Welcome to Zion Lutheran Church Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost 5:30 p.m. October 6, :00 a.m. October 7, 2018

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1 Welcome to Zion Lutheran Church Twentieth Sunday after entecost 5:30 p.m. October 6, :00 a.m. October 7, 2018 Today s gospel combines a saying that makes many of us uncomfortable with a story we find comforting. Jesus saying on divorce is another of his rejections of human legislation in favor of the original intent of God s law. Jesus rebuke of the disciples who are fending off the children should challenge us as well. What does it mean to receive the kingdom of God as a child does?

2 Welcome Welcome to worship at Zion Lutheran Church. May this time honor God and inspire you. Worship details: The Welcome to Zion pew pads can help you know the others in your pew. Large print bulletins are available from an usher. In this bulletin, bold print indicates the congregation s responses. Assisted listening devices are available in the narthex; ask an usher. Hospitality details: A family restroom is located in the hallway next to the sanctuary. The Children s Sanctuary is open for your use at the rear of the worship space. arents, please accompany your child. RELUDE GATHERING The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God. INTRODUCTION TO DAY ANNOUNCEMENTS Stand RINGING OF BELL C 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. Silence for reflection and self-examination. C C Source of all life. we confess that we have not allowed your grace to set us free. We fear that we are not good enough. We hear your word of love freely given to us, yet we expect others to earn it. We turn the church inward, rather than moving it outward. Forgive us. Stir us. Reform us to be a church powered by love, willing to speak for what is right, act for what is just, and seek the healing of your whole creation. Amen. God hears our cry and sends the Spirit to change us and to empower our lives in the world. Our sins are forgiven, God s love is unconditional, and we are raised up as God s people who will always be made new, in the name of Jesus Christ. To you be given honor and praise through Jesus Christ our Lord in the unity of the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen. SONG: Shout to the North Lyrics on page 12

3 C 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. CANTICLE OF RAISE

4 RAYER OF THE DAY Let us pray. C Sovereign God, you have created us to live in loving community with one another. Form us for life that is faithful and steadfast, and teach us to trust like little children, that we may reflect the image of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

5 WORD God speaks to us in Scripture reading, preaching, and song. Sit Genesis 2:18-24 Genesis 2 stresses that people are not meant to live in isolation but in relationship. Out of love for humanity, God creates them male and female, to provide companionship for each other and to become with each other one flesh. The Hebrew words used here are ish (man) and ishshah (woman). 18 The LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner. 19 So out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. 21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken. 24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. R The Word of the Lord C Thanks be to God. salm 8 (read responsively) 1 O LORD our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! 2 you whose glory is chanted above the heavens out of the mouths of infants and children; you have set up a fortress against your enemies, to silence the foe and avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you have set in their courses, 4 what are mere mortals that you should be mindful of them, human beings that you should care for them? 5 Yet you have made them little less than divine; with glory and honor you crown them. 6 You have made them rule over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet: 7 all flocks and cattle, even the wild beasts of the field, 8 the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes along the paths of the sea. 9 O LORD our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Quoting from the psalms, this passage from Hebrews emphasizes that Jesus, the one through whom God created everything and who sits at God s right hand, is also the one who experienced human suffering and death in order to blaze the path of salvation for us. 1 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. 3 He is the reflection of God s glory and the exact imprint of God s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of

6 the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. 2:5 Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels. 6 But someone has testified somewhere, What are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them? 7 You have made them for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned them with glory and honor, 8 subjecting all things under their feet. Now in subjecting all things to them, God left nothing outside their control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them, 9 but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. 10 It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11 For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, 12 saying, I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters, in the midst of the congregation I will praise you. R The Word of the Lord C Thanks be to God. Stand GOSEL ACCLAMATION: Mark 10:2-16 Jesus announced and enacted in history the new reality of God s surprising activity. These two stories demonstrate this new reality: Women and children are accepted and valued, not dismissed as inferior to adult men. The holy gospel according to Mark. C Glory to you, O Lord. 2 Some harisees came, and to test [Jesus] they asked, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? 3 He answered them, What did Moses command you? 4 They said, Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her. 5 But Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. 6 But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. 7 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8 and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. 10 Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11 He said to them, Whoever

7 divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; 12 and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. 13 eople were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. 14 But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. 15 Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it. 16 And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them. The Gospel of the Lord C raise to you, O Christ Sit CHILDREN S CHOIR Jesus Made Me Just Like Him Seven Days of Creation Song From My Head Down to My Toes SERMON astor Roger Asplund Stand SONG: Blessed Be Your Name Music on page 13 AOSTLE S 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 ontius ilate, 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. RAYERS OF INTERCESSION Each petition ends with: Lord, in your mercy. lease respond with: Hear our prayer. Enfold all things in your compassion, O God, and bring us into your life through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. C Amen. EACE The peace of Christ be with you always. C And also with you. MEAL God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ. INVITATION TO THE OFFERING We have shared the gift of Christ s peace. Let us continue to share God s gifts in this time of offering.

8 Sit MUSICAL OFFERING (5:30) Let the Little Children Come to Me Adult Choir (9:00) I Will Rest in You Stand OFFERTORY RESONSE raise and Thanks and Adoration ELW (red book) # 783 OFFERING RAYER A Let us pray. God of life, you give us these gifts of the earth, these resources of our life and our labor. Take them, offered in great thanksgiving, and use them to set a table that will heal the whole creation; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Light. Amen. GREAT THANKSGIVING The Lord be with you. C And also with you. C C 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. It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

9 WORDS OF INSTITUTION LORD S RAYER Let us pray as the Lord has taught us: C Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen. INVITATION TO COMMUNION Speak to us, O Lord, in the breaking of the bread, and make us one with you. lease Sit. All who believe that Christ is truly present are welcome to partake of this meal. Today communion is at the rail. lease come forward as the ushers direct you. After you commune you may return to your seats. Both wine (red) and grape juice (white) are served. Gluten-free wafers are available, please indicate to server if you wish to have one.

10 HYMN DURING DISTRIBUTION: United at the Table ELW (red book) # 498 Stand C The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in God s grace. Amen. OST COMMUNION RAYER A Let us pray. Holy and compassionate God, in bread and wine you give us gifts that form us to be humble and courageous. May your words come to life in our serving and in our witness, that we might speak a living voice of healing and justice to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our rock and our redeemer. Amen. SENDING God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world. SENDING OF COMMUNION Gracious God, loving all your family with a mother s tender care: As you sent the angel to feed Elijah with heavenly bread, assist those who set forth to share your word and sacrament with those who are ill or homebound. In your love and care, nourish and strengthen those who will receive this sacrament, and give us all the comfort of your abiding presence through the body and blood of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. C Amen. BLESSING God, creator of all things, speaking reformation into being; Jesus Christ, savior of the world, raising the dead; Holy Spirit, living voice, calling and enlightening the church: Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. C Amen.

11 HYMN: One Thing Remains (Your Love Never Fails) Lyrics on page 14 DISMISSAL Go in peace. Care, Share, and Serve in the name of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. OSTLUDE Copyright Acknowledgements All texts and music used by permission. All right reserved. Reprinted under license from: New Revised Standard Version Bible, Copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Revised Common Lectionary, Copyright 1992 Consultation on Common Texts, admin Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission. Copyright 2017 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS Reprinted under ONE LICENSE #A All rights reserved. Used by permission CCLI License # Used by permission. Copyright John Ylvisaker c/o Fern M. Kruger,.O. Box 321, Waverly, Iowa (319) WORSHI LEADERS 5:30 pm 9:00 am roclaimer/celebrant: r. Roger Asplund r. Roger Asplund Choir Director: Donica Vonderohe Donica Vonderohe Crucifer: Judy Carstensen Elizabeth Morehead Assisting Ministers: Linda Gruhn Linda Gruhn Readers: Linda Dutchess Art Ollie Communion Helpers: Deb Johnson & Dennis Andersen Dave & Michele Meade Altar Guild: Dennis & Judy Andersen Marilyn Lockard, Kristi & Erin Montgomery Acolyte: Matthew Dinning Emeree Luett Greeters: Ardell & Shirley Wolf Marie erry Guest Registry: Diane Tiesman Skip Carstensen Ushers: Ardell Wolf, Archie Yaddof Jim & Barb Rhoades John Christiansen Randy & Marcia Krogmann Jim Waldorf & Blake Werner Gary & Deb Vath ALTAR FLOWERS this weekend are provided by Cindy & Larry Schultz and family in loving memory of Irene Fink would be turning 94 on October 25th. FELLOWSHI REFRESHMENTS this Sunday are being hosted by the Worship Committee. Thank you for hosting. Next Sunday s refreshments will be hosted by the Congregation Council. VISITORS: If you are a visitor, we welcome you to Christ's church. We are happy you worshiped with us and would like to get to know you. As you leave the sanctuary, please introduce yourself to the pastor and sign the guest register at the Welcome Center in the narthex. Saturday, Sept. 29th 5:30 worship attendance 69 Sunday, Sept. 30th 9:00 worship attendance 131 Total Weekend Attendance 200

12 OORTUNITIES FOR October 6th - 14th 06 Saturday 4:15 M: NO Bible Study 5:30 M: Worship 07 Sunday 9:00 AM: Worship 10:15 AM: Fellowship Refreshments 3:00 M: Financial eace University 08 Monday 09 Tuesday 11:00 AM: ZWELCA Board Meeting 12:00 M: Good Fellowship otluck 2:00 M: Alverno Communion Service 6:00 M: Congregation Council Meeting 12 Friday * astor s day off 10 Wednesday 9:00 AM: Morning rayer/ Bible Study 5:15 M: Family Meal 5:45 M: Faith FUNdations & Confirmation 6:00 M: Bell Choir 7:00 M: Adult Choir 13 Saturday 4:15 M: Bible Study 5:30 M: Worship 11 Thursday 14 Sunday 9:00 AM: Worship 10:15 AM: Fellowship Refreshments 1:00 M: CRO Walk 3:00 M: Financial eace University 5:30 M: Second Sunday Supper Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church 439-3rd Avenue South, Clinton, Iowa (563) Rev. Mark S. Luepke, astor pastormark@zionlutheranclinton.org Amanda Deuermeyer, Office Administrator officeadministrator@zionlutheranclinton.org Kelly Bork, Child Care Director zioncc-ps@hotmail.com atrick Hoffman, Custodian custodian@zionlutheranclinton.org The 9:00 am worship service will be broadcast on KROS, 1340 AM and FM, at 10:30 am 11

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