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Sunday Worship

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Fearless Trust in God

New Life Evangelical Lutheran Church Shoreview, Minnesota

July 5, 2020

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New Life

Evangelical Lutheran Church

W elcome! Guests, we’re so happy you are able to worship with us online. We pray, especially during these difficult days, that you find peace and strength in the Lord and his Word. We look forward to any opportunity to meet you in the future.

July 5, 2020 The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Path for Worship: Morning Praise- Printed Hymns: 440, 439, 369

Today’s Worship Christians expect persecution for Jesus’ sake. Yet God’s Word sustains us. His Gospel makes us bold to confess Him before the world as He leads us safely home to heaven.

About the Path for Worship “Morning Praise” is a version of liturgy that is based on the historic service called “Matins.” Joined to Christ, our risen Lord, we glorify God as we rise to the activities of this new day.

Prayer Before Worship Merciful Shepherd, you know how I love to choose my own way even when it hurts. Forgive me! Help me to follow you in paths of righteousness. Amen.

Sunday Schedule Contact Information Worship 10:00 am Church Office 651-484-1169 E-mail welsnewlife@msn.com Website www.newlifeshoreview.com Pastor Mark Cordes, Pastor Joel Gawrisch, Administrative Assistant Jill Holm The following item is printed under ONE LICENCE #A-715373 or CCLI #11246438 and #20485651:

Morning Praise Text ©1993 Northwestern Publishing House. All rights reserved.

Scripture Readings The Holy Bible: Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV) © 2019 The Wartburg Project. www.wartburgproject.org. All rights reserved. Available NPH (800-662-6022).

On Eagles’ Wings Text and Tune: Michael Joncas © 1979, 1991, New Dawn Music,5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213, All rights reserved.

Psalm 31 Tune & Setting: Jack Noble White © 1976 Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., c/o CPP/Belwin Inc. Miami, FL 33014. All rights reserved.

Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me Text: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved.

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Path for Worship

Gather MORNING HYMN Red Hymnal #440 | On Eagles’ Wings

As the introduction to the hymn is played, all stand

Entrance Hymn This song was written and composed by Michael Joncas. Based on Psalm 91 and Isaiah 40:31, it was written in 1979 when the father of a friend of Joncas' died - and the first public performance was at the funeral.

Based on Psalm 70:1, these words verbalize the heartfelt need of gathered believers as we call for the help of the Lord. With these words we begin our worship of the God of justice, truth, and mercy.

Gather We gather together around the Means of Grace - the Gospel in Word and Sacrament.

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OH, COME, LET US SING TO THE LORD Venite Venite Based on Psalm 95, the Venite (Latin for “come”) leads worshipers to make a joyful noise in praise of the maker of heaven and earth.

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The Word FIRST READING Jeremiah 20:7-13 (EHV)

We trust God’s Word for power.

You persuaded me, Lord, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I am, and you prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long, and everyone mocks me. 8Whenever I speak, I call out. I call out, “Violence and destruction!” because the word of the Lord has brought me insult and mockery all day long. 9If I say, “I will not mention him or speak in his name any more,” then there is a burning fire in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I am weary of holding it in. I cannot! 10I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” “Denounce him! Let’s denounce him,” say all my close friends, those who are watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be persuaded, then we will prevail against him and we will take our revenge on him.” 11But the Lord is with me like a fearsome warrior. So my persecutors will stumble and they will not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed because they have failed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. 12Lord of Armies, you who test the righteous, who see the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you. 13Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord, for he has delivered the life of the needy from the grasp of the wicked.

The First Reading is typically taken from the Old Testament and occasionally from the Book of Acts. This lesson often contains events or prophecy that find fulfillment in the Second and Gospel Lessons.

Be seated

We sit at the feet of Jesus, as Mary did, to hear the Word (Luke 10:42) and apply it to life. Here is time for meditating, reflecting, strengthening, forgiveness, instruction and response.

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PSALM OF THE DAY Psalm 31

Sing together.

Psalm Along with Old Testament believers we respond to God’s gracious promises in the word and song of the Psalms. The singing of the Psalm, while connecting believers of both the Old Testament and New Testament ages, also serves as a bridge between today’s Bible readings.

In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge;*

deliver me in your righteousness. Be my rock of refuge,*

a strong fortress to save me. Into your hands I commit my spirit;*

redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth. Refrain My times are in your hands;*

save me in your unfailing love. How great is your goodness,*

which you have stored up for those who fear you. You heard my cry for mercy*

when I called to you for help. 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.

Refrain

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SECOND LESSON Romans 5:12-15 (EHV)

Jesus restores us to God.

So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned. 13For even before the law was given, sin was in the world. Now, sin is not charged to one’s account if there is no law, 14and yet death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those whose sin was not like the transgression of Adam, who is a pattern of the one who was to come.

