ROOTS OF LIFE LUTHERAN COMMUNITY - SUNDAY,OCTOBER24,2021 22NDSUNDAYAFTERPENTECOST
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Roots of Life Lutheran Community
Sunday, October 24, 2021 22nd Sunday after Pentecost
Introduction
Can we pray the way Bartimaeus prays? People try to hush him up because by addressing Jesus as
“Son of David” he is making a politically dangerous claim that Jesus is the rightful king. Could our
prayers ever be heard as a threat to unjust powers that be? Bartimaeus won’t give up or go away
quietly, but repeats his call for help more loudly. Do we ask so boldly? And are our prayers an
honest answer to Jesus’ question, “What do you want me to do for you?”
Welcome
Pastor: This is the day the Lord has made
ALL: We will rejoice and be glad in it!
Call To Worship
Leader: Come you who are forgotten, for today your Lord has remembered you, God bids
you to come today, your name is on the lips of the Almighty.
Come, you who labor, you who are breathless, come and be refreshed, Come and find rest
from your labors. Come, you who are frightened, there is peace enough. Come, for She
has grafted you into the palms of Her hand.
Come, you who are oppressed, depressed, homeless, hungry, and you who feel no one
understands you. You who can’t voice your sickness, for your tears are invisible.
Come to the God who sees you. Come to the God who will go with you into that deep dark
night.
Come, for you are loved. Come for you are valued. Come and be cared for. Come, let us
worship.
— Claudio Carvalhaes Liturgies from Below
Confession and Forgiveness
Pastor: Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, whose teaching is life, whose presence is
sure, and whose love is endless.
ALL: Amen.
Let us confess our sins to the one who welcomes us with an open heart. (Silence is kept
for reflection)
ALL: God our comforter: like lost sheep, we have gone astray. We gaze upon
abundance and see scarcity. We turn our faces away from injustice and oppression.
We exploit the earth with our apathy and greed. Free us from our sin, gracious
God. Listen when we call out to you for help. Lead us by your love to love our
neighbors as ourselves. Amen.
1Pastor: All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. By the gift of grace in ☩ Christ
Jesus, God makes you righteous. Receive with glad hearts the forgiveness of all your sins.
ALL: Amen.
Song God is Here ELW 526
1 God is here! As we your people meet to offer praise and prayer,
may we find in fuller measure what it is in Christ we share.
Here, as in the world around us, all our varied skills and arts
wait the coming of the Spirit into open minds and hearts.
2 Here are symbols to remind us of our lifelong need of grace;
here are table, font, and pulpit; here the cross has central place.
Here in honesty of preaching, here in silence, as in speech,
here, in newness and renewal, God the Spirit comes to each.
3 Here our children find a welcome in the Shepherd's flock and fold;
here as bread and wine are taken, Christ sustains us as of old.
Here the servants of the Servant seek in worship to explore
what it means in daily living to believe and to adore.
Text: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Text © 1979 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved.
Prayer of the Day
Pastor: Eternal light, shine in our hearts. Eternal wisdom, scatter the darkness of our
ignorance. Eternal compassion, have mercy on us. Turn us to seek your face, and enable us
to reflect your goodness, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
ALL: Amen.
First Reading Jeremiah 31:7-9 The Message
This passage speaks not only of the southern kingdom, Judah, and its homecoming from exile in
Babylon, but also of the northern kingdom (“Israel” or “Ephraim”) and its restoration. The
northern tribes of Israel had been lost in exile to Assyria more than a century before Jeremiah
prophesied.
Leader: Oh yes, God says so: “Shout for joy at the top of your lungs for Jacob! Announce
the good news to the number-one nation! Raise cheers! Sing praises. Say, ‘God has saved
his people, saved the core of Israel.’
