Sunday, September 19, 2021Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

Peace Lutheran ChurchThe Binding of Isaac

GATHERING

PRELUDE Ballade Alain

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTSPlease refer to the back of your bulletin for all the announcements.

+THANKSGIVING FOR BAPTISMONE: Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,

the fountain of living water,the rock who gave us birth,our light and our salvation.

MANY: AMEN

ONE: A reading from Colossians 3, verses 14-17.Above all things put on love, which holds all things together. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, towhich indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly;teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, andspiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,giving thanks to God the Father through him.

ONE: Joined to Christ in the waters of baptism, we are clothed with God’s love.Let us give thanks for the gift of baptism.

MANY: We give you thanks, O God,for in the beginning your Spirit moved over the watersand by your Word you created the world,calling forth life in which you took delight.Through the waters of the flood you delivered Noah and his family.Through the sea you led your people Israel from slavery into freedom.At the river your Son was baptized by John and anointed with the Holy Spirit.You created the waters of the earth, wide oceans, rushing streams, clear lakes, mighty rivers:the Minnehaha and Mississippi Rivers, Lake Superior and Parker’s Lake.By water and your Word you claim us as daughters and sons,making us heirs of your promise and servants of all.We praise you for the gift of water that sustains life,and above all we praise you for the gift of new life in Jesus Christ.Shower us with your Spirit,and renew our lives with your forgiveness, grace, and love.

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To you be given honor and praisethrough Jesus Christ our Lordin the unity of the Holy Spirit, now and forever.AMEN

ONE: Almighty God,who gives us a new birth by water and the Holy Spiritand forgives us all our sins,strengthen us in all goodnessand by the power of the Holy Spiritkeep us in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

MANY: AMEN

+KYRIE ELW 157ONE: In peace, in peace, let us pray to the Lord.MANY:

ONE: For the reign of God, and for peace throughout the world, for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.MANY: Lord, have mercy …ONE: For your people here who have come to give you praise, for the strength to live your word, let us pray tothe Lord.MANY: Lord, have mercy …ONE: Help, save, and defend us, O God.MANY:

+CANTICLE OF PRAISE ELW 167

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ONE: Now is the feast of the Lamb once slain, whose blood has freed and united us to be one great people ofGod.MANY: Now the feast ...ONE: Power and riches, wisdom and might, all honor and glory to Christ forever.MANY: Now the feast ...ONE: For God has come to dwell with us, to make us people of God; to make all things new.MANY: Now the feast ...

+PRAYER OF THE DAYONE: I invite the congregation to be seated.The Lord be with you.MANY: And also with you.ONE: Let us pray. God of promise,You stayed the hand of Abraham and fulfilled the promise you made to him, that he would father a great nation.Keep your promises to us, that we become inheritors of eternal life.MANY: AMEN

WORDSCRIPTURE Genesis 22:1-14Narrator: After a period of time, God decided to put Abraham to the test.God: Abraham!Abraham: I am right here.God: 2 Take your son, your only son Isaac whom I know you love deeply, and go to the land of Moriah. Whenyou get there, I want you to offer Isaac to Me as a burnt offering on one of the mountains. I will show youwhich one.Narrator: Abraham did as he was told. Early in the morning he got up, saddled his donkey, and taking two ofhis trusted servants with him and his son Isaac, he cut the wood for the burnt offering and traveled to the placeGod had told him about. 4 On the third day of the journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place far in thedistance.Narrator: Abraham leaves Beersheba as he left Haran many years earlier. God calls and he leaves. It is assimple as that. No map. No directions. Just an unwavering trust that God will lead him where he needs to go.Mount Moriah becomes one of the most important places in all of the promised land, the one place in the worldset apart for the worship of the one True God. According to 2 Chronicles 3:1, Solomon builds his temple onMount Moriah in Jerusalem, not far from where God tests Abraham.Abraham: 5 Servants, stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and thenwe will come back to meet you here.Narrator: Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and set it on the shoulders of his son Isaac to carry.Abraham himself carried the fire and the knife. The two of them walked on together.Isaac (to Abraham): 7 Father!Abraham: I am right here, Son.Isaac: Look, we have the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?Abraham: 8 God will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.

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Narrator: The two of them continued to walk on together. When they finally arrived at the place God hadshown him, Abraham took some stones and built an altar there and arranged the wood carefully on top of it.Then he bound up his son Isaac with rope and laid him on the altar on top of the stack of wood. 10 Just asAbraham reached over to grab the knife that would kill his son, 11 the special messenger of the Eternal Onecalled his name from heaven.Special Messenger: Abraham! Abraham!Abraham: I am right here!Special Messenger: 12 Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to harm him. I know now that you respectthe one True God and will be loyal to Him and follow His commands, because you were willing to give up yourson, your only son, to Me.Narrator: Abraham glanced up and saw a ram behind him with its horns caught in the thicket. He went over,dislodged the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering in the place of his son. 14 From that day forward,Abraham called that place, “The Eternal One will provide.” Because of this, people still today say, “On theMount of the Eternal, all will be provided.”

Narrator: Holy wisdom, holy word.MANY: Thanks be to God.

SERMON Rev. Kjell M. Ferris

+HYMN OF THE DAY Have No Fear, Little Flock ELW 764

1) Have no fear, little flock;have no fear, little flock,for the Father has chosento give you the kingdom;have no fear, little flock!

2) Have good cheer, little flock;have good cheer, little flock,for the Father will keep you

in his love forever;have good cheer, little flock!

3) Praise the Lord high above;praise the Lord high above,

for he stoops down to heal you,uplift and restore you;

praise the Lord high above!

4) Thankful hearts raise to God;thankful hearts raise to God,for he stays close beside you,in all things works with you;thankful hearts raise to God!

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+APOSTLES’ CREEDONE: Together in love, let us confess our faith through the words of the Apostles’ Creed.MANY: 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 Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died, and was buried;he descended to the dead.On the third day Christ rose again;he ascended into heaven,he is seated at the right hand of the Father,and 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 sins,the resurrection of the body,and the life everlasting. AMEN

+PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLEONE: With the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, let us pray for the church, those in need, and all of God’screation.

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ONE: Blessed Lord, your holy scriptures were written for the nourishment of your people. Grant that we mayhear, read, and digest them, that through your word we might put on love, which holds all things together. Lordin your mercy,MANY: Hear our prayer.

ONE: Almighty God, you provide the true bread from heaven and living water, your Son Jesus Christ, that wewould be filled with the power of your love. Grant that these sacraments would bless our living and strengthenour faith in our daily lives. Lord in your mercy,MANY: Hear our prayer.

ONE: Gracious God, grant peace among nations. Make us quick welcome ventures in cooperation among thepeoples of the world, so that there may be woven a fabric of a common good too strong to be torn. In the time ofopportunity make us diligent; and in the time of peril, let not our courage fail. Lord in your mercy,MANY: Hear our prayer.

ONE: Missional God, we pray for your church, and for all your servants in every time and land who seek toshare your love and work for your justice. Draw us together, following Jesus Christ into every walk of life. Lordin your mercy,MANY: Hear our prayer.

ONE: Merciful God, by your power you heal the sick and bring hope to the hopeless. We ask that you wouldmend the wounded, soothe the suffering, and make broken people whole again. In your love, in the silence ofour hearts and through our spoken words we pray for ….Bob Tauring … Lord in your mercy,MANY: Hear our prayer.

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ONE: Into your hands, gracious God, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your mercy; through JesusChrist, our Savior.MANY: AMEN

MEAL+SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACEONE: The peace of Christ be with you always.MANY: And also with you.ONE: Let us share a sign of God’s peace with one another.

OFFERING Lamb of God Twila Paris

Your only Son, no sin to hide,but you have sent him from your side

to walk upon this guity sodand to become the Lamb of God.

O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of God,I love the holy Lamb of God.

Oh, wash me in your precious blood,my Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.

Your gift of love we crucified.We laughed and scored him as he died.

The humble king we named a fraudand sacrificed the Lamb of God.

I was so lost, I should have died,but you have brought me to your side

to be led by your staff and rodand to be called a lamb of God.

+OFFERTORY As the Grains of Wheat ELW 465

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+OFFERING PRAYERONE: Let us pray. Merciful God,MANY: Everything in heaven and earth belongs to you. We joyfully release what you have entrusted tous. May these gifts be signs of our whole lives returned to you, dedicated to the healing and unity of allcreation, through Jesus Christ. AMEN

+THE GREAT THANKSGIVINGONE: The Lord be with you.MANY: And also with you.ONE: Lift up your hearts.MANY: We lift them to the Lord.ONE: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.MANY: It is right to give God thanks and praise.

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+PREFACEONE: It is our duty and delight that we should everywhere and always offer thanks and praise to you,

O God through Jesus Christ, who is the living water which wells up to eternal life,and so with the church on earth, all creation and the host of heavenwe praise your name and join their unending hymn:

+SANCTUS ELW 191

+WORDS OF INSTITUTION

+PRAYER JESUS TAUGHT USONE: Together in love, let us pray together the prayer of our Savior:MANY: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours,

now and forever. AMEN

WELCOME TO THE TABLE

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COMMUNION DISTRIBUTION Lamb of God WOV 621

COMMUNION BLESSING

SENDING+BENEDICTIONONE: Let us pray together the Prayer of Good Courage.MANY: O God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths asyet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where wego, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our Lord.AMEN

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SENDING HYMN Blest Be the Tie that Binds ELW 656Tune: FESTAL SONG, ELW 314

All students and teachers are invited to gather at the altar on the final verse to walk to Sunday lessons together.

1. Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Chris -tian love2. Be - fore our Fa- ther’s throne we pour our ar - dent prayers3. We share our mu - tual woes, our mu - tual bur - dens bear,4. From so - rrow, toil, and pain, and sin we shall be free;

the u- ni- ty of heart and mind is like to that a - bove.our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our com - forts and our cares.and of - ten for each o - ther flows the sym - pa - thi - zing tear.and per - fect love and friend-ship reign through all e - ter - ni - ty.

+DISMISSALONE: Go in peace, serve the Lord.MANY: Thanks be to God!

POSTLUDE March anonymous

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Acknowledgements:© Augsburg Fortress. All ELW elements used by permission of Augsburg Fortress under license #SBL14294.

ELW 157 KyrieText and music by Marty Haugen,used with permission by OneLicense.net #A-712130.

ELW 167 Now the Feast and CelebrationText and music by Marty Haugen,used with permission by OneLicense.net #A-712130.

ELW 764 Have no fear, little flockText from Luke 12 and by Marjorie Jillson, music by Heinz Werner Zimmermann,used with permission by OneLicense.net #A-712130.

ELW 465 As the Grains of WheatText and music by Marty Haugen, AS THE GRAINS,used with permission by OneLicense.net #A-712130.

ELW 191 Holy, Holy HolyText and music by Marty Haugen,used with permission by OneLicense.net #A-712130.

WOV 621 Lamb of GodText and music by Marty Haugen,used with permission by OneLicense.net #A-712130.

ELW 656 Blessed Be the Tie that BindsText by John Fawcett, music by William H. Walter,used by permission of Augsburg Fortress under license #SBL14294.

Serving today:Ministers The people of Peace Lutheran ChurchPreacher Rev. Kjell FerrisAccompanist Anne PhillipsCantors Nick Bonow, Stefanie Fiser KlevenLectors Jeannette Colligan, Matt Peterson,

Bob Samuelson, Deb WeirUsher Randy BergLivestream Coordinators Roger Birnbaum, Stefanie Fiser Kleven, Scott Rusten,

Bob Samuelson, Jason Tofteland

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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

TODAY9AM Worship with Holy Communion10AM Financial Update Join Jason Tofteland, ChurchCouncil Treasurer, for an update on church finances and atime for Q&A. This meeting will also be held onWednesday, Sept. 22 at 6:30 pm.

FLOWERS today are given by Steve and Pam Johnsonin celebration of their son Thomas and his wife Kelly'sfirst wedding anniversary.

NURSERY: Families are encouraged to have theirchildren in worship, but the nursery is available if needed.It will be open but not staffed; please plan to superviseyour own children inside.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHOPARTICIPATED IN THE CARNIVAL, IT WAS AGREAT SUCCESS!!There were 2,070 ticket votes and a total of just under$1,200 donated. There will be a benevolence fund matchwhich will make a grand total of $2,395 to be distributedas follows:Jonathan House: 45% $1,078Tree House: 30% $719House of Charity: 25% $598

COFFEE AND DONUTS WITH PASTOR KJELLDuring September and October, drop in Tuesday,9am-10am or 11am to noon or on Wednesday, from 1pm-5 pm to talk about where God is moving in your life andin the life of Peace Lutheran Church. To schedule anothertime, email kjell@peaceofplymouth.org.

PEACEFUL NIGHTS DINNEREating together is a great way to beTogether in Love! Peaceful Nightsdinners have resumed on Wednesdaynights at 5:30 pm. Tracy, who cookedthe meals starting in the fall of 2019,will resume planning and cookingwith the help of two volunteers whowill serve and clean up.This week’s menu: pulled porksandwiches with potato salad.

WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY6:45 pm-7:30 pmJoin in a lively discussion about the coming Sunday’sBiblical text, led by Lisa Lukis. We will also have anopportunity to share reflections from the previous week,discuss themes from the sermon, and pray.

LutheranLIVE!Have you ever watched a talk show? Do you have afavorite talk show? Well, there's a new talk show atPeace Lutheran Church and it's called LutheranLIVE!Confirmation students are creating a weekly talkshow skitcalled LutheranLIVE! and it's a place for thecongregation to learn and grow in faith and in our storiestoo. All are welcome... invite family, friends andneighbors...to learn and laugh with us at LutheranLIVE!on Wednesday nights!

Confirmation students lead the talk show, interview aguest or two each week, and we all get to learn aboutLutheranism and living out their faith in daily life. Graceand vocation are pillars of the Lutheran Christian faith,and both are wrapped up in this weekly event for thecongregation: LutheranLIVE!So, to explore more about writings by Martin Luther andhow they connect to our faith today, please come to thisspecial talk show on Wednesday nights, 6:00pm, rightafter dinner in the fellowship hall. Dinner thenLutheranLIVE! Come for dinner at 5:30, then stay forthe talk show at 6:00pm!

THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDYBible Study will begin on Thursday, Sept 16th at 9:00AMon Zoom. The study will last 13 weeks, ending Dec. 16.If you have any questions please contact Carol Forsbergat carol.l.forsberg@gmail.com.

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