The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost - Online Worship - September 22, 2024
The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost
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Sunday Worship - The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
”God is Who God is … Confirming Us, Each and Every Day!”
September 29, 2024, 9:30AM
Faith Quest Sunday School meets next Sunday!
Join us as we celebrate and share, Confirmation Sunday,
including the Rite of Confirmation and the Affirmation of Baptism
for the Confirmation Class of 2024!
It is never too late to register for Faith Quest!
All are welcome, encouraged to visit the Prayer Cross as moved to do so.
Gathering In Spirit & Grace
Blessed Be Your Name
Redman
vs. 1
Blessed be Your name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name
vs. 2
Blessed be Your name
When I’m found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be Your name
Ev’ry blessing You pour out I’ll
Turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in Lord
Still I will say
(refrain)
refrain:
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
(repeat refrain)
Litany Trusting and Proclaiming All God Is
BASED ON PSALM 111
Today we celebrate and trust anew all God is; that the One whose name is blessed, is indeed The Greatest, so we worship, in the name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Spirit.
Amen. Praise the Lord! I give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart in the company of the people. I glorify his name and follow him, for great are the works of the Lord.
People of God: The Lord’s work is full of honor and majesty. Let us take a moment of silence to confess our sins and those times we fail to trust the One who is the greatest.
(silence for reflection)
Friends in Christ: Today, our greatest hope is anew in the grace of these words: Jesus saves; Jesus forgives you all your sins. Truly, God is Who God is; God’s grace and mercy are the greatest! Trust and live anew, The Lord remembers his covenant forever; the One who is The Greatest, changes our hearts once again!
Song of Grace Anew
Change My Heart, O God
Espinosa
Change my heart O God
Make it ever true
Change my heart O God
May I be like You
You are the Potter
I am the clay
Mold me and make me
This is what I pray
Change my heart O God
Make it ever true
Change my heart O God
May I be like You
Today we celebrate and make known God’s mighty works. The Lord will make us faithful, that we might follow. Thanks be to God, for God is Who God is; his faithful power perseveres.
Friends of Jesus: The Lord has established you and his covenant forever, that you might be faithful. Jesus redeems all of God’s people. Holy and awesome is Jesus! Great is the One who is The Greatest; Jesus, the One who changes our hearts once again!
Song of Grace Anew
Change My Heart, O God
Espinosa
Change my heart O God
Make it ever true
Change my heart O God
May I be like You
You are the Potter
I am the clay
Mold me and make me
This is what I pray
Change my heart O God
Make it ever true
Change my heart O God
May I be like You
Loving God, change our hearts, as you alone make known your almighty power and your gifts of mercy and forgiveness. Through your Holy Spirit, you welcome each of us as children of God. By your grace, continue to reveal to us, all God is, that we would proclaim you are The Greatest, as we make you and our neighbors first in our lives once again. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
Faith Quest Sunday School will follow today’s Children’s Message
The New Testament
James 3:13–18
Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.
(New Revised Standard Version)
Song of Peace & Hope Anew
He Is Exalted
Paris
He is exalted
The King is exalted on high
I will praise Him
He is exalted
Forever exalted
And I will praise His name
He is the Lord
Forever His truth shall reign
Heaven and earth
Rejoice in His holy name
He is exalted
The King is exalted on high
(repeat)
He is exalted
The King is exalted on high
Gospel
MARK 9:30–37
Then they went on from there and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking the child in his arms, Jesus said to them, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”
(New Revised Standard Version)
Stating Our Faith in God
BASED ON ROMANS 8:31–39
As we hear God’s Word and power calling out to each of us, we remember God called Saul to become the Apostle Paul. Paul wrote words of conviction, proclaiming all God is in Jesus Christ. Let us boldly share our faith with the same trust and hope in God’s grace.
“What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ... No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Amen.
God Is Who God Is; The Greatest?
JEREMIAH 11:18-20; JAMES 3:13-18(-4:3A, 7-8A); MARK 9:30-37
It is no secret, we live in an age when most people want to buy the greatest, work for the greatest, be the greatest, provide the greatest for their families, and encourage their kids to be the greatest in every way. Even when it comes to our spiritual walk and conviction, many people try to be the greatest. There is nothing wrong with doing our best, in fact, that is what God wants for us to do as well. Jesus reveals to us again today, `the greatest follower,' `the greatest believer;' these are measured by God quite differently than they are by society. God is, Who God is; The Greatest: Truth, Wisdom, Servant, Change, Grace! Are you still looking for the greatest? By The Holy Spirit and God’s grace, we see all God is! This is the greatest: to surrender in faith. This is the greatest: our Savior Jesus Christ! We have The Greatest, and The Greatest has each of us!
1. Jesus reveals to us again today, that `the greatest wisdom,’ `the greatest follower,' `the greatest believer;' `the greatest gifts,’ these are measured by God quite differently than they are by society.
A. God provides for us the greatest wisdom to proclaim all God is.
James 3:13, 17-18; Mark 9:31
i. Today, each day, God is revealing all God is.
ii. This is the greatest ... at the center of believing, following, trusting; the wisdom to live in God's blessing and claim on us, gracing us!
B. Jesus reminds us again today, He is Who He is, giving us the greatest call of all, to be the greatest servant of all, a call that changes lives, our lives!
James 3:13, 17-18; Mark 9:34-35
i. God calls us, transforms us, changes us, to serve, to find a balance between self and others, as we make God and our neighbors first.
ii. He is ... The Greatest transformation, the greatest change in us. God's love and servanthood in Jesus are The Greatest!
C. The great gift of faith, graces us to follow, to trust, to serve, to surrender, to be transformed, changed. Whenever we proclaim, confess, and celebrate what we believe; we tell others - `God in Jesus Christ is the absolute greatest Gift!'
Mark 9:31-32,36-37
i. He is The Greatest Gift, helping us see we are all God's children! Trust you are a child of God, too!
ii. Faith is trusting, announcing, surrendering, holding fast. He is ... The Greatest Gift, moving us to move in faith.
iii When no one else sees us as a child of God, when no one else stands by us and believes in us; He is .... The Greatest Gift, lifting us up, seeing us, believing in us!
2. By the Holy Spirit, thanks to faith, in grace, as children of God, we have found what we have been searching for, so we celebrate, hold fast, live with great confidence, trusting God is Who God is, The Greatest:
- The Greatest Wisdom of all; (James 3:13,17-18; Mark 9:31)
- The Greatest Servant of all; (James 3:13, 17-18, Mark 9:34-35)
- The Greatest Change of all; (James 3:17-18, Mark 9:31, 35)
- The Greatest Gift of all! (Mark 9:36-37)
Offering is available for our indoor services. Find a Lord of Life with a volunteer bucket to deposit offering in person as you leave worship today. If you find yourself wanting to offer your gifts to Lord of Life, you can do so online using the link below. You can also drop offering at anytime in our secure mailbox at Lord of Life located in the parking lot.
Song of Hope & Grace Anew
Here I Am, Lord
Schutte
I the Lord of sea and sky
I have heard my people cry
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save
I who made the stars of night
I will make their darkness bright
Who will bear my light to them
Whom shall I send
refrain:
Here I am Lord
Is it I Lord
I have heard
You calling in the night
I will go Lord
If you lead me
I will hold
Your people in my heart
I the Lord of wind and flame
I will tend the poor and lame
I will set a feast for them
My hand will save
Finest bread I will provide
‘Til their hearts be satisfied
I will give my life to them
Whom shall I send
(refrain)
...as we pray to you, Jesus, ...
Bless us anew, with all that is, in your Spirit and grace.
All these things and whatever else you see we need, grant to us we pray, for into your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your mercy through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Holy Communion will take place during our service. If you are not worshipping with us in person but would like to receive Communion, we will be offering Drive Through Communion at our building at 16200 Dodd Lane, Lakeville, Minnesota, following our indoor service. Drive Through Communion will be available between 10:15am & 10:30am.
For those worshiping with us in person, we receive communion through intinction; that is, you will receive the bread, the host, then dip into the glass of choice, either a red wine in the chalice closest to the host, or in a light colored non-alcoholic grape juice. All are welcome.
We also offer gluten free and pre-packaged options. Please take these options before arriving at the host to receive a blessing.
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.
