THE ORDER OF WORSHIP

Time after Pentecost, Lectionary 19

August 10/11, 2019 PRELUDE Canon in D Johann Pachelbel
Holy Communion (ELW 8) WELCOME

INVOCATION

In the name of the Father, and of the (+) Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

INTRODUCTION GATHERING SONG: Earth and All Stars! (ELW 731)

Jesus says, “It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” It GREETING
is God’s promise from the beginning—to Abraham, to the early church, and
to the “little flock” of which we are a part today in assembly. Faith, God’s The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of
baptismal gift, trusts the promises of God. Have no fear. the Holy Spirit be with you all!
And also with you!
CHILDREN are always welcome to our Worship Service. Rainbow bags and
a cry room are available. A staffed nursery is also available if needed. An CANTICLE OF PRAISE
usher will gladly provide you with assistance.

As a worship courtesy, we ask that you please turn off or set to vibrate all
cellular telephones and pagers during the worship service.

We ask that all present today please fill out the Attendance and Communion
registration card found in your bulletin and place it in the offering plate so
that we may record your presence with us.

PRAYER UPON ENTERING THE PEW

O God, source of all goodness: We give you thanks for the gift of reason
and the opportunity for education. Bless our schools, that they may be
places of learning and safety where teachers challenge minds and nurture
the hearts of students. Grant that teachers and students may work together
in mutual respect and find joy in the challenges of academic life; through
Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen

PRAYER OF THE DAY
Almighty God, you sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your
church. Open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may be ready to
receive you wherever you appear, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and
Lord.
Amen.
Please be seated.
BLESSING FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
A reading from Mark 10:13-16
13
People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch
them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. 14But when Jesus saw this, he
was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me; do not
stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
15
Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little
child will never enter it." 16And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands
on them, and blessed them.
God of Wisdom, we give you thanks for schools and classrooms and for all
teachers and students. We thank you for this new beginning of a school
year, as fresh as a newly sharpened pencil and a blank page.
These students and teachers stand here ready to receive your blessing as
they commit themselves to teaching and learning in the school year ahead.
We ask your blessing on each of them. May they be reminded of the love
and care of this congregation that goes to school with them.
Bless them with:
eagerness to learn, that their world may grow large;
respect for one another, that they may form healthy relationships;
love for nature, that they may become caretakers of your creation;
happiness when teaching and learning is easy and stick-to-it-iveness
when it is hard;
faith in Jesus as their best teacher and closest friend.
Watch over them and keep them safe
as they travel to and from school.
As they learn and teach, help them also to discover
the different gifts that you have given each one of them
to be used in your work in the world.
As they hear the many voices that will fill their days,
help them to listen most carefully for your voice,
the one that tells them you will love them always,
no matter what.
All this we ask in the name of Jesus, who as a child in the temple showed
his longing to learn about you, and as an adult taught by story and example
your great love for us.
Amen.
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20
1
The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and
Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of
Judah.
10
Hear the word of the LORD,
you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the teaching of our God,

you people of Gomorrah!
11
What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the LORD;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12
When you come to appear before me,
who asked this from your hand?
Trample my courts no more;
13
bringing offerings is futile;
incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and sabbath and calling of convocation—
I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity.
14
Your new moons and your appointed festivals
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me,
I am weary of bearing them.
15
When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.
16
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your doings
from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
17
learn to do good;
seek justice,
rescue the oppressed,
defend the orphan,
plead for the widow.
18
Come now, let us argue it out,
says the LORD:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be like snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19
If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20
but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be devoured by the sword;
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23
Refrain:
Tone:
1
The mighty one, God the | LORD, has spoken;
calling the earth from the rising of the sun | to its setting.
2
Out of Zion, perfect | in its beauty,
God shines | forth in glory.
3
Our God will come and will | not keep silence;
with a consuming flame before, and round about a | raging storm.
4
God calls the heavens and the earth | from above
to witness the judgment | of the people. R
5
“Gather before me my | loyal followers,
those who have made a covenant with me and sealed | it with
sacrifice.”
6
The heavens declare the rightness | of God’s cause,
for it is God | who is judge.
7
“Listen, my people, and I will speak: Israel, I will bear wit- | ness
against you;
for I am | God, your God.
8
I do not accuse you because | of your sacrifices;
your burnt offerings are al- | ways before me. R
22
Consider this well, you | who forget God,
lest I tear you apart and there be none to de- | liver you.
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Whoever offers me a sacrifice of thanksgiving | honors me; GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
I will show the salvation of God to those who go | the right way.” R

