July 24, 2016

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10th Sunday after Pentecost – July 24, 2016

Divine Worship - Sunday 9:00am, 11:30am

Serving in the Lord’s House . . . Rev. Aaron Chittick

Today: Sunday: July 31 July 31 4:00pm

Musicians ~ Praise & Worship Team; Organist – Kay Kaepp July: Sound ~ Aaron Garn; Altar Guild ~ Bonnie Polzin; Banners ~ Sue Elkins

Welcome Guests and Visitors – We’re glad you’re here! Please sign the Attendance Pad in the pew and read the statement concerning the reception of the Lord’s Supper found in the inside cover of that pad. God bless your worship with us today! Feel free to ask an usher for help or directions.

Church Nursery is located on the right past the double doors in the preschool wing.

Yellow prayer request cards will be picked up by the ushers during the sermon hymn.

In our prayers:

Cancer patients: Amelia; Amy; Becky (Rumens) Boyd; Rob Eickmann (Bob’s son); Melvin Gallatin; Maggie Gruenhagen; Ed James; Keegan; Kurt Keokuk; Lisa; Frank Pavka; Fred Schultz; Cindy Tuttle; Clarence Walters; Ward Yearling; Rusty Zimmerman.

Family & Friends: Lois Bearden; Alice Conrad; Pat Dalchow; Ed Elkins; Judy Himebaugh; Pat Mills; Mary, Bill Tunison’s mother; Doreen Robinson; Cheryl Rosch; Carol Yearling.

Shut-ins: Art Bacon; Linda Pawelczyk; Ida Pulaski; Cheryl Rosch; Robert Rutz; Sally Uhrig; Carol Unroe.

Those in military service: Lance Bonkoske; Jeffrey Kaepp; Tristan Karl; Thomas Lenz; Joe Meyer; Lisa Meyer; Chelsea Seegmiller; Heath Taner.

Flowers on the altar are dedicated to the glory of God in honor of the 40th wedding anniversary of Charlie and Jacque Osborn. May God continue to bless our marriage.

Acolyte MaKayla Post Blake Schlueter Tyler Scherer Assistant Mark Dalchow Paul Meyer

Reader Rick Taden Larry Bruce

Ushers Rick Taden Mark Dalchow Chris Donbrock

Bob Malcolm Larry Parks Bill Tunison

Patty Pipe Chris Pavka

Paul Meyer Diane Pavka

Greeters Melissa Chittick & Mindy Garn

Cal & Vicki Keokuk Merle & Liz Donbrock

Cookies Walters’ Anniversary Cake

LWML – Lupe Meyer

Counters Mobley & Neuendorf Osborn & Pascoe

Large print worship folders are available from the ushers.

December 27, 2015 December 27, 2015

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Flowers on the altar are dedicated to the glory of God in honor of the 60th wedding

anniversary of Clarence and Elaine Walters. We thank and praise the Lord for 60 years of blessings. We are especially thankful for the love and caring of family and friends.

This Week at St. Paul Lutheran Church Sunday 7/24 9:00am Worship 10:15am Walters’ Anniversary Reception 11:00am Adult Bible Study

11:30am Worship Monday 7/25 8:30am Newsletter Deadline for August 7:00pm Council meeting Wednesday 7/27 9:30am Staff meeting Saturday 7/30 9:00am Men’s Bible Study Sunday 7/31 9:00am Worship

10:30am Adult Bible Study

11:30am Worship 4:00pm Installation Service of Larry Bruce Monday 8/1 Larry’s fist day under the employ of St Paul LCMS, Coldwater Announcements

Installation Service & Light Dinner: Larry Bruce, Worship Coordinator. Sunday, July 31 @ 4:00 pm. Please join us for this special day, as Larry joins our called staff after so many years of school and preparation! Following Larry’s Installation Service we will enjoy sandwiches, salads, fruit, and dessert in the Fellowship Hall. Make sure to sign up on the bulletin

board by July 24 if you will be coming to the meal. We want to be sure to have enough food for everyone!

Collecting for the Seminaries and Missions Michigan District Convention: Boyne Mountain

July 29-31; Ingathering at the convention: baby wipes, diapers and Wal-Mart gift cards. These items will be shared with ministries in Michigan and the LCMS Seminaries in Fort Wayne and St. Louis. Please bring items to the church by today. There is a bin in the Narthex. See Jacque Osborn for more details.

Rummage Sale will be here soon. Please sign up on the bulletin board for the time you can help. We need all hands on deck so we can keep having fun and sharing God’s love at

Neighborfest.

Book club Our group enjoyed the last book we ready by Paul L. Maier that we decided to read

the next one. The September book is “More Than A Skeleton”.

Abundant Blessings

Offerings—Sun 7/17-$2,203 (Includes Direct Payment); Sunday School-$9;

Total-$2.212.00.

Worshippers— Sunday 7/17: 9am-73; 11:30am-15; Adult Bible Study-18.

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10th Sunday after Pentecost - July 24, 2016

Preservice Music Kay Kaepp

Welcome

The people may greet one another in the name of the Lord, saying, "Peace be with you," as a sign of reconciliation and of the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (Matt. 5:22; Eph. 4:1-3).

Opening Hymn: In Holy Conversation LSB 772

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Invocation and Opening Versicles P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. P Call upon me in the day of trouble. C I call to you; save me, that I may observe your testimonies. P You have been buried with Christ in baptism, C and raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God.

Psalm 50:15; 119:46; Colossians 2:12, adapted

Confession and Absolution

(Silence for reflection)

P Almighty and everlasting God, C through Your Son You have promised us forgiveness of sins and everlasting life. Mindful

of my sin and waywardness, I beg Your forgiveness and ask You to govern my heart by Your Holy Spirit that in my daily need I may seek Your help and, by a true and lively faith in Your Word, obtain all that You have promised; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. 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. based on John 20:19-23

Service of the Word Responsive Psalm Reading Psalm 138

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P I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; C I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love

and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. P On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased. C All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of

your mouth, P and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD. C For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar. P Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand

against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me. C The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do

not forsake the work of your hands.

C Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Song of Praise

(9:00am) - Blest Be the Tie That Binds 1. Blest be the tie that binds

Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above

2. Before our father’s throne We pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares.

3. When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again.

(11:30am) - Gloria in Excelsis

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Old Testament Reading Genesis 18:17–33 17The LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18seeing that Abraham

shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him

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to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.” 20Then the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, 21I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”

22So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD. 23Then Abraham drew near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? 25Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” 26And the LORD said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

27Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. 28Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” 29Again he spoke to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.” 30Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” 31He said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” 32Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.” 33And the LORD went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

A This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Epistle Colossians 2:6–15

6Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

8See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. 9For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. 11In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This

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he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

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

Alleluia and Verse

(9:00am) - Alleluia Alleluia. Alleluia. Allelu, alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Allelu, allelu, alleluia.

Spoken Verse: I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Luke 11:9

(11:30am) - Common Alleluia and Verse

Holy Gospel Luke 11:1–13

P The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the eleventh chapter. C Glory to You, O Lord.

1Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2And he said to them, “When you pray, say:

“Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3Give us each day our daily bread, 4and forgive us our sins,

for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”

5And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now

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shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? 8I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 9And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

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

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Children's Message

Sermon Hymn: Rise! To Arms! With Prayer Employ You LSB 668

Sermon

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 attentive to the prayers of Your servants, and by Your Word and Spirit teach us how to pray that our petitions may be pleasing before 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.

(9:00am) - Offering

(9:00am) - Song during Offering: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Tammy Carlson

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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.

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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.

(found inside the back cover of the hymnal)

Prayer of the Church

P Almighty and most merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we give You thanks for all Your goodness and tender mercies, especially for the gift of Your dear Son and for the revelation of Your will and grace. Implant Your Word in us that, with good and honest hearts, we may keep it and bring forth the fruits of faith. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer. P We humbly implore You to rule and govern Your Church throughout the world. Bless all

those who proclaim Your truth that we may be preserved in the pure doctrine of Your saving

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Word and that faith in You may be strengthened, love toward others increased, and Your kingdom extended. Send forth laborers into Your harvest, and sustain those whom You have sent that the Word of reconciliation may be proclaimed to all people and the Gospel preached in all the world. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer. P Grant health and prosperity to all who are in authority, especially to the President and

