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Time after Pentecost

July 21/22, 2018

6:00 PM & 8:45 AM Holy Communion

First Lutheran Church, Kearney, NE

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ANNOUNCEMENTS and WELCOME PRELUDE “Indescribable with This Is My Father’s World” Jesse Reeves and Laura Story

Dorann Bartels

Please stand

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS P: Blessed be the holy Trinity, † one God, full of compassion and mercy, abounding in steadfast love. C: Amen P: Trusting God’s promise of forgiveness, let us confess our sin against God and one another. Brief silence for reflection P: Eternal God our creator, C: 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 P: 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. C: Amen

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GATHERING HYMN “All People That on Earth Do Dwell” ELW #883

Text: William Kethe, d. c. 1594. Music: Louis Bourgeois, 1510-1561. Text and Music Public Domain

GREETING

P: 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.

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CANTICLE OF PRAISE

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PRAYER OF THE DAY

L: Let us pray. O God, powerful and compassionate, you shepherd your people, faithfully feeding and protecting us. Heal each of us, and make us a whole people, that we may embody the justice and peace of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. C: Amen SPECIAL MUSIC

“Be Not Dismayed” First Four WORD A Reading from Psalm 23 L: 1The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; 3he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name's sake. 4Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff — they comfort me. 5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

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6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD my whole life long. (Psalm 23) L: Word of God. Word of Life. C: Thanks be to God.

Please stand for the GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

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P: A Reading from St. Mark C: Glory to you, O Lord P: 30The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31He said to them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. 33Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. 34As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. 53When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. 54When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, 55and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed. (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56) P: This is the Gospel of the Lord C: Praise to you O Christ. CHILDREN’S MESSAGE & “NOISY” OFFERING

Offering will be going to Compass “Buddy Bags”

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SERMON Pastor Michelle Carlson Please stand SERMON SONG

“Have No Fear, Little Flock” ELW #764

Text: Luke 12:32, st. 1; Marjorie Jillson, b. 1931, sts. 2-4. Music: Heinz Werner Zimmermann, b. 1930

Text and music © 1973 Concordia Publishing House All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of OneLicense #A-705218

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APOSTLES’ CREED L: Let us profess our faith with the Apostles’ Creed: C: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He 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 and 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, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

P: Growing in faith and discipleship, we give thanks for God’s merciful compassion as we pray for the church, the world, and all in need.

(At the conclusion of each prayer)

L: Lord, in your mercy, C: hear our prayer.

P: Gracious God, we lift to you these prayers and the prayers of our hearts, trusting in your everlasting love and mercy through Jesus Christ our Lord. C: Amen.

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EXCHANGE OF PEACE

P: The peace of Christ be with you always. C: And also with you.

We greet one another in the name of the Lord using words such as, “Peace be with you.”

Please be seated MEAL OFFERING “Take Thou My Hand Dear Father” arr. Franklin Ritter

Dorann Bartels

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Please stand Communion Assistants please come forward at this time. OFFERTORY RESPONSE

“We Give Thee but Thine Own” ELW #686 Verses 1 & 2

Text: William W, How, 1823-1897, alt. Music: L. Mason and G. Webb, Cantica Lauda,1850 Music and Text Public Domain

OFFERTORY PRAYER

L: Merciful God, You open wide your hand and satisfy the need of every living thing. You have set this feast before us. Open our hands to receive it. Open our hearts to embrace it. Open our lives to live it. We pray this through Christ our Lord. C: Amen.

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THE GREAT THANKSGIVING P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you.

P: Lift up your hearts. C: We lift them to the Lord.

P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C: It is right to give our thanks and praise. SANCTUS

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WORDS OF INSTITUTION P: In the night in which he was handed over, 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 for 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. Let us proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. THE LORD’S PRAYER P: Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray: 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

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INVITATION TO COMMUNION

P: Come, let us eat, for now the feast is spread.

(Please let the Communion Assistant know if you want grape juice or a gluten-free wafer.)

Please be seated

“O Lamb of God”

COMMUNION MUSIC 6:00 “Blessings” Jim Brickman Dorann Bartels

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8:45 “O Christ the Same”

Text: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926. Music: Irish tune, arr. John Barnard, b. 1948 Text © 1984 and arr. © 1982 Hope Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of CCLI#1093735 and OneLicense #A-705218

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Please stand TABLE GRACE P: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen

you and keep you in his grace.

C: Amen PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION L: 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, and we hunger for your reign of justice, may we thirst for your way of peace, for you are Lord forevermore. C: Amen BLESSING

P: 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. C: Amen

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SENDING HYMN “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” ELW #789

Text: attr. Dorothy A. Thrupp, 1779-1847, Music: William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868. Music and Text Public Domain

DISMISSAL L: Go in peace. The Spirit sends us forth to serve. C: Thanks be to God. POSTLUDE “Unto God Be the Glory” Gilbert M. Martin Dorann Bartels

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First Lutheran Church ~ 3315 G Avenue ~ Kearney, NE 68847 308-237-5544 ~ office@firstlutherankearney.org

Rev. Dr. Michelle Carlson, Preaching Pastor

Rev. Dr. Rick Carlson, Presiding Pastor

6:00 Julie Nugent, Assisting Minister 8:45 Lil Larson, Assisting Minister

11:00 Amanda Lewis, Assisting Minister

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