Watch what comes next: I’ll bring my people back from the north country And gather
them up from the ends of the earth, gather those who’ve gone blind. And those who are
lame and limping, gather pregnant women, even the mothers whose birth pangs have
started, bring them all back, a huge crowd! “Watch them come! They’ll come weeping for
joy as I take their hands and lead them, lead them to fresh flowing brooks, lead them
2along smooth, uncluttered paths. Yes, it’s because I’m Israel’s Father and Ephraim’s my
firstborn son!” This is the Word of the Lord.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
Children’s Song Zacchaeus
Zacchaeus was a wee, little man And a wee, little man was he
He climbed up in a sycamore tree For the Lord he wanted to see
And as the Savior passed that way He looked up in the tree
And he said, "Zacchaeus, you come down"
For I'm going to your house today For I'm going to your house today
Children’s Message Pastor Teri
Gospel Mark 10:46-52 The Message
Bartimaeus comes to Jesus with faith, asking that he might see again. Recognizing Jesus’ identity,
Bartimaeus is the first person to call him “Son of David” in the Gospel of Mark.
Pastor: They spent some time in Jericho. As Jesus was leaving town, trailed by his
disciples and a parade of people, a blind beggar by the name of Bartimaeus, son of
Timaeus, was sitting alongside the road. When he heard that Jesus the Nazarene was
passing by, he began to cry out, "Son of David, Jesus! Mercy, have mercy on me!" Many
tried to hush him up, but he yelled all the louder, "Son of David! Mercy, have mercy on
me!" Jesus stopped in his tracks. "Call him over." Throwing off his coat, he was on his
feet at once and came to Jesus. Jesus said, "What can I do for you?" The blind man said,
"Rabbi, I want to see." "On your way," said Jesus. "Your faith has saved and healed you."
In that very instant he recovered his sight and followed Jesus down the road. This is the
Gospel of the Lord.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
Message Pastor Teri
Song Amazing Grace ELW 779
1 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see.
2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!
3 Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come;
'tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.
34 The Lord has promised good to me; his word my hope secures;
he will my shield and portion be as long as life endures.
5 When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun,
we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we'd first begun.
Text: John Newton, 1725-1807, alt., sts. 1-4; anonymous, st. 5
Prayers of the People
Leader: Hear us, O God.
ALL: Your mercy is great.
Stewardship Message & Announcements
1) October 31 is Reformation Sunday and it is Halloween! You are invited to dress up for
worship as a favorite Biblical Character or story, or one of God's creations. Let us have
some fun while remembering we are called to be reformers everyday!
2) Saturday, November 6, will be the first "Wild Church" worship event. We will begin
at 3:00 for Gathering and Prayer followed by a silent Supper, and invitation to wander
the forest and fields of Stony Creek and then gathering again at the bonfire for story
telling. The intention is to wrap up by 6:00pm. This will be our All Saints Day Celebration.
3) Sunday November 7th, we will have a shortened worship service that will include
Lectio Divina (Sacred Reading) at 10:30 a.m.
4) Sunday November 14th, We will once again be providing home-made pies for the
Stripped Love Ministry. No store-bought please. Bring them to church on Sunday morning
the 14th or Teri’s house the day before. We will have a sign up sheet OR call Pat to be
added to the list. Thank you for participating in this loving ministry.
5) Advent Devotional writers and artists needed! Next week, we will have a theme and
verses to choose from to participate in our annual devotional! All submissions will be due
no later than November 10th to allow Pat to have time to edit and send to printer.
Advent begins on Nov 28th this year!
Offering Prayer
Pastor: God of abundance, you cause streams to break forth in the desert and manna to
rain from the heavens. Accept the gifts you have first given us. Unite them with the
offering of our lives to nourish the world you love so dearly; through Jesus Christ, our
Savior and Lord.
ALL: Amen.
4Communion
Invitation to Communion
Pastor: This is the table, not of the Church, but of the Lord. It is to be made ready for
those who love him and who want to love him more.
So, come you who have much faith and you who have little, you who have been here often
and you who have not been for a long time, you who have tried to follow and you who have
failed. Come, not because it is I who invite you: it is our Lord. It is his will that those who
want him should meet him here.
The Story
Pastor: Now let us hear the story of how this sacrament began. On the night on which
Jesus was betrayed, he sat at supper with his disciples. While they were eating, he took a
piece of bread, said a blessing, broke it and gave it to them with the words, ‘This is my
body. It is broken for you. Do this to remember me.’ Later he took the cup of wine,
saying, ‘This cup is God’s new covenant, sealed with my blood. Drink from it, all of you, to
remember me.
