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St. Stephen Lutheran Church West & East Bay, Central Valley, and Southern California

Member congregations of the Church of the Lutheran Confession (clclutheran.org)

320 Moorpark Way - Mountain View, California 94041-1600

Pastor: Luke Bernthal

Email: lbernthal@live.com Cell: (402) 389-2147

Home: (650) 282-5752

Online Video Production: Chris Holt

Websites: ststephenclc.org (East Bay) - sslcwest.org (West)

Church Office: (650) 964-5915

St. Stephen Lutheran School Teachers: Kirsten Gullerud (Principal), Rebecca Lillo

School Office: (650) 961-2071 School Website: ssls.org

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We Welcome Our Visitors who are worshiping with us today.

We hope that you are uplifted by the Gospel (“Good News”) of Jesus in our worship service.

We invite you to join us every Sunday.

Preparation for Worship: Read Psalm 30 (Lutheran Service Book or Pew Bible)

To Watch our Worship Service Online Please Click This Link:

https://www.sslcwest.org/worship.html

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Opening Hymn: 700 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling LSB 700

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SERVICE OF THE WORD (Worship Supplement, p. 12)

Invocation We invoke (“call upon”) the name of the one true God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

P In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

Confession and Absolution We come before our Holy God recognizing that we are sinful and daily need His forgiveness.

P We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love and serve Him as

His dear children. But we have disobeyed Him and deserve only His wrath and

punishment. Therefore, let us confess our sins to Him and plead for His mercy.

C Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth. In countless

ways I have sinned against You and do not deserve to be called Your child.

But trusting in Jesus, my Savior, I pray: Have mercy upon me according to

Your unfailing love. Cleanse me from my sin, and take away my guilt.

P God our heavenly Father, has forgiven all your sins. By the perfect life and innocent

death of our Lord Jesus Christ, He has removed your guilt forever. Through faith in

Him, which was created in you by the Holy Spirit, you are His own dear child. May

God give you strength to live according to His will.

C Amen.

Kyrie Latin for “O Lord.” We approach our Lord with a cry for help in all the needs of our earthly life. W.S. p. 13

Lord have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us.

Gloria in Excelsis Latin for “Glory to God in the highest.” W.S. p. 13

Glory to God, we give You thanks and praise;

Of heav’nly joy and peace on earth we sing.

We worship You, to You our hearts we raise,

Lord God, almighty Father, heav’nly King.

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Lord Jesus Christ, the Father’s only Son,

You bore for us the load of this world’s sin.

O Lamb of God, Your glorious vict’ry won,

Receive our prayer, grant us Your peace within.

Alone, O Christ, You only are the Lord,

At God’s right hand in majesty most high:

Who with the Spirit worshiped and adored,

With all the heav’nly host we glorify.

Prayer of the Day

P We pray:

Lord of all power and might, author and giver of all good things, graft into our hearts

the love of Your name and nourish us with all goodness that we may love and serve

our neighbor. We pray this through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and

reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

First Reading 1 Kings 17:17-24 (NKJV)

17 Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman who owned the

house became sick. And his sickness was so serious that there was no breath left in him. 18

So she said to Elijah, "What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to

me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?" 19

And he said to her, "Give

me your son." So he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where

he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. 20

Then he cried out to the LORD and said,

"O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with whom I lodge, by

killing her son?" 21

And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out

to the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, I pray, let this child's soul come back to him." 22

Then the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him,

and he revived. 23

And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room

into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, "See, your son lives!" 24

Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and

that the word of the LORD in your mouth is the truth."

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Second Reading Romans 4:18-25 (NKJV)

P The second reading is from Romans 4:18-25.

C Sanctify us by Your truth, O LORD. Your Word is truth!

18 [Abraham] who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of

many nations, according to what was spoken, "So shall your descendants be." 19

And

not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was

about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb. 20

He did not waver at

the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to

God, 21

and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to

perform. 22

And therefore "it was accounted to him for righteousness." 23

Now it was

not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, 24

but also for us. It shall be

imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25

who

was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.

