Outdoor Worship & Worship-in-Place August 9, 2020

“Unravelled” Summer Sermon Series

ADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH

Music & Bell Ringing

GATHERING Prelude

Welcome & Call to Worship

One: We come here to draw water— All: Thirsty for new life.

One: We come here to draw water— All: Bringing our past and our present, our messy truths,

and our deepest scars.

One: We come here to draw water— All: Carrying shame, and in need of grace.

One: Fortunately for us, God always meets us at the well. So breathe deeply and drink up. All: God is here. The water is clean. Let us worship God. Amen.

Prayer of Confession

One: Gracious God, All: Like the woman at the well, we so often are unraveled by

shame. We carry shame for broken relationships. We carry shame for being unable to balance work and parenting, tithing and bills, productivity and Sabbath. We get stuck in a comparison game and in critical self-monologues, consumed with the nagging feeling that we should be able to do more. Forgive us for forgetting that we are made in your image. Forgive us for forgetting that you see us and love us as we are. Unravel the shame that unravels us. Gratefully we pray, Amen.

Assurance of Forgiveness

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Gathering Hymn “Morning Has Broken ” (ELW 556)

Apostolic Greeting

One: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you.

All: And also with you.

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Kyrie (Haugen, Now the Feast and Celebration )

WORD Prayer of the Day

One: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you.

One: Let us pray… All: O God, we gather at your waters, \3

As beach-goers on a sweltering, summer day. O God, we drink at your fountain, as a parched dog laps at the fresh, running water of a creek. O God, we await your refreshment, as a tired worker watches for the change of shift. Quench our thirst, satisfy our longings. May we be refreshed and restored in you; and teach us where to find the bucket and how to carry it, so that we might draw that water for those who most need it. Amen

Scripture Lesson John 4:1-29 (Samaritan Woman at the Well)

One: The Holy Gospel according to John, chapter 4 All: Glory to you, O Lord. 1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John” 2 —although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— 3 he left Judea and started back to Galilee. 4 But he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. 7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?” 13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, 4

‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you[c] say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.” 27 Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” 28 Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, 29 “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?”

One: The Gospel of our Lord. All: Praise be to you, O Christ.

Blessing of Backpacks, Bags, Briefcases, Laptops, Computers, Students, School Staff, School District Staff, Teachers, Parents, and Families ….

Sermon in Two Parts Kids (watch pre-recorded Facebook video) & Adults

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Hymn of the Day “Our Shame Feels Like a Spiral” (© Stephen M. Fearing) (tune: O God of of Every Nation, ELW 713)

Apostles’ Creed

All: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. 6

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 he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he 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 Community

Let us pray to our God saying Lord, in your righteousness, deliver us and set us free.

Holy God, you knew us before we took our first breath. You uttered your living Word and brought forth light, love, and life. You gathered us from the dust of the earth and called us your people. You sent us into the world to proclaim your mighty and wondrous deeds. You are with us even now as we continue our call. Lord, in your righteousness, deliver us and set us free.

Mighty God, you have done great things; who is like you? You alone are our rock of refuge. You alone are our strong fortress. You alone are our hope and in you alone is our trust. Lord, in your righteousness, deliver us and set us free.

Gracious God, do not be far from us! Strengthen us that we might be givers of your grace and may your steadfast love be known to all of your children. Send your Holy Spirit to empower our hands to

clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and love all as you have first loved us. Lord, in your righteousness, deliver us and set us free.

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Loving God, hear today the prayers that we lift up to you. Give us hearts of courage and songs of your grace to tell others of your righteous acts and deeds of salvation. Lord, in your righteousness, deliver us and set us free.

Abundant God, be with those of us that yearn for your healing. Today, we ask your blessing upon all whose names we bring before you with our lips or within our hearts. … Lord, in your righteousness, deliver us and set us free.

Faithful God, your power and your righteousness reach the heavens. Hear us, your servants, as we follow you to the day when faith, hope, and love will be upon the lips of all of us, your children. These things we pray in the name of your Son. Amen.

MEAl Proclamation of Christ's Peace

One: The peace of Christ be with you always! All: And also with you.

Offertory Prayer

One: Let us pray... All: Almighty God, who made us who we are, we offer all of our-

selves to You. Take our talents, our energy and our joy, and use us to share your love. Take our mistakes, our regrets and our pain, and use us to bring Your healing. Magnify the gifts we will offer before You today, to spread your peace in the world. Amen.

The Great Thanksgiving

The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. 8

It is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise, O God, for, in an everlasting covenant, you have promised to be our God through all generations. You called into existence things that did not exist: the universe and all that inhabits it. From Abraham and Sarah you brought forth nations, calling them to walk before you in the righteousness that comes from faith.

In your Son, Jesus, you showed your compassion for the afflicted and taught us that real life is found by those who lose their life for your sake and for your gospel. He was rejected by the religious leaders, and killed, but three days later, you raised him from the dead as Lord. Now you justify all who put their faith in you, through him, counting it to us as righteousness, and promising us the full riches of your grace when Christ comes in glory.

Therefore we join our praises with countless men and women before us, disciples and apostles, saints and martyrs, acclaiming your power in goodness and your might in compassion, as we proclaim:

Sanctus “Holy” (Haugen, Now the Feast and Celebration)

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Eucharistic Prayer

One: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

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, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Meal Is Shared

One: For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

(For the bread) “This is the body of Christ, broken for you.” (For the juice) “This is the blood of Christ, shed for you.”

