Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ!

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1 Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ! We thank God that you have joined us this morning for worship. If you are visiting with us, we thank God you are here and pray our worship together will be a mutual blessing. If you are looking for a church home, we hope Abiding Savior can meet your needs. Please introduce yourself to one of the Pastors. We ask both members and visitors to kindly fill out attendance cards and pass them to the center aisle. The ushers will gather them during the Sermon Hymn which follows the Children s Message. Feel free to add a prayer request for the Pastor to include in the congregational prayer. We love children here at Abiding Savior. Parents are encouraged to sit in the front pews so that young children can see what is happening during worship. If you should want to make use of our cry room or nursery, please ask one of our ushers for directions. Ministers Rev. Dr. Thomas Rogers... Senior Pastor Rev. Glenn Lucas... Associate Pastor Rev. Richard Schumm, Emeritus... Assistant to the Pastors Mrs. Donna Lucas... Principal Pam Howard... Preschool Director Chris Rogers... Music Director & Organist Kyle Salesky.Director of Family and Youth Ministries Call Us Abiding Savior Lutheran Church EL Toro Road Lake Forest, California Church Office... (949) School Office... (949) Preschool Office... (949) On the Web... facebook.com/abidingsaviorlakeforest

2 Order of Worship The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, October 9, :00 & 10:45 a.m. PRELUDE CHRIS ROGERS OGERS, ORGANIST WELCOME OPENING HYMN Please stand. All Praise to Thee, for Thou, O King Divine LSB 815 Used by Permission. LSBHymnLicense.net # INVOCATION Pastor: In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen! 2

3 Worshippers are invited to kneel for the Confession and Absolution. Those who desire not to kneel may sit or stand. CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION Pastor: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Pastor: Let us then confess our sins to God our Father. Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Pastor: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for His sake God forgives us all our sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ He gives power to become the children of God and bestows on them the Holy Spirit. May the Lord, Who has begun this good work in us, bring it to completion in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM 8:00 a.m. ORDER OF BAPTISM Invocation Pastor: We celebrate today the blessings God has given us. We remember the grace given through Baptism, and we gather at the Baptismal font for new life and new hope. Pastor: Brothers and sisters in Christ, we come before the Lord today to welcome a new member into the Kingdom of God. Jesus said, Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it. Come, creating Father. Pastor: Jesus said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I will be with you always, to the very end of the age. Come, Lord Jesus. 3

4 Pastor: Jesus also said, I tell you the truth, unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. Come, Holy Spirit. Pastor: Jordan Elizabeth Jackson, receive the sign of the holy cross both upon your forehead and upon your heart, to mark you as one redeemed by Christ the crucified. Hayden James Jackson, receive the sign of the holy cross both upon your forehead and upon your heart, to mark you as one redeemed by Christ the crucified. Ryan Wade Jackson, receive the sign of the holy cross both upon your forehead and upon your heart, to mark you as one redeemed by Christ the crucified. Let us pray. Lord God, Heavenly Father, we present these children of Your own creation, given to us as a blessing to Your church. We know each one of us is born sinful into a sinful world, darkened from Your light. Give to Jordan, Hayden, and Ryan and to all of us the light of Your presence, now and forever. Confession of Faith Pastor: It is your task as parents and sponsors to confess before God your intention to see that Jordan, Hayden, and Ryan are brought up in the Christian faith. As a part of your responsibilities you are to remember Jordan, Hayden, and Ryan in your prayers, to teach them the 10 Commandments, the Creed, and the Lord s Prayer. As they grow in years you are to put in their hands the Holy Scriptures and provide for their further instruction in the Christian faith that in fellowship with the church they may lead a godly life until the day of Jesus Christ. Do you promise to fulfill these obligations? Parents & Sponsors: I do. Pastor: It is good and right that we should all confess with the church what God works in and through Baptism. So I ask do you renounce the devil and all his works and all his ways? I do renounce them. Pastor: Let us confess the new life of hope Jordan, Hayden, and Ryan will receive. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His 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 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 Christian Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. 4

5 Baptism Pastor: It is written in Titus, chapter 3, But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. Pastor: Into this Christian faith we now baptize Jordan Elizabeth Jackson. Jordan Elizabeth Jackson, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Spirit. Amen! Pastor: Into this Christian faith we now baptize Hayden James Jackson. Hayden James Jackson, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Spirit. Amen! Pastor: Into this Christian faith we now baptize Ryan Wade Jackson. Ryan Wade Jackson, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Spirit. Amen! Blessing Pastor: We offer two symbols of the new life found in Christ, that you, Jordan, you Hayden, and you, Ryan, children of God, may remember the grace found today in baptism. Receive this white garment, to show that Christ has taken all of your sin and clothed you in perfect righteousness. Receive also this burning light, to remind you to live always by Christ s light in a world darkened by sin. Let this light be a comfort and guide all your days. May the Lord, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you with His grace to life everlasting. May He keep you in your baptismal grace, that you may lead a life that will glorify Him. Peace be with you. Pastor: Let us pray. Father of all creation, bless these parents and all our parents. Give to them a heart of rejoicing in the gift You have given them. Grant that they may be enabled to carry out Your work, strengthened in their own faith, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Pastor: Through Baptism God has added Jordan, Hayden, and Ryan to His own people to declare the wonderful deeds of our Savior, who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light. Let us speak these words of blessing and welcome: 5

