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CALVARY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Chandler, Arizona † June 20 & 21, 2020 † Pentecost 3

WELCOME TO WORSHIP

We are so glad that you were able to join us today. We would love to

serve you, to answer your faith questions, and to help you find a

welcoming community at our church. Please take a moment to fill out the

visitor card and drop it in the offering basket. In case we don’t get to say

hello, this will make sure we learn your name and know you were here. If

you would like to learn more about our church, have questions about the

Christian faith, have a prayer request, or would like to speak to the pastor,

please indicate that on your card. We will get back to you as soon as we

can. Thank you again for joining us for worship today. May God bless

your week!

SERVICE NOTES FOR THIS SUNDAY

God desires mercy, not sacrifice. We practice God-pleasing mercy only

when we see our own lost condition and rejoice that the Son of God has

condescended to suffer for our salvation.

SERVING IN WORSHIP

Pastor: Roger Sprain

Organist: Liz Hawkes

SERVICE OF THE WORD

OPENING HYMN Oh, Worship the King Christian Worship 234

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P: The grace of our Lord (+) Jesus Christ and the love of God and the

fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.

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C: And also with you.

CONFESSION OF SINS

P: We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love and

serve him as his dear children. But we have disobeyed him and

deserve only his wrath and punishment. Therefore, let us confess our

sins to him and plead for his mercy.

C: Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth. In

countless ways I have sinned against you and do not deserve to

be called your child. But trusting in Jesus, my Savior, I pray:

Have mercy on me according to your unfailing love. Cleanse me

from my sin, and take away my guilt.

P: God, our heavenly Father, has forgiven all your sins. By the perfect

life and innocent death of our Lord Jesus Christ, he has removed

your guilt forever. You are his own dear child. May God give you

strength to live according to his will.

C: Amen.

PRAYER AND PRAISE

P: In the peace of forgiveness, let us praise the Lord.

The use of

the keys is

that special

power and

right which

Christ gave

to his church

on earth: to

forgive the

sins of

penitent

sinners. See

John 20:21-

23.

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OH, TASTE AND SEE

PRAYER OF THE DAY

P: Let us pray.

O God, the strength of all who trust in you, mercifully hear our prayers. Be

gracious to us in our weakness and give us strength to keep your

commandments in all we say and do; 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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FIRST LESSON Hosea 5:15-6:6

I will go. I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and seek my face.

In their distress they will earnestly seek me. Come, let us return to the LORD. For

he has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us. He has struck us, but he will bandage

our wounds. After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us

up, so that we may live in his presence. Let us acknowledge the LORD. Let us

pursue knowledge of the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear.

He will come to us like a heavy rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.

What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you,

Judah? For your faithfulness is like a morning mist, like early dew that

disappears. That is why I cut them to pieces by means of the prophets. I killed

them with the words of my mouth. The judgments against you go forth like the

light. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God, rather than

burnt offerings.

PSALM OF THE DAY Psalm 119c

Oh, how I love your law!*

I meditate on it all day long.

I have more insight than all my teachers,*

for I meditate on your statutes.

When God's

people no

longer listen

to him, he

gives them

their way and

leaves them

floundering in

their own

hopelessness

until they

repent. God

wants us to

love him with

a love that

keeps him at

the center of

our lives at all

times.

Psalm 119c:

God's law

includes both his

commands and

his gracious

promises. Those

who rejoice in his

salvation find

God's Word to be

be sweet

refreshment. It

gives life,

fellowship,

insight,

protection and

guidance on our

pilgrimage.

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I have more understanding than the elders,*

for I obey your precepts.

Refrain

I have kept my feet from every evil path*

so that I might obey your Word.

I have not departed from your laws,*

for you yourself have taught me.

How sweet are your words to my taste,*

sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Glory be to the Father and to the Son*

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,*

is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Refrain

SECOND LESSON Romans 4: 18-25

Hoping beyond what he could expect, he believed that he would become the

father of many nations, just as he was told: “This is how many your descendants

will be.” He did not weaken in faith, even though he considered his own body as

good as dead (because he was about one hundred years old), and even though he

considered Sarah’s womb to be dead. He did not waver in unbelief with respect

to God’s promise, but he grew strong in faith, giving glory to God and being

fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. This is why “it

was credited to him as righteousness.” Now the statement “it was credited to

him” was not written for him alone, but also for us to whom it would be credited,

namely, to us who believe in the one who raised our Lord Jesus from the dead.

He was handed over to death because of our trespasses and was raised to life

because of our justification.

Faith in God's

promises is the

golden thread

that links

believers of all

ages to our

Savior. Though

Abraham was

too old to sire a

son, he believed

God could do

everything he

promised. In the

same way, we

believe that God

has kept his

word and done

what is humanly

impossible: he

raised our Lord

Jesus from the

dead.

Therefore, we

are justified by

faith

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VERSE OF THE DAY

GOSPEL Matthew 9:9-13

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting in the tax

collector’s booth. He said to him, “Follow me.” Matthew got up and followed

him. As Jesus was reclining at the table in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors

and sinners were actually there too, eating with Jesus and his disciples. When the

Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax

collectors and sinners?” When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “The healthy do

not need a physician, but the sick do. 13

Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire

mercy, and not sacrifice.’ In fact, I did not come to call the righteous, but

sinners.”

Scripture readings are taken from The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version® (EHV®)

copyright © 2019 The Wartburg Project. All rights reserved. (www.wartburgproject.org)

After the Gospel, the congregation sings:

HYMN OF THE DAY If Your Beloved Son, O God

Christian Worship 393

Jesus' mission

was to save

sinners. In

mercy, the holy

Son of God

associated with

sinners--even

ate with the

notorious ones-

-to call them

into his

kingdom. That

is his mercy.

He wants us to

see that we all

are in need of

that mercy.

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SERMON Matthew 9:9-13

Jesus Says, "Follow Me"

APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth. I believe

in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy

Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was

crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he

rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the

right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge

the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian

Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection

of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom

come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our

daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who

trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us

from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory

forever and ever. Amen.

HYMN When Jesus Came From Nazareth

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P: O Lord God, our heavenly Father, pour out the Holy Spirit on your

faithful people. Keep us strong in your grace and truth, protect and

comfort us in all temptation, and bestow on us your saving peace,

through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and

the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

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Almighty God, we thank you for teaching us the things you want Us

to believe and do. Help us by your Holy Spirit to keep your Word in

pure hearts that we may be strengthened in faith, guided in holiness,

and comforted in life and in death, through Jesus Christ, our Lord,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and

forever.

P: The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

The Lord look on you with favor and (+) give you peace.

CLOSING HYMN Blessed Are the Saints of God Christian Worship 394

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW! Follow us on Instagram! @clcchandler

Check in on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CalvaryLutheranChurchChandler/

Bible Classes: Bible Classes will resume on August 2nd

and 5th.

Communion in service: On the first and third weekends in July, Holy

Communion will be offered in the church services. We will try to spread people

out a little bit. If you aren't comfortable coming forward for communion, please

stay in the pew and you can receive private communion after the service.

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Our Virtual VBS is live! The videos are posted on our YouTube channel so the

children can participate whenever they have free time. Our VBS, "Calvary's

Bible Museum" packets will be available all summer. Invite your friends, family,

neighbors. To sign up please visit our website (www.calvarychandler.net), fill out

the form, and then arrange a time to pick up a packet by contacting Pastor Spaude

or Deacon Josh. Blessings on your Summers!

NEW SERVICE INFO: There are three services: Saturday at 6PM and Sunday at 8 and

10AM. With the three services we are looking to keep attendance below 50 at a service

so that we can practice social distancing. The following protocol will be followed:

o There will be no communion in the June services. Communion will continue to

be offered privately, making appointments with pastor or privately after the

worship services o No congregating in the narthex, visiting only outside on patio o An usher will open the church door o No physical touching, shaking hands, encourage recommended physical

distancing protocols o No after worship fellowship or Bible classes or Sunday School o Practice safe distancing in church, with just family groups sitting together o Everything will be in the bulletin, which will not be reused. There will be no

hymnals in the pews. o The offering basket will be at back of church. Offerings can be deposited in it

on the way out. o There will be no "quiet bags" in the entry way for children and the toys and

books will be removed from the cry room. o Cleaning crew will wipe down all hard surfaces in between each service. o Those attending can wear masks and/or gloves if they choose. o The following are encouraged to continue online worship (those experiencing

symptoms, those who have been exposed to others with symptoms and those

who are at risk or immune-compromised.)

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Greetings from all of us at Alpha Pregnancy Resource Center! This note is

to inform you that our center is moving from our Indian School location to a

remodeled classroom at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on N 7th Ave by the

end of June. We have been at our present location since 1984, and since that

time have seen 13,500 clients come through our doors. They have been met with

smiling faces from our volunteers, been given advice from God’s Word about

baptism, chastity, and many other topics on Christian living always showing

them God’s love in Christ. We have given away many Bibles, pastor referrals,

devotional materials, Bible teaching series books, and The Promise in four

different languages. God has blessed our ministry and we know He will continue

to do so. To God be the glory. Our new address is 3040 N. 7th Phoenix, AZ

85013 and our new mailing address is PO Box 33872, Phoenix, AZ. 85067.

Your congregations as well as many individuals, by their most generous gifts,

have made Alpha possible to exist. We are privileged to share the good news of

our crucified and risen Savior. For this we give thanks.