GLORY OF CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH

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1 GLORY OF HRIST LUTHERAN HURH Missouri Synod The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost September 6, 2015 hurch Office: Welcome all in the name of Jesus, especially those who are worshiping for the first time with us. Please sign our guest book (make sure to indicate if you would like the Pastor to visit) and accept our invitation to worship with us again. Who should commune at the Altar of Glory of hrist Lutheran hurch? According to the Scriptures and the onfessional statements of the church only those should commune who have been examined and absolved by the pastor. If you wish to commune at Glory of hrist for the first time, please talk to the Pastor before doing so. Holy ommunion is the most intimate expression of hristian fellowship and it is important to the members of Glory of hrist Lutheran hurch that all who commune have a common understanding and commitment to the Gospel teachings of the Bible.

2 Altar Flower hart: The cost of the Altar flowers is $40 per Sunday and you will be able to take your flowers home with you after the service in a box located on the kitchen counter. In order to have your payment for flowers applied correctly, please use one of the Designated Offering envelopes found in your box of envelopes or label the outside of one of your regular envelopes with the words Altar flowers. Janice Hartness is our flower coordinator. If you have any special requests please contact her at by the Wednesday prior. If you take the black liners home, please be sure to bring them back to church by the following Wednesday. Thank You! Jeremy & Jill Eickhoff gave Altar Flowers this morning. Sunday Schedule: Divine Service 9:00 am; followed by Bible lass and Sunday school at 10:30. Monday Evening Divine Service: 7:00 PM NO Monday night service on September 7 th. Northwest Suburban ircuit ongregation Prayers Each week we will be praying for a congregation in the circuit and for others who have or have had a connection with them. This week, we are asking for prayers for Rev. John Ferhrmann and his work with onfessional Lutheran Educational Foundation (LEF), in other nations. So where are we at in the call process? We are now obtaining additional names from the MN South District. Once received, the elders sift through the names and provide a short list of five to ten candidates. Then, the congregation votes to call one of those pastors. Questions? Talk to Head Elder, Garry Mcreary or Pastor Johnson. Do you ever wonder how the Marshall family survives with 4 kids under the age of 3? With help from others!! If you are looking for a way to help the Marshalls, please visit their website for further information. Even a visit or a few hours of time can make the days at home more manageable. The Marshall's website and volunteer sign up is: - you can also just ask Maddie directly!! Thank You Glory of hrist Men s Retreat We have had a wonderful response for signing up this year! For those who have signed up, an has been sent giving you your room assignments, directions to the retreat location and more specific information about the retreat. If you have signed up and did not receive this important , please let Brenda know. Also, there have been early tee times made for Friday, September 18 th with a tee time of 11:30am at Deacon's Lodge. This is a very nice course and a great time. ost for 18 holes with cart is anticipated to be around $80 discounted from the regular public Friday rate of $119. This is an Arnold Palmer designed course, one of the best in the Brainerd area. It has been rated by Golf Digest as one of America's top 100 public golf courses. We must have a firm count no later than Wednesday September 10 for all those who can make the Friday morning tee time. Right now we have 3 tee times reserved. We can make more if we have more that want to play this fabulous course. Please reply to Mike Miller by ing him at jmmgolf@gmail.com. Thanks! ompassion ircle is beginning their meetings again and the first one for this fall is on Monday, September 14 th at 1:00 pm. Next Insight ommittee Meeting: Sunday, September 13 th between hurch and Bible Study. Please meet briefly in the Office. QUALITY, QUANTITY, QUALIFIED...Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show produced by Lutheran Public Radio in ollinsville, IL and hosted by LMS Pastor Todd Wilken. This week's topics include: The Influence of hristians on Labor & Economic Freedom, Pornography, The Lord's Prayer, hrist in the Old Testament, Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit and more. You can listen at your convenience at and on the new Lutheran Public Radio mobile app. The September Newsletter is ready. The September Newsletter has been ed to everyone and there are also paper copies available on the table in the Narthex. Please feel free to pick one up! A lot of new information as all of our fall activities are beginning! Sunday School begins next Sunday and it is Rally Day! After Bible Study and Sunday School, join the congregation for lunch, enjoy the bouncy house, outdoor activities, and games on the lawn. See how soaked Pastor Johnson gets when we bombard him with water balloons! Lunch will be provided from Famous Dave s.

3 The Acolyte and Processional ross signup sheet is ready and on the Youth Board in the Narthex. Please sign up for all available dates. Thank You! All Music Group Rehearsals begin this coming Wednesday September 9 th! Please see the September Newsletter or hurch alendar for times of the Rehearsals. Remember in our Prayers: DaniJo Johnson (niece of Roger and Jana Hargreaves), amryn Handberg (niece of Becky Johnson-Lane), Idena Hagen, Sean Breininger, Kathy hadwick (friend of Janet Preus), Kelly argill (friend of Becky Johnson-Lane), Hazel Schweiger (mother of Becky Johnson-Lane), Evalynn erdenola, Donna Preus (mother of hristian Preus), Bill Johnson (father of Michelle Nelson), Paul Paulson (grandfather of Jesse Huber), Tim Beach, Ann Olson, Emily Esget, Lisa Brackmann, Sam Miller (friend of Mari and hris Houck), Don Barclay (Uncle of Mari Houck), harles Beck (Grandfather of Liz Huber) Kathleen Adam (daughter of Bertha Oehlke), Josh Miller (son of Mike and Sarah Miller), Jim Fahnhorst, Marcia Bell (daughter of Ann Olson), Anna onnealy (daughter-in-law of Lea & Mike onnealy), Rev. Perry opus (friend of Maddie and Ryan Marshall), Arta Walter, Myron Lundberg, Ed Brunken, Linda Lohmeyer (Friend of arla laussen), Rev Walter Fehrmann (Father of Pastor John Fehrmann), Rev. Bob Yount, Sarah Miller, Ron Quittem (Father of Jill Larson), Larry Strandquist (Friend of Mark & Rina Nygren), Shirley Lavanger, Teddy Olson (Grandson of Bret & Kim Bonine), Paul Johnson, David Nordquist (brother of Kim Fahnhorst), Jan Diemand, Josh Wren (friend of Dan & Barbie Gruenhagen), Tara Jahnke (Friend of Kaylene Stieg), Drew Johnson, Meta Nelson (Sister of Lisa Paradis), the Lutheran Synod of Mexico, Lee Hart, Nikki Paulson (Aunt of Jesse Huber), Harlan Hemingway (Father of Pauline Hemingway), hloe Kohler (niece of Mark & Rina Nygren) and Michelle Long (Sister of Maddie Marshall). Serving Today: offee Servers: Acolyte: Elders: Ushers: Altar Guild: Offering ounters: Bread Baker: Bread Deliverer: Mark & Karen Swenson Daniel Schoolman Peter Krenzke & Roger Hargreaves Jerry Malo & Brian Malo had & Denae Kuenzel Tim Lavanger & Russ McBroom Julie Anderson Julie Anderson Serving next week: (September 13, 2015) offee Servers: Steve & Barb Rains Acolyte: Jack Teske Elders: Peter Krenzke & Roger Hargreaves Ushers: Travis Dorweiler & Tim Lavanger Altar Guild: Jill Larson & Gayle McGriff Offering ounters: Barbie Gruenhagen & Mike Miller Bread Baker: harlotte Smith Bread Deliverer: raig Smith Last Week s Attendance Sunday 140 Monday 11 Total 151 Bible lass 66 Sunday School 16

