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God’s children have been given the

right to look to their God for redemption, for deliverance from oppression. Just as

Israel was delivered from the oppression of Pharaoh by means of the blood of the Passover Lamb, so now the children of

God are delivered from the oppression of sin, death and the devil by means of the Passover Lamb (the cross representing His atoning death). How He pours His real blood into the cup from which we

drink, we do not know. It is a mystery. How He gives us His real body in and

under the bread we eat, we do not know. To foreshadow the mystery of the Lord’s Supper, Jesus took a few loaves of bread (represented by the shock of wheat) and a few fish (on both sides of the cross) and

fed thousands of people. Today, in an event even more profound and

mysterious way, Jesus comes to His Church and feeds His children with

miraculous heavenly food, that we may eat and drink life from His cross. The

Lord’s Supper is the meal of divine redemption. By means of it, God

promises to free His children from evil and every form of oppression.

Rev. Marcus Mackay, Sr. Pastor

mmackay@adventlutheran.org 317.847.7215

Rev. James Grady, Assistant Pastor jgrady@adventlutheran.org

317.372.6289

Welcome! • We have reopened and returned to our normal Sunday service

times of 8:15am & 10:45am. Our reopening plan can be found our website. Please maintain social distancing within our facilities and also wear a mask, as you are able, to better serve and protect your neighbor during the pandemic. For those of you who choose to continue to shelter in place, the service will be streamed on our YouTube channel.

• To view the service online, visit www.adventlutheran.org On the homepage is a link to our YouTube channel where services will be streamed and available for watching at any time. If you have a Smart TV, download the YouTube app and search for our channel: "Advent Lutheran Church - LCMS - Zionsville, IN." Please be patient as we work with this new medium to share our services online.

• If you watch the service online, please print this bulletin which includes the entire service (hymns, propers, prayers, etc.) or open it on your computer or other device. If you do not have a hymnal at home, feel free to retrieve yours from your member mailbox, or we can drop one off on your doorstep.

• If you are still sheltering in place and desire to receive the Sacrament, there is a link to Sign-Up Genius on our website homepage where you may choose a 15min time to meet a pastor privately here at Church. As appropriate, the pastors also stand ready to deliver the Lord's gifts to you in your home or elsewhere. The Word of the Lord endures forever!

• Communications updates continue to be posted on the website. Check weekly for bulletins, announcements, prayer sheets, etc.

Visitors & Guests • Please refer to our Communion Policy on page 2.

• Thank you for attending! Please sign our visitors’ Register in the Narthex and join us for Fellowship and Bible Study in Fellowship Hall at 9:30am (between morning services). If you are interested in membership or need assistance, please contact one of our pastors.

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The Sacrament of the Altar

Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church teaches and

believes that through the body and blood of Jesus

Christ, offered under bread and wine in the Lord’s

Supper, God gives to His children the forgiveness

of sins. Since this is a sacred meal, Advent

distributes the Lord’s Supper to communicants who

have been prepared to receive it. Please see our

Communion Policy for Visitors on the back page.

• If you are a member at an LCMS parish

please speak with one of our pastors

beforehand so that they may greet you and

inform you accordingly regarding our practice.

• If you are a visitor and have not been con-

firmed or hold to a confession of faith that

differs from Advent and the Lutheran Church

– Missouri Synod, please refrain from receiving

the Lord’s Supper until you have spoken with

our pastor. If communing, please prepare with

prayers in hymnal on pages 308, 329-330.

• Distribution - If communing, at the appro-

priate time in the Divine Service, please

approach the altar via the center aisle. When

directed to a position at the rail, bow and kneel

without waiting (you may also stand as needed).

After you receive the sacrament, please stand,

bow and return to your pew via the side aisle.

The final blessing will be made at the end of the

distribution and the covering of the elements.

Fellowship and Bible Study

Everyone is invited to attend Fellowship and Bible

Study in between morning services! There will be

coffee available but unfortunately, no doughnuts, as

our bakery has not yet returned to full service.

