FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

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1 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Harvest Home October 15, 2017 Pastor Director of Church Music Parish Administrator Director of Children s Choir Treasurer Financial Secretary Custodian FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 43 West Washington Street Chambersburg, PA Website office@felcc.org Church Office (717) The Rev. Jane Nicholson Freda J. Dorand, Deacon Christie Brown Connie Wilkins Bonnie McKenrick Carol McCoy Josh Dorand Church Office Hours: Monday Friday 9 a.m. 12 p.m. We welcome our visitors this morning. Please pick up a visitor s packet. They are located at the top of the steps at the rear of the church or on the table at the elevator entrance. Our Mission The mission of First Lutheran Church is to be the light of Jesus, burning brightly and vigorously in our community. We invite ALL to hear and receive God's blessing in Jesus, and to worship with us: Worship Schedule Sunday at 10:45 a.m. and Friday at 9:00 a.m. for Communion and Healing Services. Coffee and Donuts 9:15 a.m. Sunday Learning for all ages 9:30 a.m. Sunday 24 1

2 Welcome Visitors We invite you to sign the welcome pad and pick up a Visitor s Packet as you leave the service today. Thank you for joining us this morning! We are blessed by your presence. Children are always welcome in church, but if desired, there is a nursery for those age 4 and younger located downstairs past the elevator, across the hall from the bulletin board. Sunday (Today) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Large print bulletins for today s worship are available, please feel free to ask an usher if interested. 9:15 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5-6:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Coffee & Donuts Learning for all ages Holy Communion Worship Service Crop Walk Trinity Episcopal Crop Walk & Water Station Newsletter Deadline The Story Girl Scouts Scouts Worship Staff Meeting Worship & Music Woman s The Tracks Lutheran World Relief Quilters Bible Study No Rose Ringers No Sanctuary Choir Practice Friday 9:00 a.m. Worship Service of Communion and Healing Saturday 8a.m.-2 p.m. Pork & Sauerkraut Dinner Set-up FH Sunday 9:15 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. THIS WEEK AT FIRST Coffee & Donuts Learning for all ages Worship Service Laundry Days LARC Worship 2 Acolyte Nursery Memorial Hall Greeters Narthex Greeters Lector Prayers Altar Guild Communion Assistants WORSHIP ASSISTANTS Today 10/15 Next Sunday 10/22 Angie Cody Luke Cody Joe Hunt Marcia Hunt Jim Brown Ruth Ann Brown Celena Casseday Celena Casseday Carol Barnes Rick & Tudy Gates Aloma Dawkins Mary Gotwald Tim Gotwald Tom Kriner Dalton Paul Mary Gotwald Nancy Hamilton Pat Dent G Kampmeyer Bob Lawyer Nancy Lawyer Nancy Fricke Nancy Fricke Carol Barnes Rick & Tudy Gates Sound Board Mike Dent Bob Lawyer Ushers Jim Brown Rick Gates Lee Hipkiss Beth Yaukey Chuck Yaukey Jim Brown Rick Gates Lee Hipkiss Beth Yaukey Chuck Yaukey Opening Custodian Jeff Dorand Jeff Dorand Closing Custodian Jeff Dorand Dalton Paul Money Depositor Dalton Paul Dalton Paul FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AVAILABLE-Property Committee had to replace the church s fire extinguishers to meet commercial date limits. The fire extinguishers are good for private home use. Cost is $20 for the smaller and $30 for the larger, please see Paul Holbrook or Jeff Dorand. 23

3 LEARN HOW TO ARM KNIT- Rose Wilson is holding a class for anyone interested in learning to arm knit. Thursday Oct 26 4:15 pm. in Fellowship Hall. You can find a demonstration on You Tube. I have seen some scarves made this way and they were beautiful. If you are interested check the bulletin next week. Rose will list the materials that you will need for the project. THANKSGIVING WORSHIP -for our entire congregation will be held Sunday afternoon, November 19 at 3:00 p.m. at Menno Haven, Brookview Chapel. The leaders of worship will be from First Lutheran. For many in our congregation, this is home. We are hopeful that you will be joining us with the rest of the congregation as we take time to give thanks to God. If anyone would be willing to come earlier to escort our members who are Menno Haven residents to worship, it would be greatly appreciated. JOIN US-Our Property Committee is looking for a few good men or women to serve on our committee. We meet the 1 st Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. If interested, please speak to Paul Holbrook or Jeff Dorand. Start immediately and the pay is great! HURRICANE RELIEF If you would like to contribute money to hurricane relief in the U.S. and Puerto Rico you may place a check in the offering labeled Hurricane Relief or contribute at community.elca.org/hurricane-relief OCTOBER BIBLE STUDY Amazing Stories in the Bible Explore these Bible stories of God s amazing power and Jesus amazing generosity and goodness! Discuss with someone in your family or with a Christian Friend as you read through the scripture together. October 15 Jesus Heals Ten Luke 17:11-19 October 22 Jesus Feeds 5,000 John 6:1-14 October 29 Lazarus Is Alive John 11:1-45 ASK Is this an amazing story would you want to witness in person? How come? Sometimes the big, amazing things Jesus did, started out as small, simple things. What little thing happened in each of these stories? What huge thing happened next? Has someone in your family witnessed a miraculous healing, either in themselves or someone they know? Talk about it! PRAYER Dear God, thank you for working in the most amazing ways, even in the least likely situations. Thank you for showing your amazing and powerful love to all people, even the ones we least expect. [Name the amazing work God is doing in the lives of people you know.] Amen. 22 WELCOME PRELUDE Please stand or you may remain seated. Gathering CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Blessed be the holy Trinity, the one who fashions us, the one who heals us, the one who reforms us again and again. Amen. Let us confess our sin, calling for God's transforming power. Please kneel or sit as your are able. Silence for reflection and self examination. Most merciful God, we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have squandered your bountiful gifts. We have considered the blessings of the harvest our due. We have been indifferent in planning and planting for the future needs of your church. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, cause gratitude to ripen in our hearts, and wisdom to mature in our minds, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen. In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Please stand as you are able. 3

4 ANNOUNCEMENTS ALL SAINTS SUNDAY: If you have a loved one who has entered the church triumphant between November 1, 2016 and you would like them to be remembered by name on November 5, 2017, All Saints Sunday, please contact the church office and provide the correct spelling of their name and their date of death, if available. Please provide this information by Sunday, October 29, at office@felcc.org or NOMINATIONS-are being accepted for congregational council ( ). 4 persons will be elected. We currently have 3 persons who have agreed to have their names on the ballot for consideration. If you feel called to serve in this capacity, please contact Tom Kriner CONGREGATIONAL MEETING-November 19, 2017 First Lutheran will be having a congregational meeting following the 10:45 a.m. worship service. The purpose of this meeting will be to elect council members with their term beginning January 1, CROP WALK is a walk to help end hunger in our community and world. The group will register today at 1:00 at Trinity Episcopal Church on Second Street. We will begin at 1:30 and continue for less than three miles. GREETING The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, And the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. 4 LADIES FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST-will be Wednesday, October 18 at 8:30 a.m. at the Tracks Texas Lunch. All ladies are invited to join us for food & fellowship. FALL FOLIAGE DAY Youth are invited to Camp Nawakwa's Fall Foliage Day on Sunday afternoon, October 22. Activities include an apple butter boil, hayrides, and hiking. Cost is $7 per person. Contact Christy Burkholder if you would like to attend. LAUNDRY DAY #3 UPDATE -The next Laundry day is scheduled for October 22. Our goal is to have 60 $5.00 packages of quarters along with detergent, dryer sheets, water bottles and snacks to share with our neighbors. If you could help with this event contact Mary Gotwald or Nancy Fricke. All are welcomed. You will be blessed as you bless others. The hours of the event will be 1:00-3:30. Thank you for supporting this ministry. Our neighbors appreciate our assistance and our interest in their lives. LARC DIALOG will be held on Monday, October 23 from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. at the Cardinal Keeler Center. Bishop Donald McCoid of the Ecumenical Office of the ELCA will present the Roman Catholic Lutheran Agreement Declaration on the Way. Talk with Pastor Nicholson for more details. LARC VESPERS Vespers (evening worship) will be held at United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 22 in the Chapel with our Roman Catholic & Episcopalian brothers and sisters. 21

5 From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2017 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License # Hymns reprinted by permission under One License #A KYRIE Please remember in your prayers Teresa Anthony (11/08) Carol Chip Barnes Robin Barrows Ron Bowman (11/01) Aileen Bricker (10/24) Amanda Hammer (10/17) Dot Hammer (11/01) Elva Kroeger Addy Martin (10/24) Bob Ott (10/17) Joyce Hassler Elwood Leister Ruth McHenry Pat Plasterer Nancy Propst (11/08) Jack Schumacher (11/01) Grace Shindle Zeb Yoder (10/10) Bertha Umbrell We keep those receiving the gifts of Harvest Home in our prayers. May this food, the hands that prepare it and the persons who deliver it through Meals on Wheels be blessed. Altar Flowers are given to the Glory of God in honor of my mother, Carol Barnes and my son, Adam Grove by Kris Potts. Last Weeks Friday, October 6 13 Attendance: Sunday, October Sunday School 28 REFORMATION SUNDAY-Join us on Sunday, October 29 as we celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. Martin Luther treasured music and wrote much of it. We continue to treasure the gift of music in the Lutheran church and will honor this tradition with Special Organ Music beginning at 10:30 and a celebratory worship with Holy Communion at 10:45.We look forward to this grand day of celebration together! 20 5

