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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                                         Anne Schroeder & 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, Joyce Long, Oscar Gutbrod, Sam Worth, Rick Durling, Jim Holroyd, Debbi Weiler, Dan Dusek, Seamus Harrington, Archer Schroeder

Praise Team      Rick Durling, Patrick Kamins, Ginny Tonelli, Karyn Stanley, Nora Stanley, Diane Crocker, Kaia Lucke, Anne Schroeder, John Mergl

Today, October 5, 2025

Musician                                                               Colleen Schulze

Reader                                                                  Kathy Hanna

Flowers                                                                Maggie Baker

Communion                                                       George & Janice Abele   

PRE-SERVICE MUSIC

AS WE GATHER…………. People are looking to discover purpose for their life. No matter what age we are, having a sense of direction allows us to live more purposefully. Does the Bible offer any guidance about purpose for living? It sure does. In today’s Gospel Jesus commissions Peter for Jesus’ purpose. Jesus says to Peter, “Peace be with you.” Peter’s purpose for the rest of his life was to share this peace with others. Peter played a small, but significant role, in God’s big plan to bring peace to all. Jesus commissions us as well for His purpose. What small part can we play in being a part of God’s big plan?

RINGING OF THE BELL…………..After the ringing of the bell, we take a few moments to prepare our hearts and minds in silence for today’s worship. 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPENING BLESSING AND FOCUS

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

People: Amen

Leader: Thus says the Lord God:  I will seek the lost. 

People: We thank You, O Lord!

Leader: Will bring back the strayed.

People: We adore You, O Lord! 

Leader: I will bind up the injured. 

People: We praise You, O Lord! 

Leader: I will strengthen the weak. 

People: We worship You, O Lord! 

