Online Worship for August 15, 2021
Welcome to Church of the Holy Cross’s live streaming worship service for August 15, 2021. Feel free to follow the service text by scrolling down, or you may download and print the service in PDF format below.
Online Worship August 15, 2021
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Rev. Eric S. Anderson, Pastor
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD
Welcome Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Prelude: Prelude in E flat –Guilmant Kayleen Yuda
Call to Worship: based on 2 Kings 3:3-14 Jennifer Tanouye
Leader: When Solomon came to the throne, the LORD came to Solomon in a dream.
All: God asked the king what he would like as a coronation gift.
Leader: Solomon asked for “an understanding mind to govern your people,” and God was pleased.
All: Would that all God’s people would seek an understanding mind!
Leader: Though none of us are Solomon, with a nation to guide, we too can seek God’s wisdom.
All: In our lives and in our prayers, we seek to know the guiding will of God.
Invocation: based on Proverbs 9:1-6
You call to us, O God. Your Wisdom calls to us. Your Spirit calls to us. Jesus calls to us. And how do we respond? We know the ways of wisdom bring us joy. We know the ways of wisdom bring us health. And yet we often stray to dance the paths of folly. Holy One, renew us in your wisdom in this time of worship, that we may live in health and joy and praise your holy name. Amen.
Hymn #446: Jesus, Still Lead On Eric Anderson
Doug Albertson
Movement led by Genie Phillips
Scripture Jennifer Tanouye
Ephesians 5:15-20
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 6:51-58
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me.This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
Story/Sermon: Awkward Bread Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Pastoral Prayer Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Please join me in the 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. 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
Instrumental Anthem: Gnossienne No.1–Satie Kanako Okita
Call to Offering Jennifer Tanouye
How do we make the most of the time? How do we embrace the living bread come down from heaven? How do we live? With faith. With compassion. With sharing. This is one such moment in our week to share. Please send your offering through the mail in an envelope to 440 West Lanikaula Street, Hilo, Hawai’i, 96720, or give online at holycrosshilo.com/donate. Let us pray together:
Offertory Prayer
O God, you are generous with your wisdom, generous with your love, generous with your life. Accept these gifts we offer in return, and bless them to the building of a community of compassion, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Vocal Anthem: Adoro te devote—Thomas Aquinas Eric Anderson
Doug Albertson
Movement led by Genie Phillips
Announcements Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Benediction Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Postlude: March in C – C. M. Von Weben Kayleen Yuda
Permissions
Jesus, Still Lead On
Words: Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, 1721
Trans. Jane Borthwick, 1846
Music: SEELENBRAUTIGAM, Adam Drese, 1698
Public Domain
Adoro te devote
Words: Thomas Acquinas, c. 1260
Trans. New Century Hymnal, 1995
Tune: ADORO TE DEVOTE, Paris, 1697
Public Domain
Trans. streamed by permission of The Pilgrim Press
Dates to Remember
Today, August 15 – Deacons meeting after worship
Pastor Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Moderator Woody Kita
Lay Reader Jennifer Tanouye
Chapel Decorations Herb Watanabe
Choir Accompanist Kanako Okita
Choir Director Doug Albertson
Organist Kayleen Yuda
Hand Bell Director Anna Kennedy
Childcare Coordinator Evonne Shioshita
Movement Leader Genie Phillips
Projected Imagery Sue Smith
Web Master Ruth Niino-DuPonte
Videographers Eric Tanouye, Bob Smith, Gloria Kobayashi
This week at the Church of the Holy Cross
- Bible Study with Pastor Eric: Tuesdays, 3:00 p.m. via Zoom
- Pickleball: Mondays, 12 noon, Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m., Thursdays, 8:30 a.m., Saturdays 12:00 p.m., Sundays 1:30 p.m. Building of Faith—limited to 10 attendees
- Online Song – Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. online
- Community Concert – 2nd and 4th Fridays, 6:00 p.m. online
Social Networks:
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