The Service in PDF format is at: September 1, 2024 Service
Video of service is at: YouTube
Peace Lutheran Church
We welcome you in the name of the Lord Jesus. We are honored with your presence. If you do not have a church home, you are invited to join us regularly. Please introduce yourself to Pastor Jeremy Lucke or one of the Ushers as you leave today and sign the guest book in the entryway. We continue to observe the guidelines for health safety. If you have any questions, please see an usher. Everyone is welcome.
The ringing of the bell and the lighting of the Christ candle mark the beginning of our service and a time for quiet meditation, prayer and inward reflection as we begin our worship.
Children are welcome at our worship services. If you prefer, Peace Lutheran has a playroom equipped for children three years old and younger. The room is unstaffed and can be accessed in the fellowship hall where the service is also being live streamed for your convenience and enjoyment.
Holy Communion is celebrated every first and third Sunday and will follow the order of service in the bulletin. If you are a baptized Christian and share our faith in Jesus as Savior and have been instructed in the meaning and use of the Lord’s Supper, you are invited to partake. We have pre-wrapped communion wine or juice and wafers. We also have gluten-free wafers available. If you desire a gluten-free wafer, ask the server. May the body and blood of Jesus, present in the bread and wine, be a blessing to you.
There are times during the service when you will be asked to stand if you are able. Please feel free to remain seated if standing is difficult.
Offering. Peace Lutheran Church understands and teaches that Offerings are voluntary and to be from the heart. Whether we give or do not give does not determine our salvation. Whether we give much or little does not determine our standing before God. Sharing an Offering is an opportunity to quietly practice generosity with our neighbors.
Serving You
Pastor Pastor Jeremy Lucke
Music Director Colleen Schulze
Choir Director Diane Crocker
Supt. Of Sunday School Anne Schroeder & Karyn Stanley
Admin Assistant Daniel Dusek
Parish Nurse Kathy Durling
Webmaster Jim Holroyd
Audio-Visual Johnathon Holroyd, George Abele, Nicholas Abele, Merv Munster, Callie Santora, Joyce Long, Oscar Gutbrod, Sam Worth, Rick Durling, Jim Holroyd, Debbi Weiler, Dan Dusek
Praise Team Rick Durling, Patrick Kamins, Ginny Tonelli, Karyn Stanley, Nora Stanley, Diane Crocker, Kaia Lucke, Anne Schroeder, John Mergl
Today, September 1, 2024
Musician Peggy Malcom
Reader Carole Gutbrod
Flowers Oscar & Carole Gutbrod
AS WE GATHER… The Holy Gospel for today is about why the dietary laws never saved and is a warning about what we think or say. The Old Testament Reading provides a warning against not passing on the teachings to the next generation. Both Readings allow us to ponder what exactly our legacy will be as we pass beliefs and teachings on to the next generation. Our aim is to pass along our reliance on God and His gracious goodness.
OPENING PRAISE SONG “Seek Ye First”
Karen Lafferty; Copyright 1972 Maranatha! Music. All rights reserved.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God,
And His righteousness.
And all these things
shall be added unto you!
Allelu, Alleluia!
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Ask, and it shall be given unto you;
Seek, and you shall find.
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Allelu, Alleluia!
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Man does not live by bread alone,
But by every word
That proceeds
from the mouth of the Lord.
Allelu, Alleluia!
OPENING BLESSING AND FOCUS Psalm 146
Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
Leader: I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Women: Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, I my soul!
Men: I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Women: Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Men: When his breath departs he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
Women: Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God.
Men: Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them,
Women: Who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry.
Men: The Lord sets the prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
Women: The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.
Leader: Praise the Lord! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
WE CONFESS
Leader: Brothers and sisters, we gather together as the baptized children of God. Let us come to Him admitting our need of Him and asking His forgiveness.
~~~~~ A time of silence is observed. ~~~~~
Leader: We confess,
People: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we, Your children, admit to You our waywardness. We have sinned against You in our thoughts, in our words, and in our deeds. We do not deserve Your love. Yet by Your own promise we dare to come before You asking Your grace. Forgive us our sins, gather us as Your own children, and give us Your love and life. Amen.
Leader: Having admitted your need for God’s forgiveness, I, as a called and ordained servant of Christ and by His authority, forgive you all your sins, in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
PRAISE SONG “How Great Thou Art”
Stuart Wesley Keene Hine; Copyright 1949 and 1953 Stuart Hine Trust CIO Stuart K. Hine Trust (Administration: USA All rights by Capitol CMG Publishing, except print rights for USA, North, Central and South America administered by Hope Publishing. All other non USA Americas rights by the Stuart Hine Trust. Rest of World – Integritymusic.com.)
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds, Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy pow’r thru’out, The universe displayed
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Chorus: Then sings my soul, My Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, How great Thou art
Then sings my soul, My Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, How great Thou art
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When through the woods, And forest glades I wander
And hear the birds, Sing sweetly in the trees
When I look down, From lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook, And feel the gentle breeze
Chorus
And when I think that God his Son not sparing
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in.
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin.
Chorus
Leader: Let us Pray… O God, the source of all that is just and good,
People: Nourish in us every virtue and bring to completion every good intent that we may grow in grace and bring forth the fruit of good works;
Leader: through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
People: Amen.
SCRIPTURE LESSONS
FIRST READING: I Corinthians 1:10-17
10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. 12 What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name.
16 (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.)
17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
People are not defiled by what they eat but by what comes out of their hearts and mouths.
14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”
17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
Leader: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
People: Praise to You, O Christ.