WE CONFESS

Leader: Mighty and merciful Lord, with heavy hearts we confess our sin to You. 

~~~~~ A time of silence is observed. ~~~~~

Leader: We confess,

People: captive to sin, we have sinned against You, mighty God, in thought, word, and deed. 

Leader: When we have treated the lost not with compassion but with condemnation,

People: We have sinned against You in thought, word and deed. 

Leader: When our joy has been in our purity, our possessions, our reputations, and our uprightness,

People: We have sinned against You in thought, word and deed. 

Leader: When we have neglected to care for the poor, the strayed, the weak, and have instead mocked them,

People: we have sinned against You in thought, word and deed. 

Leader: When we have served from love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith,

People: We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed.  Bring us to repentance, Lord.  Forgive us our sins, those of which we are aware and those we do unwittingly.  See us, for You alone can find us and restore us. 

SONG OF CONFESSION           “Change My Heart Oh God”

Music & Lyrics by Eddie Espinosa. © 1982 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing, admin. Music Services

Twice Through

Change my heart, oh God. Make it ever true.

Change my heart, oh God. May I be like You.

You are the potter. I am the clay.

Mold me and make me. This is what I pray.

Change my heart, oh God. Make it ever true.

Change my heart, oh God. May I be like You.

Leader: Thus says the Lord God, I will rescue My sheep from all the places where they have been scattered, and I Myself will be their shepherd.  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 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…….. You O Lord, tirelessly seek the lost and the strayed. 

People: We praise You for finding us, welcoming us, and redeeming us. 

Leader: Help us never to take Your mercy for granted,

People: And guide us to join You in welcoming those who are lost or straying;

Leader: through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

People: Amen.

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

FIRST LESSON                     Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4

“The righteous shall live by his faith”

The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.  ²  O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?   Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save?  ³  Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong?   Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.  ⁴  So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth.   For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.

I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower,   and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. ² And the Lord answered me:   “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.  ³  For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie.   If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.  ⁴  “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.

People:  Thanks be to God.  

SECOND LESSON                    Romans 8:1-11

8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ² For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. ³ For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

⁵ For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ⁶ For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. ⁷ For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. ⁸ Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. ⁹ You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

¹⁰ But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹ If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. 

People:  Thanks be to God.  

Holy GOSPEL:                     John 20:19-23

¹⁹ On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” ²⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” ²² And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Leader:  This is the Gospel of the Lord. 

People:  Praise to You, O Christ. 

SERMON HYMN                   “Amazing Grace”

Edwin Othello Excell; John Newton; John P. Rees; William W. Walker; Words: Public Domain ; Music: Public Domain

Amazing grace how sweet the sound,

That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost but now am found;

Was blind but now I see.

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

And grace my fears relieved;

How precious did that grace appear

The hour I first believed!

Thro’ many dangers, toils, and snares

I have already come;

‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,

And grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me,

His Word my hope secures;

He will my shield and portion be

As long as life endures.

SERMON

“God’s Plan A”

Pastor Jeremy Lucke

APOSTLES’ CREED

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.

OFFERING

We offer our thanksgiving for what God has first given us—ourselves, our time, our possessions.

OFFERTORY

PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH

Leader: Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.

Leader: O Lord, our heavenly Father, receive our thanks that You preserve Your Word in this world of uncertainty, confusion and lies. Grant us to love Your Law and rejoice in Your promises continually, that we may live in Your peace. Lord, in Your mercy,

People: hear our prayer.

Leader: Heavenly Father, Timothy learned of Christ from his faithful grandmother, Lois, and his faithful mother, Eunice. Bless all faithful parents and grandparents, that they might bear witness to Christ to their children. Lord, in Your mercy,

People: hear our prayer.

Leader: Holy God, preserve us from paralyzed law and perverted justice. Strengthen those whom You have placed in authority to govern wisely, that we might live free of strife and contention. Lord, in Your mercy,

People: hear our prayer.

Leader: God of all grace, remember those who suffer from violence, strife, illness or affliction [especially _____________]. Heal and deliver them according to Your will, and when Your answer seems slow, strengthen them by Christ’s righteousness to await Your timing and live by faith. Lord, in Your mercy,

People: hear our prayer.

Leader: Receive our thanks for the callings You have given us. Grant that we might rejoice to labor in service to You until You gather us to Your banquet table in heaven; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

People: Amen.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION

PROCLAMATION OF CHRIST

Leader: As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

People: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

Leader: O Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,  in giving us Your body and blood to eat and to drink, You lead us to remember and confess Your holy cross and passion, Your blessed death, Your rest in the tomb, Your resurrection from the dead, Your ascension into heaven, and Your coming for the final judgement. So, remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray:

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 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

DISTRIBUTION HYMNS                                             

“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.

There is only one God.

There is only one King.

There is only one body.

That is why I sing.

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.

“Jesus, Name Above All Names”

Jesus, name above all names,

Beautiful Savior, glorious Lord,

Emmanuel, God is With us,

Blessed Redeemer, living Word.

Jesus, loving shepherd

Vine of the branches, Son of God

Prince of Peace, Wonderful Counselor

Lord of the universe, Light of the World.

Jesus, Way of salvation,

King of Kings, Lord of Lords,

The way the truth, and the Life,

Mighty creator, my Savior and friend.

Benediction

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         “On Our Way Rejoicing”

Text: John S. B. Monseel, 1811-1875, alt. Tune: Frances R. Havergal, 1836-1879.©1978 by Lutheran Church in America, The American Lutheran Church, The evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

On our way rejoicing, Gladly let us go.

Christ our Lord has conquered;

Vanquished is the foe.

Christ without our safety;

Christ within our joy;

Who, if we be faithful,

Can our hope destroy?

Chorus:                         On our way rejoicing;

As we forward move,

Harken to our praises,

O blest God of Love!

Unto God the Father, Joyful songs we sing;

Unto God the Savior

Thankful hearts we bring;

Unto God the Spirit

Bow we and adore,

On our way rejoicing

Now and evermore

Chorus

Dismissal  

Leader: Go in peace. Serve the Lord

People: Thanks be to God.

POST-SERVICE MUSIC

Announcements

Decorating the church for fall. We are looking for items to decorate the church for fall. Specifically, we need cornstalks, pumpkins, gourds, etc., to decorate outside and for the bazaar.  If you could provide one or two items, that would be a great help. Please put your donated items in the kitchen on the counter or right inside the west door to the fellowship hall.  Please talk to Sally S. for additional information.

TABLES OF PEACE……………… Tables of Peace is starting up again. The sign-up list is in the hallway between the Nartex and the Fellowship Hall. Please see Linda S. with any questions. 

Bazaar News… Have you taken that moment yet and checked out the beautiful quilt in the fellowship hall?  It was lovingly made by our very own Janette and Peggy.   You could win that quilt! 

Please consider purchasing a raffle ticket (or several)!  Raffle tickets are $5.00 each.

See Maggie to purchase.  The drawing will be held on October 25^th.  

More to come…        

ADULT BIBLE STUDY NEXT WEEK…………. Peace is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Next Sunday during the Bible Study hour (9:00 am) is an opportunity to celebrate God’s work accomplished here in this special place. The Heins family will be with us to share about their time in Philomath and at Peace. Pastor Heins served Peace from 1960 to 1971. Next Sunday will also be special as we recognize LWML. Fellowship after church will recognize the significant blessings the LWML gives to our church and beyond for God’s glory. 

HEALING AND PRAYER SERVICE…………. All are welcome to attend the Healing and Prayer Service held on the first Sunday of each month at 8:30 am in the sanctuary. The elders and pastor gather to uplift concerns and thanksgivings in prayer. We also offer the anointing of oil. The oil is recognition that God’s presence is with us in our struggles. Consider attending next month! And if you are in need of prayer, we (the pastor and elders) want to pray for you at any time. Pastor Lucke can be reached via email at pastorlucke@gmail.com. 

MITE BOX SUNDAY…………….. We are collecting mites for Mite Box Sunday–October 12. After the offering is collected, bring your mite boxes forward and deposit your coins in the box the pastor is holding. What do the mites do? The mites support the mission of the LWML–proclaiming the good news that Jesus died and lives for us. 

POTLUCK FELLOWSHIP…………….. It’s the first Sunday of the month. This means that we are having a potluck fellowship after worship in the fellowship hall. Consider staying to share and connect. 

PHILOMATH ROTARY……………… Peace Lutheran Church has an organizational membership with the Philomath Rotary. We are partnered in word and deed with our community. And the good news is that the Philomath Rotary is growing in membership. On Tuesday, October 7 at noon, Nichole Hasley is sharing a vocational talk. Nichole is working closely with the Philomath Chamber. Please RSVP with Lindy if you would like to attend so the Rotary can plan for the number of meals.