10^th Sunday after Pentecost

July 28, 2024 – 9:30 a.m. in the Chapel and on Facebook Live

Gospel Sunday

We honor the Kumeyaay Nation, on whose ancestral lands we have made our home.

In the interactive part of the liturgy, the leader’s part is in regular text. The people’s response is in bold. All people are welcome to sing along with the songs where the lyrics are printed.

Holy Communion will be part of this service. Here at Gethsemane we practice open communion, meaning all who believe in the power of Jesus Christ to bring salvation are welcome to join in. In our Lutheran understanding, both sacraments—Baptism and Holy Communion—are best conducted among the gathered assembly. If you are present on our live-stream or the replay, you are present in our assembly. The body of Christ is not limited by place or time. Any bread and any wine or grape juice will do. If you are celebrating as a family or group, please feel free to break the bread into the right number of portions or have a separate piece for each person. Same with the cup. You may have one cup for all or each member gathered uses a separate cup. We believe the Christ is fully present in both Word and Sacrament, in both the bread and the wine/grape juice so if you only have one or the other, or even if you refrain from communion, you are not missing out on the grace of God. We understand both the Word and Sacraments as the means of grace. Remember it is not the type of bread or wine, nor is it the quantity, but it is your faith in taking the elements that is the window for the Holy Spirit to enter your life.

GATHERING

WELCOME

“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”                      ELW #807 vss 1, 3

1    Come, thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,

      tune my heart to sing thy grace;

      streams of mercy, never ceasing,

      call for songs of loudest praise.

      While the hope of endless glory

      fills my heart with joy and love,

      teach me ever to adore thee;

      may I still thy goodness prove.

3    Oh, to grace how great a debtor

      daily I’m constrained to be;

      let that grace now like a fetter

      bind my wand’ring heart to thee.

      Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;

      prone to leave the God I love.

      Here’s my heart, oh, take and seal it;

      seal it for thy courts above.

Text: Robert Robinson, 1735-1790, alt.

“Just As I Am, without One Plea”                     ELW #592 vss 1, 2, 4

1    Just as I am, without one plea,

      but that thy blood was shed for me,

      and that thou bidd’st me come to thee,

      O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

2    Just as I am, though tossed about

      with many a conflict, many a doubt,

      fightings and fears within, without,

      O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

4    Just as I am; thy love unknown

      has broken ev’ry barrier down;

      now to be thine, yea, thine alone,

      O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Text: Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871

THEME PRAYER

“We Come to the Hungry Feast”                       ELW #479 vss 1, 3

1    We come to the hungry feast

      hungry for a word of peace.

      To hungry hearts unsatisfied

      the love of God is not denied.

      We come, we come to the hungry feast.

3    We come to the hungry feast

      hungry that the hunger cease,

      and knowing, though we eat our fill,

      the hunger will stay with us; still

      we come, we come to the hungry feast.

Text: Ray Makeever, b. 1943

Text © 1982 Ray Makeever, admin. Augsburg Fortress. 

GOD IN ACTION MOMENT

“Praise and Thanksgiving”                     ELW #689 vss 1, 2, 4

1    Praise and thanksgiving, God, we would offer

      for all things living, you have made good:

      harvest of sown fields, fruits of the orchard,

      hay from the mown fields, blossom and wood.

2    God, bless the labor we bring to serve you,

      that with our neighbor we may be fed.

      Sowing or tilling, we would work with you,

      harvesting, milling for daily bread.

4    Then will your blessing reach ev’ry people,

      freely confessing your gracious hand.

      Where you are reigning, no one will hunger;

      your love sustaining showers the land.

Text: Albert F. Bayly, 1901-1984, alt.

Text © Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

WORD

 

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

 

MESSAGE WITH SCRIPTURE: 2 Samuel 11:1-15                                     Pastor Karla

 

“Day by Day”                       ELW #790

 

1    Day by day, your mercies, Lord, attend me,

      bringing comfort to my anxious soul.

      Day by day, the blessings, Lord, you send me

      draw me nearer to my heav’nly goal.

      Love divine, beyond all mortal measure,

      brings to naught the burdens of my quest;

      Savior, lead me to the home I treasure,

      where at last I’ll find eternal rest.

2    Day by day, I know you will provide me

      strength to serve and wisdom to obey;

      I will seek your loving will to guide me

      o’er the paths I struggle day by day.

      I will fear no evil of the morrow,

      I will trust in your enduring grace.

      Savior, help me bear life’s pain and sorrow

      till in glory I behold your face.

3    Oh, what joy to know that you are near me

      when my burdens grow too great to bear;

      oh, what joy to know that you will hear me

      when I come, O Lord, to you in prayer.

      Day by day, no matter what betide me,

      you will hold me ever in your hand.

      Savior, with your presence here to guide me,

      I will reach at last the promised land.

Text: Carolina Sandell Berg, 1832-1903; tr. Robert Leaf, 1936-2005

Text © 1992 Augsburg Fortress.

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

You, O God, by the power of the Spirit at work in us, are able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, 

to You be the glory forever and ever. (Ephesians 3:20-21)

 

MEAL

 

OFFERING OUR GIFTS FOR THE MISSION AND MINISTRY OF GOD’S CHURCH

The Word has been spoken. Now, may it stir in our hearts.

 

COMMUNION

All: In the night in which he was betrayed, 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. 

One: And now, join me in praying as our Lord Jesus taught us…

All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours,

now and forever.

Amen.

 

DISTRIBUTION

 

POST COMMUNION BLESSING

 

SENDING

 

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

DEDICATION OF JOHN PETERSON’S MEMORIAL STATUE

 

BLESSING

 

“Oh, When the Saints Go Marching In”                       ACS #950 vss 1, 2, 5

1    Oh, when the saints go marching in,

      oh, when the saints go marching in,

      O Lord, I want to be in that number

      when the saints go marching in.

2    Oh, when the Lord in glory comes,

      oh, when the Lord in glory comes,

      O Lord, I want to be in that number

      when the Lord in glory comes.

5    And on that hallelujah day,

      and on that hallelujah day,

      O Lord, I want to be in that number

      on that hallelujah day.

Text: African American spiritual

 

OUR DECLARATION OF MISSION

You are the body of Christ.

We are the body of Christ, indeed!

So go in peace

To explore the Faith

Live in peace

To express our faith to others

Share the peace

By inviting others to join us on this journey.

WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST, SO LET’S GO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS!

THANKS BE TO GOD. 

 

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Common English Bible

 

Ephesians 3:14-21

We have been rooted and grounded in the love of Christ, which surpasses all human knowledge. Because Christ dwells in our hearts, our lives are continuously strengthened and empowered by the ongoing presence of the Spirit.

John 6:1-21

In John’s gospel, the miracles of Jesus are called “signs,” because they reveal the true character of God. As such, they remain within the mystery of God and cannot be brought under human control.

2 Samuel 11:1-15

Bathsheba and Uriah wronged by David