Song During Holy Communion
It Is Well With My Soul
Spafford & Bliss
vs. 1
When peace like a river
Attendeth my way
When sorrows
Like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot
Thou hast taught me to say
It is well
It is well
With my soul
refrain:
It is well
(It is well)
With my soul
(With my soul)
It is well
It is well
With my soul
vs. 3
My sin – O the bliss
Of this glorious thought
My sin – not in part
But the whole
Is nailed to the cross
And I bear it no more
Praise the Lord
Praise the Lord
O my soul
(refrain)
vs. 4
And Lord haste the day
When my faith shall be sight
The clouds be rolled back
As a scroll
The trumpet shall sound
And the Lord shall descend
Even so
It is well
With my soul
(refrain)
The body and blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, strengthen you and keep you in his grace, this day, and on into life everlasting.
Amen.
Let us pray.
Pour out upon us the spirit of your love, O Lord, and unite the wills of those whom you have fed with one heavenly food; through Jesus Christ, The Lord of life. Amen.
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 give you peace, as you live anew in the grace of all God is. In the name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Let us go in the peace of Christ, celebrating the love of God, and serving the Lord of life.
Thanks be to God!
Going Anew in Light & Grace
10,000 Reasons
Redman
refrain:
Bless the Lord O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I’ll worship Your holy name
vs. 1
The sun comes up
It’s a new day dawning
It’s time to sing
Your song again
Whatever may pass
And whatever lies before me
Let me be singing
When the evening comes
(refrain)
vs. 2
You’re rich in love
And You’re slow to anger
Your name is great
And Your heart is kind
For all Your goodness
I will keep on singing
Ten thousand reasons
For my heart to find
(refrain)
vs. 3
And on that day
When my strength is failing
The end draws near
And my time has come
Still my soul
Will sing Your praise unending
Ten thousand years
And then forevermore
(refrain twice)
Worship Your holy name
Lord I’ll worship Your holy name
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Today, Sunday, September 22, we celebrate The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost “God Is Who God Is … The Greatest!” Faith Quest Sunday School meets today!
Join us next Sunday, September 29, as we celebrate The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost “God Is Who God Is … Confirming Us, Each And Every Day!” Faith Quest Sunday School meets next Sunday! Next Sunday we celebrate and share, Confirmation Sunday,including the Rite Of Confirmation And The Affirmation Of Baptism For The Confirmation Class Of 2024!
As we share our worship, we give thanks for every volunteer as you bless our ministry, greeting, ushering, nursery, serving communion, live streaming, AV ministry, set up, clean up, fellowship, worship leaders, and more! You can access details and ways to sign up on our website and Facebook page! Thank you!
Friends, today as always, all who proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, are welcome to God’s table of grace as we share Holy Communion. For those sharing their generosity today, we thank you for your faithful giving! Offering is collected in baskets by the ushers as you exit the sanctuary.
We hope our worship will touch you, comfort you, reassure you, and grace you in some way! If you believe others you know would be blessed to receive this bulletin, the sermon notes, or our live stream links, please forward these to them.
From everyone on every level of leadership and service, we continue to pray for you and to give thanks to God for each of you! Please contact Pastor Jamie if he can serve you in any way: jamie.thompson@lordoflifemn.org
We pray The Holy Spirit breathes anew on us to be God’s people and to be God’s Church, as together we make known and we trust anew God’s gifts of hope, peace, justice, clarity, calm, and comfort forever break forth in new ways for you and your loved ones, today, and as we share every gift of God’s light, love and grace!
Acknowledgments for today’s service include:
Litany Celebrating And Proclaiming All God Is – written based on Psalm 111. “Just As I Am.” “I Love To Tell The Story” © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) and With One Voice Hymnal Supplement © 1995 Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis & Board of Publication, Lutheran Church In America, Philadelphia; and Evangelical Lutheran Worship © 2006 by Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, MN. Used with permission. “Prayer of The Day,” “Lord’s Prayer,” “Post-Communion Blessing, Prayer, & Benediction,” based on the LBW “Jesus Messiah” © 2008 sixsteps Music CCLI #5183443 “Just As I Am, Without One Plea,” Words & Music Public Domain, CCLI #23206 “Jesus Loves Me” © Words and Music Public Domain, CCLI #4771887 “Lord, I Need You” © 2011 sixsteps Music, CCLI #5925687 “Revelation Song” © 2004 Gateway Create Publishing CCLI #4447960 “Lord, I Lift Your Name On High” © 1989 Universal Music CCLI #117947 “All The People Said Amen” © 2013 Universal Music CCLI #6518275 All rights reserved. All songs used with permission. CCLI License #1380826 & OneLicense #A-724016.