The Christian loves GodAbove all things

SHINING MOUNTAINS LUTHERAN CHURCHBozeman, MT

 The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost—July 5th, 2020

SERVICE OF WORD AND SACRAMENT . Lutherans believe that the gospel is not only the good news that Jesus has saves sinners, but also a power God uses to create and strengthen faith in Jesus.

M: In the name of the Father and of the Son (+) and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen.

 HYMN #294 v.1 Baptized into Your Name Most Holy 

 M: I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is

born of water and the Spirit. C: Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. (John 3:5,6) M: Surely we were sinful at birth, sinful from the time our mothers

conceived us. (Ps. 51:5)

C: But we were washed, we were sanctified, we were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor 6:11)

  HYMN #294 v.2 Baptized into Your Name Most Holy 

My loving Father, there you took me To be henceforth your child and heir.

My faithful Savior, there you let me The fruit of all your sorrows share.

O Holy Spirit, comfort me When threat’ning clouds around I see.

M: As baptized children of God, we confess our sins.C:  Holy and merciful Father, I confess that I am by nature sinful and

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that I have disobeyed you in my thoughts, words, and actions. I have done what is evil and failed to do what is good. For this I deserve your punishment both now and in eternity. But I am truly sorry for my sins, and trusting in my Savior Jesus Christ, I pray: Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.

 HYMN #294 v.3 Baptized into Your Name Most Holy 

My faithful God, you fail me never, Your promise surely will endure.

Oh, cast me not away forever If words and deeds become impure.Have mercy when I come defiled; Forgive, lift up, restore your child.

 M: Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy,

cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless (Ephesians 5:25-27). Therefore, as a called servant of Christ and by his authority, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son (+) and of the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen. HYMN #294 v.4 Baptized into Your Name Most

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All that I am and love most dearly— Receive it all, O Lord, from me.

Let me confess my faith sincerely, And help me your own child to be!

Let nothing that I am or own Serve any will but yours alone.

 PRAYER OF THE DAY

M: O God, you have prepared joys beyond understanding for those who love you. Pour into our hearts such love for you that, loving you above all things, we may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C: Amen.

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FIRST READING Jeremiah 28:5-9  

5Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD. 6He said, “Amen! May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied and bring back the vessels of the LORD’s house, and may he bring back all the exiles from Babylon to this place. 7Nevertheless, listen now to what I have to say in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people. 8The prophets from ancient times who came before you and me prophesied war, famine, and plague against many countries and great kingdoms. 9As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only when the word of that prophet actually happens will that prophet become known as someone whom the Lord has truly sent.”

 PSALM OF THE DAY Psalm 89

I will sing of the LORD’S great love forever;*I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

I will declare that your love stands firm forever,*that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD,*your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

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O LORD God Almighty, who is like you?*You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,*who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.

They rejoice in your name all day long;*they exult in your righteousness.

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

SECOND READING Romans 6:1-11

Shall we keep on sinning so that grace may increase? 2Absolutely not! We died to sin. How can we go on living in it any longer? 3Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were therefore buried with him by this baptism into his death, so that just as he was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too would also walk in a new life. 5For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection. 6We know that our old self was crucified with him, to make our sinful body powerless, so that we would not continue to serve sin. 7For the person who has died has been declared free from sin. 8And since we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he will never die again. Death no longer has control over him. 10For the death he died, he died to sin once and for all, but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11In the same way also consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

VERSE OF THE DAY Mark 8:34b

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M: Alleluia. If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Alleluia.

GOSPEL Matthew 10:34-42 

34“Do not think that I came to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household. 37“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38Whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 40“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. 41Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 42Whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is my disciple—Amen I tell you—he will never lose his reward.”

HYMN #452 Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus

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SERMONNICENE CREED

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C: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

 

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation, he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, and became fully human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

 

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who in unity with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy Christian* and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

OFFERING You can place your offering in the basket in the entrywayOr you can give electronically by clicking this QR code

that will take you to our secure giving site. 

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

THE 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.

THE SACRAMENT

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M: The Lord be with you.C: (sung) And also with you. M: Lift up your hearts.C: (sung) We lift them up to the Lord. M: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.N:  (sung) It is right to give him thanks and praise.

M:  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In love he has blessed us with every spiritual blessing. He raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms and placed all things under his feet for the benefit of the Church. Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ. To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and thanks and honor and glory for ever and ever.

 HOLY, HOLY, HOLY Isaiah 6:3; Matthew 21:9

C: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.The whole earth is full of your glory.

You are my God, and I will exalt you.I will give you thanks, for you have become my salvation.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.The whole earth is full of your glory.

 WORDS OF INSTITUTION Matthew 26:26-28; 1 Corinthians 11:24,25 M: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night he was betrayed, took bread; and

when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

 

Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for you for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

 M: The peace of the Lord be with you always.C: (sung) Amen.

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O CHRIST, LAMB OF GOD John 1:29

C:  O Christ, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world;have mercy on us.

O Christ, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world;have mercy on us.

O Christ, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world;grant us your peace. Amen.

 DISTRIBUTION

To keep social distancing, we ask that families approach one at a time. Grab your cup with the wafer in it from the table by the baptismal font and then walk to the station on the side you are sitting to grab your individual cup. Pastor will speak the words from 6+ feet away. Eat and drink the elements and then proceed back to your seat by going out into the entryway and coming back up the center aisle. After everyone has received the elements Pastor will pronounce a blessing for everyone.

 

 THANKSGIVING

 

M: Hear the prayer of your people, O Lord, that the lips which have praised you here may glorify you in the world, that the eyes which have seen the coming of your Son may long for his coming again, and that all who have received in his true body and blood the pledge of your forgiveness may be restored to live a new and holy life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C: Amen. BLESSING M: The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look on you with favor and (+) give you peace.

C: Amen. 

CLOSING HYMN #299 All Who Believe and Are Baptized

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Announcements

Serving Us This Week (July 5th —11th)Cleaners: Bakers, Hunziker, Beal

Serving Us Next Week (July 12th – 18th)Cleaners: Linn, Joecks, Jesson, Hutchinson

Mission Festival SundayNext Sunday, July 12th we will have our Mission Festival Sunday. Pastor Jon Werre, our District Mission Board Chairman and pastor at Good Shepherd, Sioux Falls, SD, will be here to preach and give a presentation on the work of our synod, especially the home missions in our Dakota-Montana District. After each service, we will have refreshments outside.

SHINE ELECTIONS

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Over the next two weeks we will have elections for our SHINE officers. We’d ask the ladies to fill out a ballot and return to Beckie Gullixson. This WeekThe Sonntag family will be vacationing up at Flathead Lake this week. Pastor Stern from Livingston has agreed to be on call in case of an emergency.

Special Instructions for Worship

Wash hands / Use hand sanitizer stations often

Sit with your family and sit at least 6 feet from another family unit

Please do not sit in pews that have been “roped off” or places that have been “taped off”

Congregate Outside or spread out in the entryway

Try to fill church from front to back and outside to inside to keep people from having to walk past others

Please take home your worship folder or throw it away at the end of the service

Have each person grab bulletin from pile, print off at home or download and use personal device (phone/tablet)

If you are going to follow along on phone, please make sure the ringer is off

We highly encourage people to wear masks or bandanas over their face if they are comfortable doing so

Offerings plates will not be passed but you can donate online or place in offering basket on way in/out

Pastor will not shake your hands but will greet you in a place where we can be at least 6 feet away.

Clorox wipe down all pews and high use surfaces after each service

Please dismiss (leave the church) from the back to front so people don’t have to walk past each other.

We will continue offering both 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM worship services until further notice.

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