Hope Lutheran Church 9:00 am August 8, 2021 August 8, 2021 Inviting 9:00 AM Welcome Pastor Kristin Gathering Song From the Day When You found me I was so blind My sin was before me I was swallowed by pride But out of darkness You brought me to Your light You showed me new mercy and opened up my eyes From the day You saved my soul 'Til the very moment when I come home I'll sing I'll dance my heart will overflow From the day You saved my soul When brilliant light is all around An endless joy is the only sound Oh rest my heart forever now Oh in Your arms I'll always be found From the day You saved my soul 'Til the very moment when I come home I'll sing I'll dance my heart will overflow From the day You saved my soul My love is Yours my heart is Yours My life is Yours forever (2Times) “No one has greater love than this, From the day You saved my soul to lay down one's life for one's friends.” 'Til the very moment when I come home I'll sing I'll dance my heart will overflow From the day You saved my soul (2 Times) 2 Song One Step Away What if you could go back and relive One day of your life all over again And unmake the mistake Prayer of the Day That left you a million miles away Pastor: We, who so often take the wonders of creation for granted, welcome From the you you once knew the opportunity to make a joyful noise before you, O God. We come Now yesterday's shame keeps saying here this morning to worship and to praise you, glad that we live in this That you'll never get back on track country filled with such diverse and beautiful examples of your crea- But what if I told you tion. Yet, joyful noises are not easy for everyone to make, as we come from differing situations and lifestyles. Some are burdened down with You're one step away from surrender the stresses of daily living and all that involves; some wearied from One step away from coming home coming home tasks of serving others; some worried over the state of the world and One step from arms wide open where that is all leading. Speak to us all, O God, in the stillness of this His love has never let you go. You're not alone time and remind us of Jesus’ willingness to take our burdens upon You're one step away (You're one step away) himself and to learn from him - to experience his gentleness and It doesn't matter how far you've gone steadfast love for all. Jesus also offers us his joy so that our joy might Mercy says you don't have to keep running be complete. Confident in these promises, we offer this time of wor- Down the road you're on. Love's never met a lost cause ship to you, O God, praying that it may reflect our praise and thanks- Your shame lay it down. Leave your ghosts in the past giving for the gifts of creation and for all that Jesus has done for us. 'Cause you know that you can't go back This we pray in his name. But you can turn around People: Amen. You've never been more than Confession and Forgiveness One step away from surrender Pastor: We have been called to follow Christ by obeying his one command- One step away from coming home coming home ment: that we love one another as he has loved us. Let us confess One step from arms wide open how we have fallen short of that love. His love has never let you go You're not alone. You're one step away Prayer of Confession (You're one step away) People: Loving God, we have not loved you or each other with our whole hearts. Forgive us, we pray, and lead us toward wholeness, that Lay down lay down your old chains we may be filled with your joy. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. Come now take up your new name Your best life up ahead now Declaration of Forgiveness You're one step away (3 Times) Pastor: Christ loves us so much that he laid down his life for us and calls us Away…so come on home, come on home his friends. If we can forgive our friends, how much more does Christ One step from arms wide open forgive us! His love has never let you go People: Amen You’re not alone, you’re one step away Lay down lay down your old chains Come now take up your new name Your best life up ahead now. You're one step away 3 4 Equipping Response to the Message My Feet Are On the Rock I can see the clouds roll in I can feel the winds they try to shake me I will not be moved my feet are on the Rock I can feel the waters rise B B I can hear the howling lies that haunt me Fear won't hold me now my feet are on the Rock G R J 15:9-16 9 10 When I feel my hope about to break As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you I will cling to Your unchanging grace keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Let the waters come and the earth give way Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11I have said these things to you 12 I'll be dancing in the rain. so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. This is my My feet are on the Rock commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. 14You are my I can see the morning light friends if you do what I command you. 15I do not call you servants any longer, I can feel the joy on the horizon because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called Here my faith is found I stand on solid ground you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you When I feel my hope about to break to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever I will cling to Your unchanging grace you ask him in my name. (NRSV) Let the waters come and the earth give way I'll be dancing in the rain. Pastor The Gospel of the Lord. My feet are on the Rock People Praise to you, O Christ. On Christ the solid Rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand Message Cars: Celebrating Who You Are Pastor Kevin So stomp your feet and clap your hands Our feet are on the Rock When I feel my hope about to break I will cling to Your unchanging grace Let the waters come and the earth give way I'll be dancing in the rain. My feet are on the Rock (2 Times) Sacrament of Baptism for Braxton Scicere Pastor: God, who is rich in mercy and love, gives us a new birth into a living hope through the sacrament of bap sm. By water and the Word God delivers us from sin and death and raises us to new life in Jesus Christ. We are united with all the bap zed in the one body of Christ, anointed with the gi of the Holy Spirit, and joined in God's mission for the life of the world. 5 6 Pastor: Hear the tes mony of the Holy Scriptures concerning bap sm: Ma hew 28:19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all na ons, bap zing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and Pastor: Jesus said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will have the teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And light of life. remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Pastor Let us welcome the newly bap zed. Parents and Godparents: Before God, we present Braxton to receive the sacrament of Holy Bap sm. People We welcome you into the body of Christ and into the mission we share: join us in giving thanks and praise to God and bearing God's crea ve and Pastor As you bring Braxton to receive the gi of bap sm, you are entrusted with redeeming word to all the world. responsibili es: to live with him among God's faithful people, bring him to the word of God and the holy supper, teach him the Lord's Prayer, the Song of Response Oceans Creed, and the Ten Commandments, place in his hands the holy scriptures, You call me out upon the waters The great unknown where feet may fail and nurture him in faith and prayer, so that Braxton may learn to trust God, And there I find You in the mystery proclaim Christ through word and deed, care for others and the world God In oceans deep my faith will stand made, and work for jus ce and peace.