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Grace Lutheran Church
September 5, 2021GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Gathering around Grace – Growing in Grace – Going with Grace
in Yorba Linda, California, the land of gracious living
6550 Fairmont Blvd
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
# 714-779-2384 / gracelutheran.church
Accompanist – Margie E.
Pastor Phillip Sievert – 720-364-1002 / pastor@gracelutheran.church
Welcome
If you would like to know more about Grace, visit our website at gracelutheran.church. A membership
class, a class that covers the basic teachings of the Bible and what it means to be a Christian is beginning
soon. Contact Pastor Sievert for more information. We would also love to share information with you
about our Sunday worship services, our weekly Bible Classes, and our youth programs.
Grace Lutheran Church
is a member of the
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
and California Lutheran High School
2|PageLIVING FAITH
The book of James says, “Faith without works is dead.” (2:17) That means
we are called to living faith, an active faith, a loving faith. Today we start a
journey through the book of James and pray God’s Spirit creates in us a
LIVING FAITH:
Today – A living faith is a LISTENING faith
Pentecost 15
Week 2 - is a FAVORING faith
September 5,
2021
Week 3 - is a SPEAKING faith
Week 4 - is a PEACEMAKING faith
Week 5 - gets JUDGING faith
Week 6 - gets MONEY faith
M: God invites us to come into his presence and worship him with a humble
and penitent hearts. Therefore, let us acknowledge our sinfulness and ask
We openly admit and him to forgive us.
take responsibility for
our sins against God. C: Holy and merciful Father, I confess that I am by nature sinful, and that I
God responds by have disobeyed you in my thoughts, words and actions. I have done what
giving us full is evil and failed to do what is good. For this I deserve your punishment
forgiveness based on both now and in eternity. But I am truly sorry for my sins and trusting in
the work of Jesus
my Savior Jesus Christ, I pray: Lord have mercy on me, a sinner.
Christ. ( 1 John
1:8,9; John 20:23)
M: God, our heavenly Father, has been merciful to us and has given his only
Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Therefore, as a called servant of
Christ and by his authority, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
PRAYER AND PRAISE
LORD, HAVE MERCY
M: For all that we need in life and for the wisdom to use all your gifts with
gratitude and joy, hear our prayer, O Lord.M: For the steadfast assurance that nothing can separate us from your love
and for the courage to stand firm against the assaults of Satan and every
evil, hear our prayer, O Christ.
M: For the well-being of your holy Church in all the world and for those who
offer here their worship and praise, hear our prayer, O Lord.
M: Merciful God, maker and preserver of life, uphold us by your power and
keep us in your tender care.
M: Let us pray.
O God, you reveal your mighty power chiefly in showing mercy and kindness.
Grant us the full measure of your grace that we may obtain your promises and
become partakers of your heavenly glory; through your Son, Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever.
C: Amen.
4|PageTHE WORD
FIRST READING Isaiah 35:4-7a
4sayto those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you.”
5Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert.
7The burning sand will become a pool,
the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
GOSPEL READING Mark 7:31-37
31Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of
Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.32There some people brought to him a
man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand
on him.
33After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s
ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.34He looked up to heaven and
with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”).35At this,
the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak
plainly.
36Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they
kept talking about it.37People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done
everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
5|PageHYMN OF THE DAY I Pray Lord
1. I pray Lord, come and please do for me what for myself I cannot do.
When all my sins are laid before me, my only hope is found in you.
My sin outdistances contrition– So cold, complacent vain am I.
Remind me of my dark condition and of the quaking Sinai.
Text:
Beth
Dauenhauer 2. Again within the struggle rages, my pride against your will, O Lord.
I daily earn but my sin's wages; My faults I hide, my guilt I hoard.
Tune and Setting:
Sarah R. And still there is no condemnation, No guilt to own, no debt to pay!
Lambrecht Christ was the price for my salvation, A price no treasure can repay.
3. Lend me your death and resurrection; Breathe life into this hollow frame,
That every thought and word and action display your love, declare your name.
I pray Lord, come and please do for me. What for myself I cannot do!
Christ, raise your cross and go before me; Of Spirit born, I follow you.
6|PageSERMON READING James 1:19-27
19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to
listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not
produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth
and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which
A Living Faith can save you.
Is
A Listening Faith 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it
says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone
who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and
1. Slow to speak
immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the
perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have
2. Slow to anger heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their
3. Quick to
tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our
respond
Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their
distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
With Christians around the world and in ages past (this statement of faith has been used by
Christians for 1700 years), we confess our faith in the one, true God, who reveals himself as Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit.
7|PageOFFERING OF PRAYERS
Special prayer requests are included today for:
Brad Challacombe who is hospitalized
Carolyn Cunningham’s great grandchildren who have Covid
Those in our nation recovering from threatening storms.
LORD’S PRAYER
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
BLESSING
M: The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.
C: AMEN.
_______________________________
CALENDAR
Monday Labor Day
Tuesday Church council
Thursday - Zoom online Bible Study at 10 AM / ? 7 PM
September 9-15 –Orange County Vote Center on site
Friday - Sermon Recording
Sunday - 8:30 AM – BIBLE STUDY – ONE ON ONE
9:30 AM – Worship
8|PageSeptember 20th – Little Lambs at Grace
outreach ministry kickoff!
October 17th - Installation and meet and greet
our Little Lambs director: Becky Buth
September 24 – California Lutheran High School Homecoming
September 25 – CLHS homecoming golf outing
October 9 – Lutheran Women Mission Society Fall Rally at
Shepherd of the Hills, Las Vegas
PRAYERS:
Brad Challacombe – hospitalized
Carolyn Cunningham’s great-grandchildren dealing with Covid
Blake Makuuchi /Emma Mabry / Emma Erickson / Grace Sievert / Eli
Sievert – starting up college classes
Shut ins: Annette Madsen / Kruegers / Wulfs / Dick Duwe / Patty
Stansfield / Liz Ehlers / Mickie Nitz
coming September 12
6 week video based workshop
- to value each soul as a treasure
- to grow in faith and sharing
- to plan ministry here at Grace
WE NEED YOU!
Starting September 12 – 8:30 – 9:15
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