6 HYMN OF PRAISE PRAYER OF THE DAY Let us pray. God, our provider, you grant us an abundant harvest so that your children throughout the world may be fed. Establish in us thankfulness and faithful stewardship, that we may return the first fruits of praise and use your gifts of field and livestock, tree and vine to fulfill the needs of the hungry and the sojourner. Bless the food we have collected to share with the recipients of Meals on Wheels. May their lives be filled and their hunger satisfied; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Please be seated. 6 DISMISSAL Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God. POSTLUDE 19

7 Please stand as you are able. TABLE BLESSING May the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. Amen. POST COMMUNION PRAYER Let us pray. Gracious God, we give thanks for your pruning, planting, and nurture. We rejoice that you have used the harvest of field and vineyard to renew and sustain us. Lead us as we go from this life-giving meal into lives of grateful service to you and your cherished creation; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen. BLESSING SENDING Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. Amen. CHILDREN S MESSAGE WORD FIRST READING Isaiah 25:1-9 1 O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure. 2 For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the palace of aliens is a city no more, it will never be rebuilt. 3 Therefore strong peoples will glorify you; cities of ruthless nations will fear you. 4 For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat. When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rainstorm, 5 the noise of aliens like heat in a dry place, you subdued the heat with the shade of clouds; the song of the ruthless was stilled. 6 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. 7 And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; 8 he will swallow up death forever. Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. 9 It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. PSALM Psalm 23 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want. 2 The Lord makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside still waters. 3 You restore my soul, O Lord, and guide me along right pathways for your name s sake. 4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil, and my cup is running over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 18 7

8 SECOND READING Philippians 4:1-9 1 My brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved. 2 I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. 3 Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life. 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. 6 Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Please stand as you are able. GRADUAL HYMN 8 17

9 GOSPEL Matthew 22:1-14 The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew the 22nd chapter. Glory to you, O Lord. 1 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. 4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet. 5 But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business, 6 while the rest seized his slaves, mistreated them, and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. 8 Then he said to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. 9 Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet. 10 Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe, 12 and he said to him, Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe? And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the attendants, Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few are chosen. The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. 16 9

10 SERMON Silence for reflection follows the sermon. PASTORAL PRAYER Please stand as you are able. LORD S PRAYER Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray: 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. INVITATION TO COMMUNION Come, let us eat, for now the feast is spread. Thanks be to God. Please be seated. All Christians who believe that Jesus is truly present in the bread (body of Christ) and in the wine (blood of Christ) are welcome at the Lord's Table. To receive Holy Communion, please come down the center aisle, take a glass (the prefilled glasses contain grape juice), and gather at the altar. Non-communing children and adults may come forward for a blessing. LAMB OF GOD 10 15

11 SANCTUS APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. PEACE GREAT THANKSGIVING In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me. 14 The peace of the Lord be with you always. And also with you. Following the passing of the peace, please be seated. GATHERING OF GIFTS MEAL An offering is gathered for the mission of the church, including the care of those in need. Online giving is available at felcc.org 11

12 ANTHEM Poem by Matthias Claudius 1. We plough the fields, and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God s almighty hand; He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes and the sunshine, And soft refreshing rain. 3. He only is the Maker Of all things near and far; He paints the wayside flower, He lights the evening star; The winds and waves obey him, By him the birds are fed; Much more to us, his children, He gives our daily bread. Please stand as you are able. OFFERTORY All Good Gifts Around Tune by Johann A.P. Schulz Arranged by Richard Warner 2. All good gifts around us Are sent from heav n above, Then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord For all his love. 4. We thank thee, then, O Father, For all things bright and good, The seed time and the harvest, Our life, our health, our food: No gifts we have to offer For all thy love imparts, But that which thou desires, Our humble, thankful hearts. OFFERING PRAYER Let us pray, Gracious God, you bless us with gifts of guidance, new life, growth in grace, and fruitful labor. Accept the first fruits of time and toil, field and orchard we offer here. Bless and multiply these gifts to our nurture and the care of your creation; for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. DIALOG The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. PREFACE It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, holy Father, through Christ our Lord; who on this day overcame death and the grave, and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And so, with the Church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn: 12 13