SECOND READING: Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Abraham and Sarah exemplify the vision of faith that people of God enact
in every age. Their hope and trust in God’s promise allowed them to face
an unknown future and to receive the promise of God.
1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not
seen. 2Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. 3By faith we
understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what
is seen was made from things that are not visible.
8
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that
he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he
was going. 9By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised,
as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs GOSPEL: Luke 12:32-40
with him of the same promise. 10For he looked forward to the city that has
foundations, whose architect and builder is God. 11By faith he received As the Gospel is announced, worshippers are invited to trace a cross upon
power of procreation, even though he was too old—and Sarah herself was their foreheads, then over their lips, and then over their hearts, silently
barren—because he considered him faithful who had promised. 12Therefore praying, “May the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ be ever in my mind, on
from one person, and this one as good as dead, descendants were born, “as my lips, and in my heart.
many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the
seashore.” The holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Luke.
13
All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but Glory to you, O Lord.
from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were
strangers and foreigners on the earth, 14for people who speak in this way
make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15If they had been thinking Jesus encourages disciples to invest their hearts and live fully into God’s
of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to reign. Instead of facing life with fear, those who know God’s generosity are
return. 16But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. always ready to receive from God and to give to others.
Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has [Jesus said:] 32“Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good
prepared a city for them. pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33Sell your possessions, and give alms.
Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in
The word of the Lord. heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34For where your
Thanks be to God. treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35
“Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; 36be like those who are
Please stand for the reading of the gospel. waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they
may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. 37Blessed are
those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he
will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and
serve them. 38If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and
finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
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“But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the All these things and more we ask in the name of our risen Lord, Jesus
thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40You Christ, by the power of your Holy Spirit.
also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.” Amen.

The gospel of the Lord. CONFESSION OF SIN AND PROCLAMATION OF FORGIVENESS

Praise to you, O Christ.
Beloved in the Lord, let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of
Please be seated. one another.

SERMON Pastor Libby Buuck Silence for reflection.

Please stand for the hymn.
Most merciful God,
We confess that we have turned away from loving you, our neighbor,
HYMN OF THE DAY: Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song (ELW 808) and the world you cherish. We are truly sorry and humbly repent from
this way of death. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and
APOSTLES’ CREED
unknown, things we have done and things we have failed to do. Fill us
As they recite the creed, worshippers are invited to bow beginning with the
with your Spirit, uphold us, and lead us, so that we may live and serve
words “born of the virgin Mary,” until the words “he descended to the
you in full, joyful life through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
dead.”
God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and
made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved. In the
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
name of Jesus Christ, I declare to you: God forgives you all your sins.
Almighty God strengthen you through the Holy Spirit that Christ may live
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived
in your hearts by faith and show forth in your life.
by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius
Amen.
Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at
Please rise and greet one another in the peace of the risen Christ.
the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and
the dead.
PEACE
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of
The peace of Christ be with you always.
saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life
And also with you.
everlasting. Amen.
Please be seated.
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Treasuring your promise to hear us when we call, we pray for the church,
those in need, and all of your creation.
OFFERTORY Meditation on Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song Wells
Please sit or kneel as you are able.
Each petition ends with:
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
OFFERTORY HYMN: Create in Me A Clean Heart (ELW 188) PREFACE

It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all
places give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, through
our Savior Jesus Christ; who on this day overcame death and the grave, and
by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And
so, with all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth and the hosts of
heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

OFFERING PRAYER

Let us pray. God of all creation, all you have made is good, and your love
endures forever. You bring forth bread from the earth and fruit from the
vine. Nourish us with the Body and Blood of Christ through these gifts, so
that we will love the world as you have loved us in Jesus Christ, our Savior
and Lord. Amen. EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
Worshippers are invited to bow with the consecration of the Lord’s body
DIALOGUE and blood, each time the words “Do this for the remembrance of me,” are
spoken.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you. Holy, mighty, and merciful Lord, heaven and earth are full of your glory. In
Lift up your hearts. great love you sent to us Jesus, your Son, who reached out to heal the sick
We lift them to the Lord. and suffering, who preached good news to the poor, and who, on the cross,
Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. opened his arms to all.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
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 for the remembrance of me.
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Again, after 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 for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.

