<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks to you all. It's been so great to have the confirmation students leading worship - people mention it to me all the time. I hope they tell you about it, too!</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4CA9AA2BA75-47888412-confirmation#/">Here's a new way to signup</a> for all our confirmation things. Please let me know when you're going to be helping and when your students are coming!<br></div><div><br></div><div>This week, here's what's happening: <br></div><div><br></div><div>Max is acolyte; Josie is helping with Thanksgiving for Baptism; Maddie is doing the first reading; Neal is leading the Psalm; Frances is leading the prayers. Please arrive at 9:30. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you! Reach out with any questions.<br></div><div><br></div><div>


















<p class="gmail-BulletinHeadingC16" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:black">Thanksgiving for Baptism<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinHiddenLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;display:none"><span>Pastor (at
Font): <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Pastor: Holy
God, holy and merciful, holy and mighty, <span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">You
are the river of life, you are the everlasting wellspring, <span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">You
are the fire of rebirth.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinHiddenLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;display:none"><span>Josie (at Communion Table): <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Josie (from Communion table): Glory
to you for oceans and lakes, for rivers and streams.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Honor
to you for cloud and rain, for dew and snow.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Your
waters are below us, around us, above us: our life is born in you.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">You
are the fountain of resurrection. <span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Praise
to you for your saving waters:<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Pastor:
<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Noah
and the animals survive the flood,<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Hagar
discovers your well.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">The
Israelites escape through the sea, and they drink from your gushing rock.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Naaman
washes his leprosy away,<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">And
the Samaritan woman will never be thirsty again.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinHiddenLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;display:none"><span><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinHiddenLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;display:none"><span>Josie <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><br></p><p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Josie: At
this font, holy God, we pray:<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalTextBold" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 0in 27pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">Praise to you for
the water of baptism<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalTextBold" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 0in 27pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">And for your Word
that saves us in this water.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalTextBold" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 0in 27pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">Breathe your
Spirit into all of us gathered here and into all creation.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalTextBold" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 0in 27pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">Illumine our days.
Enliven our bones. Dry our tears.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalTextBold" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 0in 27pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">Wash away the sin
within us and drown the evil around us. <span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalTextBold" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 0in 27pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">Satisfy all our
thirst with your living water, Jesus Christ, our Savior,<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalTextBold" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 0in 27pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">Who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalTextBold" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 0in 27pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;font-weight:bold">Amen.<span></span></p>





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<p class="gmail-BulletinHeadingC16" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:black">The First Reading <span>                             </span><span>        </span>2 Kings
2:1-12<span class="gmail-BulletinRubrics" style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:windowtext"><span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinHiddenLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;display:none"><span>Maddie:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><br></p><p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Maddie: A reading from the Second Book of Kings:<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLectionaryText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">¹Now when the Lord was about to take
Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from
Gilgal. ²Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the Lord has sent me
as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself
live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. ³The
company of prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do
you know that today the Lord will take your master away from you?” And he said,
“Yes, I know; keep silent.”<br>
 ⁴Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here; for the Lord has sent me
to Jericho.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I
will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. ⁵The company of
prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know
that today the Lord will take your master away from you?” And he answered,
“Yes, I know; be silent.” ⁶Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; for
the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and
as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on. ⁷Fifty
men of the company of prophets also went, and stood at some distance from them,
as they both were standing by the Jordan. ⁸Then Elijah took his
mantle and rolled it up, and struck the water; the water was parted to the one
side and to the other, until the two of them crossed on dry ground.<br>
 ⁹When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I may
do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let me inherit a
double share of your spirit.” ¹⁰He responded, “You have asked a hard
thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you;
if not, it will not.” ¹¹As they continued walking and talking, a
chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah
ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. ¹²Elisha kept watching and
crying out, “Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its drivers!” But when
Elisha could no longer see Elijah, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in
two pieces.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLectionaryText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">The Epiphany of God.<span style="font-family:"LBWSymbols Plain""><span>   </span><span>             </span><span>                  </span></span><b>Thanks be to God.</b><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Psalm 50:1-6
read responsively<span>         <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><span>Neal: <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><i><span></span></i></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinHiddenLectionaryText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;display:none"><span>Neal: <span> </span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinHeadingC16" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:black">^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">1</span>}<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The
mighty one, God the Lord, has spoken;<br>
  calling the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.<br>
 ²<b>Out of Zion, perfect in its beauty,</b><br>
  <b>God shines forth in glory.</b><br>
 ³Our God will come and will not keep silence;<br>
  with a consuming flame before, and round about a raging storm.<br>
 ⁴<b>God calls the heavens and the earth from above</b><br>
  <b>to witness the judgment of the people.</b><br>
 ⁵“Gather before me my loyal followers,<br>
  those who have made a covenant with me and sealed it with sacrifice.”<br>
 ⁶<b>The heavens declare the rightness of God’s cause,</b><br>
  <b>for it is God who is judge.</b></span></p><p class="gmail-BulletinHeadingC16" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><b><br></b></span></p><p class="gmail-BulletinHeadingC16" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:black">


















