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PEACE like a RIVER - Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
10:45 - Leader's Meeting
11:00 - Coffee Hour in 11 Minutes (Sip your coffee and discuss Isaiah 54 or Matthew or Isaiah or Jeremiah ... and how God might reach a Wide Range of People through us during this season of Pentecost ... or has anyone seen The UMBRELLA Academy, Season 2, integrating South Dallas in 1963?!?!?)
11:11 - WORSHIP BEGINS
Create in Me a Clean Heart, Oh God (* offered by Pastor Todd)
ISAIAH 54:1-8 read by #1
Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: “Your own people who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy!’ Yet they will be put to shame. 6 Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of the Lord repaying his enemies all they deserve. 7 “Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son. 9 Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?” says the Lord. “Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?” says your God. 10 “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her. 12 For this is what the Lord says:
“I will extend PEACE to her like a RIVER, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees. 13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.” 14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass;
A) FIRST SONG: I'm on the Battlefield for My Lord, Led by TMI Productions (with Lyrics) or Led by Mother Mae Etta Peterson, Tods Crossing, Warren, Ohio (without Lyrics)
(Please MUTE and SING (lyrics in video)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
To Serve as a VEHICLE through which the Gospel is Spread!!!
about being a VEHICLE
that will deliver CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, and COMPANIONSHIP
to a tremendously anxious COMMUNITY,
remembering that God is our REFUGE & STRENGTH.
1) 150 Back Packs Pepared for the Saturday, August 29 Project; 30 Distributed.
A second date in Late September will be planned
2) Wednesday -- BOTH Jackie & Helen's CIRCLES of CARE meet on Zoom
September 9 @ 7 PM
3) ACTS Bible Study will begin on Wednesday, September 16 @ 7 PM, IF we have
another LEADER and HOST (Pastor Jamie's Birthday)
4) 6 CALLS to Companions by September 15, 2 more PRAYER MEETINGS with Circles of Care by September 30, COMPANIONSHIP CARE KIT delivered by October 1.
5) FOUR of the Songs offered today for worship were requested in the:
6) The Acts of the Apostles: The VITAL LEGACY of the HISTORICAL BLACK CHURCH
Help with 2 things: A) I WOULD LIKE to SHARE a MESSAGE or a TESTIMONY
B) I WOULD LIKE to HEAR from PASTOR .... or BROTHER .... or SISTER ...
Halle, Halle, Halle-lujah, led by Tanya Browne & Dolphene Davis
Hallelujah, Salvation & Glory, (Revelation 19:1) led by Pastor Todd *
(*ready to add in voices by Choir Members)
Our Gospel Lesson comes from the Matthew in the 16th Chapter.
GLORY TO YOU, O LORD!
2)Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah. From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
This is the Word of the Lord.
THANKS BE TO GOD.
I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down in My Heart, a Listener Kids video
I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down in My Heart, led by Pastor Todd *
(*ready to add in voices by Children & Parents)
D) MESSAGE for the YOUNG at HEART, led by Yarlette Bryant, Sydney Brown and the gifted Goffney Girls
Peace Like a River, a Listener Kids video
3) The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
AND ALSO WITH YOU
4) We gather together and share a CREED to remember that in God, we have a Companion who will never fail us and will be with us always. It is a CREED that reminds us that death is never the final answer, and the hope springs eternal for those who follow the God of Resurrection and Life.
I BELIEVE IN GOD,
the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST,
God’s 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 to the dead.* On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
3) We take this moment to confess our sins: Do you confess that you are captive to sin and cannot free yourself from this trap of sin and death, at least not in this life? Do you confess that you have sinned against God in anger, rebellion, frustration, doubt and fear.
WE DO.
4) Do you confess that, because your neighbor fails to love in the way that God commands, that you also have not loved your neighbor as yourself? Do you confess that you struggle to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength?
WE DO.
3) Do you ask, with the help of Jesus Christ, Forgive us, Lord, 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.
WE DO. AMEN.
4) Brothers and sisters hear this grace: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for you and for His sake, God forgives you all of your sins. As a called disciple of Christ I declare the entire forgiveness of all of your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
AMEN.
