St. John's Lutheran Church



St John’s Ev. Lutheran Church and School475 E. Herbert Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah 84110Web Address: Pastor Hank Malone 385-234-1931 rev.dr.hankmalone@Zoom Phone Worship Service Sunday 10 AM 1(888) 788-0099 meeting ID 83738568539 Personal ID #Blessing on your patience and endurance in this shift to Zoom. We hope to have all the bugs we have experienced out of our worship service now. Last we struggled but I think maybe we will have most if not all the problems from last week worked out. My thanks to all of you who have endured our learning curve, and are helping me, us through it. May this week’s worship be a blessing to you. We have moved to Zoom and have established an 800 number for those who wish to use their phone to connect and not be charged long distance. This will put us on one network and will allow us to stay together, without trying to manipulate and coordinate two systems and equipment. The Zoom computer connection or 800 number is a way for you to have our service available to you and your family and friends, even if they are out of town or state. 1(888)788-0099 is the free 800 phone number for connection. The meeting ID is 83738568539, no personal ID is required. Just hit the # sign when asked for personal ID. If you have a smart phone you can enter with video connection or not. I would however like to see you and so would everybody else. To come on Zoom by computer we need to have your email address, so we can send out an invitation with a link to our meeting on zoom. For all who have received this notice by email, we have it. If you notice someone missing from the email addresses in your email or want to invite someone you know, either forward this to them so they can join us in worship or send an email to Susan Roberts or Pastor Hank so we can include them in our ongoing email invitations. We are privileged and commanded by God for our own good to worship Him. Worship is the highest art form and good work that humans can do. It brings us into God’s presence to confess sins and receive forgiveness as well as all His blessings for life now and in eternity maintaining eternal fellowship with God. Worship is not an entertainment activity, one where we sit back and watch, but it requires your active participation. Because of the second to second and a half lag-time between you and the source of the music or leading voice, unison response requires us to mute the congregation. One lead voice will be responding with which you are at the appropriate places to speak and sing out loud so you can really participate. Our joyful noise is certainly heard by our Lord, but it becomes distracting to our worship concentration when we all join in as reoccurring echo all out of phase as our responses, i.e. a joyful noise. Remember, worship is not worship unless you are involved in the worship acts, so don’t just watch, -- join in, listen and participate.You have opportunity to speak and greet each other both before and after worship. The actual worship will start at 10 AM, but we will establish our meeting for you to connect as early as 9:45 AM. You will be connected to the waiting room and brought in by the host or co-host ASAP. Your wait time will be very short. Please join us; this will end up a good worship experience for you and without you we are missing you.In these times of isolation and danger we give thanks to our God who tells us, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” We may not be able to understand the why, but we know that God is in our midst working to sustain us and turn this evil to our good. His Word is never broken; His promises are sure! His love for us assures us of victory over all that which would destroy body and soul. We are with Him, and He continues to gift us with life, body, soul, family, friends, and our church family. We have much to be thankful for. Because of the resurrection of our Lord, we need never fear our future. We can do all things through Him who strengthens and loves us. We have Joy and Peace in Jesus Christ! Pastor Hank11th Sunday After Pentecost August 16, 202010 AM By phone 1(888) 788-0099 Meeting ID 83738568539 for Personal ID use # Divine Service Setting 1 /Service of the Word GREETING: P:We wait in hope for the Lord;C:and He is our help and our shield Opening Hymn: LSB 905 “Come, Thou Almighty King”Come, Thou almighty King, Help us Thy Name to sing; Help us to praise; Father all glorious, O’er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of e Thou incarnate Word, Gird on Thy mighty sword; Our prayer attend. Come and Thy people bless, And give Thy Word success, And let Thy righteousness On us e, holy Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear In this glad hour! Thou, who almighty art, Now rule in every heart, And ne’er from us depart, Spirit of pow’r.To Thee, great One in Three, Eternal praises be Hence ever more! Thy sov’reign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore.INVOCATION: P: In the Name of the Father and of the (+) Son and of the Holy Spirit.C: Amen!CONFESSION OF SINSP: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.C: but if we confess our sins, God, Who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousnessP: Let us, then confess our sins to God our Father.C: Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy Name. 