Please see an Usher if you need help locating the following:

o Large print versions of today’s service are

available on the table in the narthex

alongside bulletins.

o Hearing assistive devices for use during

worship are available in the Narthex.

o Wheelchairs are available upon request.

o Restrooms are located to the left of the

Narthex as you enter the church.

o The Nursery and Cry Room provide

quiet places for active or crying children

and are equipped to broadcast our services.

Please ask an usher for locations.

Worship Broadcasts

Sunday services are livestreamed on our YouTube

channel. Weekly service bulletins are available on

our website at www.adventlutheran.org.

The Congregation at Prayer

The Guide for Daily Meditation and Prayer is now

included in this bulletin and may be found on the

last pages.

To receive Advent Announcements via email

every Friday, sign up on the website’s ‘Contact Us’

page or contact the office at 317.873.6318 or email

us at mailto:info@adventlutheran.org

Altar Flowers - Thank you to Scott & Muriel Vrooman for sponsoring today’s altar flowers.

Special Music - Thank you to our vocalists, Celia & Izzy Casciani, for today’s anthem.

Baptisms - We welcome our newest lamb into the congregation, Bennett Ray Weimer, son of Jacob &

Alexandra Weimer, whose family will celebrate his baptism after late service today.

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"Have no fear little flock!"

Luke 12:32 Our Lord is yet gracious and merciful in these uncertain times. In the midst of the many changes to our daily lives and routines, God's Word and His love for you remains certain and steadfast. May this bulletin and service be a blessing to you as we remain, together, IN THE WORD.

Ninth Sunday after Trinity Today’s Readings 2 Samuel 22:26-34 1 Corinthians 10:6-13 Luke 16:1-9

The Steward’s Shrewdness Sanctified “The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness” (Luke 16:1–9). The steward’s shrewdness is praiseworthy for two reasons. First, he knew the master would be merciful. He trusted that the master would honor the debts he forgave in the master’s name. In the same way, though we have squandered our heavenly Father’s possessions in selfishness and sin, Jesus is the Steward who has canceled our debt, knowing that His forgiveness will be honored by the Father because of the holy cross. Secondly, the steward was shrewd in using oil and wheat to provide for his earthly welfare. So also do these earthly elements aid us when pressed into heavenly use in the anointing of baptism and the wheat of the Lord’s Supper. Those who have the Sacraments will have an eternal home when their earthly home fails. These provide us aid in times of temptation (1 Cor. 10:6–13). For the Lord is our strength and a shield to all who trust in Him (2 Sam. 22:26–34).

Exploring the Hymn of the Day What Is the World to Me? The origin of this fine eighteenth-century hymn is a little bit cloudy. Most students of the matter agree that the author was Georg Michael Pfefferkorn (1645–1732), a teacher and pastor in Germany. However, the hymn first appeared anonymously, and lately it has been attributed to Balthasar Kindermann (d. 1706). It was translated into English by August Crull, who was born in Germany in 1845. He emi-grated to the United States at an early age, and graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 1862. He served as pastor and teacher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, and died in 1923.

Our new logo, chosen by the congregation, now graces the front of our redesigned

bulletin. It was submitted by a graphic designer, Anna Piro, a fellow LCMS member at St. John

Lutheran Church in Wheaton, IL. She writes to us of her design: “The cross formed by the church

architecture (the buttresses in the ceiling and roof, rotated and duplicated, along with the gothic

windows). Luther’s Rose added at the center of the cross.”

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Divine Service Setting Four LSB p.203

Prelude & Ringing of Bells

Processional Hymn Evening and Morning LSB 726

Tune and text: © 1930, 2006 Augsburg Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110017163

Stand

Confession and Absolution

The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.

Invocation

P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

Exhortation LSB 203

P Our help is in the name of the Lord,

C who made heaven and earth.

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P If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

P Our help is in the name of the Lord,

C who made heaven and earth.

P If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

C But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.

P Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

C Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life.

Amen.

