Marvis J
-Lee P
-Andrew N (friend of Ella)
-Barb (Bob O’s sister)
-Anthony B (Teri’s son) and Teri as caregiver
-Dale E (Lee’s brother)
-USS South Dakota, captain and crew
-Jim, Dianne L’s husband
-Paige F
-Nelda H
-Betty G
-Bob J and Jan as caregiver
-Bob O and Nancy as caregiver
-Darwin L and Jeanne as caregiver
-Andrew & Beth L
-Gwen B (Lee P’s friend)
-Patty (friend of Michele and Brookings)
-Harry (Bonnie S’s father)
Our homebound or in care members: Bob J, Delores K, Rose P, Cliff R, Dee W (Please reach out and call)
This week’s prayer families: Jon & Linda G & family Grace & Lottie; Scott & Jennifer H & family Skylar, Saige, & Ramsie
Those who mourn: We pray for Lynn & Diane R at the loss of their daughter, Nomi V, on Saturday, June 30, 2023, the Eich, VanderWaal, Broksieck, Canaday, Barnett, Fee, Goodale, McCann, and Webster families and all who have lost loved ones.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
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 debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever, Amen.
HYMN #838 (Red) Standing on the Promises
Standing on the promises of Christ, my king,
through eternal ages let his praises ring;
glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
standing on the promises of God.
Refrain:
Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God, my Savior;
standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God.
Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
by the living Word of God I shall prevail,
standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]
Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,
bound to him eternally by love's strong cord,
overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword,
standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]
Standing on the promises I cannot fall,
listening every moment to the Spirit's call,
resting in my Savior as my all in all,
standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]
ANNOUNCEMENTS
-WORSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING after worship service today Sunday, July 9th.
-TUESDAY MORNING COFFEE GROUP meets at First Lutheran Mission Coffee House at 9:30ish.
-MISSION/FINANCE COMMITTEE will be meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, July 11 at 6:30 PM.
-THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY meets at 9:30 AM at the church.
-SESSION will be meeting the in north meeting room on Thursday, July 13 at 7:00 PM.
-BLADE ARTICLES for the August/September issue are due Thursday, July 13
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE ‘This Is the Glory,’ Händel/Root
6th Sunday after Pentecost
July 9, 2023
PRELUDE ‘He Leadeth Me!’ Arr. Gilbert Martin
WELCOME
CALL TO WORSHIP
Come all you who thirst for grace.
We come to receive peace and forgiveness
Christ is here and He brings hope and healing
We come to receive Christ’s encouragement
Come also to encourage one another
We open our hearts to worship our God
*HYMN: #267 (Red) ‘Come Christians Join to Sing’
Come, Christians, join to sing: Alleluia! Amen!
Loud praise to Christ our King: Alleluia! Amen!
Let all, with heart and voice, before his throne rejoice;
praise is his gracious choice: Alleluia! Amen!
Come, lift your hearts on high; Alleluia! Amen!
Let praises fill the sky: Alleluia! Amen!
He is our guide and friend; to us he'll condescend;
his love shall never end: Alleluia! Amen!
Praise yet our Christ again: Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain: Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven's blissful shore his goodness we'll adore,
singing forevermore: Alleluia! Amen!
CALL TO CONFESSION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and more often by what we have left undone. When You ask us to act, we worry. Instead of trusting You, we hesitate out of fear and ignorance, or simply because we think we are too busy. When we should be amazed and delighted, eager to share the good news, we hide, and miss the opportunity to deliver Your message to the world. In Your mercy, forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways, to the glory of Your holy name. Amen
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Friends, believe this good news. God hears us when we pray, God comes when we call, God forgives when we confess.
Thanks be to God. Amen.
*GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
And to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
World without end. Amen, Amen.
CHILDREN’S TIME
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE READING
Psalm 63: 1-5 (read responsively)
1You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
Gospel Reading: John 4:5-30, 39-42
5So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon.
7A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8(His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) 9The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) 10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 1
1The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?
12Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?”
13Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”
15The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.”
17The woman answered him, “I have no husband.”
Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’ 18for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!”
19The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. 20Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. 24God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” 26Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.”
27Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?”
28Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city.
She said to the people, 29“Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?”
30They left the city and were on their way to him. 9Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” 40So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them;
and he stayed there two days. 41And many more believed because of his word.
42They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves,
and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”
SERMON ‘Acceptance, Reconciliation, and sharing the Good News’ Donna Flint, CRE
HYMN: #649 (Red) ‘Amazing Grace’
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
was blind, but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
and grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come.
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me;
his word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be
as long as life endures.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun,
we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
than when we’d first begun.
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH—APOSTLES’ CREED (in unison)
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty, from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
INVITATION TO OFFERING
SPECIAL MUSIC- Cast Your Burden on the Lord- sung by Jan J, Mary E pianist
Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will make it light
Come unto Him, ye heavy laden; find your rest in Christ
Bring Him your sorrows, all your grief
Lay every weakness at His feet
He will sustain you, give you peace
And lead you into life
Cast your burden on the Lord and He will heal your soul
Place on His altar all your sin and He will bear its toll
Bring Him your blindness born of pride
Give Him your broken heart to bind
It was for this He bled and died:
That He might make you whole
Cast your burden on the Lord and He will carry you home
He will attend you and defend through perils yet unknown
Put your unwavering trust in Him
Christ, your constant heavenly friend
Has graven you in the palms of His hands
And never forsakes his own
*DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
-Richard C
-Maxine D
-Marvis J
-Lee P
-Andrew N (friend of Ella)
-Barb (Bob O’s sister)
-Anthony B (Teri’s son) and Teri as caregiver
-Dale E (Lee’s brother)
-USS South Dakota, captain and crew
-Jim, Dianne L’s husband
-Paige F
-Nelda H
-Betty G
-Bob J and Jan as caregiver
-Bob O and Nancy as caregiver
-Darwin L and Jeanne as caregiver
-Andrew & Beth L
-Gwen B (Lee P’s friend)
-Patty (friend of Michele and Brookings)
-Harry (Bonnie S’s father)
Our homebound or in care members: Bob J, Delores K, Rose P, Cliff R, Dee W (Please reach out and call)
This week’s prayer families: Jon & Linda G & family Grace & Lottie; Scott & Jennifer H & family Skylar, Saige, & Ramsie
Those who mourn: We pray for Lynn & Diane R at the loss of their daughter, Nomi V, on Saturday, June 30, 2023, the Eich, VanderWaal, Broksieck, Canaday, Barnett, Fee, Goodale, McCann, and Webster families and all who have lost loved ones.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
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 debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever, Amen.
HYMN #838 (Red) Standing on the Promises
Standing on the promises of Christ, my king,
through eternal ages let his praises ring;
glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
standing on the promises of God.
Refrain:
Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God, my Savior;
standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God.
Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
by the living Word of God I shall prevail,
standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]
Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,
bound to him eternally by love's strong cord,
overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword,
standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]
Standing on the promises I cannot fall,
listening every moment to the Spirit's call,
resting in my Savior as my all in all,
standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]
ANNOUNCEMENTS
-WORSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING after worship service today Sunday, July 9th.
-TUESDAY MORNING COFFEE GROUP meets at First Lutheran Mission Coffee House at 9:30ish.
-MISSION/FINANCE COMMITTEE will be meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, July 11 at 6:30 PM.
-THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY meets at 9:30 AM at the church.
-SESSION will be meeting the in north meeting room on Thursday, July 13 at 7:00 PM.
-BLADE ARTICLES for the August/September issue are due Thursday, July 13
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE ‘This Is the Glory,’ Händel/Root