HOME WORSHIP RESOURCES
8TH SUNDAY OF PENTECOST - JULY 26, 2020
|
|
|
JULY 26th - 8TH SUNDAY OF PENTECOST
|
|
It's the little things...
Sometimes I feel like the pastor in the cartoon when it comes to technology and worship.
Thank you all for being patient when the slides or overlays take a second or two to match up with what is going on in live-stream worship. Blessed are those who run the A/V booth! It takes focus and practice to develop good timing and feel comfortable with the software, yet I think most people in the congregation could easily run our A/V booth. Maybe you would like to learn! Let me know.
It's the little things that help share the live-stream blessings of God with all.
Communion will be returning soon, now that we have the complexity of moving to live-stream mostly in hand. I still need to work a few more details out with Worship Committee and Altar Guild, but we will be integrating communion back into our weekly rhythm, even if we only have online worship. Our purpose statement calls us to Together, BOLDLY live and share God's grace with all...so there will be multiple options to receive communion.
It's the little things that give us a big taste of God's grace.
I have heard folks express missing some of the ways you all could see each other when we did pre-recorded worship (sending in prayer videos / passing the peace / etc.). I miss that too! We are working on how to blend the best of pre-recorded worship with live-stream, maybe even continuing some of these new ways after we begin re-gathering.
Sometimes the little thing is simply seeing the faces and names of others.
Bishop Sue Briner is preaching this week and in her message will invite you on "the adventure of a lifetime." Bishop Sue concludes a July series of supply preaching. I have cherished the comfort and challenge in all these messages, and the opportunity to hear the dialectic of Law and Gospel from different voices. I will be up to rock the pulpit next Sunday, August 2nd...it's one of my favorite gospel readings...the feeding of the 5000...
where little things turn into 12 baskets full of goodness.
Finally, just an
update on where we are in re-gathering. We have a one-stop landing page on our website (
CLICK HERE) that I encourage you to bookmark. Here you will find re-gathering updates, our re-gathering phasing guide, promises of leadership in this time, and graphs tracking COVID19 locally and beyond that Tristan maintains in the office. We are still watching to see if the recent trend is a sustained decreasing one for our surrounding counties. Council will look at these trends weekly to help best discern when to safely move to Phase 2 and beyond.
Please read the "promises of leadership" document if you haven't done so, as it notes the little things council is doing to keep us safe, which are deeply rooted in God's great big love for all.
Thankful for the little things,
Pastor Vanicek
Special thanks to those who helped make our online worship possible this morning, a powerful witness that even though space may separate us, it is the love of God in Christ which connects and re-connects us this day and always (Janette Clausen, Dusty and Tracy Knight, Tristan Patterson, Fonda Rhoades, Deborah Vanicek).
|
|
The live-stream worship begins at 9AM on Sunday on YouTube and Facebook.
Visit our website (
CLICK HERE
) for links to all our online resources for worship and communication.
|
|
Rev. Sue Briner
was called by our Southwest Texas Synod council in August 2012 as Bishop’s Associate for the Southwestern Texas Synod, and now serves as Bishop of our synod. Prior to serving in our synod, she was the Sr. Pastor of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Summerville, South Carolina. Pastor Briner received her Masters of Divinity from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC in 2003. Prior to seminary, she spent 15 years in the telecommunications industry in a variety of leadership capacities.
|
|
|
|
This Sunday's worship is printed in a downloadable bulletin to aid in your worship this weekend.
|
|
Martin Luther argued that “the ears are the only organs of a Christian,” since it is through the ear that life begins, through hearing the preached Word of God.
Read scripture from YOUR Bible at home. Remember the story of who gave you or how you got your Bible. May this story remind you of your connection to Christ & others.
READINGS FOR PENTECOST+8
1 Kings 3:5-12
(what is YOUR prayer to God?)
Psalm 119:129-136
(receiving a "God makeover")
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
(the kingdom of heaven is like...)