P Blessed are they who hear the Word of God and keep it!

Alleluia and Verse When God speaks to us in His Word it is natural for us to respond. We sing “Allelujah!”—meaning, “Praise the Lord!”

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

These words are written that we may believe

That Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Apostles' Creed We boldly confess what we believe. W.S. p. 15

C I believe in God, the Father Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, His 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 into hell.

The third day He rose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven

and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.

From there He will come to judge the living and the dead.

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I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy Christian Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

Hymn of the Day: 611 Chief of Sinners Though I Be LSB 611

5 O my Savior, help afford By Your Spirit and Your Word!

When my wayward heart would stray,

Keep me in the narrow way;

Grace in time of need supply While I live and when I die.

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Sermon Text: Luke 7:11-17 (NKJV)

11 Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of

His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd.12 And when He came near the gate

of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother;

and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.13 When the

Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” 14 Then

He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And

He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” 15 So he who was dead sat up and began

to speak. And He presented him to his mother. 16 Then fear came upon all, and they

glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, “God has

visited His people.” 17 And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all

the surrounding region.

Sermon Theme:

“Unbelievable” News Reports from Nain– and The Bay Area!

1. God has Visited His People!

2. The Dead have been Raised!

3. Spread the News!

Offertory W.S. p. 16

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

And renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from Your presence,

Take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation.

Uphold with Your Spirit free.

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Offering We offer our gifts to the Lord, remembering that He has first given to us that we might have to give to Him.

( Please see the notes about how to give your offerings at this time in the Announcements

at the end of the bulletin )

Sermon Hymn: 548 Thanks to Thee, O Christ, Victorious! LSB 548

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Prayer of the Church / Prayer Requests We bring our prayers to God.

Lord’s Prayer

C Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name,

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

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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.

Benediction The blessing given by God for the blessing of His people (Numbers 6:24-26).

P The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and T give you peace.

C Amen.

Announcements

Today (6/21): Father’s Day

NO Outdoor Worship this Sunday – St. Stephen-West (Mt. View)

Voter’s Annual Budget Meeting via Zoom – 2pm

This Week: Wednesday – Zoom Bible Class - Psalms – 7pm

Next Sunday: Online Worship Services - https://www.sslcwest.org/worship.html

6/28/20 Outdoor Worship – St. Stephen-West (Mt. View) – 10am

Farewell for Principal Kirsten Gullerud – 11am

East Bay - Worship in Hayward – 1pm (will email to confirm this soon)

Happy and Blessed Father’s Day! - to all of you who are fathers and

grandfathers. What a blessing God has given us all in having Christian men

like you in our lives! “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to

wrath, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”

- Ephesians 6:4

Share the Good News by Sharing our Worship Service Link – Please remember:

You can invite many others to our online worship services by copying and pasting this link in

an email or on your Facebook page, etc.: https://www.sslcwest.org/worship.html

Share the Good News!

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Voter’s Annual Budget Meeting (Mt. View) – TODAY (6/21) @ 2pm via Zoom – For those

who are able to join us online our voter’s annual budget meeting will be held today at 2pm.

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://okta.zoom.us/j/7149231794

or Dial in by phone: +1 669-900-6833

If you have questions or concerns about logging in or calling in please contact our president,

BJ Lillo (cell: 650-999-1012 or email: bjlillo@gmail.com).

NEXT Sunday (6/28) - Outdoor Worship Service & Farewell for Kirsten Gullerud –

We will be having an outdoor worship service NEXT Sunday (6/28) at 10am with communion.

After the service we will have a farewell for our school's principal, Kirsten Gullerud, to show

our gratitude and appreciation for her 7 years of service to our school and congregation.

Please email, text, or call me to let me know if you plan to attend the worship service, the

farewell, or if you plan to attend both next Sunday. We can have up to 25 in attendance for

both events. You can "sign-up" by contacting me by phone/text (402-389-2147), or by

email (lbernthal@live.com) and let me know how many from your household plan to

attend.