6 We welcome you into the Lord s family. We receive you as fellow members of the body of Christ, children of the same heavenly Father, to work with us in His kingdom. Pastor: And you, Jordan, you, Hayden, and you, Ryan may the Lord bless you in all your ways from this time forth and even forever more. Amen! HYMN OF PRAISE Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs Come, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. Worthy the Lamb that died, they cry, To be exalted thus! Worthy the Lamb, our lips reply, For He was slain for us! Jesus is worthy to receive Honor and pow r divine; And blessings more than we can give Be, Lord, forever Thine. Let all creation join in one To bless the sacred name Of Him who sits upon the throne And to adore the Lamb. Text: Isaac Watts, Text & Music: Public Domain Tune: Johann Crüger, ; setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 LSB 812 Used by Permission. LSBHymnLicense.net # SALUTATION AND COLLECT Pastor: The Lord be with you. And also with you. Pastor: Let us pray. Almighty God, You show mercy to Your people in all their troubles. Grant us always to recognize Your goodness, give thanks for Your compassion, and praise Your holy name; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. OLD TESTAMENT READING RUTH 1: A In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. 6

7 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the LORD had visited his people and given them food. So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother s house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. The LORD grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband! Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. And they said to her, No, we will return with you to your people. But Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons, would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me. Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. And she said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law. But Ruth said, Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you. And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more. So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. Lector: This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. EPISTLE READING 2 TIMOTHY 2: You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful for he cannot deny himself. 7

8 Lector: This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. We stand for the Holy Gospel: HOLY GOSPEL LUKE 17: Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, chapter seventeen. READING OF HOLY GOSPEL On the way to Jerusalem [Jesus] was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. When he saw them he said to them, Go and show yourselves to the priests. And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus answered, Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner? And he said to him, Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well. Pastor: This is the Gospel of the Lord! Worshippers are invited to stand and share the peace of the lord with each other. Children can come down to the chancel steps for the children s message. CHILDREN HILDREN S MESSAGE Prayer and member/guest cards will be collected during the singing of the following hymn: 8

9 SERMON HYMN Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old LSB 846 Used by Permission. LSBHymnLicense.net # SERMON Faith Faith-Fullness Fullness REV EV. GLENN LUCAS APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His 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 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 Christian Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. 9

10 GARING OF OUR TIS AND OFFERINGS God doesn t need our money, but in His grace He gives us the privilege to be stewards of everything He has entrusted to our care. We can do more together than separately. As one body in Christ, our congregation has agreed to offer our first fruits to support ministries and missions that enable us to communicate Christ s love to everyone, everywhere; and our love for Him. Your sacrificial gift enables this holy work. MUSICAL OFFERING PRAYERS Pastor: Let us pray for the whole people of God, and for all people according to their needs. After each petition: Pastor: Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer. Pastor: Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend ourselves and all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Pastor: We pray together, 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 n into temptation; But deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for ever and ever. BENEDICTION Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. Amen! CLOSING HYMN Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer s praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of His grace! Jesus! The name that charms our fears, That bids our sorrows cease; Tis music in the sinner s ears, Tis life and health and peace. He breaks the pow r of canceled sin; He sets the pris ner free. His blood can make the foulest clean; His blood avails for me. 10

11 See all your sins on Jesus laid; The Lamb of God was slain. His soul was once an off ring made For ev ry soul of man. To God all glory, praise, and love Be now and ever giv n By saints below and saints above, The Church in earth and heav n. Text: Charles Wesley, , alt. Tune: Carl G. Gläser, ; setting: Lowell Mason, LSB 528 Used by Permission. LSBHymnLicense.net # Pastor: Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God! POSTLUDE Flowers ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The flowers which grace our altar this weekend are dedicated to the glory of the Lord in loving memory of Werner Weidemann. Also, flowers are placed on our altar to the glory of our Lord for Henrietta Wahlers Mack in honor of her 100 th birthday. We love you a bushel and a peck. All our love, Bruce, Gale, Carol and Susan. We Pray For This Week Gordon & Joyce Johnson, Michael Jones & Family, Gary Jurgemeyer & Family, Susan Kaaz, Bob & Lupe Kallberg & Family, Evelyn Keithley, Steve & Jeanne Kelly & Family, Daniel & Stacy Kemp & Family, Sue Kenagy & Family, Cliff & Carol Kenyon & Family 11

12 Keep in Your Prayers Prayers for strength and healing, guidance and blessing for: Patricia Howard Elizabeth Hurley Jeanne Kelly Brad Lucente Jon Ninke Bruce Olson Ross Marchand Jan McFarlane Crystal Nylander Bill Bartlett Leigh Bassler Amelia Carnevale Dorothy Carnevale Vincent Carnevale Nicole Duston Terri Green Alexander Hernandez Betsy Hotsko Brett Riedlinger Lee Seib Junko Shiki Denice Soresi Eileen Stewart Vernita Warsinski Ed Williams Judy Williams We pray for those who are ill: Irene Fabre Jeremy Kuester Larry Reimnitz Lou Torres Etsuko Busker Rosemary Colburn We pray for those who are recovering: Jeff Conrad Marcie Gerns Roger Gross Rocky Hewitt Michele Lyons June Thomas 12