Holy Communion: The Welcome Table August 29, 2021
Worship on Zoom Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
Or watch on YouTube Channel All Saints Lutheran Church, Albuquerque
The Zoom link for worship each week is: https://zoom.us/j/680469401 You can also call in to Zoom at 1-669-900-9128 and the meeting ID number is 680 469 401.
The service will be recorded and you can watch it any time on YouTube – go to https://YouTube.com and look for the “All Saints Lutheran Church, Albuquerque, NM” channel for our recordings. Past recordings are also located there.
To prepare, you can set up a worship space with a candle and cross, flowers, or whatever makes it feel like a place for worship. If you join the worship service by Zoom and choose to participate in Holy Communion, have a small bit of bread and wine or juice ready as well. Recorded services do not include Holy Communion.
Welcome and Announcements
Opening Song All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly ~ ELW 461
Thanksgiving for Baptism Blessed be the Holy Trinity, one God, the fountain of living water, the rock who gave us birth, our light and our salvation. Amen
We give you thanks, O God, for in the beginning your Spirit moved over the waters, and by your Word you created the world, calling forth life in which you took delight.
Through the waters of the flood you delivered Noah and his family. Through the sea you led your people Israel from slavery to freedom. At the river your Son was baptized by John and anointed with the Holy Spirit By water and your Word you claim us as daughters and sons, making us heirs of your promise and servants of all. We praise you for the gift of new life in Jesus Christ. Shower us with your Spirit, and renew our lives with your forgiveness, grace and love.
To you be given honor and praise, O God of life, now and forever. Amen.
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Greeting and Prayer of the Day 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 Jesus Christ, you are the host at the table of welcome and the meal that gives us strength. May we welcome others into our community and our lives, and care for others as you have taught us. May we live and pray in your holy name; Amen
Hymn of Praise Step by Step ~ Grace Notes
Psalm 65 Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion; and to you shall vows be performed, O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come. When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us, you forgive our transgressions.
Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation; you are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
By your strength you established the mountains; you are girded with might. You silence the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples.
Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs; you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy. You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it.
You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.
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You crown the year with your bounty; the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.
Narrative Reading 1 Corinthians 11: 17-34
Now in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, to begin with, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and to some extent I believe it. Indeed, there have to be factions among you, for only so will it become clear who among you are genuine. When you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord’s supper. For when the time comes to eat, each of you goes ahead with your own supper, and one goes hungry and another becomes drunk. What! Do you not have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? In this matter I do not commend you!
For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For all who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgement against themselves. For this reason many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world. So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. If you are hungry, eat at home, so that when you come together, it will not be for your condemnation. About the other things I will give instructions when I come.
Word of God, word of life Thanks be to God
Sermon
Song of the Day Gather Us In ~ ELW 532
Creed I believe in God, eternal, almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of all, the Only Begotten One;
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who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived and loved among us, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried, who descended into hell, and on the third day rose from the dead.
Jesus, our Savior, ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of the loving God, and will come again 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 dead, and life everlasting. Amen.
Prayers Each prayer ends with the words, “Lord, in your mercy;” the response is “Hear our prayer”
We pray for: Tom Arguello, Jean Bernabo, Karen Birner, Brenda Culbertson, Lillian Edwards, Olga Fassler, Bev Horn, Joy Ibsen, Jon Jastram, Fern Knudsen, Bob Klenner, Julie LaHam, Al Miller, Megan Reil, Dave Thompson, and for the familes of Gloria Hrivnak & Ed Strebe.
Offertory Faith Sharing by Don Debelak At the Table ~ Video by The Work of The People
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Offering Prayer
Lord, let our congregation be a witness to you: immersed in scripture, constant in prayer, joyful in worship, generous in giving. A loving, supportive community reaching out to those in need. Accept these gifts we offer, in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Holy Communion – spoken
The Lord be with You And also with you Lift up your hearts We lift them to the Lord Let us give thanks to the Lord our God It is right to give God thanks and praise
Eucharistic Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven Give us today our day our daily bread and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen
Receiving Communion As the pastor says, “The body of Christ, given for you,” take the bread, or if others are with you, you may serve one another the bread. When the pastor says, “The blood of Christ, shed for you,” take or share the wine or juice.
Blessing after Communion
Closing Music Praise to the Lord, the Almighty ~ Craig Phillips
Dismissal
Go in the peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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