CLICK HERE
for various ways to
DWELL IN THE WORD
.
|
|
REMEMBERING OUR COMMUNION
|
|
One thing that many miss is sharing in Holy Communion.
This time invites us to turn our question from, "How do we receive Holy Communion?” to “How does the Word of God come to us and how do we receive the Word of God?
|
|
Prayer is central to the life of faith because it connects us to God and each other, a reminder that we are never socially distanced in Christ. Please say these names aloud as a way of lifting them up to God this day. Names in
bold
were added this past week. You are welcome in this time of prayer to include your own joys and concerns.
|
|
MEMBERS
Ruby Sanders
Nik Schappe
Shanna Murrell
Marci Wilde
Joe Manno
Jim Dipprey
Faith Trapp
Ken Tate
Wyatt Crouse
Jenny Braeutigam
Vondean Schmidt
Vince Wesch
Sandra Conners
Laverne Pullin
Dick Schroer
Jolene Williams
Annie Woods
Doris Tate
Linda Williams
Mary Posey
Harold Brueckner
Mary Langehennig
|
|
FRIENDS/FAMILY
Peggy Parks
Larry Fritz
Moe Docherty
Jane Swan
Kristen Kuenstler
Kathy Bushrow
Matt Vella
Mike Wilde
Chris Tretter
Ellen Adams
Philip Salyers
Mike Knigge
Craig Fields
Julia Reitz
Lincoln Cortez
Wayne Rhoades
Marnie Casteneda
Wade Herrington
Wanda Center
|
|
Charles Butler
Diane and Bill Burke
Amanda Morris
Danette DeMont
Shane Carpenter
Anne Hunnafin
Greg Schoonmaker
Bob Lenz
Toby Green
Tammy Whitman
Sibi & Don Kraemer
Brayden Ybarra
Larry Stahl
Margo Stahl
Bob & Kris Ward
Ron Burke
Greg Butler
|
|
Jim and Geri Dipprey in the loss of their granddaughter, Katie Lewis.
Mary Posey in the loss of her nephew, Vance VanDemark.
The Hicks Family in the loss of Bryan’s father, Alan Hicks.
|
|
OFFERINGS AND GIFTS TO GOD
|
|
Thank you for your continued generosity toward our operating budget during this time.
Stewardship quote for the week:
“I’m convinced that bone-deep generosity is a way of life that has nothing to do with means and everything to do with desire. It’s one thing to enjoy spasms of personal generosity — a good deed here and a kindness there. It’s another thing to be a person so generous in spirit that a desire to be grateful guides one’s entire outlook on life.” - Peter Marty
If you’re not using electronic giving, you can still mail your offering to the church at 1803 Highway 1431 West, Marble Falls, TX 78654
. And if you’re not already a sustaining member of our ministry through our Consecration Sunday process, this is a great time to ask the question, "What % of my income is God calling me to give?" Even a commitment of $5 or $10 a week can make a huge difference in our community.
or to set up a recurring offering.
Or simply text the amount
you want to give to 830-460-5757.
|
|
BLESSING FOR THE WEEK AHEAD
|
|
Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers,
nor things present, nor things to come,
nor powers, nor heights, nor depths,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us
from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
God, the creator, +Jesus, the Christ,
and the Holy Spirit, the comforter,
bless you and keep you in eternal love. Amen.
|
|
GO IN PEACE...TOGETHER, BOLDLY LIVING AND SHARING GOD'S GRACE WITH ALL!
|
|
LIVE STREAMS FROM OUR SISTER CHURCHES
|
|
If you would like to tune into a
live-stream
or
recorded
worship from one of our
sister ELCA congregations
, click the button below to visit our synod's website archiving a cornucopia of options of how God's people are worshipping.
|
|
PRAYER RESOURCES FOR YOUR WEEK
|
|
This is wonderfully elegant website with a daily scripture reading, music to go along with the reading, and a reflection.
It's also an app for your smartphone. Search for "pray as you go" and take it with you for a way to recenter your day, anytime.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