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 (+) Son and of the Holy Spirit.C: Amen!PSALM (33:12-15,18antiphon Ps.33:20) P:We wait in hope for the Lord;C:He is our help and our shield. P: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,C: the people He chose for His inheritance.P: From heaven the Lord looks down C: and sees all mankind;P: from His dwelling place He watchesC: all who live on earth--P:He who forms the hearts of all,C:Who considers everything they do.P: The eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, C: on those whose hope is in His unfailing love.All: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.P:We wait in hope for the Lord; C:He is our help and our shield.KYRIE:P: In peace. Let us pray to the LordC: Lord, have mercy.P: For the peace from above and for our salvation. Let us pray to the Lord.C: Lord have mercy.P: For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and the unity of all, Let us pray to the LordC: Lord have mercy.P: For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise. Let us pray to the Lord.C: Lord, have mercy.P: Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.C: Amen.HYMN OF PRAISE Hymn 644 “The Church’s One Foundation” vss 1-3The Church’s one foundation Is Jesus Christ, her Lord; She is His new creation By water and the Word. From heav’n He came and sought her To be His holy bride; With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died.4. Through toil and tribulation And tumult of her war; She waits the consummation Of peace forever more. Till with the vision glorious Her longing eyes are blest, And the great Church victorious Shall be the Church at rest.5. Yet she on earth has union With God, the Three in One, And mystic sweet communion With those whose rest is won. O blessed heav’nly chorus! Lord save us by your grace That we, like saints before us, May see You face to faceSALUTATION and COLLECT of the day:P: The Lord be with you.C: And also with you.P: Let us pray Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by Your goodness; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.C: AMEN.FIRST READING: Daniel 9:15-1815 And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a Name for Yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 “O Lord, according to all Your righteous acts, let Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city, Your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to His pleas for mercy, and for Your own sake, O Lord, make Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by Your Name. For we do not present our pleas before You because of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercy.P: This is the Word of the Lord!C: Thanks be to GodGRADUAL: (Rom.11:33,36)Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths beyond tracing out!For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.To Him be the glory forever! AmenSECOND READING: Romans 9:15-1815For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. 16So then, it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, Who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that My Name might be proclaimed in all the earth. 18 So then, He has mercy on whomever He wills, and He hardens whomever He wills.P: This is the word of the Lord.C: Thanks be to GodALLELUIA AND VERSE: (Rom 6:9, John 14:23)C: Alleluia. Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Al-le-lu – ia, al-le-lu-ia.P:Jesus replied, “If anyone love Me, he will obey My teaching. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. Alleluia (John14:23)HOLY GOSPEL Luke 19:41-48 P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke the 19th chapter.C: Glory to You, O Lord. 41And when He drew near and saw the city, He wept over it, saying, 42 “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation. 45 And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, 46 saying to them, “It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.” 47 And He was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy Him, 48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on His words.P: This is the Gospel of the Lord.C: Praise to You, O Christ.APOSTLES’ CREEDP: Let us now confess our faith in the words of the Apostles’ Creed.C: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heavenand sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Christian Church, the communion of saints,the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life (+) everlasting. Amen.Sermon Hymn: LSB 851 “Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us”Lord of glory, You have bought us With Your life – blood as the price, Never grudging for the lost ones That tremendous sacrifice; And with that have freely given Blessings countless as the sand To the unthankful and the evil With Your own unsparing hand.Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to give You Gladly, freely of Your own. With the sunshine of Your goodness Melt our thankless hearts of stone. Till our cold and selfish natures, Warmed by You, at length believe That more happy and more blessed ‘Tis to give than to receive.’Wondrous honor You have given To our humblest charity In Your own mysterious sentence.” You have done it all to Me.” Can it be, O gracious Master, That You deign for alms to sue, Saying by Your poor and needy, “Give as I have giv’n to you”?Lord of glory, You have bought us With Your life-blood as the price, Never grudging for the lost ones That tremendous sacrifice. Give us faith to trust You boldly, Hope, to stay our souls on You; But, oh, best of all Your graces, With Your love our love renew.SERMON: “Whose in Charge Here?”Prayer Hymn: LSB 966 “Before You, Lord, We Bow”Before You, Lord, we bow, Our God who reigns above And rules the world below, Boundless in pow’r and love. Our thanks we bring In joy and praise, Our hearts we raise to You, our King!The nation You have blest May well Your love declare, From foes and fears at rest, Protected by Your care. For this bright day, For this fair land- Gifts of Your hand- Our thanks we pay.May ev’ry mountain height, Each vale and forest green, Shine in Your Word’s pure light, And its rich fruits be seen! May ev’ry tongue Be turned to praise And join to raise a grateful song.Earth, hear your Maker’s voice; Your great Redeemer own; Believe, obey, rejoice, And worship Him alone. Cast down your pride, Your sin deplore, And bow before The Crucified. And when in pow’r He comes, Oh, may our native land From all its rending tombs Send forth a glorious band, A countless throng, With joy to sing To heav’n’s high King Salvation’s song!PRAYER OF THE CHURCH:(after each petition ending in Lord in your mercy-- the congregational response is ):C: Hear our prayer. LORD’S PRAYER: (In Unison)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.Offering Hymn of Praise: LSB 783 “Take My Life and Let It Be”Take my life and let it be Consecrated Lord, to TheeTake my moments and my days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise.4. Take my silver and my gold, Not a mite would I with – hold;Take my intellect and use Ev’ry pow’r as Thou shalt choose.6. Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet its treasure store;Take myself, and I will be Ever, only, all for Thee.OFFERING: (As you are privileged, do contribute to our ministry by sending your offering in support of God’s ministry at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 475 East Herbert Ave., Salt Lake City, UT 84111) (In the House of the Lord, the Offering is taken for the partnership with God in His ministry in our community and through this congregation. You will need to send it to the address above. OFFERTORY: All: What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits to me? I will offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call on the Name of the Lord.I will take the cup of salvation, and will call on the Name of the Lord.I will pay my vows to the Lord now in the presence of all His people,In the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.BENEDICTIONP: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and (+) give you peace.C: AMEN. CLOSING HYMN: LSB 919 “Abide, O Dearest Jesus” Abide , O dearest Jesus, Among us with Your grace That Satan may not harm us Nor we to sin give place.Abide, O dear Redeemer, Among us with Your Word, And thus now and here after True peace and joy afford.Abide with heav’nly brightness Among us, precious Light; Your truth direct and keep us From error’s gloomy night.Abide with richest blessings Among us, bounteous Lord; Let us in grace and wisdom Grow daily through Your Word.Abide with Your protection Among us, Lord, our strength, Lest world and Satan fell us And overcome at length.Abide, O faithful Savior, Among us with Your love; Grant steadfastness and help us To reach our home above.ANNOUNCEMENTS:Wednesday Bible Study of the Book of Revelation is on zoom at 10 AM. We are on chapter 3. Completed lessons are on the church website. We are beginning our fourth week. Feel free to join us. The whole Bible should be viewed with this book acting as your lens to view all others. The Poetic Form of Revelation will be discussed this Wednesday and the first three chapters in that form, Pasto Hank’s translation, will be available for download from the Church Website in that form this week. I have attached it to this email as a separate download. It makes understanding Revelation much easier to understand. Elder’s meet Tuesday. 7 pm on ZoomThe virus numbers are still way too high for us to open up. We will be in lock down for at least two more weeks at the earliest. ................
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