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JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE - 3rd Sunday of Easter
10:30 - Leader's Meeting
10:45 - Coffee Hour in 15 Minutes (Discuss Luke 24 & how Jesus is walking with us during this time)
11:01 - WORSHIP BEGINS
Luke 24:30-32- 30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him,and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
A) FIRST SONG: Just a Closer Walk With Thee, led by Mahalia Jackson
Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it, Lord if you please, Daily walking close with Thee, Let it be, dear Lord; Lord, let it be,
I am weak, but Thou are strong, Jesus, keep me from all wrong, I'll be satisfied as long, As I can walk, dear Lord, close with Thee
When my feeble life is o'er, Time for me won't be no more, oh won't you, guide me gently o'er, to thy Kingdom's shore, thy Kingdom's shore?
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
To Serve as a VEHICLE through which the Gospel is Spread!!!
In the next 6 weeks we will be intentional about being a VEHICLE that will deliver CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, and COMPANIONSHIP to a tremendously anxious COMMUNITY, remembering that God is our REFUGE & STRENGTH.
1) THIS Week Layering WORSHIP
NEED: GARAGE BAND App
NEED: An iMAC or an iPAD, (or, with limited functions, an iPhone)
HELPFUL: Focused MICROPHONE and/or Instrument Jack for your device
Device Microphone's create distortion after 2-3 layers
2) THIS Week: DIGITAL COMPANIONSHIP KIT
Postcard: EVERY Sunday at 11 AM for ZOOM WORSHIP
Postcard: EVERY Wednesday at 7 PM for ZOOM BIBLE STUDY
Postcard: EVERY OTHER Thursday at 7 PM for Companion Leaders Meeting
Wafer/Grape Juice packets
Each One Reach One/Each One (Plus One) Reach One (Plus One) Information
3) Month of MAY: "DELIVER" Companionship Kits to every "MEMBER"
4) Month of JUNE: Put together Companionship Kits for our NEIGHBORHOOD(s)
B) FIRST LESSON: 1 Peter 1:17-23, led by Holli Cook
17 You call out to God for help and he helps—he’s a good Father that way. But don’t forget, he’s also a responsible Father, and won’t let you get by with sloppy living.
18-21 Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
22-25 Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That’s why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop, God’s Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you
C) MESSAGE for the YOUNG at HEART, led by Yarlette Bryant
D) LITURGY & PRAYER led by Alicia Brown & Corey BrownAlissia Barge and Josh Bowens
A) 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
C) 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. Will you share with me the Apostle's Creed?:
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.
A) We take this moment to confess our sins: Do you confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. That we have sinned against God in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone.
WE DO.
C) Do you confess that we have not loved God with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
WE DO
A) 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
C) 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
A) Let us pray. O God, your Son makes himself known to all his disciples in the breaking of bread. Open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in his redeeming work, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN.
Let us pray. O God, your Son makes himself known to all his disciples in the breaking of bread. Open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in his redeeming work, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN.
E) GOSPEL LESSON: Luke 24:13-35, led by Alissia Barge & Josh Bowens
The Holy Gospel according to Luke, the 24th Chapter. GLORY TO YOU, O LORD!
(A) 13 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14 and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, 16 but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said to them, "What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?" They stood still, looking sad. 18 Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?"
(J) 19 He asked them, "What things?" They replied, "The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. 21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place. 22 Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning, 23 and when they did not find his body there, they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but they did not see him."
(A) 25 Then he said to them, "Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! 26 Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?" 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures. 28 As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. 29 But they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over." So he went in to stay with them.
(J) 30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. 32 They said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?" 33 That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. 34 They were saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!"
(A) 35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
The Gospel of the Lord. PRAISE TO YOU, O CHRIST.
F) The Old Rugged Cross, SECOND SONG led by Tanya Browne
Please MUTE & SING
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suffering and shame, And I love that old cross where the dearest and best, For a world of lost sinners was slain, So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down, And I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it some day for a crown
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true, It's shame and reproach gladly bear, Then he'll call me someday to my home far away, Where his glory forever I'll share, And I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down, And I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it some day for a crown
G) SERMON led by Pastor Gnana Segaran
H) THIRD SONG led by Pastor Todd Bruning, I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
Please MUTE & SING
I want Jesus to walk with me, I want Jesus to walk with me, All along my pilgrim journey, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me
When I'm in trouble, Lord walk with me, When I'm in trouble, Lord walk with me, when my head is bowed in sorrow, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me
In my trials, Lord, walk with me, In my trials, Lord, walk with me When my heart is almost breaking, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me
J) LITURGY of HOLY COMMUNION
Lord, God, Heavenly King .... Led by Tanya & Lakeesha Browne
Please MUTE & SING
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
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, led by Pastor Todd
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 Pastor Todd
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.
Lamb, Of God, led by Dolphene Davis
Please MUTE & SING:
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.
K) Post Communion Blessing and Prayer led by Lakeesha Browne
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 walk 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.
L) Threefold Prayer Request & Petition, led by Jackie Brown, President, Pastor Gnana, & Pastor Todd
M) BENEDICTION: God Will Take Care of You, Michael's Children's Home (Orphanage), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Please MUTE & SING, Lyrics on YouTube
After the song, please UNMute & RESPOND
Lakeesha: 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!!
POSTLUDE: Please MUTE & SING
N) FOURTH SONG: Hande'l's Hallelujah Chorus, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Virtual Choir, Easter Sunday 2020