Congress of the United States, the governor and legislature of this state, and to all those who make, administer, and judge our laws. Grant them grace to rule according to Your good pleasure for the maintenance of righteousness and the hindrance and punishment of wickedness, that we may lead quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and honesty. According to Your good pleasure, turn the hearts of our enemies and adversaries that they may cease their hostilities and walk with us in meekness and in peace. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer. P Comfort, O God, with Your Holy Spirit all who are in trouble, want, sickness, anguish of

labor, peril of death, or any other adversity. Grant courage and steadfastness especially to those who suffer for Your name's sake that they may receive and accept their afflictions in the confidence that You will acknowledge them as Your own. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer. P O Lord Jesus, your mercies are new every morning. We thank You for another year of

married life for Clarence and Elaine. Open their hearts always to receive more of your love that their love for each other may never grow weary but deepen and grow through every joy and sorrow shared.

P Lord, in Your mercy, C hear our prayer. P Although we have deserved Your righteous wrath and punishment, yet, we ask You, O most

merciful Father, not to remember the sins of our youth nor our many transgressions. Out of Your unspeakable goodness and mercy defend us from all harm and danger to body and soul. Preserve us from false doctrine, from war and bloodshed, from plague and pestilence, from all calamity by fire and water, from hail and tempest, from failure of harvest and from famine, from anguish of heart and despair of Your mercy, and from an evil death. In every time of trouble, show Yourself a very present help, the Savior of all, especially to those who believe. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer. P Cause all needed fruits of the earth to prosper that we may enjoy them in due season.

Give success to the Christian training of the young, to all lawful occupations on land, sea, and air, and to all pure arts and useful knowledge, crowning them with Your blessing. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer.

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P Receive, O God, our bodies and souls and all our talents, together with the offerings we

bring You, for by His blood Your Son has purchased us to be Your own that we may live under Him in His kingdom. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer. P These and whatsoever other things You would have us ask of You, O God, grant us for the

sake of Jesus Christ, Your only Son, our Lord and Savior, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

Service of the Sacrament Preface

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.

Proper Preface

P It is truly good, right, and salutary . . . evermore praising You and saying:

Sanctus

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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

Pax Domini

P The peace of the Lord be with you always. C Amen.

Agnus Dei

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Distribution

(9:00am) - Songs during Distribution

O Come To The Altar 1. Are you hurting and broken within

Overwhelmed by the weight of your sin Jesus is calling Have you come to the end of yourself Do you thirst for a drink from the well Jesus is calling

Chorus O come to the altar The Father's arms are open wide Forgiveness was bought with The precious blood of Jesus Christ

2. Leave behind your regrets and mistakes Come today there's no reason to wait Jesus is calling Bring your sorrows and trade them for joy From the ashes a new life is born Jesus is calling

Bridge Oh what a Savior Isn't he wonderful Sing alleluia Christ is risen Bow down before him For he is Lord of all Sing alleluia Christ is risen

3. Bear your cross as you wait for the crown Tell the world of the treasure you've found

Remembrance (The Communion Song) 1. Oh, how could it be that my God would welcome me into this mystery,

Say, “Take this bread, take this wine?” Now the simple made divine for any to receive.

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Chorus By Your mercy we come to Your table. By Your grace You are making us faithful. Lord, we remember You, and remembrance leads us to worship. And as we worship You, our worship leads to communion. We respond to Your invitation. We remember You.

2. See His body, His blood; know that He has overcome every trial we will face. And none too lost to be saved, none too broken or ashamed. All are welcome in this place.

Bridge Dying, You destroyed our death. Rising, You restored our life. Lord Jesus, come in glory. Lord Jesus, come in glory. Lord Jesus, come in glory. Lord Jesus, come in glory.

Ending Lord, we remember You, and remembrance leads us to worship. And as we worship You, our worship leads to communion. We respond to Your invitation. We respond to Your invitation. We remember You.

All Christians Who Have Been Baptized LSB 596

Post-Communion Collect

P Let us pray. O Lord, who has satisfied us with these gifts: grant, we beseech You, that they may work in us Your cleansing, and defend us by their comfort; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

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.

Closing Hymn: What a Friend We Have in Jesus LSB 770

Acknowledgments Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. LSB Hymn License #100012012. Church Copyright License #3065936