The Service in PDF format is at: November 5, 2023 Service
Video of service is at: YouTube
Peace Lutheran Church
We welcome you in the name of the Lord Jesus. We are honored with your presence. If you do not have a church home, you are invited to join us regularly. Please introduce yourself to Pastor Jeremy Lucke or one of the Ushers as you leave today and sign the guest book in the entryway. We continue to observe the guidelines for health safety. If you have any questions, please see an usher. Everyone is welcome.
The ringing of the bell and the lighting of the Christ candle mark the beginning of our service and a time for quiet meditation, prayer and inward reflection as we begin our worship.
Children are welcome at our worship services. If you prefer, Peace Lutheran has a playroom equipped for children three years old and younger. The room is unstaffed and can be accessed in the fellowship hall where the service is also being live streamed for your convenience and enjoyment.
Holy Communion is celebrated every first and third Sunday and will follow the order of service in the bulletin. If you are a baptized Christian and share our faith in Jesus as Savior and have been instructed in the meaning and use of the Lord’s Supper, you are invited to partake. We have pre-wrapped communion wine or juice and wafers. We also have gluten-free wafers available. If you desire a gluten-free wafer, ask the server. May the body and blood of Jesus, present in the bread and wine, be a blessing to you.
There are times during the service when you will be asked to stand if you are able. Please feel free to remain seated if standing is difficult.
Offering. Peace Lutheran Church understands and teaches that Offerings are voluntary and to be from the heart. Whether we give or do not give does not determine our salvation. Whether we give much or little does not determine our standing before God. Sharing an Offering is an opportunity to quietly practice generosity with our neighbors.
Serving You
Pastor Pastor Jeremy Lucke
Music Director Colleen Schulze
Choir Director Diane Crocker
Supt. Of Sunday School Brandy Stokes & Karyn Stanley
Admin Assistant Daniel Dusek
Parish Nurse Kathy Durling
Webmaster Jim Holroyd
Audio-Visual Johnathon Holroyd, George Abele, Nicholas Abele, Merv Munster, Callie Santora, Caleb Santora, Joyce Long, Oscar Gutbrod, Sam Worth, Rick Durling, Jim Holroyd, Nora Stanley, Debbi Weiler, Daniel Dusek, Rick Durling
Today November 5, 2023
Musician Colleen Schulze
Reader Carole Gutbrod
Flowers Carole Gutbrod
AS WE GATHER…………………As you look around at fellow worshipers today, you might notice the many families from which we come. Some families are serious, some quirky, some similar to us, some very different from us. As we recognize All Saints’ Day, however, we also celebrate that, as believers in Christ, we are members of the same family, the most special of families. Through water and the Word, each one of us was made a part of this family at Baptism. As today’s Epistle puts it, “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are” (I John 3:1). As we look at those around us, we remember we are brothers and sisters in Christ. We also give thanks for those members of the family of God whom we cannot see with our own eyes, those who have died in Christ.
RINGING OF THE BELL……………. After the ringing of the bell, in silence, we prepare our hearts and minds for worship.
OPENING PROCESSIONAL “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
By: Oliver Holden; Arr. Roger Nachtway; Words: Public Domain Music: Public Domain
All hail the pow’r of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown him Lord of all.
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Crown him, you martyrs of our God,
Who from His altar call;
Extol the stem of Jesse’s rod
And crown him Lord of all.
Extol the stem of Jesse’s rod
And crown him Lord of all.
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O seed of Israel’s chosen race
Now ransomed from the fall,
Hail him who saves you by his grace
And crown him Lord of all.
Hail him who saves you by his grace
And crown him Lord of all.
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Hail him, you heirs of David’s line,
Whom David Lord did call—
The God incarnate, man divine—
And crown him Lord of all.
The God incarnate, man divine—
And crown him Lord of all.
Leader: In the name of the Father,
People: who created us.
Leader: In the name of the + Son,
People: who redeemed us.
Leader: In the name of the Holy Spirit,
People: who sanctifies and keeps us in the one true faith. Amen.
OPENING UP TO GOD………..
Leader: In today’s Epistle, John writes, “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God.” Yet, we do not live our lives as if we are children of God.
People: Father in heaven, forgive us for not always living in ways that honor Your name, which we bear as Your baptized children. You lavishly love us, but we have not shown love for You or for our neighbor. Because we are by nature sinful and unclean, we set our minds only on the things of this world and not on the world to come.
Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
……….AND RECEIVE GOD’S FORGIVENESS
Leader: Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; “but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who thus hopes in Him purifies himself as He is pure” (1 John 3:2-3). As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Leader: Let us Pray. Almighty and everlasting God,
People: You knit together Your faithful people of all times and places into one holy communion, the mystical Body of Your Son, Jesus Christ.
Leader: Grant us so to follow Your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living that, together with them, we may come to the unspeakable joys You have prepared for those who love You;
People: through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
SCRIPTURE LESSONS
FIRST LESSON: Revelation 7:9-17
God promises to wipe every tear away.
9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?”
14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God!
God loves us and calls us His sons and daughters.
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God!
Jesus teaches the Beatitudes.
Leader: Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up on the mountain, and when He sat down, His disciples came to Him. And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit,
People: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Leader: Blessed are those who mourn,
People: for they shall be comforted.
Leader: Blessed are the meek,
People: for they shall inherit the earth.
Leader: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.
