Welcome to a Gathering of EChurch@Wartburg

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Here is our Order of Worship

Today we are featuring prayers from the Lutheran Church / Let Us Pray link

Heavenly Father, bless the church and her mission,
that by Your Spirit’s work those who are dead in trespasses
may be made alive in Christ Jesus.
Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer

Make known Your direction for this country,
that federal, state and local officials
may attend to their responsibilities in a God-fearing manner.
Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

Bestow your rich mercies upon the sick and homebound
 the mourning and the lonely, the hospitalized and the chronically ill
and especially upon all whom we have been asked to remember,
that the hope we have in Your Son
may grant them relief from their burdens and deliverance from ailment.
Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

Protect the personnel of our Armed Forces as they serve our nation,
that they may return to their families unharmed and in gratitude to You.
Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

Give us faith in Your sacramental promise,
that we may receive Your Son’s body and blood with a sincere heart,
a right mind and a joyful hope
 Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

We thank You, Lord, for those saints who have gone before us
and for their impact on our lives,
and we ask that we, too, would come to rejoice with them
in Your kingdom’s blessings
 Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

Into Your hands, O Lord,
we commend all for whom we pray,
trusting in Your mercy,
through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

Eternal and everlasting God, the seasons come and go at Your command.
As summer draws to a close, watch over all who are heading back to school.
Keep them safe and give them open and focused minds, that they may be successful in their learning.
Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

O holy Comforter, You have the power to heal with the touch of Your hand or a word from Your lips.
Sustain all who are sick and suffering in our midst.
If it be Your will, grant them healing and strength, that they may know Your great love for them.
Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

Kind and merciful King, Your Son is the resurrection and the life,
and He has promised that all who die in Him abide in peace and joy.
Receive our thanks for those who have fallen asleep in faith.
Bring us to share with them the shining light of the Day of Resurrection in Your everlasting kingdom.
Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy,
through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen

Luke 4:23-30 (NASB Bible Gateway)

And He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.  But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land; and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff.  But passing through their midst, He went His way.

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We give you thanks,
O Lord of glory, for the example of Stephen the first martyr,
who looked to heaven and prayed for his persecutors.
Grant that we also may pray for our enemies and seek forgiveness for those who hurt us,
through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. – 
Amen

O Lord God, you are the holy lawgiver,
you are the salvation of your people.
By your Spirit renew us in your covenant of love,
and train us to care tenderly for all our neighbors,
through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Amen