Classroom Flooring and Teacher Apartment Updates and Offerings – We rejoice to

announce that this past Sunday we received a special gift offering of $20,000 to help cover

the cost of the remodel of the back room of the parsonage garage to the new teacher's

apartment. In the month of May we also received a special gift offering of $2000 to help

cover the cost of the new flooring in the lower grade classroom at school. We praise and

thank God for moving the hearts of His people to give so generously! These gifts will have a

profound impact on our school and congregation, Lord willing, for years to come.

We will be needing volunteers periodically, mainly on the weekends, over the next few

months to help with these projects. Please speak with Michael Horrillo if you’d like to

volunteer your time and talents to these projects (408) 891-5331. A big “THANK YOU” to all

who have given so much time and effort to this project so far. We pray that this will be a

blessing for Mikkela (who is very excited to move into her new home!), as well as a blessing

for our school and congregation.

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East Bay Worship Service in Hayward – Next Sunday (6/28) @ 1pm – Alameda Co. lifted

some of their restrictions and are now allowing for houses of worship to reopen under some

restrictions and guidelines. The congregation we rent from in the East Bay, Grace Lutheran

Church, has allowed us to use their sanctuary again beginning next Sunday (6/28). We hope

to finalize plans and guidelines to resume worship services there beginning next Sunday

(6/28) with a communion service at 1pm. We will be sending an email with the guidelines

and details this week.

Zoom Bible Class – Wednesdays @ 7pm – Because of the outdoor worship services we will

be moving our Zoom Bible Class on the Psalms to Wednesdays at 7pm beginning June

17th

. The link is below, and I will re-email the Zoom link as well as send a PDF of the material

we will be going through before each Bible Class. Please let me know if you have any

questions. Pastor Luke's Zoom link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8729663333

“Daily Rest” & “Meditations” Daily Devotionals Available – The latest issues of “Daily

Rest” and “Meditations” are available for pick up at St. Stephen-West in Mt. View. Please let

Pastor Luke know if you’d like a copy mailed to you.

Thank You - to Chris Holt for his work in producing, editing, and posting the video and

music for our worship service today.

KINSHIP Disaster Relief - The COVID-19 epidemic has affected many of us in a variety of

ways. We’ve also been learning of the suffering our brothers and sisters in Christ around the

world have been facing in the current epidemic. Between COVID-19 Aid and cyclone relief,

monetary aid has been sent overseas from KINSHIP. There remain additional needs among

our various sister synods (see Mission Opportunities Prayer List on the back pages of this

bulletin). The CLC Board of Missions is requesting that you consider offering your financial

support to replenish the KINSHIP funds, so we can be ready to respond when the next need

comes along. If you would like to donate, please mark your offering “KINSHIP,” or you may

send your offerings to CLC KINSHIP, 501 Grover Rd., Eau Claire, WI, 54701.

Volunteers Requested for Saturdays @ 2pm for Online Worship Recording -

We are looking for 2-6 volunteers each Saturday afternoon at 2pm to participate the

video recording of the worship service and help add a few voices to the liturgy responses and

hymns that are spoken and sung each worship service. Please let me know if you'd like to

volunteer for one or more of the Saturday worship service recordings. We hope this will be a

blessing to those who volunteer as well as to those who watch our online worship services.

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Lutheran Spokesman Subscriptions - If you are interested in receiving (or renewing your

subscription to) the Lutheran Spokesman devotional magazine please let Pastor Luke know.

Please sign up by the end of this month, June 30th

, to receive the reduced congregational

subscription rate of only $14 per year.

Offerings - The well-being of our members, both spiritual and physical, is our foremost

concern. At the same time, it is important to support our mutual work for the LORD, even

during this unusual time. Please mail in your offerings to the following addresses:

West Bay (Mt. View) & Southern California

- Please mail your offering to our financial secretary: Chris Holt

4517 Catalina Dr.

San Jose, CA 95129

East Bay & Central Valley

- Please mail your offering to our financial secretary: Jan Messerschmidt

6220 Robin Court

Pleasanton, CA 94588