Seventh Sunday After Pentecost

Next Sunday, July 26, the ministry cabinet leadership meets in the fellowship hall after worship. If you still have updated information for the church directory, call the church office by July 27th. The finalized directory will be printed in August.

All voting members of grace in good standing are urged to attend the special congregational meeting on Sunday, August 2nd at 11:30 in the fellowship hall for the sole purpose of electing a call committee. A letter was mailed on July 16th to all current voting members. If you are a voting member and did not receive the letter, please call the church office.

Again, last week we had Christy Halen from Isaiah 117 House with us. Today we do have the lemonade stand in support of a nationwide fundraiser for Isaiah 117 House. Please join us.

Committee chairs, your MSP worksheets are in your boxes. Electronic versions to follow. Now, let us read our mission statement together.

We share God's grace by welcoming all people, growing together in faith, and joining God's work in our community. [music] Now is [singing] the time to worship. >> [music] >> Now is the time [singing and music] to give your [music] just as [singing] you are to worship.

[music] Come [singing] just as you are before [music] your >> [music] >> One day everyone [music] every [singing] still the greatest treasure remains for those [music] who choose. [music] Now is the time to worship. Come.

Now is the time [music] to give your come [music] just as you are to worship. [music] Come just as you [singing and music] are before your come. [music] I invite you to stand as you are able and join me for the confession.

Blessed be the Holy Trinity, one God, whose compassion endures forever. >> Amen. >> Let us confess our sin to God.

Compassionate God, we confess to you all our sins. Our burden is heavy and we cannot free ourselves. In your mercy, call us back to you.

Your yoke is easy and your burden is light. Restore us to dwell in your peace. In Christ's name we pray.

Amen. Jesus said, "Come to me all you who are weary and carrying heavy burdens and I will give you rest." In the name of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, your sins are forgiven. Rest in God's love.

Amen. In this place, [music] as the darkness away. [music] See in this place our dreams [music] to you in the light of this day.

Gather us in [music] the lost and forsaken us in the blind and [singing] the lame [music] and we shall obey you. We shall arise at the sound of the wind. [music] We are [singing] the We are the [music] for your face.

[singing] We have been s throughout all of history called to [music] praise. Gather the [music] sick, [singing] the rich and the gather, the proud and the strong. Give us the heart, [music and singing] the weak and lonely.

Give us the courage to enter the song. [music] Here we will take [music and singing] the wine and the water. Here we will take the [music] bread and the earth.

Here you shall [music] the peace of the earth. [music] Give us to the bread of it and [music] teach us to passion. Lights that are holy and hearts that are true.

[music] Not in the dark. Not [music] to shining now is [music] the kingdom and the day. [music] Gather us forever.

Gather [music] us in and make us your own. Gather us in all peoples together. [music] >> 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. Inace [singing] [music] to the Lord [singing] have mercy. Christ have mercy.

Lord have mercy. >> For the reign [music] [singing] of God and for peace throughout the world for the unity of God. [singing] Let us pray to the [music] Lord.

have mercy. Christ [singing] have mercy. Lord [music] have mercy.

>> For your people here who have come to give you praise [singing] for the strength to live your word. Let us pray to the Lord. >> Lord have mercy.

[music] Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. Help save and defend us, oh God.

[singing] [music] [singing] [singing and music] All creation sings for joy to the God [music and singing] of life and all of praise and glory forever [music] more. Now is the feast [singing and music] of the lamb of slain whose blood has [music] us to be one [singing] with people of God. [music] Now the feast of celebration all creation sings the joy to the God of life and [music and singing] love freedom.

Praise and glory forever more. Power and riches [music and singing] wisdom and honor and glory to tri [singing] forever. Now the feast is [music and singing] celebration.

All creation sings the joy to the God of life and [music and singing] all the freedom praise and glory forever more. For God [singing] has come to dwell with us [music] to make us people of God to make all [singing] things new. [music] Have a [singing] feast and celebration.

All creation [music] sings for joy to the God of [singing] life and love and freedom. Praise [music] and glory forever. [music] >> The Lord be with you.

>> And also with you. >> Let us pray together. Faithful God, most merciful judge, you care for your children with firmness and compassion.

By your spirit, nurture us who live in your kingdom, >> that we may be rooted in the way of your son, Jesus Christ, our savior and lord. >> Amen. >> Please be seated.

Good morning everyone. >> Good morning. So, I'm going to start bringing up all loves us.

>> Very good. All right. Repeat after me.

[singing] Christian [singing] back [singing] to Excellent. >> Okay. So, what we're going to do is have the two different go.

Here we go. [music] >> [music] >> Christian sist [music and singing] love [music] Christian is your call to love your God [music] loves us all. Love [music] is your love your neighbor as yourself [music] [singing] to love your neighbors as your God [music] loves us.

[music] [singing] Christians, this is your call [music] to love your neighbors as your God [singing and music] users. [music] [singing] God loves us all. God [music] loves us.

God loves us. God [music] loves us. [applause] We're all children of God.

>> And if you weren't in Bible school and would like to join us, please do. >> Good. Sure.

>> Well, I'm certainly glad you're here. Are you glad you're here? Yep.

And God is glad you're here. That's the point of the whole thing. Um I love the shirts.

I love the Bible school. I I sort of looked in a couple of days and I saw in the rainforest a creature. Do you remember Doy?

Yeah. And one day I saw a creature tea. Yeah.

That whole the whole cre that whole rainforest was pretty amazing, wasn't it? >> What what was the most special thing for you? >> Okay.

Anybody else? What was the most special thing? >> We got to >> Okay.

Yes, sir. [laughter] >> The whole week was extra special. I'm sure it was.

I didn't see everything that happened, but I also heard this that song we sung. I heard it the two days that I was able to look in and one of the the lines is, you remember the line, God loves us all. Love your neighbor as yourself, for God loves us all.

Guess what? God doesn't just love us. What you discovered in the rainforest faults was God loves the world.

God loves the whole creation. That's called creation. Do you do you see a rainforest falls here in Rockill?

I I don't see anything like rainforest there. Um, do you see a desert here in Rock Hill? Nope.

>> Nope. Deserts, >> places like Rock Hill, Rainforest Falls, that's all part of what's called the God's creation. And the very first story in the Bible is about God making everything that is.

And when God finished making all the creation, God saw everything that he had made and said, "This is very good." Well, here millions of years later, there's some things that are not good. The hot sun dries up things. Weeds come up in the garden.

Um, sometimes animals suffer. But listen to the Bible in a few minutes. There's going to be a wonderful line in there that reminds us God doesn't just love us.

God loves the whole creation. And the word from the Bible is this whole creation is waiting with eager longing for the children of God. Who are the children of God?

It's you and you and you and you and you and you and you and all of us. The whole creation rainforest falls from the deserts to the forest are waiting for the revealing of the children of God. You've got a [clears throat] job to do.

I have a job to do right now. is to take care of God's creation because the day is coming when God's not going to make just us right, but God isn't going to make the whole creation perfect like it once was. So, you had a wonderful time and a part of God's creation and I hope it reminded you that's that's your gift.

That's the way you serve God by taking care of God's creation. Wherever you are, wherever you are. Let's pray.

Dear God, >> Dear God, >> thank you. >> Thank you. >> You made me >> You made me >> You made the whole creation.

>> You made the whole creation. >> Help me. >> Help me.

every day >> every day >> in some way >> in some way >> to be a blessing >> to be a blessing >> to your creation >> to your creation >> in Jesus name. >> in Jesus name. >> Amen.

>> Amen. >> Well, thank you for the song. Thank you for coming.

precious. Good morning. >> A reading from the prophet Isaiah.

Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts. I am the first and I am the last. Beside me there is no God.

Who is like me? Let them proclaim it. Let them declare and set it forth before me.

Who has announced from of old the things to come? Let them tell us what is yet to be. Do not fear or be afraid.

Have I not told you from of old and declared it? You are my witnesses. If there any god besides me, there is no other rock.

I know not one. >> The word of the Lord. >> Thanks be to God.

>> Continue with the song. [music] and I [singing] will walk in your truth. Teach [music] me your way, [singing] oh Lord, and I will walk in your truth.

[music] Teach me your way, [singing] oh Lord, and I will walk in your [music] truth. Give me an [singing] univided heart to reveal your name. >> [music] >> I thank you Lord my God [singing] with all my heart and glorify your name [singing and music] forever [music] in your truth [music] for great is your love [singing and music] toward me You have delivered me from the pit of death.

[music] The arrogant [singing] rise up against me, oh God, and a band [singing and music] of violent people seeks my [singing and music] set you, [singing] oh Lord, are gracious and full of compassion, [music] slow to anger and full of kindness [singing] and truth. [music] Turn to me and have mercy [singing] on me. [music] Give your strength to your servant and save [singing] the child of God.

[music] Show me a sign of [singing] your favor so that those who hate me [music] may see [singing] it and be put to shame [music] because [singing] you have me and comforted me. [music] Teach me Lord [music] [singing] your truth. A reading from Paul's letter to the Romans.

So then, brothers and sisters, we are obligated not to the flesh to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

For all are led by the spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, "Aba, Father," it is that very spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint hes with Christ. if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its enslavement to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been growing, groaning together as it suffers together the pains of labor.

And not only the creation, but we ourselves who have the first fruits of the spirit grown inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope.

For who hopes for what is already for what one already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God. [music] >> Halleluah. [singing] Halleluah.

[music] Eternal life. Hallelu. [music] Halleluah.

Halleluah. [music] We go. You have the words of eternal [music] life.

Hallelu. >> The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew the 13th chapter.

>> Glory to you, Lord. >> Jesus put before the crowd another parable. The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who swed good seed in his field.

But while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and swed weeds among the wheat and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, "Master, did you not sow good seed in your field?

Where then did these weeds come from? He answered, "An enemy has done this." The slave said to him, "Then do you want us to go and gather them?" But he replied, "No, for in gathering the weeds, you would upset the wheat among them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest.

And at harvest time, I will tell the reapers, "Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn." Later Jesus said, "He left the crowds and went into the house, and the disciples approached him, saying, explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field." He answered, "The one who sws the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed of the children of the kingdom. The weeds of the children of the evil one, and the enemy who swed them is the devil.

The harvest is at the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and nashing of teeth.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their father. Let anyone with ears listen. The gospel of the Lord.

>> Praise to you, O Christ. >> Please be seated. This is wrong.

an all too frequent injustice. A Harlem man whom prosecutors let rot in a cell for decades, despite evidence overwhelmingly supporting suggesting that he was innocent of the murder, returned to Manhattan's criminal court for the first time since his 1995 sentence to see his name cleared. Reported the New York Daily News in April.

Now 58 years old, Hen Harry Ruiz spent 25 years in prison after being convicted of the 1993 killing of Emmanuel Felix based on the testimony of a 13-year-old girl who repeatedly changed her story and whose mother was receiving cash payments in the thousands of dollars while the Manhattan District Attorney's Office under its longtime head Robert Morganthal. The court heard on April 27. Ruiz was released in 2019.

His lawyer, Ron Kubie, and two district, assistant district attorneys, asked Justice Robert Mandelbomb to dismiss the decades long indictment and conviction, citing a case load of new evidence that was not disclosed in Ruiz's November 1994 trial. In addition to ignoring glaring inconsistencies in the sole witnesses witness account, KBS prosecutors to acknowledge that they illegally hid from the defense benefits provided to the girl's mom. They buried evidence identifying the true killer provided by informants who came forward years after his trial.

In a scathing decision he read from the bench, Judge Mandelbomb granted the motion. Best-selling author John Gisham, When Not Writing, is active on the board of the Innocence Project. And Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongly committed.

They aren't weeding. They're writing injustice. groups operating online today known as NVE.

Neilistic violent extremists are truly evil. rooted in a hatred of society at large, USA Today reported Tuesday, and a desire to bring about its collapse by sowing indiscriminate chaos, destruction, and instability. The groups coerc vulnerable victims, including children, into performing acts on video or live stream of self harm.

of animal cruelty, of sexually explicit acts or suicide. July the 8th, an NVE leader, Alexis Adair Chavez of San Antonio was sentenced to 40 years in prison. In October of 2023, Chavez and a co-conspirator tried to get a minor girl to kill herself by overdosing on pills in a video chat.

Chavez was involved in multiple instances of coercing or attempting to coersse a minor to harm themselves or to commit harm. These groups work in concert with one another toward a common purpose of destroying civilized society through corruption and exploitation of vulnerable populations, including minors, the DOJ reported. How can this be?

How can people do these things to one another? Why is there such wrong and evil in this world? Why won't God do something about all that's wrong with this world?

Why won't God rid this world of evil? If God is slow to respond, if God seems reluctant to do something to correct all the sin and evil in this fallen world, then perhaps we had better take things into our own hands. I meet people who have very clear ideas of what is right and what is wrong.

Some tell me in no uncertain terms who in the culture around us is right and who is wrong and often are clear to point out to me that if unless I agree I must be wrong too. I believe that something like this prompted Jesus parable that Matthew reports to us today from the 13th chapter of his gospel. Last week, it was a story about what some of us today might see as the reckless, wasteful actions of a farmer who threw seed everywhere with no mention of soil preparation, irrigation, or even proper seed selection.

That story made little sense to us sophisticated 21st century professionals who understand farming today as primarily aggra business done by huge corporations. As if that weren't enough, apparently Jesus continued that train of thought with today's parable about weeds in the wheat field. Listen closely to Jesus, but avoid getting caught up in the details too literally.

Good wheat seed sprouts good. But soon weeds begin to appear in abundance among the wheat. The field hands are clueless.

Perhaps the problem was the quality of the seed. Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? The master seems to know clearly what has happened and who is responsible.

The clueless field hands are anxious to redeem themselves. Do you want us to take care of this problem? We know what's good and we know what's bad.

We can rid your fields of unwanted wheat. And once again, the master seems fully aware of what's happening, has a plan to respond, and the timeline only the master knows. Why is there evil in this world?

Why is there injustice, oppression, and so much more in this world? Why do bad things happen even to good people? Why, if God is truly in control, does God not intervene and write the wrong and destroy the wicked and the wrongdoers?

That issue troubles me and many I know. This is the issue that troubled many in the world into which Jesus came and the world to which Matthew wrote this gospel. Why is there evil?

Why is there wrong? And what shall we do about it? Knowing what we do about the world and the challenges for the church in the closing years of the first century AD, help us understand the parable and its message.

The Christian church to which Matthew wrote lived through the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and the nation of Judah, through the expulsion of Christians from Jewish synagogues, and from the dispersion of both Jews and Christians across the known world by the power of the Roman Empire. Is there any compelling reason to go on believing to try to be faithful when everything has been destroyed? When it appears that the oppressive forces of this world, that sin and evil that brought about the in crucifixion of Jesus will finally and inevitably bring an end to the hopes of the kingdom of God.

and the church in this world. This is my father's world, wrote him writer Maltibcock over a hundred years ago. Though the wrong seems off so strong, God is the ruler.

Yet this is why this parable would have been good news to the struggling Christians of the late first century and to those of us today who struggle to be faithful in the face of a world of sin and evil and the complexity of issues around us. Yes, the parable says, "What was once good has been corrupted, and it may appear easy to distinguish the good from the bad." It seems a relatively simple task to rid the world of what is bad. To weed out those who aren't like us, whose conduct and character don't conform to what we've been taught is good and right and God pleasing.

If God is slow to act, they are fervent, zealous religious groups and believers who consider themselves quite capable and qualified to judge and to act. But what was Jesus saying to those who heard him speak? I wonder if it wasn't speaking to the zealous good religious folk of his day that had already questioned Jesus actions and the company he kept.

Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? The Pharisees demanded of Jesus disciples earlier in his ministry. I suspect there were occasions when religious leaders were quick to point out to Jesus that he had some sinners among the multitudes that followed him.

Not just Roman collaborators like tax collectors, but prostitutes, people with contagious skin diseases, congenital birth defects. The crowds that followed Jesus resembled more the charity ward of a city hospital than First Church USA, home to the rich, the famous, and the pious. Why do you have such people among the good folk like us in your discipling community, Jesus?

We can get rid of those that have no right, that have no place here among us. Religious leaders of Jesus today used religious laws to help them decide the good from the bad and determine what actions were right and what actions were wrong. Wait, says the master.