People: for they shall be satisfied.
Leader: Blessed are the merciful,
People: for they shall receive mercy.
Leader: Blessed are the pure in heart,
People: for they shall see God.
Leader: Blessed are the peacemakers,
People: For they shall be called sons of God.
Leader: Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
People: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Leader: Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on My account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Leader: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
People: Praise to You, O Christ.
SERMON HYMN: “For All the Saints”
Text: William H. How, 1823-1897, alt. Tune: RVaughn Williams, 1872-1958; ©1978 published by Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis & Board of Publication, Lutheran Church in America, Philadelphia
For all the saints who
from their labors rest,
All who by faith before
the world confessed,
Your name, O Jesus,
be forever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
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You were their rock,
their fortress, and their might;
You, Lord, their captain in
the well-fought fight;
You, in the darkness drear,
their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
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But then there breaks
a yet more glorious day:
The saints triumphant
rise in bright array;
The King of glory
passes on his way.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
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From earth’s wide bounds,
from ocean’s farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams
in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
MESSAGE
“An Upside Down World”
Pastor Jeremy Lucke
People: I believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
And was born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate.
Was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
And is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again 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.
Leader: In joyful expectation of the resurrection to eternal life, we remember before our Lord our departed family and friends who have gone before us in faith and all who are in our hearts and minds this day. Lord, in your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.
Arnold Abele
Engle Anderson
Peggy Bartholomaus
Delyla M. Christensen
Larry Cole
Lonnie Conell
Terry Davis
Be Davison Herrera
Carol Day
Dona Dewees
Bob Glathar
Roman Guenther
Roscoe Gutbrod
Gary Haines
Randy Hanna
Frances Hayes
Tom Helm
Bob Johnson
Peggy Johnson
Sherryl Kumli
Art Labahn
Delores Land
Susie Lane
Don Maddux
Audrey (Krueger) Manning
Fay Reams
Gudrun Reams
Jack Reams
Jim and Lorraine Roosa
Harold Scheele
Ruth Smith
Craig Starr
Del and Doris Starr
Dennis Starr
Virginia Walter
Mike Whipple
Fran Winstead
Leader: Almighty God, we remember with thanksgiving those who loved and served You in Your Church on earth and who now rest from their labors. Keep us in fellowship with all Your saints and bring us at last to the joy of Your heavenly kingdom; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
People: Amen.
OFFERING
We offer our thanksgiving for what God has first given us—our selves, our time, our possessions.
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
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
DISTRIBUTION HYMN “Bind us Together”
Bob Gillman; © 1977 Thankyou Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)
Bind us together Lord,
Bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken,
Bind us together Lord,
Bind us together
Bind us together with love.
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There is only one God.
There is only one King.
There is only one body.
That is why I sing.
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Bind us together Lord,
Bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken,
Bind us together Lord,
Bind us together
Bind us together with love.
Ben Fielding, Horatio Gates Spafford, Philip Paul Bliss, Reuben Morgan; 2011 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)
When peace, like a river,
attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot,
thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Chorus: It is well (it is well)
with my soul, (with my soul)
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet,
the trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded
my helpless estate,
And hath shed his own
blood for my soul.
Chorus
My sin oh, the bliss of
this glorious tho’t:
My sin not in part,
but the whole
Is nail’d to the cross
and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
O my soul.
Chorus
And, Lord, haste the day
when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be roll’d back as a scroll,
The trump shall resound
and the Lord shall descend,
“Even so,” it is well with my soul.
Chorus
Leader: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and + give you peace.
People: Amen.
CLOSING HYMN “Rejoice in the Lord Always”
Words and Music by Evelyn Tarner; Copyright 1967 by Word Music. All rights reserved.
Twice through
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, Rejoice!
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, Rejoice!
Rejoice, rejoice, again I say, Rejoice!
Rejoice, rejoice, again I say, Rejoice!
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, Rejoice!
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, Rejoice!
Leader: Go in Peace. Serve the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God!
Announcements
THE CHOSEN: ADULT BIBLE STUDY…Are you someone open to taking a look at the Bible and Jesus’ life in a fresh way? Are you someone intimidated by the Bible? Are you someone who is desiring to discover God’s message for you in His Word? If you answered yes to any of those questions, Peace’s next Adult Bible Study is for you. We will be viewing and discussing The Chosen. The Chosen is a streaming television series about the life of Jesus. We begin on Sunday, November 5 at 9 am in the fellowship hall and will continue each Sunday until the end of December. All are welcome!
CPR/DEFIBRILLATOR CLASS… Peace is hosting a CPR class on Saturday, November 18 from 10am-12pm. The cost is $40, however scholarships are available from the Ladies Guild if needed. Call or email the office to sign up.
ALTAR FLOWERS…There is an opportunity to share altar flowers for next weekend, November 12. The flowers are a visual reminder about how God cares and provides for creation. If you have a desire to share altar flowers, contact Carole Gutbrod. You can also sign up to share flowers on the flower sign up chart on the bulletin board. Thank you!
ODOT PRESENTATION AT ROTARY…Community members are invited to the Rotary meeting on November 7 at 12pm in the fellowship hall.
Two ODOT Public Information Officers will provide an update on three local ODOT projects: Van Buren Bridge; US20 safety upgrades; and Philomath downtown Safety and Streetscape improvements. Please RSVP to the church office if you plan to attend.
