one God, now and forever. Amen.

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1 HOLY COMMUNION Christ reveled s God s beloved Son Mrch 2, :30 & 11:00.m. Centrl - in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ The Holy Spirit gthers us in unity on the first dy of the week, the dy of Christ s resurrection In bptism, Christ clothes us in robe of light Tody s festivl is bridge between the Advent-Christms-Epiphny cycle tht comes to close tody nd the Lent-Ester cycle tht begins in severl dys. On the mount of trnsfigurtion Jesus is reveled s God s beloved Son, echoing the words t his bptism. This vision of glory sustins us s Jesus fces his impending deth in Jeruslem. GATHERING PRELUDE Vritions on Oh, Wondrous Imge Mrk Sedio Introduction - Medittion - Réjouissnce At the sound of the bell, the ssembly stnds nd fces the entrnce. PROCESSIONAL HYMN (hymn) 316 Oh, Wondrous Imge, Vision Fir stnz 1 - ll; 2 - men; 3 - ll; 4 - women; 5 - ll GREETING AND PRAYER OF THE DAY P The people who wlked in drkness hve seen gret light! Grce to you, nd pece from God who shines mong us. And lso with you. God speks to us in scripture reding, preching, nd song At Mount Sini, Moses experienced the presence of God for forty dys nd forty nights. The glory of the Lord settled on the mountin, nd on the seventh dy God clled out to Moses. On the mountin God gve Moses the stone tblets inscribed with the ten commndments. P one God, now nd forever. Amen. WORD CHILDREN S WORD Children re invited to come forwrd; prents re welcome to come with their children. FIRST READING Moses enters the cloud of God s glory Exodus 24:12 18 The LORD sid to Moses, Come up to me on the mountin, nd wit there; nd I will give you the tblets of stone, with the lw nd the commndment, which I hve written for their instruction. 13 So Moses set out with his ssistnt Joshu, nd Moses went up into the mountin of God. 14 To the elders he hd sid, Wit here for us, until we come to you gin; for Aron nd Hur re with you; whoever hs dispute my go to them.

2 15 Then Moses went up on the mountin, nd the cloud covered the mountin. 16 The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sini, nd the cloud covered it for six dys; on the seventh dy he clled to Moses out of the cloud. 17 Now the ppernce of the glory of the LORD ws like devouring fire on the top of the mountin in the sight of the people of Isrel. 18 Moses entered the cloud, nd went up on the mountin. Moses ws on the mountin for forty dys nd forty nights. The word of the Lord. Thnks be to God. SECOND READING Shining with the glory of God 2 Peter 1:16 21 At the trnsfigurtion, God s voice ws herd, declring Jesus to be the beloved Son. By the ctivity of the Holy Spirit, God s voice continues to be herd through the word of scripture. We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we mde known to you the power nd coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we hd been eyewitnesses of his mjesty. 17 For he received honor nd glory from God the Fther when tht voice ws conveyed to him by the Mjestic Glory, sying, This is my Son, my Beloved, with whom I m well plesed. 18 We ourselves herd this voice come from heven, while we were with him on the holy mountin. 19 So we hve the prophetic messge more fully confirmed. You will do well to be ttentive to this s to lmp shining in drk plce, until the dy dwns nd the morning str rises in your herts. 20 First of ll you must understnd this, tht no prophecy of scripture is mtter of one s own interprettion, 21 becuse no prophecy ever cme by humn will, but men nd women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. The word of the Lord. Thnks be to God. 2 Shortly before he enters Jeruslem, where he will be crucified, Jesus is reveled to his disciples in mountintop experience of divine glory clled the trnsfigurtion. GOSPEL PROCESSION How Good, Lord, to Be Here! GOSPEL Christ reveled s God s beloved Son Mtthew 17:1 9 & # # 4 How How & # # & # # fills to shine your the be good, Lord, good, Lord,. to to be be The holy gospel ccording to Mtthew. Glory to you, O Lord.. here! here, Your your night; your fce nd gr-ments, like - hold where Mo - ses nd E - li - with mes un - bor - - sen - gers rowed of Text: Joseph A. Robinson, , lt. Music: Potsdm, W. Mercer, The Church Pslter nd Hymn Book, light. old. glo beu - - ry ty # the jh sun, stnd,

