October 21, 2018 Service and Bulletin

The Bulletin is at: 10-21-2018 – Bulletin

The Service in PDF format is at: 10-21-2018 – Service

or the service is as follows:

Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

LWML Sunday

October 21, 2018

AS WE GATHER…The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) is the official women’s auxiliary of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Since 1942, the LWML has affirmed each woman’s identity as a child of God and her relationship with Jesus Christ. Lutheran Women in Mission are encouraged and equipped to live out their lives in active mission ministries and to support missions around the world through their sacrificial gifts of Mite Box offerings and tireless service. As God’s children, we rest in the assurance that He loves us and sent His Son to redeem us. God is our rock and salvation. That firm foundation enables us to reach out into a changing world in need of the Gospel.

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPENING BLESSING

P: In the name of the Father and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen!

BEING HONEST ABOUT OURSELVES…

P: Our help is in the name of the Lord,

C: who made heaven and earth.

P: If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

C: But with You there is forgiveness; therefore, You are feared.

P: Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

C: Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.

P: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. 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.

C: Amen.

CHOIR ANTHEM Gather by the River to Pray

Down to the River to Pray/Shall We Gather at the River

Arranged by Pepper Choplin

As I went down to the river to pray,

Studyin’ about that good ole way;

And who shall wear the starry crown?

Good Lord, show me the way. (Repeat)

O brother, let’s go down, let’s go down come on down.

O brother, let’s go down, down to the river to pray,

down to the river to pray.

Shall we gather at the river, where bright angel feet have trod,

With its crystal tide forever flowing by the throne of God?

Ere we reach the shining river, lay we ev’ry burden down;

grace our spirits will deliver and provide a robe and crown.

Yes, we’ll gather at the river, the beautiful the beautiful river;

gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of God.

BAPTISM OF ADALINE FISHER

THE SCRIPTURE LESSONS

The First Lesson: Daniel 6:12-27

Daniel is delivered from the lions’ den.

Then they came near and said before the king, concerning the injunction, “O king! Did you not sign an injunction, that anyone who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered and said, “The thing stands fast, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.” Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or the injunction you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”

Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel. And he labored till the sun went down to rescue him. Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or ordinance that the king establishes can be changed.”

Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!” And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

Then, at break of day, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions. As he came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish. The king declared to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.” Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God. And the king commanded, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you. I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel,

for he is the living God,

enduring forever;

his kingdom shall never be destroyed,

and his dominion shall be to the end.

He delivers and rescues;

he works signs and wonders

in heaven and on earth,

he who has saved Daniel

from the power of the lions.”

P: This is the Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

The Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30

Jesus invites us to come to Him.

At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the eleventh chapter.

C: Glory to You, O Lord.

SERMON HYMN: “How Firm a Foundation” LBW 507

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,

is laid for your faith in God’s excellent Word!

What more can be said than to you God hath said,

to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

“Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,

for I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;

I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,

upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

“When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,

my grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;

the flame shall not hurt thee; I only design

thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

Through out all their life time my people shall prove

My sovereign eternal , unchangeable love;

Amd then, when gray hairs shall their temples adorn,

Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be home.

SERMON

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: THE LWML PLEDGE

P: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

C: In fervent gratitude for the Savior’s dying love and His blood-bought gift of redemption, we dedicate ourselves to Him with all that we are and have;

P: God has entrusted to His people the task of teaching all nations. We thank Him for the 76 years He has blessed the work of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.

C: And in obedience to His call for workers in the harvest fields, we pledge Him our willing service wherever and whenever He has need of us.

P: That the joyous truth of the Gospel may be known in every generation;

C: We consecrate to our Savior our hands to work for Him, our feet to go on His errands, our voice to sing His praises, our lips to proclaim His redeeming love, our silver and our gold to extend His Kingdom, our will to do His will, and every power of our life.

P: We are mindful of the shortness of time and uncertainties of life. Preserve our faithfulness and strengthen us for service in our communities and throughout the world,

C: to the great task of bringing the lost and the erring into eternal fellowship with Him. Amen!

OFFERINGS

The offerings gathered are a sign of our whole lives offered to God in humble gratitude for his greatest of all offerings, his Son offered for our salvation.

THE PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE

P: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs. For the advancement of Christ’s kingdom, that we be strong in the Lord and strive to enter into His rest and share this rest with others, let us pray to the Lord.

C: Lord, have mercy.

P: For all pastors, teachers, musicians, missionaries, and other servants of the Church, that their work be a reflection of Christ, whose work enables us to have peace and joy, let us pray to the Lord.

C: Lord, have mercy.

P: For all who serve in positions of leadership in our government, along with those who wear the uniform of our country, that our Savior, upon whose shoulders the government rests, grant them wisdom, comfort, and satisfaction in their labors, let us pray to the Lord.

C: Lord, have mercy.

P: For all who are broken in body, mind, and spirit, [especially . . .], that the Lord would bind up their wounds and grant them full healing and restoration, let us pray to the Lord.

C: Lord, have mercy.

P: Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend ourselves and all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy and grace, for the sake of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

C: Amen.

SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT

WORDS OF INSTITUTION

THE LORD’S PRAYER

C: 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 glory forever and ever. Amen.

DISTRIBUTION

DISTRIBUTION HYMNS

Let Us Break Bread Together TOSB 126

Let us break bread together on our knees,

Let us break bread togeter on our knees;

When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,

O Lord, have mercy on me!

Let us drink wine together on our knees,

Let us drink wine together on our knees;

When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,

O Lord, have mercy on me!

Let us bow ’round the altar on our knees,

Let us bow ‘round the altar on our knees;

When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,

O Lord, have mercy on me!

Let us praise God together on our knees,

Let us praise God together on our knees;

When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,

O Lord, have mercy on me!

How Great Thou Art TOSB 78

O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder

Consider all the worlds thy hands have made,

I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,

Thy pow’r throughout the universe displayed,