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Saint Matthew’s Lutheran Church
July 19, 2009 – 7th
Sunday after Pentecost
Prelude
My Shepherd Will
Supply My Need G. Young
Entrance
Hymn Christ, Your Heart,
Compassionate Hymn 722
First
Reading Jeremiah 23:1–6
Jeremiah prophesied before
the exile in 587 B.C. In this passage, he uses the metaphor
of a shepherd to describe the bad kings who have scattered
the “flock” of Israel. God promises to gather the flock and
to raise up a new king from David’s line to save Israel and
Judah.
Woe to the shepherds who destroy
and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.
Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning
the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have
scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have
not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil
doings, says the LORD. Then I myself will gather the
remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have
driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and
they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will raise up
shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall
not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be
missing, says the LORD. The days are surely coming, says
the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous
Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and
shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his
days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety.
And this is the name by which he will be called: "The LORD
is our righteousness."
The Word of the
Lord. C
Thanks be to God.
Psalm
Hymn I
Heard the Voice of Jesus Say Hymn 611
Second
Reading Ephesians 2:11–22
The author of this letter is
reminding his audience that originally they were not part
of God’s chosen people. Through Jesus’ death, however, they
are included in God’s household of faith, whose cornerstone
is Jesus Christ.
So then, remember that at one time
you Gentiles by birth, called "the uncircumcision" by those
who are called "the circumcision" — a physical circumcision
made in the flesh by human hands — remember that you were
at that time without Christ, being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of
promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But
now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been
brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace;
in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has
broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility
between us. He has abolished the law with its commandments
and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new
humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might
reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross,
thus putting to death that hostility through it. So he came
and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to
those who were near; for through him both of us have access
in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer
strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints
and also members of the household of God, built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus
himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is
joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
in whom you also are built together spiritually into a
dwelling place for God.
Gospel Mark
6:30-34, 53-56 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
P
The Holy Gospel
according to Saint Mark, the 6th chapter
C
Glory to you, O Lord
When Jesus sent his disciples
out to teach and heal, they ministered among large numbers
of people. Their work was motivated by Christ’s desire to
be among those in need.
The apostles gathered around
Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He
said to them, "Come away to a deserted place all by
yourselves and rest a while." For many were coming and
going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went
away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now
many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried
there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.
As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had
compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a
shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. When they
had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and
moored the boat. When they got out of the boat, people at
once recognized him, and rushed about that whole region and
began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he
was. And wherever he went, into villages or cities or
farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged
him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and
all who touched it were healed.
The Gospel of the
Lord. C
Praise to you, O Christ.
Sermon
“Built on a Sure
Foundation” Pastor Robert Wallace
Hymn
of the Day Jesus, Still Lead
On Hymn
624
Offertory
(8:30 am) Laudamus Te
G.
Paisiello
Sally
Suhrstedt, soprano
Mary Lou Waitschies, mezzo-soprano
We praise you, O Lord.
We bless you, we adore you, we glorify your name.
We offer you thanks, Your power is glorius.
Offertory
(11:00 am)
Come, Thou Fount of Every
Blessing J. Wyeth
Pamela Price, mezzo- soprano
Communion
Hymns 778, 617
Sending
Hymn The
Church’s One Foundation Hymn 654
Worship
Leaders
Preacher/Celebrant: The Reverend
Dr. Robert Wallace
Organist/Director of Music: Mr. Jimmy Miller
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