+ SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + Sunday, 18 July A+D 2021 · 9:00 A.M.

Wednesday, 21 July A+D 2021 · 7:00 P.M.

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH 420 W. Breitung Ave., Kingsford, MI 49802

(906) 774-1844 www.ourredeemerkingsford.org

Rev. Matthew D. Ruesch, Pastor (906) 396-7401 · pastor@ourredeemerkingsford.org

Renee Wilson, Secretary secretary@ourredeemerkingsford.org

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+ TODAY WE CELEBRATE HOLY COMMUNION +

The Lord’s Supper is celebrated at this congregation in the confession and glad confidence that, as He says, our Lord gives into our mouths not only bread and wine but His very body and blood to eat and to drink for the forgiveness of sins and to strengthen our union with Him and with one another. Our Lord invites to His table those who trust His words, repent of all sin, and set aside any refusal to forgive and love as He forgives and loves us, that they may show forth His death until he comes.

Because those who eat and drink our Lord’s body and blood unworthily do so to their great harm and because Holy Communion is a confession of the faith which is confessed at this altar, any who are not yet instructed, in doubt, or who hold a confession differing from that of this congregation and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and yet desire to receive the sacrament, are asked first to speak with the pastor. For further study, see Matthew 5:23f.; 10:32f.; 18:15-35; 26:26-29; 1 Cor. 11:17-34.

+ ABOUT THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY + JESUS RESTORES PARADISE AND FEEDS US FREELY In the Garden of Eden, our first parents received food freely from the gracious hand of God, apart from any burdensome work (Gen 2:7–17). But after the fall, food would be received only through toil and labor. The curse declared, “By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground . . .” (Gen. 3:19). In other words, “The wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23). But into this wilderness world came Jesus the Messiah to restore creation. Having compassion on the weary multitudes, He renewed the bounty of Eden on the third day, freely granting an abundance of bread to the 4,000 (Mark 8:1–9). So also our Lord Jesus, having endured the burden of our sin, was raised on the third day to bring us back to Paradise. He now miraculously turns the bread of death into the Bread of Life in the Sacrament, giving you His very body and blood for your forgiveness. For “the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6:23).

+ NEWS & NOTES +

THE FLOWERS ON THE ALTAR THIS MORNING are given by the Barthels family in honor or Gladys Barthels’ 96th birthday. WE HAVE RESUMED the passing of the offering plate during the service. While the plates are being passed, we ask you to take a moment to sign the ‘Record of Fellowship’ tablet at the aisle end of each pew and pass it to anyone seated in your row. Once all in your row have signed, please tear off the attendance sheet and leave it on top of the tablet for the elders to collect.

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OUR NEXT QUARTERLY VOTERS’ MEETING will be held next Sunday, July 25th, at 10:30 A.M. All voting members of Our Redeemer are urged to attend. Voting members are those communicant members of Our Redeemer who are at least 16 years old. JOIN US FOR ADULT BIBLE STUDY THIS MORNING FOLLOWING THE SERVICE. Pastor is leading a study entitled: “The Christian & The Culture,” which will look at how Christians respond to challenges in our world today for God’s people and do it with a Biblical worldview. NOTE: There will be no Bible study next Sunday due to the voters’ meeting. 2021 BIBLE SALE: Concordia Publishing House is having their annual Bible and Confessions sale. You can go to their website and check out the many options or stop by the church office. The sale runs through July 31st, 2021. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED to help serve coffee and refreshments on Sundays following the service. If you can help, please sign up on the sheet in the kitchen window of the fellowship all. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL will be held August 2nd-6th from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. If you would like to register your child or sign up to volunteer, visit ourredeemerkingsford.org and click on the VBS logo on the front page. HELPING HANDS FUNDRAISERS: Please consider our Giving Bean and Rada Cutlery fundraising groups. Giving Bean coffee can be accessed at the ORLC website under Helping Hands. Rada Cutlery can be accessed at radafundraising.com and selecting “your fundraising group” as Our Redeemer Michigan. There are also catalogues of the cutlery with order blanks on the table in the narthex. Helping Hands would like to thank members who ordered from Rada Cutlery’s Our Redeemer Fund page so far. We raised $279! 1 CORINTHIANS BIBLE STUDY: “The Word of the Lord Endures Forever” is a daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Will Weedon. Pastor Weedon will lead a study this week on “The Resurrection of the Dead” and “The Resurrected Body” in 1 Corinthians 15. You can listen on-demand at thewordendures.org, the LPR mobile app and your favorite podcast provider. LIFE THOUGHTS IN THE CHURCH YEAR: SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY – Jesus declares and demonstrates compassion even for those who cannot feed themselves or walk on their own (Mark 8:1-3). He who breathes life into each human body (Genesis 2:7) also provides everything necessary to survive (Mark 8:8) and promises all the abundance of Eden’s paradise in the gift of eternal life (Romans 6:23). And He mercifully involves us in this miraculous ministry (Mark 8:5-8)! Almighty Maker, show through us the life-giving compassion You have shown to us. Amen.