So now, following Jesus’ example and command, we take this bread and this wine, the
ordinary things of the world which Christ will make special. And as he said a prayer
before sharing, let us do so too.
Prayer of Consecration
Pastor: For us you were born, for us you healed, preached, taught and showed the way to
heaven; for us you were crucified, and for us, after death, you rose again. Lord Jesus
Christ, present with us now, for all that you have done and for all that you have promised,
what have we to offer? Our hands are empty, our hearts are sometimes full of wrong
things. We are not fit to gather up the crumbs from under your table. But with you there
is mercy and the power to change us.
So, as we do in this place what you did in an upstairs room, send down your Holy Spirit on
us and on these gifts of bread and wine that they might become for us your body,
healing, forgiving and making us whole; and that we might become, for you, your body,
loving and caring in the world until your kingdom comes. Amen.
As often as we remember this story, and gather at the table with bread and wine, we
remember the prayer that Jesus taught us.
The Lord’s Prayer
All: Our Creator, 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.
5Pastor: Look, here is your Lord coming to you in bread and wine. These are the gifts of
God for the people of God.
Prayer after Communion
Pastor: Lord of life, in the gift of your body and blood you turn the crumbs of our faith
into a feast of salvation. Send us forth into the world with shouts of joy, bearing witness
to the abundance of your love in Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
ALL: Amen.
Blessing
Pastor: People of God, you are Christ’s body, bringing new life to a suffering world. The
holy Trinity, ☩ one God, bless you now and forever.
ALL: Amen.
Song Jesu , Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love ELW 708
Refrain Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve
the neighbors we have from you.
1 Kneels at the feet of his friends,silently washes their feet,
master who acts as a slave to them. Refrain
2 Neighbors are wealthy and poor, varied in color and race,
neighbors are near us and far away. Refrain
3 These are the ones we will serve, these are the ones we will love;
all these are neighbors to us and you. Refrain
4 Kneel at the feet of our friends, silently washing their feet:
this is the way we will live with you. Refrain
Text: Tom Colvin, 1925-2000, alt.
Text © 1969 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Dismissal
Pastor: Go in peace. The Living Word dwells in you.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
6PRAYER REQUESTS
Prayers, please, for Andrew Habel (son-in-law of Janet LaBore), Clifford Burgess (Illona
Lipovsky’s son-in-law), Frank Kriz, Kevin, Kentrill and King (Sweet Family), Meg Sweet,
Mario (Frank Kriz), Tom Sittler (father of Linda Williams), Patrick Reiger (Anita and
Ricke’s cousin), Carole Fowler, (friend of Pat), Molly (friend of Mac and Linda), Sylvia
Brown (Neilia’s mother), Bill Babcock (friend of Gail and Doug), Tim Matthews, Eli and
family (friends of Mac and Linda), Tim Hill (uncle of Sara Sterley), Doug Hauser and
family (friends of Kim Sweet), Sharon, Beth Miller, Grace Polley (Nancy Polley’s mother),
Mat Rose and family (friends of Sterleys and Clarkes), Ollie Hagen (mother of Randy
Hagen), Robbie (friend of Doug Mehlan), Aidan Sunday (friend of Doug Mehlan), Dylan
Arnheim and family (friends of Michelle Mehlan Clarke), David Young (Ricke’s father), Dan
Turnock (father of Colleen Wasemann), Bill Lynch (father of Janet LaBore); for all those
with job uncertainty, all health care workers, all those who work daily to provide our
essential needs at risk to their own health, for all those families affected by the corona
virus both here and around the world.
Please direct all prayer requests for this week to Pat Wehmeier, weh2fun@me.com
Join our Facebook Group “Roots of Life Prays” and feel free to add your requests there
at any time.
ONLINE GIVING Please contact Community Administrator Pat Wehmeier for an
invitation to join Realm, our online directory and giving program. weh2fun@me.com
We welcome the participation of people of all ages, ethnic
backgrounds, educational backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender
identities and expressions. We are committed to the work of racial
equity.
Our Mission Statement
Love Radically: God, All People, Creation, Self
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