5) To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it. But I am full of the wrath of the Lord, and I cannot hold it in. “Pour it out on the children in the street and on the young men gathered together; both husband and wife will be caught in it, and the old, those weighed down with years. Their houses will be turned over to others, together with their fields and their wives, when I stretch out my hand against those who live in the land,” declares the Lord.
6) “From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious.
‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.
5) Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the Lord.
6) This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But you said, ‘We will not listen.’
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
PRAISE TO YOU, O CHRIST.
G) SECOND SONG: God Giveth More Grace, led by Delores (Mom) Winans
CHORUS: My God's love doesn't have limit, His grace doesn't have a measure, And His power hath no boundary known unto men, For out of my God's infinite riches in Jesus, My God giveth and he keeps on giving, he gaveth and He giveth again.
He giveth more grace as the burdens grow greater, He sendeth more strength as the labors increase; And to added afflictions God adds His mercy, To multiplied trials, He adds His multiplied peace.
When we have exhausted our store of endurance, Have you ever felt like your strength is about to fail ere the task is begun, When we have depleted our hoards of resources Our Father’s full giving is only begun.
Fear not that thy need shall exceed His provision, Our God ever yearns His resources to share; Lean hard on the arm everlasting, availing; The Father both thee and thy load will upbear.
Please MUTE and SING along
H) SERMON: When PEACE Like a RIVER Attendeth My Way
Nine of those twelve words are from the movie, The Help. They are words, spoken in love, by a person who was sometimes known not by name, not by job title, just by the phrase, “The Help”. And The Help is teaching 9 of these 12 words to a little white girl from an upper middle class family.
You is good. You is kind. You is smart. You is important.
The African American maid or nanny is teaching these words to a little girl she so very obviously loves and adores. And it is an adoration that is so very obviously mutual.
You is good. You is kind. You is smart. You is important.
Let’s take a look:
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
Sermon Series: EVERYBODY Benefits from the Truth of the BLACK CHURCH
1) LIFTED UP within an AFFIRMING COMMUNITY
You is good. You is kind. You is smart. You is important.
The Help, Powerful movie for white folk for a reason
2) SPEAKING to POWER with a POWERFUL VOICE
Civil Rights Movement, #BlackLivesMatter, Black Elected Leaders
3) REMEMBERING a LIFE GIVING STORY about FREEDOM
Exodus. Promised Land. Let My People Go. We Shall Overcome.
4) ORGANIZING to EFFECT ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Black Owned Homes. Growing, Apprenticing, and Patronizing Black Owned Business
5) ADVOCATING for PEOPLE whose VOICE is NOT HEARD
Companionship. Incarceration, Homelessness, Addiction, Dropping Out
6) DRAMATIC MOVEMENT in MUSIC, the ARTS, & SPORTS
Competition and cooperation; Solo expression & Ensemble harmony
J) THIRD SONG: When Peace Like a River (Attendeth my Way), led by Pastor Todd.
Please MUTE and SING along (lyrics in Video)
CHORUS: It is well, it is well with my soul It is well with my soul It is well with my soul It is well, it is well with my soul
When peace like a river attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll, Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say
My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thought, My sin, not in part, but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul,
And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll, The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul
K) LITURGY of HOLY COMMUNION Lord, God, Heavenly King .... Led by Tanya Browne
LORD, GOD, HEAVENLY KING, Almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory, Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Faither, Lord, God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us,
You are seated at the right hand of the Father, receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, You alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit, In the Glory of God the Father, Amen.
GREAT THANKSGIVING & Preface by #7
Please UNMute & RESPOND
The Lord be with you,
AND ALSO WITH YOU
Lift up your hearts
WE LIFT THEM TO THE LORD!
Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
IT IS RIGHT TO GIVE OUR THANKS AND PRAISE.
It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, Holy Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who on this day overcame death and the grave and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And so with the Church on Earth and all the hosts of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn.
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord, or You Are Holy, led by Pastor Todd
Please MUTE & SING:
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD, Lord God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he, who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, in the highest.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION & Lord's Prayer, led by #7
The Words of Institution are recorded for us in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke as well as by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:
“Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night in which 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. This do in remembrance of Me.’