P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives

you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I

therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the

Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

Service of the Word

Introit Ps. 54:1-3, 7; antiphon: Ps. 54:4-5

Behold, God is my | helper;*

the Lord is the upholder | of my life.

He will return the evil to my | enemies;*

in your faithfulness put an | end to them.

O God, save me, | by your name,*

and vindicate me | by your might.

O God, | hear my prayer;*

give ear to the words | of my mouth.

For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men | seek my life;*

they do not set God be- | fore themselves.

For he has delivered me from every | trouble,*

and my eye has looked in triumph on my | enemies.

Glory be to the Father and | to the Son*

and to the Holy | Spirit;

as it was in the be- | ginning,*

is now, and will be forever. | Amen.

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Behold, God is my | helper;*

the Lord is the upholder | of my life.

He will return the evil to my | enemies;*

in your faithfulness put an | end to them.

Kyrie LSB 204

Gloria in Excelsis

Salutation and Collect of the Day

P The Lord be with you.

C And also with you.

P Let us pray.

Let Your merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of Your humble servants; and that

they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please You; through

Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one

God, now and forever.

C Amen.

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Old Testament Reading 2 Samuel 22:26–34

“With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness. For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. “For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless. He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.”

A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

Anthem Laudamus Te by G. Paisiello Used by permission St. James Music Press 1999

Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te.

Gratias agimus ti bi, propter magnam gloriam tu am.

Translation: We praise you, O Lord.

We bless you, we adore you, we glorify your name.

We offer you thanks. Your power is glorious.

Epistle Reading 1 Corinthians 10:6–13

Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not be

idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to

play.” We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand

fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by

serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things

happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end

of the ages has come. Therefore, let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No

temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be

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tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you

may be able to endure it.

A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

Stand

Alleluia and Verse LSB 205

Holy Gospel Luke 16:1–9

P The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the sixteenth chapter.

C Glory to You, O Lord.

[Jesus] also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were

brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him,

‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer

be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the

management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have

decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into

their houses.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do

you owe my master?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit

down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A

hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ The master

commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd

in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you, make friends for

yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the

eternal dwellings.”

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.

C Praise to You, O Christ.

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Nicene Creed

C 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 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 T of the world to come. Amen.

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Hymn of the Day What Is the World to Me LSB 730

Sermon

Stand

Prayer of the Church

Service of the Sacrament

Stand

Preface LSB 208

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 Him thanks and praise.

P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everlasting God, for the countless blessings You so freely bestow on us and all creation. Above all, we give thanks for Your boundless

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love shown to us when You sent Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into our flesh and laid on Him our sin, giving Him into death that we might not die eternally. Because He is now risen from the dead and lives and reigns to all eternity, all who believe in Him will overcome sin and death and will rise again to new life. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:

Sanctus LSB 208

Prayer of Thanksgiving

P Blessed are You, O Lord our God, king of all creation, for You have had mercy on us and given

Your only-begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

In Your righteous judgment You condemned the sin of Adam and Eve, who ate the forbidden

fruit, and You justly barred them and all their children from the tree of life. Yet, in Your great

mercy, You promised salvation by a second Adam, Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, and made

His cross a life-giving tree for all who trust in Him.

We give You thanks for the redemption You have prepared for us through Jesus Christ. Grant

us Your Holy Spirit that we may faithfully eat and drink of the fruits of His cross and receive the

blessings of forgiveness, life, and salvation that come to us in His body and blood.

Hear us as we pray in His name and as He has taught us:

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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.

The Words of Our Lord

P Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

P In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He

gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Pax Domini

P The peace of the Lord be with you always.

C Amen.

Agnus Dei LSB 210

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Distribution Please wait patiently in your pew until an Elder or Usher motions to you. You and/or your household should then come down the Center Aisle, maintaining appropriate distance between other Individuals and/or Households that will be in front and behind you. You may kneel or stand at the Communion Rail. Please maintain appropriate distance from other parishioners. If you are wearing a mask, please remove it and hold out your hand to receive our Lord’s Body, the Common Chalice and/or Individual Chalice. After communion, please exit to the side aisle, placing the individual chalices carefully in the bowl provided. Then return to your seats, maintaining appropriate distance from the other communicants.

