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Are You Afraid of Death? Or Afraid of Life?

7/31/2022

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Our guest speaker this morning is Rev. Renny Domske.
Gathering  Around  the  Word
 
Prelude                     Music Director               Robert Senay
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
CALL TO WORSHIP                                from Psalm 7
 
O Lord my God, I take refuge in You;
Save and deliver me from all who pursue me.
 If I have done evil to him who is at peace with me,
 then let me enemy pursue and overtake me.
Judge me, O Lord, according to me righteousness,
According to my integrity, O Most High.
O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts,
Bring to an end the violence of the wicked.
My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
God is a righteous judge, a judge who rules for the right.
 I will give thanks to the Lord because of His righteousness
and will sing praise to the Name of the Lord Most High.
 
INVOCATION                                                           Dr. Domske

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Sunday School: The Word Gives Peace

7/30/2022

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Good morning!
We're so happy you decided to join us today!

When we meet in person, we share our joys and concerns together. Take some time to consider the last week. What prayer requests do you have? If you have anything you would like to share, you can add a comment to this post. When you are ready, use the prayer below (source) to get started.
Father in heaven, king of glory, we adore your name and work to glorify you forever. It is through your will that we are alive and healthy today. Your Grace has allowed us to converge together. You have promised that whenever we call on your name, you will hear and answer us. Come into our midst, God, and have fellowship with us. Make your blessings abundant and grace us with your presence. From the start of this meeting to the end, glorify yourself and accept our prayers. Amen.

This week's lesson is on John 14:15-29.

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Herding Cats or Following God's Plan

7/24/2022

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Today’s guest speaker is Rev. Renny Domske.
 
All of the information normally found in our bulletin is below the video. Simply click on "Read More" to load the rest of the bulletin. You can use this to follow the service, as well as to pray our unison prayers. Birthdays, anniversaries, the prayer list and announcements can be found at the bottom of this service.
Gathering  Around  the  Word
 
Prelude                     Music Director               Robert Senay
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
CALL TO WORSHIP                                from Psalm 6
O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger
or discipline me in Your wrath.
  Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am faint and weak,
  O Lord, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
How long, O Lord, how long? My soul is in anguish.
My eyes grow weak with sorrow.
  Turn to me now, O Lord, and deliver me:
  Save me because of Your unfailing love.
All night long I flood my bed with weeping
 and drench my couch with tears.
  Yet the Lord has heard my cry for mercy;
   the Lord accepts my prayer.  I shall be saved.

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Sunday School: The Word Resurrects

7/23/2022

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Good morning!
We're so glad you decided to join us today!

When we meet in person, we share our joys and concerns together. Take some time to think about the past week. If you have any prayer requests you would like to share, you can put a comment on this post. When you are ready, use the prayer below (source) to get started. 
God, we’re so grateful to be able to meet here together and be in your presence today.
We know it’s a gift. Help us never lose sight of that.
While we’re here together studying Your Word we ask that You’d open our ears and our hearts to whatever it is You are wanting to teach us.
Help us to see things through Your eyes and not the lens of our own understanding.
We want to know You more, God.
Thank you for showing us who You are and helping us understand and walk in Your love.
What we learn today we want to act on. Don’t let it become mere head knowledge. Shape our minds, hearts, and actions according to Your word.
Show us how to honor you and love others well with what we learn.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

This week's lesson is on John 11:17-27, 38-44. 

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Words

7/17/2022

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Today’s guest speaker is Rev. Dave Mason.
 
All of the information normally found in our bulletin is below the video. Simply click on "Read More" to load the rest of the bulletin. You can use this to follow the service, as well as to pray our unison prayers. Birthdays, anniversaries, the prayer list and announcements can be found at the bottom of this service.
Gathering Around  the  Word                                
 Prelude                                                          Bob Senay          
ANNOUNCEMENTS
                               
CALL TO WORSHIP           
Leader: Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak.
People: Let the earth hear the words of our mouths.
Leader: My teaching shall drop as the rain; my speech
             shall distill as the dew, as the light rain upon the
             tender plant, and as the showers upon the grass.
People: We will proclaim the name of the Lord and
              render glory unto our God!
INVOCATION                                             Rev. Mason

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Sunday School: The Word Saves

7/16/2022

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Good morning!
We're so glad you decided to join us today!

