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Lutheran Church of the Resurrection Sunday, March 15, 2020

Mission Moves Series

INTRODUCTION

Scriptures reveal God’s mission and help us find ways to help. As we read the scriptures consider how God is inviting you to impact the world. For the six weeks before Easter we’ll reflect on how we serve God’s mission in light of Jesus’s immense act of grace. Read more about the mission moves series on the back of the bulletin.

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(Silence Please For Prayer and Meditation)

PRELUDE “Be Thou My Vision” Arr. Lloyd Larson

Beautiful Savior

Beautiful Savior, King of creation, Son of God and Son of Man! Truly I'd love thee, truly I'd serve thee, light of my soul, my joy, my crown.

(Please stand if you are able)

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

P Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, who lives with us and we experience every

day. C Amen.

P As we yearn to deepen our relationship with God, let us come together now in confession, trusting the love of Christ.

P God who searches us and knows us, C You know our path and direct our steps. Yet, we have not fully extended our

lives to serve your mission. Help us to worship, connect, care, grow, serve and give generously in response to your grace. Give us courage to follow you even when there are challenges and uncertainty. Forgive us, gracious God. Amen

P My Friends, God knows you and forgives you. Experience God’s grace now through

forgiveness ☩ from Jesus Christ. This love and understanding moves us to boldly

serve God’s mission. Seek God and help others experience God as we live liberated by grace.

C Amen.

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GATHERING SONG Son Of God, Eternal Savior ELW 655

Women

Men

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GREETING

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

C And also with you.

THE GATHERING

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KYRIE

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HYMN OF PRAISE

PRAYER OF THE DAY A Merciful God, the fountain of living water, C you quench our thirst and wash away our sin. Give us this water always. Bring

us to drink from the well that flows with the beauty of your truth through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

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(Please Be Seated)

SHARED MINISTRY REMINDERS SPECIAL MUSIC (8:00) “I Surrender All” Arr. Joel Raney Chancel Choir (11:00) “It is Well with My Soul” Arr. John Purifoy Voices of Faith FIRST READING Deuteronomy 14:22-26

A A reading from Deuteronomy

22Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from the field. 23In the presence of the LORD your God, in the place that he will choose as a dwelling for his name, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, your wine, and your oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. 24But if, when the LORD your God has blessed you, the distance is so great that you are unable to transport it, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to set his name is too far away from you, 25then you may turn it into money. With the money secure in hand, go to the place that the LORD your God will choose; 26spend the money for whatever you wish — oxen, sheep, wine, strong drink, or whatever you desire. And you shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your household rejoicing together.

A Word of God, Word of Life. C Thanks be to God. (Please stand if you are able)

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

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THE GOSPEL 2 Corinthians 9:6-11

P The Holy Gospel according to 2 Corinthians C Glory to you, O Lord.

6The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. 9As it is written, "He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever." 10He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us.

P The Gospel of the Lord. C Praise to you, O Christ. (Please be seated)

SERMON Pastor Derek Harman (Please stand as you are able)

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HYMN OF THE DAY Come, Ye Thankful People, Come ELW 693

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PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

(After each petition concludes with “Hear us, O God,” the congregation responds, “your mercy is great”)

PEACE A The peace of the Lord be with you always. C And also with you. A I invite you to share the Peace of Christ with one another.

(Please be seated)

GIFTS OF OFFERING Experience God’s Story

(Please sign the red welcome roster and pass it on as a ritual of friendship. Then pass it back noting the names of those you’re worshiping with today.)

(Please stand as you are able)

OFFERING SONG Take My Life ELW 685

Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold; take my intellect and use ev'ry pow'r as thou shall choose.

OFFERING PRAYER P Let us pray C Everything in heaven and earth belongs to you. We joyfully release what you

have entrusted to us. May these gifts be signs of our whole lives returned to you, dedicated to the healing and unity of all creation, through Jesus Christ. Amen

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THE GREAT THANKSGIVING

P …You bid us return to you and be renewed, that your justice may shine like the sun and the poor of the earth be lifted up. And so with the Church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

CONGREGATIONAL SONG Holy, Holy, Holy

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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

P In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.

Again after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.

Remembering, therefore, his welcome to outcasts and his eating with sinners, his own hunger and thirst, his death and resurrection, we proclaim the mystery of our faith until he comes again to share the feast that has no end.

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P Holy God, holy and merciful, receive our prayers and praise as Jesus received the cries of the poor, and renew us by your Spirit, until your mercy mends all that sin has torn and we feast forever in the company of Jesus, through whom all glory and honor is yours, with the Holy Spirit, in your holy Church, now and forever.

P Lord, remember us in your Kingdom and teach us to pray:

LORD'S PRAYER

C Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

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

P Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! Come to the table of mercy and joy.

(Please be seated)

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(Please stand as you are able)

P The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you always in his grace.

C Amen

Please stand as you are able)

P We give you thanks, almighty God, that you have refreshed us through the healing power of this gift of life. In your mercy, strengthen us through this gift, in faith toward you and in fervent love toward one another, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.

C Amen

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION A Faithful God, C you have kept your promise to us in this meal, nourishing us with the gift of

salvation. Now send your servants forth in peace, that we may testify to your goodness and share the hope that is ours in Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen

BLESSING P May you know God in the depths of your being. May your days be filled with joy

through Christ Jesus. And, may you seek to serve God’s mission in all your life. C Amen

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RECESSIONAL HYMN Lord of Light ELW 688

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Greeters: Bruce & Susie Reese/Le & Marg Viksten Ushers: Glenn Arney, Dave & Tamara Crocker/Charlotte Humphries, Jerry Nester, Jim Martin Altar Guild: Chris Steele/Grace Betts Altar Flowers: Nancy Bohnsack

DISMISSAL A Go in peace. Let your light shine. C Thanks be to God!

POSTLUDE “Foundations” Matthew McConnell

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WORSHIP ASSISTANTS – March 15:

Assisting Ministers: Phil Loper/ Dave Freiberg Lectors: Clara Laskey/Ben Fischer Communion: Phil Loper, Chris Steele, Jane Stevens/Dave & Josie Freiberg, Grace Betts Refreshments: Billeci/Johnson _____________________________________________________________________________

The sanctuary flowers this morning are given in gift by Jim & Margaret Martin in celebration of family birthdays and to the Glory of God and by Nancy Bohnsack in loving memory of Dick.

Helping Hands for March

More than 800 million people around the world face chronic hunger. During March, Helping Hands will support ELCA World Hunger, which is our church’s ministry to end hunger and poverty. We join congregations across the nation, joining ELCA World Hunger in hope for a just world where all are fed. Our goal is to raise $5,000 through donations given at the Wednesday evening Lenten services. Your gifts to ELCA World Hunger address hunger and poverty around the world with creative and courageous action.

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Greeters: Erich & Georgia Sawatzky/Bill & Barbara Wells Ushers: Dick Sprague, Lance Moeszinger, Jim Smith/Earl Cole, John & Lynn Crostic Altar Guild: Joan MacAdams/Tanis Billing Altar Flowers: Lili Bost Refreshments: Mercer/Barns

Readings for next Sunday, March 22, 2020 Mission Moves Series

We invite you to read these texts as you prepare for next Sunday’s worship.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Matthew 13:10-23

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ WORSHIP ASSISTANTS – March 22:

Assisting Ministers: Jim Van Soest/ Sharon Blomquist Lectors: Sally Loper/Ruth Barnes Communion: Jim Van Soest, Roger & Ellen Fromm/Sharon Blomquist, Herb & Melodee Mathay