3 Jesus took with him Peter nd Jmes nd his brother John nd led them up high mountin, by themselves. 2 And he ws trnsfigured before them, nd his fce shone like the sun, nd his clothes becme dzzling white. 3 Suddenly there ppered to them Moses nd Elijh, tlking with him. 4 Then Peter sid to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will mke three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, nd one for Elijh. 5 While he ws still speking, suddenly bright cloud overshdowed them, nd from the cloud voice sid, This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I m well plesed; listen to him! 6 When the disciples herd this, they fell to the ground nd were overcome by fer. 7 But Jesus cme nd touched them, sying, Get up nd do not be frid. 8 And when they looked up, they sw no one except Jesus himself lone. 9 As they were coming down the mountin, Jesus ordered them, Tell no one bout the vision until fter the Son of Mn hs been rised from the ded. The gospel of the Lord. Prise to you, O Christ. CHORAL RESPONSE Allelui from the motet Lobet den Herrn J. S. Bch SERMON silence for reflection HYMN OF THE DAY (hymn) 317 Jesus on the Mountin Pek stnz 3 is sung by the choir APOSTLES CREED A Let us together proclim the fith tht we shre. I believe in God, the Fther lmighty, cretor of heven nd erth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God s only Son, our Lord, who ws conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mry, suffered under Pontius Pilte, ws crucified, died, nd ws buried; he descended to the ded. On the third dy he rose gin; he scended into heven, he is seted t the right hnd of the Fther, nd he will come to judge the living nd the ded. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy ctholic Church, the communion of sints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, nd the life everlsting. Amen. 3

4 PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION A Guided by the light of Christ, who hs been mde known to the ntions, we offer our pryers for the church, the world, nd ll people in need. P fter ech petition: Lord in your mercy, her our pryer. Rdint God, her the pryers of your people, spoken or silent, for the ske of the one who hs mde his dwelling mong us, your Son, Jesus Christ, our Svior Amen. God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ MEAL PEACE P The pece of the Lord be with you lwys. And lso with you. The ssembly is invited to shre God s pece with one nother. GATHERING OF GIFTS An offering is gthered for the mission of the church, including the cre of those in need. During this time, the tble is set. After the offering is gthered, bred, wine, money, nd other gifts re brought forwrd. The ssembly stnds s the procession reches the chncel. Musicl Offering lumen de lumine Gerld Ner lumen de lumine (light from light) light from light behold nd be rdint. From the dwelling plce of light, summoned from its velvet home. Rising shines the Str in night, light no drk cn overcome. Rise, O Str, nd cler our eyes; World nd need lie dim conceled; Rend the drk of inwrd skies; Shine nd ll shll be reveled. Shine on us, O Glorious Christ, light from light, nd bright with grce; Rdint now, your people rise glory shining from ech fce. now we shll rdint be like strs forever lumen de lumine ever nd ever light from light. (text: Susn Plo Cherwien) Offertory Pryer A Let us pry together: God of ll cretion, ll you hve mde is good, nd your love endures forever. You bring forth bred from the erth nd fruit from the vine. Nourish us with these gifts, tht we might be for the world signs of your grcious presence in Jesus Christ, our Svior nd Lord. Amen. 4 GREAT THANKSGIVING P The Lord be with you. And lso with you. P Lift up your herts. We lift them to the Lord. P Let us give thnks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thnks nd prise.

5 P It is indeed right, our duty nd our joy... join their unending hymn: The presider continues with the Gret Thnksgiving concluding: Lord s Pryer (1975) Our Fther in heven, hllowed be your nme, your kingdom come, your will be done, on erth s in heven. Give us tody our dily bred. Forgive us our sins s we forgive those who sin ginst us. Sve us from the time of tril nd deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, nd the glory re yours, now nd forever. Amen. Breking of the Bred nd Invittion to the Tble All re invited to receive these gifts of God. Children re welcome to receive communion or blessing. Communion t this service is served stnding by individul chlices. Plese follow the direction of the ushers to communion sttion. You re invited to kneel following communion if you desire. Grpe juice nd gluten-free bred re vilble upon request. Communion Music for Bells Medittion on Beutiful Svior rr. Cthy Moklebust Pryer fter Communion A Lord it is good for us to be here, for we hve tsted your glory in this holy mel. Continue your goodness s we go out from here. Open our eyes to see your fce shining in every person, nd send us to be your servnts in every plce, for you re the life nd the light of ll, both now nd forever. Amen. God blesses nd sends us in mission to the world SENDING BLESSING P My the love of Jesus Christ, the light of the world, fill your herts nd illumine your pth. Almighty God, Fther, + Son, nd Holy Spirit, bless you now nd forever. Amen. 5

6 RECESSIONAL HYMN (hymn) 318 Allelui, Song of Gldness stnzs 1, 2 (in hrmony) nd 3 re sung DISMISSAL Plese fce the entrnce for the dismissl. A Go in pece. Christ is your light. Thnks be to God. Pryer nd nointing for heling re offered this morning following the postlude. Meet member of the Pryer Ministry Tem t the chncel ril. Plese gther for fellowship following worship in fellowship hll or south commons. Brief snctury tours will be offered this morning following the postlude. POSTLUDE Tocct Albert Renud Portions of the liturgy re from Sundys nd Sesons.com 2014 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress liturgies license # WORSHIP LIFE Frewell to Allelui Allelui. It is our worship word. It is gift word; thnksgiving word. It is our Ester word. It is God s Ester word. It is celebrtion word; prise word. It mens Prise God! Deo Grti! Allelu Yhweh! Yhoo Yhweh! 6 Allelui. It is word we don t deserve. It is word we cn use only becuse of wht God hs done for us. And so, tht we might not forget, we bnish this remrkble proclmtion from our lips for time. We remember the time when we could not sing Allelui; - when we were without hope; without joy. And we remember the times when we could do nothing but sing Allelui; when we were mzed, dumb-founded, fumbling over ourselves in bewilderment: - when God pinted rinbow fter flood nd we survived! Allelui! - when God mde good on the promises to Srh! Allelui! - when God mde covennt with us! Allelui! - when God led us into promised lnd! Allelui! - when God rised up dry bones to life! Allelui! - when God ws there in the fiery furnce! Allelui! - when God ws there, even when we stryed! Allelui! - when God delivered us from the bonds of slvery! Allelui! - when God delivered us from the Red Se nd the wilderness! Allelui! - when God delivered us from Golith nd from the den of lions! Allelui! - when God sent the prophets, holy men nd holy women, to spek of his love, to cll us home, nd to promise us svior! Allelui! - when God sent not just svior but beloved Son! Allelui! - when God wlked with us, shred our joys nd our sorrows, tught us to forgive ech other, showed us how to love, showed us how to serve ech other, left his supper, gve his life! Allelui! - when God rised him to live nd promises to rise us too! Allelui! - when God brethed the breth of the Spirit into us! Allelui!

7 SERVING TODAY Pstor D. Foy Christopherson The Rev. Meliss Pohlmn, Director of Community Ministries John Asn Mrk Sedio Jne Lien Cmpns Centrl Centrl Choir presiding preching ssisting minister cntor/orgnist ssocite cntor bell choir choir Lorene Gilliksen reder Brd Boogren crucifer (8:30) Rick Johnston crucifer (11:00) Jerry Olerud, Joyce Anderson pryers for heling (8:30) Bobbie Sprdley, Mrie Wiegert, Joyce Anderson pryers for heling (11:00) Dve West, Richrd Stegll scristns Dvid Molvik, Mrk Brodin sound opertors Usher Ministry Tem ushers Lois Nesseth, Ptti Brestrup, Arlis & Bud Prescott Pt Forse hosts nd greeters docent WE WELCOME The Reverend Meliss Pohlmn s our precher. Pstor Meliss serves t Centrl s Director of Community Ministries, overseeing the work of the Restortion Center. This weekend is specil community ministries focus t Centrl with Restortion Center fundriser concert by Crits. Join us this fternoon t 4 pm. Digitl giving is vilble t Centrl. You cn esily donte t our Secure Give kiosk in the south commons using your credit crd, debit crd, or checking ccount. You cn give by using the free downlod of the Secure Give pp for your phone. Set up is simple for one time or recurring dontions or you cn donte nonymously. You cn lso go online through Centrl s website t nd click on Donte to our Mission. If you give electroniclly, use the green pew crd to drop in the offering plte insted of n envelope. Centrl Luthern is supported by givers like you. Questions? Contct the church office t Chncel flowers tody re given by the Florl Guild. If you wish to donte flowers contct Judy Korogi 10 dys in dvnce t Lrge print service folders, ssisted listening devices, nd ccess seting re vilble to id your prticiption in worship. Plese inquire with n usher. 7

8 WELCOME! Everyone is welcome. As community of the people of God, the members of Centrl Luthern Church re clled to welcome ll people regrdless of ge, economic sttus, ethnic bckground, gender, physicl or mentl bility, rce or sexul orienttion. We ffirm tht in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slve nor free, there is neither mle or femle (Gltins 3:28). Christ hs mde us one. Guests re welcome. We re plesed you re worshiping with us tody. We invite guests to complete the Welcome to Centrl crd found in the pew rcks nd leve it with n usher or plce it in the offering plte. If you would like more informtion bout Centrl, plese contct us t , or emil info@centrlmpls.org. Children re welcome t ll services. Worship bulletins for children nd ctivity bgs re vilble t snctury entrnces. If you would prefer to use Centrl s nursery (vilble for children ges four nd younger), you will find it up the steps from the informtion desk t the south entrnce (cross from the fellowship hll). An usher or greeter will be gld to ssist you. Welcome to the Lord s Tble. All re welcome t the Lord s Tble. Plese follow the guidnce of the ushers nd instructions in the order of service. During communion, ministers will bring bred nd wine to persons in designted ccess seting res. If you re not in designted ccess seting re nd desire to commune where you re seted, plese notify n usher who will direct communion ministers to come nd serve you. Communion my be received in one kind (only bred or only wine) from ny sttion if whet bred or lcohol presents helth concern. Gluten-free breds nd lcohol-free wine re vilble by request t most liturgies from most communion sttions. Welcome to Holy Bptism. All who come seeking Jesus re welcome to receive Holy Bptism. Plese visit with ny worship leder, stff member, hospitlity volunteer, contct the church office, or complete n informtion crd, indicting tht you wish to be bptized. A pstor will contct you. Friends of Centrl Sty connected. Across the country nd beyond there re mny people who hve soft spot in their hert for Centrl Luthern Church people who feel connection both to the history nd the ongoing mission of this congregtion. If you re one of them, we invite you to join new network of Friends of Centrl. Pick up brochure or visit our website for more informtion or to join. We envision becoming thriving, vibrnt model of urbn Luthern ministry for the 21 st century. This lofty vision requires us to sk ech dy if our gols for worship, lerning, nd service re clerly reching diverse neighborhood nd city in lnguge nd ction tht reflect the world s well s our heritge. CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ 333 South Twelfth Street Minnepolis, MN