“In the same way also He took the cup after supper, gave thanks, and gave it to them saying: ‘Drink of it all of you; this cup is the New Covenant in My blood, which is shed for you and for all people, for the remission of sins. This do as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.'”
When the disciples didn't know how to PRAY in the face of the challenges ahead of them, they asked Jesus for help. He said, "Pray this way!" Will you share with me the Lord's Prayer?
Please UNMute & RESPOND
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.
1) Lamb, Of God, led by Dolphene Davis & 2) There is a Balm in Gilead, led by Pastor Todd
Please MUTE & SING:
1) Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us (repeat) ... Lamb of God, you take away, the sins of the world, grant us peace ... grant us peace.
* AND *
CHORUS: There is a balm in Gilead, to make the wounded whole., There is a balm in Gilead, to heal the sinsick soul.
Sometimes I feel discouraged, and think my work's in vain, but then the Holy Spirit, revives my soul again. (CHORUS)
If you cannot preach like Peter, if you cannot pray like Paul, you can tell the love of Jesus, who died to save us all. (CHORUS)
Don't ever feel discouraged, for Jesus is your friend, who, if you ask for knowledge, will never fail to lend. (CHORUS)
L) Post Communion Blessing & Prayer led by #7
ALL: May the body and blood of our Risen Lord, Jesus the Christ, strengthen you and keep you in His grace, now and always. Amen.
Let us pray. Life-giving God, in the mystery of Christ’s resurrection you send light to conquer darkness, water to give new life, and the bread of life to nourish your people. Help us to stand with Jesus as witnesses to your Son’s resurrection, that we may show your glory to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord. AMEN.
M) BENEDICTION: Jesus is all the World To Me, led by the Historical St. James Missionary Baptist Church Mass Choir from Detroit, sung in TWO STYLES, featuring the late Darryl Houston on the Hammond Organ.
Please MUTE and SING along:
Jesus is all the world to me, My life, my joy, my all; He is my strength from day to day, Without Him I would fall. When I am sad, to Him I go, No other one can cheer me so; When I am sad, He makes me glad, He’s my Friend.
Jesus is all the world to me, My life, my joy, my all; He is my strength from day to day, Without Him I would fall. When I am sad, through trials, No other one can cheer, can cheer me so; When I am sad, He makes me glad, He’s my Friend.
When I am sad, through trials; When I am sad, through trials No other one, can cheer me so, When I am sad, He makes me glad, He’s my Friend.
SENDING: Led by led by #7
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
TO SERVE as a VEHICLE through which the Gospel is Spread!!!
Go in Peace and Serve the Lord!
Thanks be to God!! And WE WILL!!
EVERYBODY benefits from the BLACK CHURCH
1) LIFTED UP within an AFFIRMING COMMUNITY
You is good. You is kind. You is smart. You is important.
The Help, Powerful movie for white folk for a reason
2) SPEAKING to POWER with a POWERFUL VOICE
Civil Rights Movement, #BlackLivesMatter, Black Elected Leaders
3) REMEMBERING a LIFE GIVING STORY about FREEDOM
Exodus. Promised Land. Let My People Go. We Shall Overcome.
4) ORGANIZING to EFFECT ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Black Owned Homes. Growing, Apprenticing, and Patronizing Black Owned Business
5) ADVOCATING for PEOPLE whose VOICE is NOT HEARD
Companionship. Incarceration, Homelessness, Addiction, Dropping Out
6) DRAMATIC MOVEMENT in MUSIC, the ARTS, & SPORTS
Competition and cooperation; Solo expression & Ensemble harmony
NEXT THREE STEPS
A) NEXT Wednesday at 7 PM -- Prayer
Meetings for Both Circles of Care on SEPTEMBER 9
B) ACTS Bible Study Starts on SEPTEMBER 16 if we have a LEADER & HOST
C) Will you share a MESSAGE or a TESTIMONY? Who do you want to hear from?
Pastor, Brother, Sister in Christ?
POSTLUDE 1: For the Longest Time, Quarantine edtion, written by Billy Joel and led by the Phoenix Chamber Choir from Vancouver, Canada.