10:30 A.M. WORSHIP SERVICEFOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2018

ORGAN (ZION) EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA

ORGAN (ZION) EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH1515 Organ Church Road, Salisbury, North Carolina 28146

Rev. Carlin Ours, Pastor & Vicar Jordan Davis

August 26, 201810:30 A.M.

WORSHIP SERVICE

Announcements & Congregational MeetingGATHERING

The Confession and Forgiveness

P: Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. C:

Amen

P: Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.P: Gracious God,C: have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you and

given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things we have done and things we have failed to do. Turn us again to you, and uphold us by your Spirit, so that we may live and serve you in newness of life through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

P: God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved. In the name of + Jesus Christ, your sins are for-given.

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Almighty God strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live in your hearts through faith.

C: Amen Hymn: “The Church’s One Foundation" Insert/# 654

Children's Sermon (3 yr. to 5th grade) are dismissed for Children’s Church.

WORD

FIRST READING: ISAIAH 29: 11–1911The vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.” 13And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men, 14therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.” 15Ah, you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” 16You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? 17Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? 18In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. 19The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

SECOND READING: EPHESIANS 5: 22–3322Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. 25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or

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wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30because we are members of his body. 31“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

GOSPEL: MARK 7: 1–131Now when the Pharisees gathered to {Jesus}, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, 2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, 4and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.) 5And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” 6And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 7in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ 8You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” 9And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God) — 12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to you, O Christ.

GUEST: ROCKIE LYNNE

THANKSGIVING4

OFFERING

THE 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.

SENDING Benediction

Dismissal/Doxology # 884

Postlude

LESSONS FOR NEXT WEEK:Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9; Psalm 119:129-136; Ephesians 6:10-20;

Mark 7:14-23

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THIS WEEK AT ORGAN TODAY: Sunday, August 26, 2018 (Special Guest: “Rockie Lynne”

9:00 am Chat–N–Chew9:30 am Sunday School

10:30 am Congregational Meeting10:30 am Worship Service

LUNCH/FH5

2:00 pm FH Reserved/GobleWednesday, August 29, 2018

6:30 pm Bible Study (Vicar Jordan)7:30 pm Choir Practice

Thursday, August 30, 2018 9-10:00 am Food Pantry/Clothing Closet OpenNext Sunday, September 2, 2018 (Communion/Rally Day!)

8:30 am Worship Service/Old Church9:00 am Chat-N-Chew9:30 am Sunday School

10:30 am Worship Service “Installation of Sunday School teachers” “Blessing of the book bags”

11:45 am Youth & OKFC

SPECIAL PRAYERS NEEDED:(Others are listed in the Organ Chimes Newsletter Prayer List.)Fred BasingerFrank BradyCarolyn BostLuAnne CressAnn DonahueRay FryerLaura Brooks

Cherry FunderburkMack GoodmanFloyd GoodmanCleo HaynesKaye HirstSandy MoldovanDot Honeycutt

Sis RosemanCoy ShiveLouann ShiveKaren StirewaltDavid WilsonRenee Wright

A CONGREGATIONAL MEETING will be held at the beginning of the service this morning to consider replacing 2 heat pumps in the Educational (Sunday School) Building.

THIS MORNING—WELCOME a very special guest: His name is Rockie Lynne. Rockie is well known as a world-class entertainer, singer-songwriter, guitar whiz. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army with a very special love for America!

BAKED POTATO LUNCH will be served the Fellowship Hall following church service this morning. Along with the “loaded” baked potato, is salad and dessert. Please donate to Jesse’s Ride!

The LOOSE OFFERING collected on Sept. 2, 2018 goes to Organ Outreach

Ministries.

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NEXT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 IS RALLY DAY! Bring your school book bag to be blessed and wear your school colors! We will also have the installation of Sunday school teachers for the new year.

THE SENIOR CITIZENS GROUP has their monthly meeting in the Fellowship Hall Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 10:30 a.m.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE “CELEBRATION OF LIFE” for Mrs. Terry Ketner Emry will be held September 9, 2018 from 2:00–4:00 in the Fellowship Hall.

SEPTEMBER 16 IS OUR OUTDOOR SERVICE & LUNCH in the picnic shelter. Lunch will follow the service. Sign-up on the insert if you plan to eat lunch. We’ll be having stew beef and rice, carrots and peas, rolls, desserts and tea. Organ’ Luther League Youth Group will have a “Pie in the Face” contest after lunch.

CHILDREN’S CHOIR––(grades 2-5) contact Jana Thomas at thomasjs7393@gmail.com or 704-239-1263 for more information. This year our choir theme is “Walking with God”.

GERMANFEST is Saturday, September 15 at the Old Stone House, 770 Stone House Rd, Salisbury (11:00 am–4:00 pm). (Admission: $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for students)

WE NEED PINT SIZE CANNING JARS for canning! We will sell all our canned foods at the Bazaar November 3, 2018. (Contract Kathi Lingle or Le-Nea Goble.)

ROWAN HELPING MINISTRIES’ DONATIONS for AUGUST is TOOTHBRUSHES. Place them in the breezeway bins.

PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE TO DONATE ALTAR FLOWERS FOR September, October, November and December.

OUR THANKS TO MRS. SHARON SAPP for playing the organ at today’s service.

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AUGUST 19, 2018 TELLER REPORTNeeded for weekly 2018 BUDGET: ($5,737.88)8:30 General Fund $ 1,592.0010:30 General Fund $ 988.00Building & Repair $ 211.00Direct Deposit $ 320.00Chat-N-Chew $ 37.00Terry K. Emry Memorial $ 25.00Shirley Misenheimer Memorial $ 105.00Donnie Hill Missionary $ 842.00Sunday School Attendance 60 $ 20.008:30 Early Service 6010:30 Worship Service 98

OUTDOOR SERVICE September 16, 2018 LUNCH SIGN-UP

Stew beef & rice,9

peas & carrots, rolls, dessert & tea

Attending ________________________________________ #_________

OUTDOOR SERVICE September 16, 2018 LUNCH SIGN-UP

Stew beef & rice,peas & carrots, rolls,

dessert & tea

Attending ________________________________________ #_________

OUTDOOR SERVICE September 16, 2018 LUNCH SIGN-UP

Stew beef & rice,peas & carrots, rolls,

dessert & tea

Attending ________________________________________ #_________

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