Grace Lutheran Church Oshawa

Sep 1, 2024 - Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Welcome in the name of the Risen Lord Jesus Christ. If you are visiting, we are glad that you are here and kindly ask that you sign our guest book at the sanctuary doors. If you would like to become a member please speak to the Pastor. In case of illness, the Pastor should be informed. He will always be glad to speak with those who are confronted with problems of a spiritual nature. The time before worship is a quiet time for prayer and meditation to prepare for worship. Please see the inside cover of the hymnal for prayers and page 329f to prepare for Holy Communion. God bless you as we gather before our gracious God!  

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We Are Cleansed and Sustained by the Word of God

Wickedness and evil come “from within, out of the heart,” and that is what defiles a person (Mark 7:21–23). Hence, we cannot save ourselves, because we are sinful and unclean from the inside out. But as the Lord Jesus “declared all foods clean” (Mark 7:19), so He cleanses us by His Word, the preaching of repentance and the forgiveness of sins. Therefore, “listen to the statutes and the rules” of the Lord, “and do them, that you may live” (Deut. 4:1). For His Word is righteous, and to live according to it is “your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples” (Deut. 4:6). Cling to His Word, and also teach it “to your children and your children’s children” (Deut. 4:9). Put on this “armor of God” by hearing and heeding what He speaks to you, that you may “stand firm” in the evil day (Eph. 6:11–13). Gird yourself with the righteousness of Christ, by faith in the “gospel of peace,” and take up “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,” by confessing Christ Jesus and “praying at all times in the Spirit” (Eph. 6:14–18).

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​PRAY FOR:  Diana; Julia; Ed; Eloise (hip/shoulder); Robert; Sherran; Herta; Phil; Minnie; Corinne (nee Tim); Albina; Daniel and Alexandria.

 

Friends and Fellow Christians:  Holly;  Christy;  Rev. Basil Christi (heart attack); Matthew & Megan; Lynda; Alice; Carol; Terry & Brenda; Norma; Kristy; Chris; Susan; Heather; Waldtraut; Kathy; Bev; Elizabeth; Mary (David’s mother), Carolyn (Medina,OH); Rose; Jason​

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MISSION PRAYERS FOR SEPTEMBER:    CANADA: Rev. David Milette -Good Shepherd Lutheran Church) in Moncton, New Brunswick. He also provides support for LCC's French Ministries CAMBODIA - Prayer: Rev. Van -assistant pastor at Christ Lutheran Church in Phnom Penh and with Lutheran Hour Ministries; Rev. Heng Kim Hai (Hi) - Hope Lutheran Church in Kampong & instructor for Garuna Christian school; Rev. Rochom Binh (Rock-om) - missionary pastor Jarai community in his village in Ratanakiri: Rev. Romass Svell who serves as pastor for the Jarai community in Ratanakiri. MISSION PRAYER: Heavenly Father, as Your Son sent forth His Church to make disciples in all nations, we lift up before You, asking You to sustain THEM by Your Spirit and bless THEIR  labours for the sake of the Gospel; Lord in Your mercy, Hear our prayer. 

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ATTENTION:  Please do not leave any offerings, cash or cheque, and personal information, in the outside church mailbox. It’s been vandalized 3 times in less than a Month. Please call the church, 905-728-4381, if you need to arrange a drop off time. **Our new mailing address is PO BOX 30623, Oshawa, ON L1J 8L8.  Please refer to your letter in your mailbox for more details, Blessings , Debby, Church Secretary.

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BIRTHDAYS, Baptisms And Anniversaries for September: see on back of September calendar, copies available on table at back of church. Please let me know if anyone is missing.

 

MEMBER RECORDS:   Thank you to those who have completed the church record update form for 2024.  If you have not had a chance to complete it, current members and returning members to active status, please take some time to complete it for me by email or if you need assistance, leave a phone message and I will call you back. 905-728-4381..Thank you, blessing, Debby

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​*****EMERGENCIES, PLEASE CONTACT AN ELDER OR LEAVE A MESSAGE ON THE CHURCH PHONELINE 905-728-4381**********

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BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS:  may be placed in the holder outside the office door and for the monthly calendar.  They are due by Wednesday of each week.  Calendar events are due by the 3rd Sun of the month.  Email the info to: gracelutheranoshawa.office@gmail.com

 

FOOD BANK:  Our food cabinet is doing well. Please drop off non-perishable food, that can be eaten without cooking for homeless (Pull off lids tins), in their original container or wrapping. (Cereal bars, pudding/fruit cups.) Also Donation of can openers.  We support our church members, our Seminary students (1/2) and community.

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The Divine Service Part 9

 

Sanctus and Benedictus

 

Sanctus means “holy,” and Benedictus means “blessed,” short for “blessed in He Who comes in the Name of the Lord.” The Sanctus is the song sung to God by the angels in Isaiah 6, and the Benedictus is the song sung to Jesus on Palm Sunday (from Ps 118:26). By combining these two, we confess with the whole church in heaven and on earth that Jesus, who rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, is the same God whom the angels praised in Isaiah’s vision.

 

More than that, though, we sing to “He Who comes” to us with His Body and Blood in the bread and wine. (This portion of the liturgy is traditionally removed in churches that reject the presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper.) Christ came once as a baby in Bethlehem, and He will come again in glory on the Last Day, but He also comes to us each time we celebrate this sacrament.

 

Lord’s Prayer

 

We, the people of God, now pray the prayer our Lord Jesus Christ taught us to pray in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:1-4. For Jesus is the one who unites sinners with God the Father. He bridges the gap that sin has caused by becoming man and giving his body and blood for the forgiveness of our sins. Only in Christ can we approach God and receive the gifts he gives. In Baptism we are made the Father’s children when we are united with Christ (Romans 6). So when we pray the Lord’s Prayer we speak to our Father by using the prayer his only begotten son Jesus has taught us.

 

The Lord’s Prayer is one of the most profound and complete prayers that Christians could ever pray. For in the Lord’s Prayer we, the children of God, call upon our dear Father to give us everything that we need to support this body and life: air to breathe, food to eat, a job, clothes, house, health, family, good government, favorable weather, his Word taught to us in its purity and truth, faith renewed and strengthened by the Holy Spirit, the leading of Godly lives, the forgiveness of sins, that every effort of the devil, the world, and our own sinful flesh that seeks to weary us and lead us away from Christ be hindered and frustrated so that we may remain in the faith according to the will of our Lord, all the while recognizing that he alone can, does, and will continue to give these good and perfect gifts in his time and according to his good and gracious will.

 

By praying the Lord’s Prayer in connection with the Words of Institution, we confess that all of the requests made in the Lord’s Prayer are answered with a resounding “Yes!” in the Lord’s Supper, where Jesus reminds us that he has not left us nor forsaken us, but is with us right now, right here and will continue to provide for all our needs of body and soul.

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​This week @ Grace:

Today (G)                  11:15 am         Divine Service (Communion) 

Next Sunday (G)    11:15 am         Divine Service (Communion)

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