Service of Worship

July 18| 9:00 a.m. and10:30 a.m. Pentecost VIII

Welcome + GATHERING + to Ebenezer! Prelude We hope you are blessed by your time in Welcome and Announcements worship today. As you prepare for worship, please Confession and Forgiveness take a minute and check in to Ebenezer on your Blessed be the holy Trinity,☩ one God, Facebook account. the God of manna, the God of miracles, the God of mercy. Restrooms are located in the Education Building. Amen. Drawn to Christ and seeking God’s abundance, Devices for the let us confess our sin. hearing impaired are located on designated pews. We kneel or stand as able. For assistance, please see God, our provider, an usher. help us. It is hard to believe there is enough to share. We question your ways when they differ from the ways of the world in which we live. We turn to our own understanding rather than trusting in you. We take offense at your teachings and your ways. Turn us again to you. Where else can we turn? Share with us the words of eternal life and feed us for life in the world. Amen. Beloved people of God: in Jesus, the manna from heaven, you are fed and nourished. By Jesus, the worker of miracles, there is always more than enough. Through Jesus, ☩ the bread of life, you are shown God’s mercy: you are forgiven and loved into abundant life. Amen.

We stand.

Hymn: ELW 888 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty LOBE DEN HERREN

Greeting The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you.

Prayer of the Day O God, from you come all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works. Give to us, your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey your commandments; and also that we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may live in peace and quietness, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

We sit. First Reading: Jeremiah 23:1-6 1Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. 2Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. 3Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. 4I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord.

5The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: “The Lord is our righteousness.”

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Second Reading: Ephesians 2:11-22 11Remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands—12remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. 15He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, 16and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. 17So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; 18for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19So 2 | then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, 20built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. 21In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; 22in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

We stand. Gospel acclamation

The Holy Gospel according to Mark. Glory to you O Lord.

Gospel: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 0The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. 33Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. 34As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. 53When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. 54When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, 55and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.

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Children’s Message (10:30 a.m.)

Sermon Pastor Paul Aebischer

We Stand. Hymn: ELW 502 The King of Love My Shepherd Is ST. COLUMBA

Apostles’ Creed With the whole church, let us confess our faith.

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius 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 the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

We kneel or stand as able. Prayers of the People After the assisting minister introduces the prayers, we stand or kneel as able for the petitions and respond with the chorus below. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. The presiding minister concludes the prayers.

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What is Holy Communion Communion? Holy Communion is our participation in the meal that Jesus celebrated with his disciples on the night before he was crucified. As Jesus’ disciples now this meal is a participation in our Lord’s life: he feeds us, forgives us,

and unites us.

This meal, sometimes called “Eucharist” (meaning “thanksgiving”),

connects us to our Lord and to all his people across time and space 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:

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In the night in which he was betrayed… How we Commune Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us,

Welcome to the table of the Risen Christ! All baptized worshipers are invited to partake of the Eucharist, regardless of denominational affiliation..

If you require gluten-free wafers or grape juice, please let the ministers know.

Return to your seat by way of the side aisles.

This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia! Thanks be to God. Alleluia!

Please wait for the Usher’s invitation to come forward to receive communion via the center aisle. We will commune one side of the church at a time. After receiving communion, please return to your seat via the side aisle.

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Songs for Communion

ELW 789 Savoir, like a Shepherd ELW 494 For the Bread Which You Have Broken Behold the Lamb (Back of Bulletin)

When all have returned to their places, we stand or kneel. Communion Blessing

Prayer after Communion Jesus, Bread of life, we have received from your table

more than we could ever ask.

As you have nourished us in this meal,

now strengthen us to love the world with your own life. In your name we pray. Amen. We stand.

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Blessing

Hymn ELW 654 The Church’s One Foundation AURELIA

Dismissal Go in peace. Share the joy of Christ. Thanks be to God.

Postlude

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Behold The Lamb Words and Music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend

VERSE F2/A G/B C Dm7 C/E G C/E F2

1. Be - hold the Lamb who bears our sins a - way, slain for us: 2. The bod - y of our Sav-iour, Je - sus Christ, torn for you: 3. The blood that cleans - es ev - 'ry stain of sin, shed for you: 4. And so with thank - ful - ness and faith we rise to re - spond

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And we re - mem - ber the prom - ise made that all who come in faith find for - Eat and re - mem - ber the wounds that heal, the death that brings us life, paid the Drink and re - mem - ber He drained death's cup that all may en - ter in to re - and to re - mem - ber our call to fol - low in the steps of Christ as His

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-give - ness at the cross. So, we share in this Bread of Life, and we price to make us one. So, we share in this Bread of Life, and we -ceive the life of God. So, we share in this Bread of Life, and we bod - y here on earth. As we share in His suf - fer - ing, we pro -

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drink of His sac - ri - fice, as a sign of our bonds of peace drink of His sac - ri - fice, as a sign of our bonds of love drink of His sac - ri - fice, as a sign of our bonds of grace -claim: Christ will come a - gain! And we'll join in the feast of heav'n

TURNAROUND / OUTRO 2 7 7 2 2 15 F /A Fmaj G C C /F

a - round the ta - ble of the King. a - round the ta - ble of the King. a - round the ta - ble of the King. a - round the ta - ble of the King.

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