</p><p class="gmail-BulletinHeadingC16" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:black">The Prayers of the People<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinHiddenLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;display:none"><span>Frances: <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Frances:</p><p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">O God who welcomes all in love, let us pray for
the good of the church and the concerns of those in need.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="color:windowtext"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><i><span style="color:windowtext">Pause
for a moment<span></span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="color:windowtext"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="color:windowtext">We
pray for the church, that the transformational power of God enters the hearts
of all people. May its leaders serve as examples of your grace and healing
across time and space. God of grace,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><b><span style="color:windowtext">receive
our prayer.</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="color:windowtext">We
pray for the creation, that we will humbly observe the swirl of wind and the
heat of the bright sun. Teach us to honor all you have made and to care for the
animals, plants, air, and bodies of water of this planet. God of grace,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><b><span style="color:windowtext">receive
our prayer.</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="color:windowtext">We
pray for those charged with leadership, lawmaking, and governance of our towns,
states, and countries, that they will strive for goodness and justice all the
days of their lives and callings. God of grace,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><b><span style="color:windowtext">receive
our prayer.</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="color:windowtext">We
pray for any who are sick and suffering, especially those we name now. Guide us
to offer hospitality, shelter, friendship, and care to any in need. God of
grace,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><b><span style="color:windowtext">receive
our prayer.</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="color:windowtext">We
pray for this congregation and its ministry in the wider community. May we
share the transforming beauty and love of God in ways that honor the dignity of
all whom we encounter. God of grace,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><b><span style="color:windowtext">receive
our prayer.</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><span style="color:windowtext">Trusting
that all the saints, prophets, and those who die in faith are held in your
care, we remember in thanksgiving those who have died. Grant us your gift of
salvation as we await your coming again in glory. God of grace,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><b><span style="color:windowtext">receive
our prayer.</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">God of every land and nation, you have created
all people, and you dwell among us in Jesus Christ. Listen to the cries of
those who pray to you, and grant that all people will know the power of love at
work in the world. We ask this through Christ our Lord.<span>  </span><b>Amen.</b><span></span></p>











</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Janet Katari (she/her)<br></font></div><div><font size="2">Pastor, Christ Church, Lutheran, San Francisco</font></div><div><font size="2"><a href="mailto:seniorpastor@christchurchlutheran.org" target="_blank">seniorpastor@christchurchlutheran.org</a><br></font></div><div><font size="2">415-215-1576</font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Justice, therefore, represents the peace of God. This peace is freedom from the violence that distorts the human person. It is the elimination, in other words, of systems, constructs, and all actualities of violence. God's peace thus requires a radical restructuring of a political, social, and economic order that is sustained by and thus creates 'crucified classes of people.' <i>Kelly Brown Douglas, Stand Your Ground, p. 195</i></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>