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04.18.21 3Easter PRINT COPY The gospel for the third Sunday of Easter is always one in which the risen Christ shares food with the disciples, meals that are the Easter template for the meal we share each Sunday. In today’s gospel, Jesus both shares the disciples’ food and shows them the1 meaning of his suffering, death, and resurrection through the scriptures, the two main elements of our Sunday worship. Welcome to worship at Welcome! Bethlehem Lutheran Church. We hope that your worship in our community strengthens your faith and brings you peace and joy. Bethlehem has adopted an affirmation of welcome to persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities and is recognized as Reconciling in Christ (reconcilingworks.org). We welcome everyone regardless of age, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental challenges, financial resources, or family status, and we invite everyone to participate fully in worship and all that is ours in Christ. Candles are a visible sign of our prayers. Feel free to light a candle during the worship time or before the service. All candles may be extinguished after worship is concluded, signifying that our loving God has heard our prayers. Children are always welcome! We love having children participate in worship and they are encouraged to sing and read along. This becomes a way that faith is passed on to the next generation. Worship Services are currently held via Facebook Live. Everyone is welcome to join us Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. at: https://www.facebook.com/BethlehemBLCLife Bethlehem Lutheran Church A Reconciling in Christ Congregation since December 3, 2017 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 8922 Little River Turnpike – Fairfax, VA Church Office 703.978.31312 blclife.org WORSHIP NOTES A Special Welcome to All Our Guests! The name of our church, Bethlehem (Hebrew for “house of bread”), reminds us that Jesus always feeds us through our good times…and especially through our difficult days, our drought. A shepherd, like the shepherds around Bethlehem, both nudges the sheep and lovingly watches over them in danger. Our hope is that you are both nudged and comforted today by the amazing grace of Jesus Christ, our Good Shepherd. Please plan to stay with us after the service for refreshments and conversation. We are thankful that you are here! Sermon Podcasts and Manuscript: Podcasts of the sermon can now be downloaded in iTunes, search: “Pastor Dans Sermons”. The audio file, manuscript, plus a discussion forum is at Pastor Dan’s blog, is available on our website: www.blclife.org An Invitation: Are you looking for a church home? If so, we invite you to become part of this wonderful community of faith. Come back again! Would you like more information about our ministry? Please visit our website www.blclife.org or make an appointment with Pastor Dan. Our Cover for this Sunday: Fish, by French watercolorist, Olivia Quintin, in reference to LUKE 24:42-43 - THEY GAVE HIM A PIECE OF BROILED FISH, AND HE ATE IN THEIR PRESENCE. Some of Quintin’s favorite subjects are fishes, flowers, and sea birds. Olivia believes that the most difficult thing about painting is staying free with the painting. She uses wet in wet techniques, washes, intense colors and loose effects. 3 BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH Discovering, Celebrating, Sharing GATHERING Word Holy Communion Connection Sending (Scripture used in the liturgy) PRELUDE “Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us” W.B. Bradbury WELCOME (Romans 15:7) The pastor welcomes all and shares any notes pertaining to the worship. (I John 1:9) CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS All may make the sign of the cross (signified with this ☩), the sign marked at baptism: Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, (Psalm 33:5) who forgives all our sin, whose mercy endures forever. Amen. Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Silence is kept for reflection. 4 (Romans 15:7) Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. Most merciful God, we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen. (Romans 5:5) 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 name of ☩ Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Almighty God strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live in your hearts through faith. Amen. 5 GATHERING HYMN The assembly responds to and proclaims the spoken Word of God now in song. “Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds” Hymnal 367 GREETING (2 Corinthians 13:13) The presiding minister and the assembly signal the gathering of God’s people with the ancient Trinitarian greeting. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 6the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. HYMN OF PRAISE (Matthew 20:31) 7 PRAYER OF THE DAY Let us pray. Holy and righteous God, you are the author of life, and you adopt us to be your children. Fill us with your words of life, that we may live as witnesses to the resurrection of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Gathering WORD Holy Communion Connection Sending FIRST READING: Acts 3:12-19 After healing a man unable to walk, Peter preaches to the people, describing how God’s promises to Israel have been fulfilled in Jesus. Through the proclamation of Christ’s death and resurrection, God is offering them forgiveness and restoration in Jesus’ name. A reading from Acts. 12Peter addressed the people, “You Israelites, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk?13The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him. 14But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you, 15and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. 16And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man strong, whom you see and know; and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you. 8 17“And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. 19Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out.” Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God. PSALM: Psalm 4 The Psalm is read responsively 1Answer me when I call, O God, defender of my cause; you set me free when I was in distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer. 2“You mortals, how long will you dishonor my glory; how long will you love illusions and seek after lies?” 3Know that the LORD does wonders for the faithful; the LORD will hear me when I call. 4Tremble, then, and do not sin; speak to your heart in silence upon your bed. 5Offer the appointed sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD. 6Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?” Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD. 7You have put gladness in my heart, more than when grain and wine abound. 8In peace, I will lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me rest secure. 9 SECOND READING: 1 John 3:1-7 God has loved us in order to make us children of God. Though we do not yet know the full details of our future existence, we trust that God will reveal it just as God revealed Jesus to take away our sins. A reading from First John. 1See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. 3And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. 4Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.
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