Wait. and in no uncertain terms informed everyone that not only was the master aware of the situation, but the master was not caught by surprise as were the field hands and had a plan that even at that moment was already at work. That's the good news today, folks.

I need Jesus to remind me When the ambiguity of this world comes confronting me as it has of late, this is my father's world. And though the wrong seems off so strong, God is the ruler. Yet it's not up to me to make judgments about what is good and who is bad, whose actions, lifestyles, choices, what have you, or better than anothers about who should be included and who should be put out of God's circle of care and concern.

It is up to me with all my flaws and failings to strive with God's help and the power of the spirit of the risen Lord to serve God when I can and where I can and how I can as I respond to the needs and the hurts of those around me. and to remain forever grateful for God's patient persistence, waiting and understanding in ways I will never fully know or comprehend the possibility of redeeming even those who seem most hopelessly lost. Jesus parable reminds me today that God is never more fully present than when everything argues for God's absence.

Long before Babcock's faith gave birth to the hymn text, believers through the ages clone [clears throat] tightly to gospel truth. This is my father's world. And though the wrong seems also strong, God is the ruler yet.

Amen. >> Amen. >> [music] >> God mercy.

[music] And we all [music] glorify [music] the precious. Oh my god. [music] Glorious [music] to everyone.

[music] All the [music] whole church. Let us confess our faith using the words of the apostles 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 Pontious Pilot, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day, he rose again.

He ascended into 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 s, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

Amen. Trusting in God's steadfast love for all God has made. Let us pray for the church, the world, and all of creation.

God our source, protect your church from those who sow weeds among the wheat. Where we trade grace for judgment, restore us. Where we get lost among the complexities of life, guide us.

God of grace, >> here our pray. God, our creator, sustain creation in places not easily seen, the depths of oceans, microscopic plants and animals, galaxies beyond our own. May we share Earth's dedication to hope for what we do not yet see.

God of grace, >> here our pray. >> God, our soil, we yearn to live on your lands and waters with justice and in righteousness. Renew the hearts of all in authority that our leaders guide wisely toward the flourishing of all.

God of grace, >> here our pray. >> God our rock, be a source of constancy for those whose lives have been uprooted by war, eviction, global climate change, unemployment, harassment, false witness to their character or illness or injury. especially those we lift before you now, whether silently or aloud.

>> God of grace, >> here our pray. God our teacher guide and provide for all summer camp staff and campers, daycare professionals, librarians, summer school educators and coaches, teachers preparing for the coming academic year, and youth becoming firsttime babysitters. God of grace, >> here our pray.

[clears throat] >> God, our hope, the message of your salvation is planted among us in all times and places. We give you thanks for the witness of all saints who shine like the sun in your presence. God of grace, >> here our pray.

>> Grateful for your abundant provision and trusting in your goodness, we cast all our cares upon you through the abundant grace of Christ Jesus. >> Amen. >> The peace of the Lord be with you always.

>> And also with you. >> As you're comfortable, share a sign of God's peace. It's all >> [music] >> And he will [singing] raise you up.

[singing and music] You are the bread of dawn. Make you to shine [music] like the sun and hold you in [music] the forel [music] in your shadow for life. [singing] Say [music] to the Lord, my rock [singing and music] my and he will raise [music] you up on evil [singing] wings.

Bear [music] you on the breath of [singing] dawn. make you to shine like [music] the sun and hold you in [singing] the palm of his hand. The [singing and music] spare of the power will never capture you and [music and singing] will bring you no fear.

>> [music] >> for his week, [singing] your refuge, his faithfulness, [music] your shield, [singing] and he [music] will praise you all [singing] [music] you make [music] to [singing] shine like the sun and hold you in the [music] palm [singing] of his hand. You [singing] not fear the [music] terror of the night, nor the [singing] arrow that flies [music] by thous [singing] [music] [singing] you [music] wings. Beg you all [singing] the breath of dawn.

Make [music] you to shine like the sun. [singing] I hold you in the [singing and music] of his hand. [music] For [singing] his angels to guard [music and singing] you in all of your ways.

>> [singing] >> on their hands. They will [music] bear you up to dash [singing] your foot against the stor. And he will [music and singing] raise you up [music] on [singing] the breath of dawn.

Make [music] you to shine like the sun [singing] and hold you. [music] [singing] You hold you in [singing and music] the heart. [music] Oh, [music] we must [music] >> [music] [singing] >> were gathered into one to become [music] a world.

So may all your people from all the ends of the earth be gathered [music] into [singing] one in you. As this cup of blessing [music and singing] share within our days, may we share the presence of your Lord. As the [singing and music] gra of scattered on the hill were gathered into one to become [music] our so may all the [singing] ends of earth be [music] one in you.

Let this be a [music] creation with you. [music] As the great of weed on the hill [singing] were gathered into [music] one to become our breath. So may all your people from all the ends of earth be gathered into one [singing] in you.

>> Let us pray together. >> Loving God, we offer at your table the gifts of our hearts. Help us take part in you and share freely of your work so that all creation can taste your abundance.

We ask this in the name of Jesus through the spirit abiding with us now and forever. >> Amen. >> 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, our duty and our joy that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise to you, Almighty and merciful God, through our Savior Jesus Christ, 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 all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth, and the host of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn. >> Holy, [music] holy, [singing] holy are you God of power and might. [music] Heaven and earth are full of your glory [music] in the [singing] highest.

Blessed is the one who comes in your name [music] in the highestana in the highest. [music] >> Holy, mighty, and merciful Lord, heaven and earth are full of your glory. In great love, you sent to us Jesus, your son, who reached out to heal the sick and suffering, who preached good news to the poor, and who on the cross opened his arms to all.

In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat. This is my body given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.

Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people, for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me. Remembering therefore his death, resurrection, and ascension, we await his coming in glory.

Pour out upon us the spirit of your love, O Lord, and unite the wills of those who share this heavenly food, the body and blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord, to whom with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, now and forever. Amen. >> Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray.

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. >> Heaven has come near. Come share in the feast.

>> Thanks be to God. >> [music] [singing] >> God, you [music] take away the sin of the world, have [music] mercy [singing] on us, mercy on us, mercy on us. [music] Lamb of God, you break the chains of nature and fear.

[music] Have mercy on us. Mercy on us. Mercy on us.

[music] Lamb of God, you are the way of [music] mercy on us. Mercy on us. Mercy [music] [singing] have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us. Mercy on us. Mercy on us.

Lamb of [music] God, you take the s of the world. Grant [music] us peace. Grant us peace.

Grant us >> [music] >> Christ. Back up. >> [music] >> Yes, Christ.

Now is the time to worship. [music] Now is [music and singing] the time to give your heart. [music] Just as [singing] you are to worship [music] [singing] just as you [music] are before your [music] feet.

Now is the time [music] to worship. >> [music] >> Now is the time to give [music] your heart. [singing] Just as you [music] are to worship.

[music] Just as you were [singing] before your [music] time of confess [singing] [music] the greatest treasure remains [music] for those that leads you to God. [music] [singing] Now is the time to worship. [music] Now is [singing] the time to give your heart.

[singing and music] Just as you are to worship. [music] Come. [singing] Just as you are before you are [music] you Christ.

heart [music] from deep inside [music] the earth. Come deep inside the earth. All deep inside [music] me for you.

Oh God, oh [music] God, from [music] deep inside I [music] deeply [music] for you. Oh God, [music] we go. >> [music] >> from deeper.

From deep earth from [music] this earth [music] Thank you. [music] >> [music] >> Hallelujah. Christ.

[music] Bless you. [music] >> [music] >> The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. Amen.

>> Let us pray together. Compassionate God, through the gifts of bread and wine, our hearts are filled with the abundance of your love. Strengthen us that we through this holy meal may share your love freely as you have shared with us.

We ask this in the name of Jesus through the spirit nourishing us now and forever. >> Amen. Creator, redeemer, sustainer, one God bless, heal and hold you today and always.

>> Amen. [music] >> [music] >> Oh, God. [music] >> [music] >> We praise your gracious to to [music] the river.

I see on the star. [music] Oh God of see [music] you to hear your goel. >> [music] >> gracious [music] me through the proc.

[music] Precious sharing grace [music] has come here. >> Thanks be to God. >> [music] >> video.

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