15But the gracious gift is not like Adam’s trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of this one man, it is even more certain that God’s grace, and the gift given by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ, overflowed to the many! Stand VERSE OF THE DAY Galatians 4:6 (EHV)

Alleluia.

Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts to shout, “Abba, Father!”

Alleluia. GOSPEL Matthew 10: 24-33 (EHV)

God cares for us intimately.

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a servant above his master. 25It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher and the servant like his master. If the master of the house was called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household! 26“So do not be afraid of them, because there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. 27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. 28Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 29“Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without the knowledge and consent of your Father. 30And even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31So do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows. 32“Everyone who confesses me before others, I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. 33But whoever denies me before others, I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.” Be seated

The Second Reading is from the New Testament letters of the apostles or the Revelation to St. John. It stresses Christian faith and Christian living as a response to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Gospel The congregation stands for the reading of the Gospel. (In the past soldiers put down their weapons and kings removed their crowns when the Gospel was read.) Christ - his life, his words of law and gospel, his suffering and death, his resurrection, his ascension, his assignment to his Church, his promise to return - is the center of the Gospel. The faithful have waited for this moment, this reading. They stand in reverence.

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HYMN OF THE DAY Red Hymnal #439 | Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me

MESSAGE Matthew 10:24-33 (EHV)

Make Me More Like You Fearless Confident

After the Message, stand.

The Hymn of the Day is representative of the best of the Christian Church’s hymnody. It is specially assigned to this day for its rich content, and its connection to the Day’s Gospel Lesson. Julie von Hausmann’s hymn of trust appeared in the first volume of Maiblumen, Lieder einer Stillen im Lande, dargereicht von G. Knak (Berlin, 1862). There were four volumes in this collection put out by Rev. Gustav Knak and his son in Berlin. It contained all of Julie’s poetry and was published with her consent as long as the proceeds would be sent to a hospital and orphanage in Hong Kong. The composite translation was prepared by the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship and was made for the Lutheran Book of Worship. The Message is the Word of God, proclaiming the living voice of the Gospel to God’s redeemed people. The preacher is the appointed representative who illuminates the Scripture for the congregation and applies it to our contemporary situation. He is neither lecturer nor entertainer, but a link through whom

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OFFERING God has so richly blessed us in every way. Christ’s love empowers us to respond so that we can “...be generous in every way, which produces thanksgiving to God.” (2 Corinthians 9:11 EHV) Offerings may be placed in the plate on your way out this morning. As you continue to make use of E-giving, “snail mail” (to Financial Secretary Roger Flashinski) and drop-off at church to support our collective ministry at New Life, you are encouraged to give generously to those in need, being confident of this: “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6 EHV)

the Holy Spirit brings law and gospel to bear upon the hearts and minds of the worshipers and enlivens their faith and life.

HYMN Red Hymnal #369 | Beautiful Savior

Hymn This hymn expresses love and praise for Christ, the King of creation. The beauty of God’s creation is readily affirmed, but the greater praise goes to the King of that creation, the same Christ who is the Lord of the nations. The framing stanzas (1 and 4) constitute a fine doxology.

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Lord, Have Mercy “Kyrie” is the Greek word for “Lord.” This prayer section of the service begins with a cry for mercy to the Lord in the morning hour. A three-fold plea to the triune God, it is the oldest known canticle (church song) in the Christian Church. Lord’s Prayer The Lord’s Prayer was given by our Savior to his Church in response to the disciples’ request to be taught to pray. See Matthew 6:9-13. The conclusion to the prayer, also known as the Doxology, was a common conclusion to ancient prayers. Prayer for Grace The historic Prayer for Grace has been used during Matins (Morning Praise) since the 5th century.

LORD, HAVE MERCY Kyrie

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

Go in Peace

PRAYER FOR GRACE M: O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, you have brought us

safely to this new day. Defend us with your mighty power, and grant that this day we neither fall into sin nor run into any kind of danger; and in all we do, direct us to what is right in your sight, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord.

C: Amen.

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Closing Hymn Several hymns opening with this first line are in common use. The basis of each is the English National Anthem, “God save the Queen." The most popular form is that which had its origin in America, about 1831, the English form, dating 1836. The translation for stanza one is credited to American Unitarian minister, Charles T. Brooks, while the translation for stanza two is credited to John S. Dwight.

BLESSING

Blessing The Apostolic Blessing comes from the last verse of 2 Corinthians. With all the authority of Jesus which He assigned to His holy apostles we place the Name of the triune God on His people. From God we receive every good and perfect gift as He guides and guards our lives to heaven. Enjoy God’s blessing!

CLOSING HYMN Red Hymnal #619 | God Bless Our Native Land

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