The Resurrection of Our Lord
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ST. MATTHEW LUTHERAN CHURCH Church Office: 717-637-7101 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 8, 2021 @ 10:45 a.m. WELCOME! ARE YOU NEW? We are a group of people gathered together to make a difference. We seek to make a difference in ourselves, in our neighborhoods, and in our world. We are thankful that you are here today. Check out our website at www.stmattlutheran.org, where you can find out more about us and get connected into our community. Please tear off and put in the offering basket as you leave: Names of everyone attending Sunday, August 8, 2021, at 10:45 a.m.: ________________________________________________________________ Would you like to be added to our email list? Please list your name and email address: ________________________________________________________________ Would you like to be contacted by a pastor? Please list phone number: ____________________________________________ 2 PLEASE OBSERVE THESE GUIDELINES IN THE BUILDINGS: 1. Vaccinated people no longer need masks. 2. We ask those who are not vaccinated to wear masks. We remind everyone that children cannot be vaccinated and we want to make our gatherings safe for them. 3. We continue the current procedures for communion and offerings through the summer. A waste basket for the communion cups and napkins is placed at the exits. 4. We continue to distance people by separating chairs and marking pews to be used. 5. Offering plates will not be passed. There is a basket at the door. + Celebrating God’s Love - Serving in Jesus’ Name + PRELUDE Day by Day Ahnfelt/Larson (Diane Hoffman-Neail, Violinist) ASSISTING MINISTER: ANNOUNCEMENTS CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Assisting Minister: Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, full of compassion and mercy, abounding in steadfast love. All: Amen. Assisting Minister: Trusting God’s promise of forgiveness, let us confess our sins against God and one another. Silence is kept for reflection. 3 Assisting Minister: Eternal God our creator, All: in you we live and move and have our being. Look upon us, your children, the work of your hands. Forgive us all our offenses, and cleanse us from proud thoughts and empty desires. By your grace draw us near to you, our refuge and our strength; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Assisting Minister: Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us. In the mercy of almighty God, Christ died for us while we still were sinners; and for his sake, God forgives you all your sins. All: Amen. OPENING HYMN ................................ O Living Bread from Heaven – Rist/Wesley 4 APOSTOLIC GREETING Pastor: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. All: And also with you. HYMN OF PRAISE Holy God, We Praise Your Name 5 PRAYER OF THE DAY Pastor: Gracious God, your blessed Son came down from heaven to be the true bread that gives life to the world. Give us this bread always, that he may live in us and we in him, and that, strengthened by this food, we may live as his body in the world, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. All: Amen. FIRST READING: 1 Kings 19:4-8 First Kings chapter 18 describes the contest between Elijah and the prophets of Baal. The contest proves that the LORD is God, and afterward Elijah orders the killing of the Baal prophets. Angered by the deaths of her prophets, Queen Jezebel threatens to kill Elijah. This reading finds Elijah fleeing, fatigued, and in utter despair. Pastor: The word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 6 Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to John, the 6th chapter. All: Glory to you, O Lord. HOLY GOSPEL: John 6:35, 41-51 After feeding more than five thousand people in the wilderness, Jesus teaches them regarding the true significance of this remarkable sign. Pastor: The Gospel of our Lord. All: Praise to you, O Christ. THE MESSAGE Pastor Christopher Suehr MUSICAL OFFERING Spirit of God Atkinson/Larson (Diane Hoffman-Neail, Violinist) CONFESSION OF FAITH Apostles’ Creed Assisting Minister: Let us confess our faith with the words of the Apostles’ Creed. All: 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, 7 the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. ASSISTING MINISTER: PRAYERS Each petition concludes, “God, in your mercy,” and the congregation responds, “hear our prayer.” PEACE Assisting Minister: The peace of the Lord be with you always. All: And also with you. (The congregation is invited to greet one another with nods and waves) THE MEAL GREAT THANKSGIVING Pastor: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you. Pastor: Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them to the Lord. Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. All: It is right to give our thanks and praise. WORDS OF INSTITUTION LORD’S PRAYER Pastor: Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray: All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 8 Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. INVITATION TO COMMUNION Pastor: Come, let us eat, for now the feast is spread. All: Amen. RECEIVING OF THE ELEMENTS OF BREAD AND WINE Pastor: The body of Christ, given for you. All: Amen. (Eat wafer) (Pause) Pastor: The blood of Christ, shed for you. All: Amen. (Drink wine) POST-COMMUNION BLESSING Pastor: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. All: Amen. POST-COMMUNION PRAYER Pastor: Let us pray. Jesus Christ, host of this meal, you have given us not only this bread and cup, but your very self, that we may feast on your great love. Filled again by these signs of your grace, may we hunger for your reign of justice, may we thirst for your way of peace, for you are Lord forevermore. All: Amen. 9 BLESSING Pastor: May God, whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine, grant you the gifts of faith and hope. Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. All: Amen. CLOSING HYMN .................. Go, My Children, with My Blessing – Vajda/Williams 10 DISMISSAL Assisting Minister: Go in peace. The Spirit sends us forth to serve. All: Thanks be to God. POSTLUDE Trumpeting in Bb Melby * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Please note: Music for this service is covered under CCLI # 1000682 – Also #A-708989 One License.net St. Matthew Lutheran Church Phone: 717-637-7101 General mailbox ext. 221 Email: [email protected] www.stmattlutheran.org The Rev. Kathryn Vitalis Hoffman, Lead Pastor, ext. 231 The Rev. Faye C. Snyder, Visitation Pastor Scott G. Fredericks, Minister of Music, ext. 235 Tim Peck, Youth Ministry, [email protected] Our warm thanks to all those assisting in our worship service this morning: Musician ..................................................................... Diane Hoffman-Neail, Violinist Assisting Minister ..................................................................................... Randy Kline Courier .................................................................................................... Beth Koontz Greeters ........................................................ Aidan Patterson, Jody & Deb Ruhlman Information Desk ...................................................................... Diane Hoffman-Neail Lector ......................................................................................................... Joel Ruths Ushers ............ Team 4 – Steve & Penny Rutters, Dennis Koontz, Chris Raubenstine 11 THE ALTAR FLOWERS have been given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Yvonne Bixler by her brother Tom and his wife Cathy; and in loving memory of Anna E. Baker who passed away on August 6, 2013, by her son Philip Zinn; and in loving memory of William and Geraldine Schuler by their daughter Connie and grandson Andy and his wife Jenn and their sons Jack and Liam; and in loving memory of Cletus and Ruth Houck by the family; and in loving memory of Henrietta Houck Cline by Martha Hempfing; and in loving memory of Lillian Bell who would have celebrated her birthday on August 12, by the Bell family. THE BULLETINS have been given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Yvonne Bixler by her nieces Leslie Woodruff and Jennifer Brady and families; and in loving memory of William and Geraldine Schuler by their daughter Connie and grandson Andy and his wife Jenn and their sons Jack and Liam; and in loving memory of Cletus and Ruth Houck by the family; and in loving memory of Mr. and Mrs. Luther R. Wentz and Harold and Kathryn Wentz. ATTENDANCE: (07/31) Saturday 5 p.m. service ................................... 38 (08/01) 9:00 a.m. Drive-in service .............................. 110 10:45 Worship service ..................................... 69 (07/26-08/01) Online views ........................................... 165 Total .............................................................. 382 RECOMMENDED SCRIPTURE READINGS for the week beginning Aug. 8: Sunday: John 6:35, 41-51 Thursday: Acts 6:8-15 Monday: Ephesians 5:1-14 Friday: Romans 16:17-20 Tuesday: 2 Peter 3:14-18 Saturday: John 4:7-26 Wednesday: John 6:35-40 12 St.