Distribution Hymn Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness LSB 636

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5 Jesus, source of lasting pleasure, Truest friend, and dearest treasure, Peace beyond all understanding, Joy into all life expanding: Humbly now, I bow before You; Love incarnate, I adore You; Worthily let me receive You And, so favored, never leave You.

6 Jesus, sun of life, my splendor, Jesus, friend of friends, most tender, Jesus, joy of my desiring, Fount of life, my soul inspiring: At Your feet I cry, my maker, Let me be a fit partaker Of this blessèd food from heaven, For our good, Your glory, given.

7 Lord, by love and mercy driven, You once left Your throne in heaven On the cross for me to languish And to die in bitter anguish, To forego all joy and gladness And to shed Your blood in sadness. By this blood redeemed and living, Lord, I praise You with thanksgiving.

8 Jesus, bread of life, I pray You, Let me gladly here obey You. By Your love I am invited, Be Your love with love requited; By this Supper let me measure, Lord, how vast and deep love’s treasure. Through the gift of grace You give me As Your guest in heav’n receive me.

Tune and text: Public domainText (sts. 1, 4–5): © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110017163

Distribution Hymn Great Is Thy Faithfulness LSB 809

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Distribution Hymn Lord of All Hopefulness LSB 738

Text: © Oxford University Press. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110017163

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In dismissing the communicants, the following is said:

The Dismissal

P The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen and preserve you in body and

soul to life everlasting. Depart T in peace and with great joy, your sins are forgiven.

C Amen.

Nunc Dimittis LSB 211

Post-Communion Collect

A Let us pray.

We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You have refreshed us through this salutary gift, and we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

Benedicamus LSB 212

A Let us bless the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

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Benediction

P The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and T give you peace.

C Amen.

Recessional Hymn Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me LSB 722

Postlude Please take a moment to wipe down any areas in the pew that you may have touched, then exit the Sanctuary and Narthex immediately, maintaining appropriate distance between other individuals/households. Please leave the used wipe and/or bulletin in the pew so that we may know someone was sitting there. We will do our best to clean all pews before and after each service.

T T T Acknowledgments

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise indicated below, all hymn tunes and exts are public domain.

Hymn 722 - Text: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110017163

Divine Service Setting Four, created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2018 Concordia Publishing House.

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In His Service:

Rev. Marcus Mackay, Sr. Pastor – mmackay@adventlutheran.org – 317.847.7215

Rev. James Grady, Assistant Pastor – jgrady@adventlutheran.org – 317.372.6289

Deb Trewartha, Director of Choirs; Preschool Director

Phil Lehman, Kantor & Organist

Ryan Scrogham & Matthias Mackay, Audio/Visual

8:15 a.m. Service Altar Guild Judy Dorantes, Jennifer Dorantes Elders Ned Ryan, Neil Alldredge Crucifer OPEN Acolyte Carolyn Kopeschka

10:45 a.m. Service Altar Guild Jen Siukola, Janet Johnson Elders Steve Vogtman, Pete Miller Crucifer OPEN Acolyte Carina Hodges

Additional Announcements School Supply Drive for Lutherwood Students Lutheran Child and Family Services needs school supplies for Lutherwood* students. Advent's Board of Missions will host a school supply drive through September 6th for the following (only) items. Please put them in the shopping cart in the Narthex. Thank you!

• Wireless composition notebooks (NO spiral bound notebooks) • Folders without prongs • Pencils • Pencil-top erasers • Small, basic calculators • Boxes of colored pencils

*Lutherwood is a residential treatment center that serves boys and girls ages 6-21 who are recovering from the effects of abuse, neglect, abandonment, and/or are experiencing chronic behavior problems and emotional problems.

