St James Lutheran Church: Sermons and Worship

Jesus predicts his impending death three times in Mark's gospel, all three

times the disciples respond by arguing and fighting for power. But if Jesus' death

is the way he brings about his kingdom, then his people must embrace suffering and

give up aspirations of worldly power.

Victory Through Suffering — Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 19, 2021:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-seventeenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

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Psalm 37:4–7

Jeremiah 11:18–20

James 3:13—4:10

Mark 9:30–37

Hymns:

- In Christ Alone: Text and tune by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, © 2001 Thankyou

Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- 10,000 Reasons: Text and tune by Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, © sixsteps Music;

© Said & Done; © 2011 Thankyou Music; used with permission, CCLI license #

20286740.

- Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia: Text by Bernard Kyamanyway, (trns.) Howard S. Olson;

tune by Tanzanian, © 1977 Howard S. Olson; used with permission, CCLI license #

20286740.

- Lamb of God: Text and tune by Twila Paris, © 1985 Straightway Music, admin. EMI;

used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- There Is a Redeemer: Text and tune by Melody Green, © 1982 Birdwing Music, admin.

EMI; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Go, My Children, with My Blessing: Text by Jaroslav Vajda; tune by Welsh; © 1983

Concordia Publishing House; used with permission, CCLI License # 20286740.

When the disciples fell into the all-too-common trap of believing that the

power of God's mission was theirs, the mission Jesus had put them on inevitably

failed; but when we trust Jesus to do his own mission, and trust him to bring us

along with him, the mission of Jesus' kingdom and church will always succeed.

Why the Mission Doesn't Work — Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 12, 2021:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/st-james-20210912-order-of-service.pdf

Psalm 31:14–16, 24

Isaiah 50:4–10

James 3:1–12

Mark 9:14–29

Hymns:

- Onward, Christian Soldiers: Text: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924; tune: Arthur

Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900; text and tune are in the public domain.

- How Firm a Foundation: Text from A Selection of Hymns, 1787; tune from Genuine

Church Music, 1832; text and tune are in the public domain.

- By Faith: Text and tune by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and Stuart Townend, © 2009

Thankyou Music, © Getty Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- My Song Is Love Unknown: Text by Samuel Crossman, public domain; tune by John N.

Ireland, © John Ireland Trust, used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- What Wondrous Love Is This: Text is from A General Selection of Hymns and

Spiritual Songs, 1811; tune is from Southern Harmony, 1835; text and tune are public

domain.

- Sent Forth by God’s Blessing: Text by Omer E. Westendorf, © 1964 World Library

Publications, used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740; tune is Welsh, public

domain.

When do we, and when do we not, obey the government authorities? How do we

make decisions about personal behaviors that aren't explicitly addressed in

Scripture? Romans 13 and 14 give us Paul's direction on how to navigate these tense

questions.

Should We Wear Masks? — Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 5, 2021:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-fifteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/st-james-20210905-order-of-service.pdf

Psalm 28:1–2, 6–8

Isaiah 35:4–7a

Mark 7:24–37

Romans 13:1–7; 14:1–9, 13–19

Hymns:

- Crown Him with Many Crowns: Text by Matthew Bridges (sts. 1-3, 5) and Godfrey

Thring (sts. 4); tune by George J. Elvey; public domain.

- In Christ Alone: Text and tune by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, © 2001 Thankyou

Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Oh, How Good It Is: Text and tune by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Ross Holmes,

Stuart Townend; © 2012 Getty Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- They'll Know We are Christians by Our Love: Text and tune by Peter Scholtes, ©

1966 F.E.L. Publications, © 1991 The Lorenz Corporation; used with permission, CCLI

license # 20286740.

- Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed: Text by Isaac Watts; tune by Hugh Wilson; text and

turn are in the public domain.

- I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table: Text by Friedrich Christian Heyder, tran. The

Lutheran Hymnal, © 1941 Concordia Publishing House; used with permission, CCLI

license # 20286740; tune by Emskirchner Choral-Buch, 1756, public domain.

- Alleluia! Sing to Jesus: Text by William C. Dix; tune by Rowland H. Prichard; text

and tune are in the public domain.

It's not the sin outside of us which hurts us, it's the sin inside us. It's

not the righteousness inside us, it's the grace outside us.

Worship From the Heart — Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 29, 2021:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-fourteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/st-james-20210829-order-of-service.pdf

Psalm 51:2, 7, 10–12

Deuteronomy 4:1–2, 6–9

Ephesians 6:10–20

Mark 7:14–23

Hymns:

- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God: Text and tune by Martin Luther, public domain.

- Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing: Text: Charles Wesley, tune: Carl G. Glaser;

text and tune: public domain.

- For Your Gift of God the Spirit: Text by Edith Margaret Clarkson; tune by Mindy

Deckard and Bruce Benedict; © 1987 Hope Publishing Co.; used with permission, CCLI

license # 20286740.

- Lord from Sorrows Deep I Call: Text and tune by Matt Papa and Matt Boswell; © 2018

Getty Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- There Is a Redeemer: Text and tune by Melody Green, © 1982 Birdwing Music, admin.

EMI; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- When I Survey the Wondrous Cross: Text by Isaac Watts; tune by Lowell Mason; text

and tune are public domain.

- Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow: Text by Thomas Ken; tune by Trente

Quatre Pseaumes de David, 1551; text and tune are in public domain.

Christians tend to isolate one part of their humanity - their mind,

emotions, will, or body - and overemphasize that element to the exclusion of the

others, but Jesus wants us to worship him with our whole heart.

The Whole Person — Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 22, 2021:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-thirteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

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Psalm 26:1–2, 6–8

Isaiah 29:11–19

Ephesians 5:22–33

Mark 7:1–13

Hymns:

- I Am Jesus’ Little Lamb: Text by Henrietta L. von Hayn; tune by Choral-Buch

Brüder-Gemeinen, 1784; text and tune are in the public domain.

- Praise to the Lord, the Almighty: Text by Joachim Neander, trns. Catherine

Winkworth; tune by Ander Theil Des Erneuerten Gesang-Buchs, 1665; text and tune are

public domain.

- Speak O Lord: Text and tune by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend; © 2005 Thankyou

Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- What Wondrous Love Is This: Text is from A General Selection of Hymns and

Spiritual Songs, 1811; tune is from Southern Harmony, 1835; text and tune are public

domain.

- The Lamb: Text and tune by Gerald P. Coleman; © 1987 and 1997 MorningStar Music

Publishers, used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Go, My Children, with My Blessing: Text by Jaroslav Vajda; tune by Welsh; © 1983

Concordia Publishing House; used with permission, CCLI License # 20286740.

Because God became a physical human to rescue physical humans, the

salvation he won for us on the cross and from the empty tomb must necessarily be

physical, if it's to be salvation at all. And in the Lord's Supper this physical

salvation is given to his people - through the flesh of God, the Spirit of God, and

the Word of God.

How Communion Works — Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 15, 2021:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-twelfth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

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Psalm 111:1–5, 9-10

Proverbs 9:1–10

Ephesians 5:6–21

John 6:51–69

Hymns:

- Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer: Text by William Williams; tune by John Hughes;

text and tune are in the public domain.

- His Mercy Is More: Tune and text by Matt Boswell and Matt Papa; © 2016 Getty Music

Hymns and Songs, Getty Music Publishing, Love Your Enemies Publishing, and Messenger

Hymns; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Arise, My Soul, Arise: Text: Charles Wesley; tune: Lewis Edson; text and tune are

public domain.

- Just as I Am, without One Plea: Text by Charlotte Elliott; tune by William B.

Bradbury; text and tune are public domain.

- When I Behold Jesus Christ: Text by Almaz Belhu (sts.1-3, ref.), Joseph Herl

(st.4), trans. Jim and Aurelia Keefer; tune by Almaz Belhu; text and tune, © 1970

Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus; text (st. 4), © 1998 Concordia Publishing

House; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Jesus Loves Me: Text by Anna B. Warner; tune by William B. Bradbury; text and tune

are in the public domain.

Jesus plainly teaches that no one can believe in him unless the Father

draws that person and gives them that faith as a gift. This sovereign choice, or

election, ensures that no one the Father gives to his son Jesus can ever be lost.

The Plan of God — Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 8, 2021:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-eleventh-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

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Psalm 34:8–10

1 Kings 19:1–8

Ephesians 4:17—5:2

John 6:35–51

Hymns:

- Rend the Heavens: Robin Mark, © 2009 Integrity Worship Music (admin. by Capitol

CMG Publishing (Integrity Music, David C Cook)); used with permission, CCLI license

# 20286740.

- 10,000 Reasons: Text and tune by Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, © sixsteps Music;

© Said & Done; © 2011 Thankyou Music; used with permission, CCLI license #

20286740.

- By Grace Alone: Text by Martin Luther; tune by David Ward, © 2002

ThousandTongues.org; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Amazing Grace: Text by John Newton; tune by Columbian Harmony, 1829; text and tune

are public domain.

- Eat This Bread: Text: Stephen P. Starke (sts. 1-2), © 1998 Concordia Publishing

House; Robert J. Batastini (sts. 3-5, ref.); tune: Jacques Berthier, © 1984 Ateliers

et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, admin. GIA Publications, Inc. Text and

tune used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness: Text by Rusty Edwards, © 1987 Hope

Publishing Co.; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740; tune by The Sacred

Harp, 1844, public domain.

We are all hungry: for bread, for purpose, for experience, for meaning; and

Jesus insists that he is the only one who can satisfy these deepest cravings.

The Bread of Life — Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 1, 2021:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-tenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

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Psalm 78:23–25, 72

Exodus 16:2–15

Ephesians 4:1–16

John 6:22–35

Hymns:

- Eat This Bread: Tune by Jacques Berthier, 1923-94, © 1984 Ateliers et Presses de

Taizé, Taizé Community, France; admin. GIA Publications Inc.; text by Taizé

Community and Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942, © 1984 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé,

Taizé Community, France; admin. GIA Publications, Inc.; Stephen P. Starke, b. 1955,

© 1998 Concordia Publishing House; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven: Text by Henry F. Lyte; tune by John Goss;

text and tune are public domain.

- In Christ Alone: Text and tune by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, © 2001 Thankyou

Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table: Text by Friedrich Christian Heyder, tran. The

Lutheran Hymnal, © 1941 Concordia Publishing House; used with permission, CCLI

license # 20286740; tune by Emskirchner Choral-Buch, 1756, public domain.

- Jesus Paid It All: Text by Elvina M. Hall; tune by John T. Grape; text and tune

are in the public domain.

- Crown Him with Many Crowns: Text by Matthew Bridges (sts. 1-3, 5) and Godfrey

Thring (sts. 4); tune by George J. Elvey; public domain.

In Jesus, the invisible God is made visible and accessible to us in human

flesh, and now he sits in the boat with us, rescuing us from every storm.

Jesus in the Boat — Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 25, 2021:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-ninth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

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Psalm 145:1–3, 5–7

Genesis 9:8–17

Ephesians 3:14–21

Mark 6:45–56

Hymns:

- They'll Know We are Christians by Our Love: Text and tune by Peter Scholtes, ©

1966 F.E.L. Publications, © 1991 The Lorenz Corporation; used with permission, CCLI

license # 20286740.

- Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness: Text by Rusty Edwards, © 1987 Hope

Publishing Co.; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740; tune by The Sacred

Harp, 1844, public domain.

- God’s Own Child, I Gladly Say It: Text by Erdmann Neumeister, trans. Robert E.

Voelker, public domain; tune by Johann Caspar Bachofen, © 1991 Robert E. Voelker,

used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Lamb of God: Text and tune by Twila Paris, © 1985 Straightway Music, admin. EMI;

used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Before the Throne of God Above: Text by Charitie Lees Bancroft; tune by Vikki

Cook; © 1997 Sovereign Grace Worship; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer: Text by William Williams; tune by John Hughes;

text and tune are in the public domain.

And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and

said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before

the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. And they all ate and were

satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.

And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men. (Mark 6:41-44)

Multiplication and Division in the Kingdom of God — Eighth Sunday after Pentecost,

July 18, 2021: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-eighth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/st-james-20210718-order-of-service.pdf

Psalm 145:16; 147:7–11

Jeremiah 23:1–6

Ephesians 2:11–22

Mark 6:30–44

Hymns:

- I Will Wait for You: © 2018 Getty Music Publishing, Jordan Kauflin Music, Matthew

Merker Music, Townend Songs; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- By Grace Alone: Text by Martin Luther; tune by David Ward, © 2002

ThousandTongues.org; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

- The Church's One Foundation: Text by Samuel J Stone; tune by Samuel Wesley; public

domain.

- Crown Him with Many Crowns: Text by Matthew Bridges (sts. 1-3, 5) and Godfrey

Thring (sts. 4); tune by George J. Elvey; public domain.

- Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed: Text by Isaac Watts; tune by Hugh Wilson; text and

turn are in the public domain.

- Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow: Text by Thomas Ken; tune by Trente

Quatre Pseaumes de David, 1551; text and tune are in public domain.