Special Music

Table Blessing

One: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. All: Amen.

Prayer after Communion

One: Let us pray together... All: Lord Jesus Christ, as we have proclaimed your death by eating

this bread and drinking this cup, help us to wait for you, to wish for you, and to watch for you, so that when you come again you will find us ready.For you live and reign 1710

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with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

SENDING Benediction

Announcements (see last bulletin page)

Sending Hymn “God Be With You Till We Meet Again” (ELW 536)

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Sending

One: Go in peace. Serve our risen Lord! All: Thanks be to God

Postlude

IN THIS SERVICE

Piano Bruce Crain Lector Pat Johnson Assisting Minister Pat Johnson Kids Sermon Karyl Cimini (pre-recorded, on Facebook) Camera Kumar Dasari Sound Naomi Dasari Preacher/Presider Rev. Dr. Gabriele Schroeder

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR AUGUST 9 , 2020

Church Address 5901 San Juan Avenue Citrus Heights, CA 95610 916-966-7242

Pastor Gabi’s Cell Phone & eMail 650-476-7641 schroeder.gabriele@gmail.com

WORSHIP DIRECTIONS To keep all of us (and those we come into contact with elsewhere) safe, we ask that you please observe the following directions: - worship from home, if you (or someone at home) are sick or fall into a higher-risk

group - bring your own chair, if possible - bring a face mask and keep it on throughout the service incl. hymn singing - do not use our water fountains, as the may not be safe after 4 months of disuse - please use hand sanitizer when you arrive for worship. Do not touch the dispenser. - have one of the ushers take your temperature - refrain from touching others who are not members of your immediate family - follow the ushers in directing you from and to your seat during communion - deposit the offering on your way to communion - open the communion cup once you are seated - discard the communion cup AFTER worship

SUNRISE CHRISTIAN FOOD MINISTRY IS OPEN Hours: 8:00 - 11:30am Donations are received and sorted 11:30am - 3:00pm Open to the Public (drive-through only)

PASTOR'S VACATIONPastor Gabi will be away and out of state August 10-21, while driving to

Northfield, Minnesota, and back home. Tom Kent will preach and preside on August 16. Arrangements for emergency pastoral care will be announced shortly.  Bulletins for August 16 will be available for download online as usual.

Office eMail Address advent1@adventcitrusheights.org

Advent’s Facebook Page www.facebook.com/AdventCitrusHeights

Advents’ YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-W0S5nNW2gDYPDgw8wao-g/videos

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PRAYER CONCERNS DEATHS Joan Albertson and family, dear friends of Ken and Kathy Johnson, Joan’s husband recently

passed into life eternal and she now has tragically lost a son, as well Cornelia Chancellor’s friend Judy Sanchez, who is mourning the death of her daughter

Kathy to cancer this week

COVID-19 Charles Gamble, father-in-law of Rebecca Williams, prayers for complete and lasting healing from

Covid-19; prayers that his wife Ellen who tested positive for Covid may remain asymptomatic Maureen, Robin Bevier’s sister, prayers for ongoing recovery and fully restored health

ACUTE PRAYER CONCERNS IN THE IMMEDIATE ADVENT COMMUNITY Advent’s camp-out participants, prayers for their safety and rejuvenation outdoors. Allison, one of Karen Sorenson's students, discontinuing treatments for her ovarian cancer;

prayers for peace and absence of pain Ken Bancroft, prayers for healing, increased energy, and restored health Herum Bjork, continuing to recover at home from heart surgery on Wednesday, July 22. Tanya Bowers, prayers of thanksgiving that she may be able to avoid the removal of her toenails Marie Buhler, prayers for rest and recovery after her recent hospital stay Mattie Devereux, William Gariano’s best friend while they were pre-school age; diagnosed with

Ewing Sarcoma cancer Linda, Nancy King’s sister-in-law, about to enter stage 2 of breast cancer chemo therapy; prayers

that the treatment will be successful in preparing her for eventual surgery and tolerable, too Jack Fox, Kathy Henrick's brother-in-law, who experienced minor complications with today's surgery

for new dialysis ports; prayers that those problems can be successfully resolved Maynard Johnson, prayers for full recovery of spiral upper-arm fracture; prayers that his blood

counts will go up as his current round of chemotherapy does not seem to be working well Lorraine Kowalke, sister-in-law of Lorna Mymka, prayers for a successful result of her recent

cancer surgery and for swift recovery from it Diane Peterson, for her continued safe recovery from her heart procedure Lois Sellers, prayers for recovery after graft surgery Lou Smith, prayers for recovery from a blood disorder that began 1 1/2 years ago Rod Sorenson, Karen’s brother-in-law, fighting cancer Barbara Wammer, prayers that her joint manipulation will improve the functioning of her knee Gary Peterson’s hunting buddy, diagnosed with breast cancer that has spread to her lungs

ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS Terri Britt, friend of Karen Franz, stage 4 cancer Julie Wright, cousin of Amy Gariano, an MRI revealed a new tumor growth in her brain; prayers

that the new treatment will be successful in mitigating her cancer

PRAYERS FOR THE COMMUNITY-AT-LARGE Prayers for our nation that we may win this battle again the Coronavirus Prayers for all health care workers tasked with providing care for increasing numbers

of very sick patients Prayers for all students and teachers beginning a new school year/ academic year

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