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The Congregation at Prayer

A Guide for Daily Meditation and Prayer

Ninth Sunday After Trinity – August 9, 2020

Daily Prayers – How to Pray

Our Lord Jesus Christ has given us the “Our Father” so that we may call upon our heavenly Father as His dear

children. But Martin Luther also instructs us in four other, simple, prayers to use when we awake, at meals

and upon retiring for the day. These are easy prayers to teach children and learn as adults. He first directs us

to pray the Lord’s Prayer and the Creed morning and evening and then the little prayer given as an option. He

also includes the Lord’s Prayer at meals with the prayers for Asking a Blessing and Returning Thanks. Below is

Luther’s Morning Prayer. Might praying this, or the other Daily Prayers, inform and change your thoughts on

your day or the day of your children?

I thank You my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this

night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every

evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and

soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me.

Amen

Luther then tells us “Then go joyfully to your work, singing a hymn, like that of the Ten Commandments, or

whatever your devotion may suggest.”

Are you desiring the Lord’s Supper? Times will continue to be set aside for individuals and families of our congregation to receive absolution and the Sacrament for the forgiveness of sins and strengthening of their faith. Please, if in the coming weeks you choose to remain home, know we are here for you should you desire to receive the precious Body and Blood of our Lord. A signup has been placed on our website and is available here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090b4eadac29a4fb6-home .

Daily Prayer LSB pp 294-298 Pray and confess out loud Daily Prayer – For Individuals and Families as you are able, or as your family size and ages dictate. Use the one appropriate for the time of day your devotion takes place. Include the Apostles Creed before The Lord’s Prayer if the setting you regularly use does not include it so as to confess it daily. Learn by heart the catechism, and hymn of the week.

Psalm 51:1–12; antiphon: v. 18 (This is the psalm for the current week of the church year.) Holy Spirit, create me new again, giving joy for sadness. Have mercy on me, O god, and cleans me from my sin. Amen. (Lutheran Study Bible ESV)

Daily Psalms Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Morning 60, 61 65 66 68 71 73 75, 76 Evening 62 63, 64 67, 70 69 72 74 77

Hymn of the Week: LSB 730 – What Is the World to Me Text: Georg Michael Pfefferkotn, 1645-1732; tr. August Crull, 1845-1923, alt. Tune: Ahasverus Fritsch, 1629-1701; stetting: Lutheran Service Book, 2006 The tune can be found on the web. Search “WAS FAG ICH NACH DER WELT”

Readings for the week…

Sundays Lectionary Readings (each chapter could be reviewed) 2 Sam. 22:26-34; 1 Cor. 10:6-13; Luke 16: 1-13

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Prayers

Weekly Collect - Let Your merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of Your humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please You; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Daily Themes for Prayer: Sunday: Pray for the joy of the resurrection among us; for true and godly worship throughout the

world; and for the faithful preaching and hearing of God’s Word. Monday: Pray for faith to live in the promises of Holy Baptism; for your calling and daily work; for the

unemployed; for the salvation and well-being of our neighbors; for government; and for peace.

Tuesday: Pray for deliverance against temptation; for the addicted and the despairing; for the tortured and oppressed; and for those struggling with besetting sins.

Wednesday: Pray for marriage and family, that all may live together under the grace of Christ according to the Word of God; for parents who must rear their children alone; and for godly school, our church schools, and seminaries.

Thursday: Pray for the Church and her pastors; for missionaries; and for fruitful and salutary use of the blessed sacrament of the Lord’s body and blood.

Friday: Pray for the preaching of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ and for its spread throughout the whole world, especially in our community; and for the persecuted.

Saturday: Pray for faithfulness to the end; for the sick and dying; for the revival for those who are withering in the faith or have fallen away; and for receptive hearts for worship and study on the Lord’s Day.

Specific prayer request can now be found in the announcements that are emailed weekly to all members.

Looking forward to the 10th Sunday after Trinity – August 16, 2020 Hymns Next Week 868, 644, 637 – 729 – 760, 912 Texts: Jeremiah 8:4-12 or 7:1-11; Romans 9:30-10:4 or 1 Cor. 12:1-11; Luke 19:41-48

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