Remembering, therefore, his life, death, resurrection, and ascension, we

await his coming in glory.

Pour out upon us the Spirit of your love, O Lord, and unite the wills of all
who share this heavenly food, the body and blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord;
to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, now and
forever. Amen.

LORD'S PRAYER

Risen Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray:

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 SONG DURING DISGTRIBUTION:
trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us Precious Lord, Take My Hand (ELW 773)
from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen. POST COMMUNION BLESSING

INVITATION TO COMMUNION The body and blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ bless you and keep
you in his grace. Amen.
All who want to die to themselves, pick up the cross, and live by the Holy
Spirit, come to the feast! PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

COMMUNION
The body of Christ, given for you.
The blood of Christ, shed for you.
Amen.
Lutherans believe, teach and confess that we receive the true Body and
Blood of Christ in Holy Communion. If you desire to pick up the cross and
live in Christ, we hope you will receive with us. Even if you do not feel
prepared to receive the sacrament today we hope you will join us at the
table. Simply hold your hands over your heart and the pastor will give you
a blessing. Pastor will be glad to discuss Holy Communion and Holy
Baptism with you!
God our Father, with this bread of life and cup of salvation you have united
us with Christ, making us one with all your people. Now send us forth in
the power of your Spirit, that we may proclaim your redeeming love to the
world and continue forever in the risen life of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
BLESSING
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord’s face shine on you with grace and mercy.
The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace.
In the name of the Father, and of the +Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
SENDING HYMN: God of Grace and God of Glory (ELW 705)
DISMISSAL Mary, Mother of Our Lord
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Filled with the Holy Spirit, go in peace. Share the good news. The church (including Martin Luther) honored Mary with the title
Thanks be to God! theotokos, meaning "God-bearer," for her role in giving birth to the Son of
God. Her song, the Magnificat, speaks eloquently of God's lifting the lowly
POSTLUDE Toccata in e Johann Pachelbel and feeding the hungry.

The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God and in
honor of the many blessings given during the 60 years of the
marriage of Bob and Carol Roth.
Presented by your family
The Altar flowers are administered by the worship committee. The 2019
Altar Flower chart is posted on the bulletin board in the lower lobby and
there is a nearby pocket containing an information sheet for donors to
complete and hand into the office or place in the offering plate for
proper publication in the bulletin.

If you would like to purchase flowers for worship in memory of or in honor

UPCOMING COMMEMORATIONS of someone, please sign up. The cost is $35 per arrangement, and checks
should be made out to Trinity Lutheran Church. The contact person is Mary
in the church office (614) 224.6818 or email: office@oldtrinity.com.
Clare, Abbess of San Damiano, died 1253 Please do not remove flowers unless you purchased them or made
Sunday, August 11, 2019 arrangements.
A contemporary of Francis of Assisi, Clare and a growing number of
companions established a women's Franciscan community, called the Order
of Poor Ladies, or Poor Clares. She inspired other women to pursue
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Florence Nightingale, died 1910; Clara Maass, died 1901; renewers of
We receive members throughout the year by Baptism, Affirmation of Faith,
society
Confirmation, Letter of Transfer, and New Member Instruction. Please
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
contact the church office with any questions. 224-6818.
Nightingale was born in England, and horrified her wealthy family by
deciding to become a nurse. She led a group of nurses in ministering in the
midst of the Crimean War, and worked for hospital reform. Maass, a native Please feel free to take your bulletin and happenings with you.
of New Jersey, was also a war nurse, and volunteered as a subject for If you wish to discard your bulletin, a recycling box is located at the exit.
research on yellow fever. She died of the disease. Thank you.

Maximilian Kolbe, died 1941; Kaj Munk, died 1944; martyrs

Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Father Kolbe was a Franciscan priest arrested by the Nazis and confined in
Auschwitz. Kolbe gave generously of his meager resources, and finally
volunteered to be starved to death in place of another man. A Danish
Lutheran pastor and playwright, Munk strongly denounced the Nazis who
occupied Denmark in the Second World War. His sermons and articles
helped to show the anti-Christian nature of the movement.