THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST June 21, 2020

St. John Lutheran Church and School The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

Reverend Jeff Caithamer revcaithamer -at- stjohn-lcms.org

School Principal: Tim Gabbert

Divine Service III

*stand as you are able

OPENING HYMN O God, My Faithful God

1 O God, my faithful God, True fountain ever flowing, Without whom nothing is, All perfect gifts bestowing: Give me a healthy frame, And may I have within A conscience free from blame, A soul unstained by sin.

2 Grant me the strength to do With ready heart and willing Whatever You command, My calling here fulfilling; That I do what I should While trusting You to bless The outcome for my good, For You must give success.

3 Keep me from saying words That later need recalling; Guard me lest idle speech May from my lips be falling; But when within my place I must and ought to speak, Then to my words give grace Lest I offend the weak.

4 Lord, let me win my foes With kindly words and actions, And let me find good friends For counsel and correction. Help me, as You have taught, To love both great and small And by Your Spirit’s might To live in peace with all.

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5 Let me depart this life Confiding in my Savior; By grace receive my soul That it may live forever; And let my body have A quiet resting place Within a Christian grave; And let it sleep in peace.

6 And on that final day When all the dead are waking, Stretch out Your mighty hand, My deathly slumber breaking. Then let me hear Your voice, Redeem this earthly frame, And bid me to rejoice With those who love Your name.

*INVOCATION, CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION

P In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. P Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto God

our Father, beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.

P Our help is in the name of the Lord, C who made heaven and earth. P I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord, C and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.

P O almighty God, merciful Father, C I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and iniquities with which

I have ever offended You and justly deserved Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being.

P Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

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SERVICE OF THE WORD

*KYRIE Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

*GLORIA IN EXCELSIS P Glory be to God on high; C and on earth peace, good-will toward men. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we

worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee, for Thy great glory. O Lord God, heav’nly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sin of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord. Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

*SALUTATION and COLLECT OF THE DAY P The Lord be with you. C And with thy spirit. P Let us pray... C Amen.

Old Testament Reading: Jeremiah 20:7-13 7 O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me. 8 For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision all day long. 9 If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot. 10 For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my close friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him.” 11 But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. 12 O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who

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sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause. 13 Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

P This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God.

Epistle Reading: Romans 6:12-23 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

P This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God.

*Alleluia and Verse Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

*Holy Gospel

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P The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the tenth chapter. (10:5a, 21-33) C Glory be to Thee, O Lord.

5 These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, … 21 Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. 26 “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

P This is the Gospel of the Lord. C Praise be to Thee, O Christ.

NICENE CREED I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the

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right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

HYMN OF THE DAY Lord of Our Life

1 Lord of our life and God of our salvation, Star of our night and hope of ev’ry nation: Hear and receive Your Church’s supplication, Lord God Almighty.

2 See round Your ark the hungry billows curling; See how Your foes their banners are unfurling And with great spite their fiery darts are hurling, O Lord, preserve us.

3 Lord, be our light when worldly darkness veils us; Lord, be our shield when earthly armor fails us; And in the day when hell itself assails us, Grant us Your peace, Lord:

4 Peace in our hearts, where sinful thoughts are raging, Peace in Your Church, our troubled souls assuaging, Peace when the world its endless war is waging, Peace in Your heaven.

SERMON “What Can Man Do to Me?” Matthew 10:21-33

P The peace of God, which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

C Amen.

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*OFFERTORY Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, and uphold me with Thy free spirit. Amen.

PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

*PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

*LORD’S PRAYER

*COLLECT

*SALUTATION AND BENEDICAMUS P The Lord be with you. C And with thy spirit. P Bless we the Lord. C Thanks be to God.

*BENEDICTION P The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be

gracious unto you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. C Amen, amen, amen.

CLOSING HYMN The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns

1 The Head that once was crowned with thorns Is crowned with glory now; A royal diadem adorns The mighty Victor’s brow.

2 The highest place that heav’n affords Is His, is His by right, The King of kings and Lord of lords, And heav’ns eternal Light;

3 The Joy of all who dwell above, The Joy of all below To whom He manifests His love And grants His name to know.

4 To them the cross, with all its shame, With all its grace, is giv’n; Their name an everlasting name, Their joy the joy of heav’n.

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5 They suffer with their Lord below, They reign with Him above, Their profit and their joy to know The myst’ry of His love.

6 The cross He bore is life and health, Though shame and death to Him: His people’s hope, His people’s wealth, Their everlasting theme.

