Bulletin: June 2, 2024

First Lutheran Church                                                                Pentecost 2
PO Box 153 - 240 Elm Street West                                             June 2, 2024          
Amery, WI   715-268-7135                                                            www.flcamery.org
Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. Jn. 17    

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

HYMN: Give to Our God Immortal Praise…………………..Red 848

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

Psalm 139  O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD, You know it completely. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it. For it was You Who formed my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; that I know very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth…  How weighty to me are Your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! I try to count them -- they are more than the sand; I come to the end -- I am still with You.

GREETING, KYRIE (Spoken)

HYMN: Blest Be the Tie That Binds………………………...Red 656

PRAYER: All-powerful God, in Jesus Christ, You turned death into life and defeat into victory. Increase our faith and trust in Him, that we may triumph over all evil in the strength of the same Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.  Amen

1 Samuel 3:1-10 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. The Word of the LORD was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.  At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room;  the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was.  Then the LORD called, "Samuel! Samuel!" and he said, "Here I am!"  and ran to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; lie down again." So he went and lay down. The LORD called again, "Samuel!" Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, my son; lie down again."  Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the Word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. The LORD called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the boy.  Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down; and if He calls you, you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.  Now the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening."

HYMN: Here I Am Lord………………………………….Red 574

HOLY GOSPEL: Saint Mark 2:23-3:6 One sabbath He was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way His disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions.” Then He said to them, “The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is Lord even of the sabbath.” Again He entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched Him to see whether He would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. And He said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” Then He said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. He looked around at them with anger; He was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against Him, how to destroy Him.

APOSTLES’ CREED

CHILDREN COME FORWARD

HOMILY

OFFERING

PRAYERS

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER                                        THE LORD’S PRAYER
Precious Lord, Take My Hand - Rd 773 What Feast - Rd 487, Music

BLESSING: Be strengthened with the power of God, the love of Christ, and the help of the Holy Spirit,  now and forever. Amen

SENDING Go in peace and serve the Lord.  Thanks be to God.