Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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1 IMMANUEL LUTHERAN HURH WATERLOO, ILLINOIS Eighteenth Sunday after entecost Saturday, October 7, :30 pm Sunday, October 8, :45 am & 10:15 am Making more and stronger disciples of Jesus hrist through the power of the Holy Spirit.

2 Welcome to Immanuel! Guest/Member ards can be found in the card holder of the pew in front of you. We invite you to fill out the card and place it in the offering plate when we receive the offering. When you fill out these cards each week you make it possible for our pastors to more easily follow up with and provide pastoral care for our guests and members from week to week. If you have any questions, please let us know. Holy ommunion is distributed every Saturday evening, and at either the 7:45 am or 10:15 am service on Sunday mornings. In this Supper of our Lord we receive the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus hrist under the earthly forms of bread and wine for the forgiveness of our sins and the strengthening of our faith. Since this Holy ommunion is also a sign of our common confession of the hristian faith, we welcome to the Lord's Table those who are confirmed members of our Lutheran hurch-missouri Synod. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask the pastor before or after the service. If for health or personal reasons you cannot drink wine, the lighter colored glasses in the center of the tray of individual cups contain water with a drop of wine. These special glasses allow communicants to celebrate the Lord's Supper according to hrist's institution, while only consuming a very small amount of alcohol. You are also welcome to practice intinction (dipping the edge of the host [bread] into the common cup as it passes by). Immanuel s Saturday evening service is a bit less formal than our Sunday services. Therefore, you will notice there are no ushers, the offering plate is left in the narthex (entrance) of the church rather than being passed during service, and we have only two individuals distributing Holy ommunion. On Saturday night we only use the chalice (common cup) during Holy ommunion. If for health or personal reasons you cannot drink wine, you re welcome to practice intinction. Intinction involves dipping the edge of the host (bread) into the wine. In this way, the communicant receives both elements. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask the pastor before or after the service. Worship at Immanuel is... Multigenerational. We believe that it is a great blessing for family members to worship together. Taking seriously Jesus' words, "Let the little children come to me and so not forbid them" (Mark 10:14), we encourage children to worship with their parents and grandparents and provide resources such as children's bulletins and children's sermons. Eclectic. Eclectic means, "selecting what seems best of various sources." We believe that we should strive to use the best hymns and practices that the church has to offer. Our worship may include hymns written 500 years ago as well as pieces written 5 months ago. Trinitarian. We believe that the object of worship is the only true God The Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. hrist entered. We believe that at the heart of worship is the Good News that God has rescued us from our sins through Jesus' death on the cross and rising to life again. 1

3 In preparation for worship we ask that you silence your cell phones and/or paging devices. Thank you. The time before service begins can be a good time to pray and prepare your heart and mind for worship. You will find helpful prayers on the inside cover of the hymnal located in the pew in front of you. reservice Music / Bells / Welcome Opening Hymn, LSB 905, ome, Thou Almighty King lease stand Invocation In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Matthew 28:19b; [18:20]) Opening Sentences (Isaiah 5:1, 7; hilippians 3:5-7) Isaiah wrote, Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning His vineyard. And he continued, The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are His pleasant planting. aul wrote that he considered himself, as to the law, a harisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness, under the law blameless. But he continued, But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of hrist. onfession and Absolution (Is. 5:4; 1 John 1:9; s. 80:7; hil. 3:9, 12) Although God had done everything needed for His vineyard, When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? Although our Lord Jesus did everything needed for us to be His pleasant planting today, we confess that we have not valued His sacrifice for us above all else. We have considered the things around us and our very selves to be our possessions. We have thought, spoken, and acted for our own interests. We have neglected to press on, responding to the upward call of God in hrist Jesus. We have no righteousness of our own for which God might listen to us. 2

4 If we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Restore us, O God of hosts; let Your face shine, that we may be saved! aul wrote of his own struggle: Not that I have already obtained [the resurrection] or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because hrist Jesus has made me His own. You are not your own; you were bought with a price: the life, sufferings, and death of our Savior. Moreover, God has bestowed on you the righteousness which comes through faith in hrist. Therefore, as His called and ordained servant, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. + Service of the Word + Introit of the Day (salm 118:22 24; antiphon: v. 1) Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the LORD s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! Hymn of raise, LSB 814, O Bless the Lord, My Soul Text: St. 1: Isaac Watts, ublic domain; St. 2: James ierce. opyright 2017 oncordia ublishing House. All rights reserved. Used by permission. O bless the Lord, my soul! Let all within me join And aid my tongue to bless His name Whose favors are divine. 3

5 God will command His host, The angels, to obey And guard, protect you all your ways Now and throughout each day. ollect of the Day The Lord be with you. (2 Timothy 4:22) And also with you. Let us pray. All: Gracious God, You gave Your Son into the hands of sinful men who killed Him. Forgive us when we reject Your unfailing love, and grant us the fullness of Your salvation; through Jesus hrist, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. lease be seated (7:45 am) hoir Anthem, Dearest Jesus, at Your Word (setting S. D. Wolff) Old Testament Reading, Isaiah 5:1-7 1 Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. 4 What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? 5 And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. 6 I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry! L This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Epistle Reading, hilippians 3:4b-14 4 If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, 4

6 a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a harisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness, under the law blameless. 7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of hrist. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing hrist Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain hrist 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in hrist, the righteousness from God that depends on faith 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because hrist Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in hrist Jesus. L This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. lease stand Holy Gospel, Matthew 21:33-46 The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the 21 st chapter. Glory to You, O Lord. 33 [Jesus said:] Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. 34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. 35 And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son. 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, This is the heir. ome, let us kill him and have his inheritance. 39 And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants? 41 They said to him, He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? 43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. 44 And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him. 45 When the chief priests and the harisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was 5

7 speaking about them. 46 And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet. This is the Gospel of the Lord. raise to You, O hrist. Apostles reed All: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus hrist, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under ontius ilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy hristian hurch, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. lease be seated (10:15 am) Sunday School Anthem, God Has Made Me Wonderful (G. Schwanda) [reschool 2 nd grade] hildren s Message (arents of very young children may also come forward with their children.) Hymn of the Day, LSB 738, Lord of All Hopefulness Sermon, hil. 3:4b-14, hristian Road Trip lease stand rayer of the hurch Let us pray for ourselves and for the hurch, God s vineyard, and for all people in their various needs. Let us pray for ourselves, that we use the gifts God provides to produce the fruit He desires. Gracious God, You have planted us here, providing talents and abilities, spiritual strengths, and financial resources. By Your Holy Spirit, move us to bring Your Word of grace and mercy beyond our current numbers. Grant that our friends and neighbors may join us in praising Your holy name. 6

8 Let us pray for the powers that be in our community, nation, and world. Sovereign Lord, You desire justice and righteousness across society. Give courage, compassion, and direction to all who lead our community; to all who make, administer, and adjudicate the laws of our nation; and to all who are in positions of power among the nations of the world. May peace and justice break out around the globe. Let us pray for all whose lives are not built on hrist the cornerstone. O Holy Spirit, open the eyes of those who have not yet received the good news of salvation. Use us at every opportunity to share the faith that knowing our Lord means life now and in eternity. May they join us to press on together for the prize of the upward call of His resurrection. Let us pray for all who call out to God in sickness, (especially ). ompassionate God, surround them with caring and skilled health professionals, wise counselors, and loving family and friends. As fits Your plans for them, bring them healing, comfort, and relief. May they join us here to sing Your praises. (Special petitions ) Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer. These and any other things You would have us ask of You, heavenly Father, grant to us for the sake of Your Son, Jesus hrist, our Lord. Amen. lease be seated Offering (5:30 pm lease place your offerings in the plate in the narthex before or after the service.) [7:45 am hoir Anthem, Be Thou My Vision, arr. by J. Leavitt] lease stand Offertory/Response to rayer, LSB 955, Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful Let the vineyards be fruitful, Lord, And fill to the brim our cup of blessing. Gather a harvest from the seeds that were sown, That we may be fed with the bread of life. Gather the hopes and the dreams of all; 7

9 Unite them with the prayers we offer now. Grace our table with Your presence, and give us A foretaste of the feast to come Lutheran Book of Worship. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License.NET, no The 10:15 am service continues on page 9. + Service of the Sacrament + reface The Lord be with you. (2 Timothy 4:22) And also with you. Lift up your hearts. (olossians 3:1) We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. (salm 136) It is right to give Him thanks and praise. roper reface It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, through Jesus hrist, our Lord, who overcame death and the grave and by His glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying: Sanctus (Isaiah 6:3; Matthew 21:9) Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might: heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the Highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the Highest. (Hosanna is a Hebrew word of praise meaning save us now. ) The Lord s rayer (Matthew 6:9-13) All: 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. 8

10 Words of Our Lord (Matt 26:26-28; Mk 14:22-24; Lk 22:19-20; 1 or 11:23-25) The eace of the Lord The peace of the Lord be with you always. (John 20:19) Amen. lease be seated Distribution Hymns LSB 566, By Grace I m Saved (7:45 am - layed by Julie Zeiger on the keyboard.) LSB 807, When Morning Gilds the Skies LSB 634, The Death of Jesus hrist, Our Lord lease stand Dismissal Now may this Go in peace. Amen. Benediction The LORD bless you and keep you. (Numbers 6:24-26) The LORD make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The LORD look upon you with favor and give you peace. Amen. losing Hymn, LSB 799, Alabaŕe Bells / ostlude The 10:15 am service continues here. The Lord s rayer All: 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. 9

11 Benediction The LORD bless you and keep you. (Numbers 6:24-26) The LORD make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The LORD look upon you with favor and give you peace. Amen. losing Hymn, LSB 799, Alabaŕe Bells / ostlude We invite you to take the service folder and announcements home with you as you leave today so you can see what's happening this week as well as meditate on the Scriptures, prayers, and hymns from today's service as you go through the week. You can also find helpful information on our church website: immanuelwaterloo.org. Worship Helpers Saturday, October 7, :30 pm reacher - Rev. Dr. Tony Troup ianist - Ron Jones Server - al Neeman Acolyte - Jack Metzger Media - am Nagel Sunday, October 8, :45 am reacher/elebrant - Rev. Dr. Tony Troup Liturgist/Server - Jackson Marchlewski Music Director - Ann Frank Acolytes - Ali & Blake Kloeppel Lector - Ollney Mueller, Jr. Greeters - Barb & ourtney Heimburger Media - Kelley Keller Ushers - huck Keller, raig Mehner, Larry Taake, Dawn & hase Rubemeyer Sunday, October 8, :15 am reacher - Rev. Dr. Tony Troup Liturgist/Lector - Jackson Marchlewski Music Director - Ann Frank Media - Laurie Sparwasser (with recording) Acolytes - Addie & Ben Janssen Ushers - Elden Niemeyer, Sharon Osterhage, Wayne Hargrave, Wyatt Drewes Ushers - Sunday, October 15, :45 am - Roy Unterseh, Jim Stueve, Dennis & Raymond Brandt, Ed Arras 10:15 am - Rodney & Lisa lamors, Ollney Mueller Jr., aul Hoeffken Acolytes - Sunday, October 15, 2017 Lectors - Sunday, October 15, 2017 Saturday 5:30 pm - Jenna Hoeffken Saturday 5:30 pm - n/a Sunday 7:45 am - Lilly rather & Blake Kloeppel Sunday 7:45 am - Warren Frank Sunday 10:15 am - Hunter Kettler & Jay Grant Sunday 10:15 am - Ollney Mueller, Jr. Servers - Sunday, October 15, 2017 Altar Guild - Sunday, October 15, 2017 Saturday 5:30 pm - Greg Wiegand Saturday 5:30 pm - Susan & at Sunday 7:45 am - n/a Sunday 7:45 am - n/a Sunday 10:15 am - Bob Vernier Sunday 10:15 am - Shirley & Susan H Media - Sunday, October 15, 2017 Saturday 5:30 pm - Greg Hoeffken Sunday 7:45 am - Laurie Sparwasser (with recording) Sunday 10:15 am - Lisa lamors & Adrianna Whelan 10

12 IMMANUEL LUTHERAN HURH & SHOOL WATERLOO, ILLINOIS LUTHERAN HURH MISSOURI SYNOD Rev. Dr. Tony Troup, Administrative astor or Rev. Merritt Demski, Associate astor or Jackson Marchlewski, First Year Seminary Student Mrs. Lisa lamors, Secretary or Mrs. Ann Frank, Music Director or Mrs. Linda olansky, reschool Director or