10 Jun BULLETIN – SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2023
WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES
Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor
Greta Wright, Music Director
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Second Sunday of Pentecost
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PREDLUDE
CONFESSION and FORGIVENESS
Blessed be the holy Trinity,[☩] one God, who always hears confession and offers forgiveness. Your word is truth; your mercy endless, and your love forever.
Amen.
Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of our neighbors. Silence is kept for reflection.
Merciful and righteous God, we confess that we have sinned: sometimes causing hurt, wasting, hoarding or failing to acknowledge your blessings. In the name of Jesus, forgive us and grant us your mercy. If we have failed to be honest, lacked courage to speak, or spoken falsely, in the name of Jesus, forgive us and grant us your mercy.
At no time is God unwilling to forgive. Imagine God’s grace as a boundless net stretching across time and reaching beyond earth’s atmosphere. As a called and ordained minister, I declare, “God’s grace is upon you. You are forgiven in the name of Jesus Christ [☩] who did everything in his power to reconcile us to God, who has delivered peace, shown abundant mercy, and is lovingly compassionate to all.”
Amen.
ENTRANCE HYMN
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty #543
APOSTOLIC GREETING Page 57
KYRIE and HYMN OF PRAISE Pages 57-59
PRAYER OF THE DAY
O God, you are the source of life and the ground of our being. By the power of your Spirit bring healing to this wounded world, and raise us to the new life of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
FIRST READING HOSEA 5:15-6:6
I will return again to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face. In their distress they will beg my favor:
“Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.” What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early. Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have killed them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light. For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
PSALM 50:7-15
“Listen, my people, and I will speak: Israel, I will bear witness against you; for I am God, your God.
I do not accuse you because of your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are always before me.
I will not accept a calf from your stalls, nor goats from your pens;
for all the wild animals of the forest are mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the | fields are mine.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the whole world is mine and all that is in it.
Do you think I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving and make good your vows to the Most High. Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor me.
SECOND READING ROMANS 4:13-25
The promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation. For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”)—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become “the father of many nations,” according to what was said, “So numerous shall your descendants be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. Therefore, his faith “was reckoned to him as righteousness.” Now the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Page 62
GOSPEL MATTHEW 9:9-13, 18-26
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” But when he heard this, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.” While he was saying these things to them, suddenly a leader of the synagogue came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.” And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples. Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak, for she said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well.” Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well. When Jesus came to the leader’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, he said, “Go away; for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. And the report of this spread throughout that district.
SERMON
HYMN of the DAY
O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come #360
PROFESSION of FAITH/APOSTLE’S CREED Page 65
PRAYERS of INTERCESSION
Trusting in God’s abundant mercy, we offer our prayers for a world in need. A brief silence.
We pray, O God, for the church. Unite us with any on the margins, that the whole world recognizes that your mercy is greater than our human capacity to restrict it. God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray, O God, for creation. Tend to forests and fields and safeguard all cattle, birds, and wild animals. Preserve lakes, rivers, and oceans and send rains to water the earth. Revive lands recovering from natural disasters. God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray, O God, for the nations. Awaken in our leaders compassion for people who have too often felt forgotten or neglected, and inspire policy solutions that promote equity and inclusion. God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray, O God, for all who are in need. Accompany anyone enduring chronic illness, any who suffer in secret, and those grieving a loved one’s death. Send healing for all who plead for relief from sickness or pain (especially those on our prayer list). God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray, O God, for the eradication of hatred based on biased thinking regarding age, religion, race, health, income, gender or other factors that tend to separate humanity. We implore you to cast out demons of dominance and supremacy that entice us to believe lies about ourselves and our neighbors. God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We give thanks, O God, for all the saints. Renew our faith that you can do what you have promised and raise us, with all our beloved dead, to new life. God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Receive our prayers and answer us, O God, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
EXCHANGE of PEACE
OFFERING & OFFERTORY
Create in me… Page 75
LORD’S PRAYER
BENEDICTION Page 74
CLOSING HYMN
Children of the Heavenly Father #474
DISMISSAL Page 74
POSTLUDE