4 At Glory of hrist the pastor typically makes announcements after the service. So the service just starts at the appropriate time without a specific welcome. (The welcome actually occurs in the service itself when the pastor says The Lord be with you and the congregation responds.) To follow the service you should turn to the page indicated at the top of your bulletin insert. This week the page is 184. Usually we simply work through the service interrupting the process for the singing of hymns, certain prayers and the scripture readings. The prayers are usually printed in the service folder as are the Scripture readings. Hymns are found in the latter half of the Service book. If you are having trouble following the service you can ask someone nearby and they will help you. You can also comfort yourself with the knowledge that almost everyone has a little trouble following the service the first time through. It gets easier. Worship Notes Sunday of the Passion Scraps and hildren Jesus has just finished pointing out the hypocrisy of the religious leaders, and you would think that he would have a little more compassion for this poor woman, even if she is a foreigner. But she is still a foreigner, a Gentile dog who did not properly belong to the people of God. After all, Jesus comes to save his people from their sins. But this woman knows that she has no claim to be one of God's people. She has no pure lineage, no holy track record, nothing. So this nothing of a woman doesn't even dare to even ask to sit at the table with the children (Israel), but she was wondering if the Lord would be so gracious as to let her take some of the scraps that fall to floor. But Jesus gives her more than scraps. He treats her like one of the children at the table, for none of the children deserve to be there, and she knows that better than anyone. And she returns to find that her daughter has been healed. The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Divine Service, Setting Three (page 184) September 6, 2015 OPENING HYMN #797 - Praise the Almighty ONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION INVOATION page 184 ONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION page 184

5 SERVIE OF THE WORD INTROIT Ps. 28:1 2, 6 7; antiphon: Ps. 28: :8 The LORD is the strength of his people;* he is the saving refuge of his a- nointed. To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me,* lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help,* when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctu- ary. Blessèd be the LORD!* for he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy. The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;* my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. Glory be to the Father and to the Son* and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the be- ginning,* is now, and will be forever. Amen. The LORD is the strength of his people;* he is the saving refuge of his a- nointed. KYRIE page 186 GLORIA IN EXELSIS page 187 SALUTATION page 189 OLLET O Lord, let Your merciful ears be open to the prayers of Your humble servants and grant that what they ask may be in accord with Your gracious will; throughh Jesus hrist, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 35:4 7a 4 Say to those who have an anxious heart,, Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you. 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;

6 6 then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; 7 the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down, the grass shall become reeds and rushes. A This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. EPISTLE James 2:1 10, My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus hrist, the Lord of glory. 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, You sit here in a good place, while you say to the poor man, You stand over there, or, Sit down at my feet, 4 have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court? 7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called? 8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. 9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? an that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. A This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ALLELUIA and VERSE page 190 HOLY GOSPEL Mark 7:31 37 P The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the seventh chapter. Glory be to Thee, O Lord. 31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36 And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.

7 P This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise be to Thee, O hrist. REED Apostles reed page 192 SERMON HYMN #849- Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness SERMON OFFERTORY page 192 OFFERING PRAYER OF THE HURH SERVIE OF THE SARAMENT PREFAE - page 194 SANTUS page 195 LORD S PRAYER page 196 THE WORDS OF OUR LORD page 197 PAX DOMINI page 197 AGNUS DEI page 198 The Distribution Hymns: Hymn #637 Draw Near and Take the Body of The Lord Hymn #841 O Son of God, in Galilee Hymn #768 To God the Holy Spirit Let us Pray

8 Individual Prayer for after ommunion: (It is suggested that you pray this in your pew after returning from the altar.) Jesus, bread of life, I pray You, Let me gladly here obey You. By Your love I am invited, Be Your love with love requited; By this Supper let me measure, Lord, how vast and deep love s treasure. Through the gift of grace You give me As Your guest in heav n receive me. NUN DIMITTIS page 199 THANKSGIVING page 200 SALUTATION and BENEDIAMUS page 201 BENEDITION page 202 LOSING HYMN #839 O hrist, our True and Only Light