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+ SERVING IN GOD’S HOUSE +

ELDER ORGANIST This Week, 7/18 & 7/21 Sunday, 9:00 A.M. Mark M. & Damian T. Don H. Wednesday, 7:00 P.M. Damian T. Digital Music

Next Week, 7/25 & 7/28 Sunday, 9:00 A.M. Mark M. & Gary P. Don H. Wednesday, 7:00 P.M. Gary P. Digital Music

+ THIS WEEK AT OUR REDEEMER +

DATE TIME EVENT Sunday (18) 9:00 A.M.

10:15 A.M. 10:30 A.M.

Divine Service Fellowship

Bible Study Monday (19) 6:30 P.M. Church Council Tuesday (20) Wednesday (21) 10:00 A.M.

7:00 P.M. Altar Guild

Divine Service Thursday (22) 10:00 A.M. Bible Study Friday (23) Pastor’s Day Off Saturday (24) Sunday (25) 9:00 A.M.

10:15 A.M. 10:30 A.M.

Divine Service Fellowship

Quarterly Voters’ Meeting

+ GIVING REPORT & BUDGET UPDATE +

WEEKLY OFFERINGS YEAR-TO-DATE Last Week Offering: $3,308.00 Year-to-Date Offerings: $77,936.63 Other Income and Gifts: $170.00 Other Income and Gifts: $7,230.88 Total Income This Week: $3,478.00 Total Income This Year: $85,167.51 Needed for Budget: $2,921.14 Needed for Budget: $81,791.92 Difference: +$556.86 Difference: +$3,375.59

+ ATTENDANCE REPORT +

SERVICE COUNT Sunday, 7/11/21 76 Wednesday, 7/14/21 18 Total: 94

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+ SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY +

Sunday, 18 July A+D 2021 • 9:00 A.M. Wednesday, 21 July A+D 2021 • 7:00 P.M.

Lutheran Service Book, Divine Service, Setting Three, pg. 184

+ CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION +

HYMN OF INVOCATION “O Worship the King” LSB 804

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CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION LSB 184

+ SERVICE OF THE WORD + INTROIT Psalm 47:3, 6-8; antiphon: vv. 1-2 P Clap your hands, all peoples! C Shout to God with loud songs of joy! P For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, C a great king over all the earth. P He subdued peoples under us, C and nations under our feet. P Sing praises to God, sing praises! C Sing praises to our King, sing praises! P For God is the King of all the earth; C sing praises with a psalm! P God reigns over the nations; C God sits on his holy throne.

P Clap your hands, all peoples! C Shout to God with loud songs of joy! P For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, C a great king over all the earth.

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KYRIE LSB 186

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS LSB 187

SALUTATION and COLLECT OF THE DAY LSB 189 O God, whose never-failing providence orders all things both in heaven and earth, we humbly implore You to put away from us all hurtful things and to give us those things that are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

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OLD TESTAMENT READING Genesis 2:7-17 7Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 15The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

GRADUAL Psalm 34:11, 5 P Come, O children, listen to me; C I will teach you the fear of the LORD. P Those who look to him are radiant, C and their faces shall never be ashamed.

EPISTLE Romans 6:19-23 19I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. 20When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death. 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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ALLELUIA and VERSE LSB 190; Psalm 34:11, 5 Alleluia. Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! Alleluia.

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HOLY GOSPEL Mark 8:1-9 1In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, [Jesus] called his disciples to him and said to them, 2“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. 3And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away.” 4And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?” 5And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.” 6And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. 7And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. 8And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. 9And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.

NICENE CREED LSB 191

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HYMN OF THE DAY “Sing Praise to God, the Highest Good” LSB 819

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SERMON “Adam: Made to Work and Made to Eat” Genesis 2:7-17

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OFFERTORY LSB 192

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OFFERING

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PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

+ SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT + PREFACE LSB 194

SANCTUS LSB 195

LORD’S PRAYER LSB 196

THE WORDS OF OUR LORD LSB 197

PAX DOMINI LSB 197

AGNUS DEI LSB 198

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DISTRIBUTION “Feed Thy Children, God Most Holy” LSB 774 “O Living Bread from Heaven” LSB 642

“Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face” LSB 631

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NUNC DIMITTIS LSB 199

THANKSGIVING LSB 200

SALUTATION and BENEDICAMUS LSB 201

BENEDICTION LSB 202

HYMN TO DEPART “Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer” LSB 918 Content from Lutheran Service Book: Altar Book copyright © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible® (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved.