TRI-COUNTY LUTHERAN PARISH
Berea, Grace, Gloria Dei, and St. Mark’s Lutheran Churches
“Taking Christ’s Love to the Parish”
Worship Leader: Pastor Sarah Cordray
PMA Wayne Fraass Lay Leader, Sharon Paulsen
Youth Ministry- Nick Cordray AIM
August 1, 2010
TIME AFTER PENTECOST — LECTIONARY 18
INTRODUCTION
Today’s texts offer instruction and encouragement for all who are occasionally overwhelmed by the "unhappy business" of life. Jesus urges us to take care and be on guard against all kinds of greed. We who have died with Christ in holy baptism have also been raised with him and are encouraged to elevate our thinking, seeking the "things that are above." To that end we seek the sustenance of the Lord’s supper and the encouragement of God’s word.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
GATHERING
CALL TO WORSHIP “Surely the Presence” Inside the cover of the ELW
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Page 94-95 ELW
*GATHERING HYMN # 681 ELW *GREETING
Sisters and brothers, called to freedom in Christ: Grace, mercy, and peace be with you all.
And also with you.
*KYRIE Page 184-185 ELW
*HYMN OF PRAISE “This is the feast...” Page 187 ELW
*PRAYER OF THE DAY
Benevolent God, you are the source, the guide, and the goal of our lives. Teach us to love what is worth loving, to reject what is offensive to you, and to treasure what is precious in your sight, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen
THE WORD
FIRST READING: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12–14; 2:18–23
Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
12I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem, 13applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with. 14I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
18I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to those who come after me 19—and who knows whether they will be wise or foolish? Yet they will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 20So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun, 21because sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by another who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun? 23For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity.
PSALM: Psalm 49:1–12
Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all you who dwell in the world,
2you of high degree and low, rich and poor together.
3My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and my heart shall meditate on understanding.
4I will incline my ear to a proverb and set forth my riddle upon the harp.
5Why should I be afraid in evil days,
when the wickedness of those at my heels surrounds me,
6the wickedness of those who trust in their own prowess,
and boast of their great riches?
7One can never redeem another, or give to God the ransom for another's life;
8for the ransom of a life is so great hat there would never be enough to pay it,
9in order to live forever and ever and never see the grave.
10For we see that the wise die also; like the dull and stupid they perish
and leave their wealth to those who come after them.
11Their graves shall be their homes forever, their dwelling places from generation
to generation, though they had named lands after themselves.
12Even though honored, they cannot live forever; they are like the beasts that perish.
SECOND READING: Colossians 3:1–11
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, 3for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
5Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). 6On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient. 7These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life. 8But now you must get rid of all such things—anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. 9Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices 10and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. 11In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all! The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God!
*GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: “Alleluia” Page 188 ELW
GOSPEL: Luke 12:13–21
Someone in the crowd said to [Jesus,] "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." 14But he said to him, "Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?" 15And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." 16Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17And he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' 18Then he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' 20But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' 21So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God."
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ!
LET THE CHILDREN COME
SERMON
HYMN OF THE DAY # 793 ELW
*APOSTLES’ CREED Page 105 ELW
*PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH: Response: Hear our prayer
*SHARING THE PEACE
THE MEAL
*OFFERING PRAYER
God of mercy and grace, the eyes of all wait upon you, and you open your hand in blessing.
Fill us with good things at your table, that we may come to the help of all in need, through
Jesus Christ, our redeemer and Lord. Amen.
*GREAT THANKSGIVING (spoken) Page 190 ELW
WORDS OF INSTITUTION Page 111 ELW
*THE LORD’S PRAYER (Sung at Berea) Page 191 ELW
COMMUNION Page 146 ELW
DISTRIBUTION
All are invited to partake of Holy Communion. If you desire to partake, please extend your hands to receive the bread and then the cup.
*PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
THE SENDING
*BLESSING
SENDING HYMN: # 439 ELW
* DISMISSAL RESPONSE: Thanks be to God!
READINGS AND PSALM for AUGUST 8, 2010
Genesis 15:1–6
Psalm 33:12–22
Hebrews 11:1–3, 8–16
Luke 12:32–40