This morning, the children are having their Vacation Bible School program, so we will not be meeting in person. However, we invite you to watch their program, and read this lesson.
As we are not meeting in person, take some time to think about your past week. If you have any joys, concerns, or prayer requests you would like to share, you can comment on this post. When you are ready, use the prayer below (source) to get started. 
Lord, 
Lead us from death to life,
From falsehood to truth.
Lead us from despair to hope, 
from fear to trust. 
Let peace fill our hearts, our world and our universe.
Let us dream together, pray together and work together, 
To build one world of peace and justice for all.
Amen.

This week's lesson is on John 12:44-50.

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Moving Forward

7/10/2022

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Today’s guest speaker is Rev. Dave Mason.
 
We had some technical difficulties in recording service today. There is no video available at this time.

All of the information normally found in our bulletin is below. Birthdays, anniversaries, the prayer list and announcements can be found at the bottom of the page.
Gathering  Around  the  Word                                   
Prelude  My Song is Love Unknown        Bob Senay   
       
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
CALL TO WORSHIP           
Leader: A word spoken, a voice heard,
People: A dream revealed, a mission received.
Leader: God calls, again and again.
People: God beckons us to follow.
Leader: To love, to serve,
People: To give, again and again.
Leader: God invites us to embrace the lonely,
People: To feed the hungry, to tell the Good News
              of Jesus,
All: To love and serve, to sing praises all our days.
 
INVOCATION                                             Rev. Mason

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Sunday School: The Word Heals

7/9/2022

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Good morning!
We are so glad you decided to join us today!

When we meet together in person, we share our joys and concerns before we focus on our Sunday school lesson. Today people in our community are going through times of suffering and grief. Think about the needs of those close to you and about your own needs and concerns. If you like, you can share them in the comments.

Today’s lesson is about the power Jesus has to heal our infirmities and to meet our needs. It is also about having faith, even when we don’t see the evidence right now. It’s the kind of faith Jesus looks for in his followers.
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The following brief prayer was posted on Luther Seminary’s Working Preacher website. It is by Dr. David Lose, a professor and pastor.
God of miracles, sometimes we are slow to believe in your power, even when your miracles occur all around us each and every day. Open our eyes to see and our hearts to believe. Amen.

Today's lesson is on John 4:46-54. 

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Keep Your Hands on That Plow, Hold On

7/3/2022

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Today’s guest speaker is CRE Jack Snodgrass.
 
All of the information normally found in our bulletin is below the video. Simply click on "Read More" to load the rest of the bulletin. You can use this to follow the service, as well as to pray our unison prayers. Birthdays, anniversaries, the prayer list and announcements can be found at the bottom of this service.
​               Gathering  Around  the  Word
Prelude   Music today by     Aleta Starkey
Music Director        Bob Senay
ANNOUNCEMENTS   
 
CALL TO WORSHIP: Responsive Reading     Isaiah 66: 1-2
1:  Thus says the Lord:
 “Heaven is My throne.  and earth is My footstool.
Where is the house that you will build Me?
And where is the place of My rest?
2:  For all those things My hand has made, and all those things exist,”
Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look:
On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word.”

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Sunday School: The Word Becomes Flesh

7/2/2022

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Good morning!
We're so glad you decided to join us today!

When we meet in person, we share any joys and concerns we might have together. Think about the past week. What prayer requests do you have? If you feel comfortable, you can share them as a comment on this post. When you are ready, use the prayer below, Pope Francis' Prayer for Peace, to get started.
Lord God of peace, hear our prayer!

We have tried so many times and over so many years to resolve our conflicts by our own powers and by the force of our arms. How many moments of hostility and darkness have we experienced; how much blood has been shed; how many lives have been shattered; how many hopes have been buried… But our efforts have been in vain.

Now, Lord, come to our aid! Grant us peace, teach us peace; guide our steps in the way of peace. Open our eyes and our hearts, and give us the courage to say: "Never again war!"; "With war everything is lost". Instill in our hearts the courage to take concrete steps to achieve peace.

Lord, God of Abraham, God of the Prophets, God of Love, you created us and you call us to live as brothers and sisters. Give us the strength daily to be instruments of peace; enable us to see everyone who crosses our path as our brother or sister. Make us sensitive to the plea of our citizens who entreat us to turn our weapons of war into implements of peace, our trepidation into confident trust, and our quarreling into forgiveness.

Keep alive within us the flame of hope, so that with patience and perseverance we may opt for dialogue and reconciliation. In this way may peace triumph at last, and may the words "division", "hatred" and "war" be banished from the heart of every man and woman. Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues and our hands. Renew our hearts and minds, so that the word which always brings us together will be "brother", and our way of life will always be that of: Shalom, Peace, Salaam!
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Amen.

Today's lesson is on John 1:1-14. 

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