SERVING TODAY: Preaching: Rev. Jeff Caithamer Organist: Keith Williams Videographer: Lou Ann

OUR WEEK AHEAD Today Third Sunday After Pentecost; 8:00 Holy Communion; 9:15 Coffee

Hour; 10:45 Holy Communion; Father’s Day Monday Newsletter Deadline Tuesday 10:00 Adult Bible Class; 6:00 Parish Ed; 7:00 Youth Board Wednesday 7:15 Holy Communion Sunday Fourth Sunday After Pentecost; 8:00 Holy Communion; 9:15 Coffee

Hour; 10:45 Holy Communion

OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY – We remember the following people in our prayers: for healing and recovery: Lee, Tom, Linda, Deb-sister of Pam, Jan, Opal, Hendricks-grandson of Dan & Joanie, Jim, Jacob-great grandson of Bob & Joan, Maria, Brett-cousin of the Kindts’, Merv, Jessica-granddaughter of Bob & Joan, Joan-mother of Bill, Judy-mother of Rochelle, Rebecca-daughter of Marvin & Esther, Roy Johnson-father of Anne, Dan-brother of Bonnie, Todd; for successful treatments: Earl, Jayne, Linda, Roxy, Joan, Jeanette, Nancy; for those in the military: Roberto, Adam, Joshua,

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Nick, Taylor, Andy, Brandon, Ben, Allyson, Zachary; for our homebound: Esther, Leona, Walt.

For requests for the prayer chain or to be added to the chain: http://stjohnmedia.org/church/PrayerList.html

Keys and Fobs – Please turn your keys and fobs into the church office if your serving time has concluded so we have enough to distribute to incoming officers.

Email Addresses – Pastor Caithamer has compiled a list of members’ email addresses to communicate with the congregation. If you are not receiving these email communications, please call the church office with your email address so we can add you to the list. If we have your email address and you are not getting them, please check your spam folder.

This summer, our Sunday School students will explore 3 in 1: Discovering Our Triune God. Each of the weekly Bible stories helps students discover something about our triune God. The dramatic account, "God Cares for Us: Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath," serves as this week's Sunday School lesson. Students will learn how God cared for Elijah through the widow and for the widow through Elijah. Parents could ask, "Who does God use to care for you? Please contact Mrs. Jones if you have not received the Sunday School pages for the month of June.

Fellowship Committee Needs Help - Because of many fellowship members still sheltering at home, our committee is in need of some new members who are out and about and attending church. We are starting to serve coffee after the 8 am service on Fathers' Day. Depending on attendance, we will be adding donuts and iced tea to the fellowship time. We need at least 2 people to prepare and serve each Sunday, since we'll be serving outside. If you have ever wanted to learn how to use the industrial coffee makers - now is your chance. Men are welcome and we'll pair any newbie with a current fellowship member. It could be a lot of fun to participate as a couple. Please call Julia to volunteer.

St. John Lutheran VBS 2020 :Rainforest Explorers: It’s easy to get lost. That’s why we need Jesus! To make it through this unknown world safely, kids need a guide who can keep them on the right path. At Rainforest Explorers, learn how Jesus

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is our ultimate guide in the rainforest and our lives. He leads us to the treasure of eternal life, and He’ll never leave us! Vacation Bible School will be July 6-10 and will be online for this year. We are planning to create “activity packs” for the kids. Videos for each day will also be available. Please register online at: https://vbsmate.com/stjohnchampaign *Please make sure to indicate your preference for the Passalong CD/DVD. There is the physical CD or a download version. The deadline to register is Tuesday, June 23. (Time is needed to order supplies and assemble packets.) Packets will be available to pick up the week of June 29-July 3. (Please wait for an announcement that the packets are ready before heading out.) If you have any questions, please email vbs - at - stjohnls.org

New Church Photo Directory Dates: We have rescheduled the church photo directory for the following dates: August 4 and 5, 18, 19, and 20 and 31; September 1. More information will be shared in future bulletins and newsletters.

Available – If you are in need, several home-made masks have been donated to the church and school and can be found on the narthex table. Adult and children sizes are available.

St. John Arts & Crafts Fair – 2nd Annual, coming October 24th, 2020. More information about reserving booth space and other details will be available soon. Contact the school office with any questions.

St. John Golf Outing – U of I Golf Course, Saturday, September 26th. We will have more information, including registration forms, available in August.

Premier Conference For Lutheran Laity - You're invited to watch the Virtual Issues, Etc. "Making the Case" Conference Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25. Speakers include: Mark & Mollie Hemingway; Robert George; Matt Walsh; Hans Fiene; and Bryan Wolfmueller. Registration is $135 and includes the ability to watch live and on-demand. For more information, visit issuesetc.org.

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LEARN BY HEART THE FAMILY ALTAR

The families of St. John are encouraged to learn these words from the Small Catechism by heart this week:

The Lord’s Prayer

The First Petition -= Hallowed be Thy name.

