4th SUNDAY after PENTECOST June 20, 2021 8:00 am - Zion Lutheran Church 1400 S Duluth Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57105 605-338-5226 www.zlcsf.org - Zion ...

4th SUNDAY after PENTECOST
        June 20, 2021
          8:00 am

     Zion Lutheran Church
      1400 S Duluth Ave
     Sioux Falls, SD 57105
         605-338-5226
         www.zlcsf.org

ORDER OF WORSHIP

AS WE GATHER
In his anguish and affliction, Job must be reminded that, as a finite
creature, he is in no position to question the Maker of the heavens
and the earth. Job’s “words without knowledge” are unable to
penetrate the wisdom of the Lord (Job 38:1–2). For the Lord has
“prescribed limits” and “set bars and doors,” so that “here shall
your proud waves be stayed” (Job 38:9–11). That’s how He
humbles us unto repentance. But also by His powerful Word, He
calms the “great windstorm” and the waves “breaking into the
boat.” He does not permit the chaos of this fallen world to
overwhelm us or bring us to despair. By the Word of His Gospel,
He speaks “Peace!” to us, which bestows the “great calm” of His
new creation (Mark 4:37–39). Therefore, do not be afraid, and do
not receive this grace of God in vain. “Let us therefore come
boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in every time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).

WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPENING HYMN: LSB 395 (verses 1-3, 6)
     O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright
   1   O Morning Star, how fair and bright!
       You shine with God’s own truth and light,
         Aglow with grace and mercy!
       Of Jacob’s race, King David’s son,
       Our Lord and master, You have won
         Our hearts to serve You only!
            Lowly, holy!
         Great and glorious,
         All victorious,
            Rich in blessing!
       Rule and might o’er all possessing!

2      Come, heav’nly Bridegroom, Light divine,
             And deep within our hearts now shine;
                There light a flame undying!
             In Your one body let us be
             As living branches of a tree,
                Your life our lives supplying.
                  Now, though daily
                Earth’s deep sadness
                May perplex us
                  And distress us,
             Yet with heav’nly joy You bless us.

      3      Lord, when You look on us in love,
             At once there falls from God above
               A ray of purest pleasure.
             Your Word and Spirit, flesh and blood
             Refresh our souls with heav’nly food.
               You are our dearest treasure!
                  Let Your mercy
               Warm and cheer us!
               O draw near us!
                  For You teach us
             God’s own love through You has reached us.

      6      What joy to know, when life is past,
             The Lord we love is first and last,
               The end and the beginning!
             He will one day, oh, glorious grace,
             Transport us to that happy place
               Beyond all tears and sinning!
                  Amen! Amen!
               Come, Lord Jesus!
               Crown of gladness!
                  We are yearning
             For the day of Your returning!
Text: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110004897

INVOCATION
Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit.
People: Amen.

CONFESSION and ABSOLUTION
Pastor: Let us confess together:
People: Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature
sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought,
word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have
left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we
have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve
Your present and eternal punishment. 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.

Pastor: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for
you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and
ordained Servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore
forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Thanks be to God. Amen.

INTROIT: Psalm 124; antiphon: verse 8
Pastor: If the Lord had not been on our side—
People: let Israel say—

Pastor: if the Lord had not been on our side
People: when people attacked us,

Pastor: they would have swallowed us alive
People: when their anger flared against us;

Pastor: the flood would have engulfed us,
People: the torrent would have swept over us,

Pastor: the raging waters
People: would have swept us away.

Pastor: Praise be to the Lord,
People: who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

Pastor: We have escaped like a bird from the fowler’s snare;
People: the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

Pastor: Our help is in the name of the Lord,
People: the Maker of heaven and earth.

Pastor: Glory be to the Father and to the Son
People: and to the Holy Spirit;

Pastor: as it was in the beginning,
People: is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Pastor: Our help is in the name of the Lord,
People: the Maker of heaven and earth.

KYRIE
Pastor: In peace let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.

Pastor: For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray
to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.

Pastor: For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the
Church of God, and for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord.
People (sing): Lord, have mercy.

Pastor: For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship
and praise, let us pray to the Lord.
People (sing): Lord, have mercy.

Pastor: Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
People (sing): Amen.

HYMN OF PRAISE: This Is the Feast
            This is the feast of victory for our God.
                    Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
  Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain, whose blood set
                  us free to be people of God.
            This is the feast of victory for our God.
                    Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
   Power, riches, wisdom, and strength, and honor, blessing,
                        and glory are His.
            This is the feast of victory for our God.
                    Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
  Sing with all the people of God, and join in the hymn of all
                             creation:
  Blessing, honor, glory, and might be to God and the Lamb
                         forever. Amen.
            This is the feast of victory for our God.
                    Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
  For the Lamb who was slain has begun His reign. Alleluia.
            This is the feast of victory for our God.
                    Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

SALUTATION AND PRAYER OF THE DAY

Pastor: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.

Pastor: Let us pray together.

All: O Lord, whose gracious presence never fails to guide and
govern those whom You have nurtured in Your steadfast love
and worship, make us ever revere and adore Your holy name;
through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and
reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever. Amen.

TIME IN THE WORD

The Children’s Bible Reading: Page 276

First Reading: Job 38:1-11
Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:

“Who is this that obscures my plans with words without
knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and
you shall answer me. “Where were you when I laid the earth’s
foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its
dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line
across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its
cornerstone—while the morning stars sang together and all the
angels shouted for joy? “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it
burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness, when I fixed limits for it and set
its doors and bars in place, when I said, ‘This far you may come
and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?

Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

Epistle Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in
vain. For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the
day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s
favor, now is the day of salvation. We put no stumbling block in
anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather,
as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great
endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings,
imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and
hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the
Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power
of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the
left; through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report;
genuine, yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as
unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed;
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich;
having nothing, and yet possessing everything. We have spoken
freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. We
are not withholding our affection from you, but you are
withholding yours from us. As a fair exchange—I speak as to my
children—open wide your hearts also.

Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

Please rise out of respect for the words and ministry of Jesus
Christ.

RESPONSE
People (Sing): Alleluia. Lord to whom shall we go? You have
the words of eternal life. Alleluia, Alleluia.

The Holy Gospel: Mark 4:35–41
People (sing): Glory to You, O Lord.

That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go
over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him
along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with
him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat,
so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a
cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t
you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to
the waves, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was
completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid?
Do you still have no faith?” They were terrified and asked each
other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

Reader: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
People (sing): Praise to You, O Christ.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

SERMON HYMN: LSB 763 When Peace, like a River

   1   When peace, like a river, attendeth my way;
           When sorrows, like sea billows, roll;
       Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
           It is well, it is well with my soul.
       It is well (It is well) with my soul, (with my soul),
       It is well, it is well with my soul.

   2   Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
           Let this blest assurance control,
       That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate
           And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
       It is well (It is well) with my soul, (with my soul),
       It is well, it is well with my soul.

3      He lives—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought;
                 My sin, not in part, but the whole,
             Is nailed to His cross, and I bear it no more.
                 Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
             It is well (It is well) with my soul, (with my soul),
             It is well, it is well with my soul.

      4      And, Lord, haste the day when our faith shall be sight,
                 The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,
             The trumpet shall sound and the Lord shall descend;
                 Even so it is well with my soul.
             It is well (It is well) with my soul, (with my soul),
             It is well, it is well with my soul.
Text: Public domain

THE SERMON

NICENE CREED

      I believe in one God; the Father Almighty, maker of
heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.

       And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of
God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God,
Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things
were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down
from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin
Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under
Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And on the third
day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended
into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He
will come again with glory to judge both the living and the
dead, whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of
life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the
Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who
spoke by the prophets.
       And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic
Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,
and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the
world to come. Amen.

OFFERING ANNOUNCEMENT

PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH

SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT

Pastor: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.

Pastor: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.

Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give Him thanks and praise.

Pastor: It is truly good, right, and salutary………..evermore
praising you and singing:

People (sing): Holy, holy, holy Lord God of pow’r and might:
Heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna. Hosanna.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name
of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

THE LORD’S PRAYER
All: 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.

THE WORDS OF OUR LORD

PAX DOMINI
Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
People: Amen.

AGNUS DEI
People (sing): Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the
world; have mercy on us. Lamb of God, You take away the sin
of the world; have mercy on us. Lamb of God, You take away
the sin of the world; grant us peace.

COMMUNION

COMMUNION HYMN: LSB 507 Holy, Holy, Holy

   1   Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
         Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
       Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
         God in three persons, blessèd Trinity!

2      Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
               Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
             Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
               Which wert and art and evermore shalt be.

      3      Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,
               Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see,
             Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
               Perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.

      4      Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
               All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth and sky
             and sea.
             Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
               God in three persons, blessèd Trinity!
Text: Public domain

COMMUNION HYMN: LSB 770
     What a Friend We Have in Jesus

     1       What a friend we have in Jesus,
               All our sins and griefs to bear!
             What a privilege to carry
               Ev’rything to God in prayer!
             Oh, what peace we often forfeit;
               Oh, what needless pain we bear—
             All because we do not carry
               Ev’rything to God in prayer!

     2       Have we trials and temptations?
               Is there trouble anywhere?
             We should never be discouraged—
               Take it to the Lord in prayer.
             Can we find a friend so faithful
               Who will all our sorrows share?
             Jesus knows our ev’ry weakness—
               Take it to the Lord in prayer.

3       Are we weak and heavy laden,
                Cumbered with a load of care?
             Precious Savior, still our refuge—
                Take it to the Lord in prayer.
             Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
                Take it to the Lord in prayer.
             In His arms He’ll take and shield thee;
                Thou wilt find a solace there.
Text: Public domain

COMMUNION HYMN: LSB 809 Great Is Thy Faithfulness
      1      Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
               There is no shadow of turning with Thee.
             Thou changest not: Thy compassions, they fail not;
               As Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be.
             Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
               Morning by morning new mercies I see;
             All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
               Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

      2      Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
               Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
             Join with all nature in manifold witness
               To Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
             Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
               Morning by morning new mercies I see;
             All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
               Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

      3      Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
               Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
             Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
               Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
             Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
               Morning by morning new mercies I see;
             All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
               Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Text: Public domain

DISMISSAL and PRAYER

BENEDICTION

CLOSING HYMN: LSB 602 The Gifts Christ Freely Gives
                                        (verses 1-2, 6)
  1 The gifts Christ freely gives
       He gives to you and me
     To be His Church, His bride,
       His chosen, saved and free!
     Saints blest with these rich gifts
       Are children who proclaim
     That they were won by Christ
       And cling to His strong name.

     2       The gifts flow from the font
               Where He calls us His own;
             New life He gives that makes
               Us His and His alone.
             Here He forgives our sins
               With water and His Word;
             The triune God Himself
               Gives pow’r to call Him Lord.

     6       All glory to the One
               Who lavishes such love;
             The triune God in love
               Assures our life above.
             His means of grace for us
               Are gifts He loves to give;
             All thanks and praise for His
               Great love by which we live!
Text: © 2001 Richard C. Resch. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110004897

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All: and serving Jesus Christ by serving others!