SERMON HYMN “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace”
Text: Prayer of St. Francis; adapted by Sebastian Temple, Tune: Sebastian Temple, b. 1928; Copyright 1967, 1975, 1980 Franciscan Communications.
Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred,
let me bring your love.
Where there is injury,
your pardon, Lord,
And where there’s doubt,
true faith in you.
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Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there’s despair in life,
let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness,
only light,
And where there’s sadness,
ever joy.
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Oh, Master, grant that
I may never seek
So much to be consoled
as to console.
To be understood
as to understand.
To be loved as to love
with all my soul.
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Make me a channel of your peace.
It is in pardoning that
we are pardoned,
In giving of ourselves
that we receive,
And in dying that we’re
born to eternal life.
Sermon
Pastor Jeremy Lucke
People: I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His 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 into hell.
The third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
And sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From thence He will come to judge the living and the
dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy Christian Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
And the life + everlasting. Amen.
OFFERING
We offer our thanksgiving for what God has first given us—ourselves, our time, our possessions.
Leader: Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.
Leader: Heavenly Father, in Holy Baptism You have caused waters to break forth in the wilderness and made streams in the desert of this world. Open our eyes to this new life in Christ and our ears to hear Your Word. Free us to walk uprightly, and loose our tongues to praise You for this treasure. Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: Heavenly Father, You have made us all heirs of Your kingdom through Holy Baptism, holding the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. Keep us from showing partiality and making distinctions among ourselves, and make us rich in good works. Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: Heavenly Father, create and sustain in us a lively faith in Christ Jesus, and lead us by Your Spirit to be active in all good works. Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: Heavenly Father, help parents to raise up their children to know You as their help and hope, that they may not put their trust in princes in whom there is no salvation. Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: Heavenly Father, we place our hope in You and ask Your blessing on ______________ and all rulers, that their plans would be ordered for the welfare of those they govern and that You would execute Your justice for the oppressed. Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: Heavenly Father, behold graciously the sick and those in any need [especially _____________]. Lord, in Your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Leader: All these things and whatever else You know that we need, grant us, Father, for the sake of Him who died and rose again and now lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God forever.
People: Amen.
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
Leader: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and + give you peace.
People: Amen.
CLOSING SONG: “To God Be the Glory”
By: Fanny J. Crosby & William H. Doane; 1971 By William J. Gaither, The Fellowship Publications
To God be the glory,
great things He has done,
So loved He the world
that He gave us His Son.
Who yielded His life
an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate
that all may go in.
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Chorus: Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father,
Thro’ Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory,
great things He has done.
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O perfect redemption,
the purchase of blood,
To ev’ry believer
the promise of God;
The vilest offender
who truly believes,
That moment from
Jesus a pardon receives.
Chorus
Great things He hath taught us,
great things He hath done,
And great our rejoicing
thro’ Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher,
and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport,
when Jesus we see.
Chorus
Leader: Go in peace! Serve the Lord!
People: Thanks be to God!
Announcements
New Member Class. Peace is planning for a new member class. If you are interested in becoming a new member of Peace, please let Pastor Lucke know.
Intergenerational Bible Study. We will be having our next intergenerational Bible Study on Sunday, September 1st at 9:00am. We invite you to join us in song, craft, conversation, and reflection during an All-Ages Sunday School hour event.
Fall KiCK OFF. We have some great plans for the fall at Peace. Mark your calendars for Rally Day Next Sunday September 8. Fellowship will consist of a BBQ with lots of fun and games for all. Invite your friends and neighbors.
Bazaar News…. One of the most sought-after items at the bazaar are the incredibly beautiful gift baskets put together by our talented team. The baskets are centered around themes (breakfast basket, coffee basket, wine basket, baking basket, car care basket, get well basket, etc.) with items purchased by our generous congregation members. See Kay G. for more details! Some great shopping places include TJMaxx, Homegoods, and World Market. Please remember to check expiration dates on food items. Nothing that will expire sooner than March 2025.
Basket Items are due next Sunday, September 8th!
If this would be easier…would you consider donating money for the baskets and our team of shoppers can purchase items?
What is Granny’s Attic? For those of you that don’t know, Granny’s Attic is an extension of our annual bizarre. We take in donations of gently used items. Proceeds from the sale of these items benefit organizations in and around Philomath. During the bazaar, Granny’s Attic will be set up in two of the classrooms off the Fellowship Hall. The bazaar is rapidly approaching. Meaning it’s time to think about how you can help. Donations will be accepted now through Sunday, October 20th (please NO clothes, shoes, or large items). So, think about cleaning out a drawer, closet, or garage, and please keep us in mind. For questions, pick up, or delivery contact Jani B. 541.740.4650
Getting the Choir back together. The Peace choir will start practicing again and sing during the service on September8th. Practice starts at 8:00am. If you like to sing, the choir would be glad to have you. Please see Colleen or Diane for more information.
Wanted: Assistant for Elementary Sunday School Class. Do you enjoy making crafts with popsicle sticks? Listening to 5 year olds tell silly stories about milk coming out of their noses? Then consider yourself overly qualified to help in the Elementary Sunday School class this year. Callie is looking for a helper (or multiple folks who could rotate) to assist her with the K-4th graders starting September 8th. Just 45 minutes of your time each week would make a huge difference for our little ones just starting out in their faith journeys. Let Anne know if you are interested! 505-797-7279 or [email protected]
Ladies Guild meetings startING back up. Ladies Guild will be meeting Thursday, September 5 at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. All women are invited to come and have a wonderful hour of fellowship and see what the year has in store for us.”