What does this mean? God’s name is certainly holy in itself, but we pray in this petition that it may be kept holy among us also.

How is God’s name kept holy? God’s name is kept holy when the Word of God is taught in its truth and purity, and we, as the children of God, also lead holy lives according to it. Help us to do this, dear Father in heaven! But anyone who teaches or lives contrary to God’s Word profanes the name of God among us. Protect us from this, heavenly Father!

The Second Petition - Thy kingdom come.

What does this mean? The kingdom of God certainly comes by itself without our prayer, but we pray in this petition that it may come to us also.

How does God’s kingdom come? God’s kingdom comes when our heavenly Father gives us His Holy Spirit, so that by His grace we believe His holy Word and lead godly lives here in time and there in eternity.

Psalm 119:137-144 Bible Passage: Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases. Psalm 103:1-3

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Third Sunday after Pentecost June 21, 2020

INTROIT Ps. 56:3-4, 10-11 ; antiphon: Ps. 56:13

For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feel from I falling,*

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that I may walk before God in the I light of life. When I I am afraid,*

I put my I trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not I be afraid.*

What can flesh I do to me? In God, whose I word I praise,*

in the LORD, whose I word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not I be afraid.*

What can man I do to me? Glory be to the Father and I to the Son*

and to the Holy I Spirit; as it was in the be- I ginning,*

is now, and will be forever. I Amen. For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from I falling,*

that I may walk hefore God in the I light of life.

COLLECT OF THE DAY 0 God, because Your abiding presence always goes with us, keep us aware of Your

daily mercies that we may live secure and content in Your eternal love; through Jesus Christ. Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

GRADUAL Ps. 145:3, Sb, 6b

Great is the LORD, and greatly I to be praised,* and his greatness is un- I searchable.

On your wondrous works, I will I meditate,* and I will declare your I greatness.

DAILY READINGS June 21: Prov. 24: 1-22: John 19: 1-22; 22: Prov. 25: 1-22; John 19:23-42; 23: Prov. 27: 1-24: John 20: 1-18: 24: Prov. 30: 1-9, 18-33: John 20: 19-31; 25: Prov. 31 : I0-3 I : John 21 : 1-25; 26: Joshua I: 1-18: Aces 8: 1-2'\ : 27: Joshua 2: 1-24; AcL~ 8:26-40.

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Third Sunday after Pentecost Old Testament Reading: Jeremiah 20:7-13 1 0 Lo1m, you have deceived me,

and I was deceived ; you are s1ronger than I,

and you have prevailed . I have become a laughings1ock all 1he day;

everyone mocks me . ' For whenever I speak , I cry out.

I sholll. "Violence and des1ruc1ion I" For the word of the Lotm has become for me

a reproach and derision all day long . v If I say, "I will not mention him,

or speak any more in his name " there is in my heart as it were a b'urning fire

shu1 up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in,

and I cannot. 1° For I hear many whispering.

Terror is on every side! "Denounce him! Le1 us denounce him!"

say all my close friends. watching for my fall.

"Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him."

11 But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will s1umhle; they will not overcome me.

They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed.

Their eternal dishonor will never be forgollen.

12 0 LORD of hos1s, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind

lel me sec your vengeance upon 1h~m. for to you have I committed my cause.

1.1 Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD 1

For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

Epistle: Romans 6:12-23 12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal

bodies, to make you obey their passions. 1.100 not present your members to sin us instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves 10 God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righ-teousness. 1~For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

,swhat then? Are we to sin becuuse we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16D0 you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom

you ohey. either of sin, which leads to deu1h or of obedience. which leads to righteousness? 11But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 1"and, huving heen set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 191 nm speaking in human terms. because of your natural limitations. For just us you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more law-h:ssness. so now present your members as slaves tu righteousness leading to sanctification.

20When you were slaves of sin , you were free in regard to righteousness. 21But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death. 22 Hut now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads Lo sanc1ilicaLiun and its end, eternal life. 2.1For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Holy Gospel: Matthew 10:Sa, 21-33 !i'fhese twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, . . . 21"Brother will deliver brother over to death, and

the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 21When t_hey persecute you in one town, flee to the next, tor truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

disciple is not above his teacher, nor a s~rvant abo~e his master. 2srt is enough for the dis-ciple to be hke his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Bee(zebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.

26"So ha~e no fear of them, for nothing is cov-ered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not ~e known. 27What I tell you in the dark, say in the hght, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. 28And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father -10B ut even the hairs of your head are all numbered: -11 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 12So everyone who acknowledges me before m_en_. I also will acknowledge before my Father who 1s m heaven, nbut whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven ."