PRAYER OF THE DAY

Let us pray,

Gracious God, you have placed within the hearts of all your children a longing for your word and a hunger for your truth. Grant that we may know your Son to be the true bread of heaven and share this bread with all the world, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.  Amen.

WORD

Psalm 145:10-18

 ¹⁰All your works shall praise you, O Lord,
  and your faithful ones shall bless you.
 ¹¹They shall tell of the glory of your kingdom
  and speak of your power,
 ¹²that all people may know of your power
  and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
 ¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; your dominion endures through out all ages.
  You, Lord, are faithful in all your words, and loving in all your works. 
 ¹⁴The Lord upholds all those who fall
  and lifts up those who are bowed down.
 ¹⁵The eyes of all wait upon you, O Lord,
  and you give them their food in due season.
 ¹⁶You open wide your hand
  and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
 ¹⁷You are righteous in all your ways
  and loving in all your works.
 ¹⁸You are near to all who call upon you,
  to all who call upon you faithfully. 

Second Reading: Ephesians 3:14-21

¹⁴For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, ¹⁵from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. ¹⁶I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, ¹⁷and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. ¹⁸I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, ¹⁹and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
 ²⁰Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, ²¹to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.  

*Gospel ACCLAMATION                 “Jesus Loves Me” ELW #595

The holy gospel according to John, the 6^th chapter.   Glory to you, O Lord.

Gospel: John 6:16-21

 ¹⁶When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. ¹⁸The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. ¹⁹When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were terrified. ²⁰But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” ²¹Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

The gospel of the Lord.               Praise to you, O Christ.

Sermon Eulogy – David Weaver

Character – Carol (Weaver) van Seumeren

Pastor Rita Augsburger

*HYMN OF THE DAY           “Great is Thy Faithfulness”                     ELW #733

SERVICE OF COMMENDATION – In Remembrance of Larry Weaver

P:  When we were baptized in Christ Jesus, we were baptized into his death. We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of God, we too might live a new life.  For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

Let us pray:

C:  O God of grace and glory, we remember before you today our brother, Larry. We thank you for giving him to us to know and to love as a companion in our pilgrimage on earth. In your boundless compassion, console us who mourn. Give us faith to see that death has been swallowed up in the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that we may live in confidence and hope until, by your call, we are gathered to our heavenly home in the company of all your saints, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

P:  In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, we commend to almighty God our brother, Larry.

P:  The Lord bless him and keep him,
The Lord’s face shine upon him with grace and mercy.
The Lord look upon him with favor and give him peace. 

Amen

P:  Let us pray,
C:  Merciful God, you heal the broken in heart and bind up the wounds of the afflicted. Strengthen us in our weakness, calm our troubled spirits, and dispel our doubts and fears. In Christ’s rising from the dead, you conquered death and opened the gates to eternal life. Renew our trust in you that by the power of your love we shall one day be brought together again with our brother, Larry. Grant this, we pray, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen