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... Interim Preschool Director Chris Rogers... Music Director & Organist Call Us Abiding Savior Lutheran Church EL Toro Road Lake Forest, California Church Office... (949) School Office... (949) Preschool Office... (949) On the Web...

2 Order of Worship Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, October 26, :00 & 10:45 a.m. PRELUDE 9:30 a.m. SPIRIT BELLS, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, IRVINE DIRECTOR, NANCY JESSUP Grazioso by Arnold B. Sherman WELCOME OPENING HYMN O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright O Morning Star, how fair and bright! You shine with God s own truth and light, Aglow with grace and mercy! Of Jacob s race, King David s son, Our Lord and master, You have won Our hearts to serve You only! Lowly, holy! Great and glorious, All victorious, Rich in blessing! Rule and might o er all possessing! Come, heav nly Bridegroom, Light divine, And deep within our hearts now shine; There light a flame undying! In Your one body let us be As living branches of a tree, Your life our lives supplying. Now, though daily Earth s deep sadness May perplex us And distress us, Yet with heav nly joy You bless us. Almighty Father, in Your Son You loved us when not yet begun Was this old earth s foundation! Your Son has ransomed us in love To live in Him here and above: This is Your great salvation. Alleluia! Christ the living, To us giving Life forever, Keeps us Yours and fails us never! O let the harps break forth in sound! Our joy be all with music crowned, Our voices gladly blending! For Christ goes with us all the way Today, tomorrow, ev ry day! His love is never ending! Sing out! Ring out! Jubilation! Exultation! Tell the story! Great is He, the King of Glory! What joy to know, when life is past, The Lord we love is first and last, The end and the beginning! He will one day, oh, glorious grace, Transport us to that happy place Beyond all tears and sinning! Amen! Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! Crown of gladness! We are yearning For the day of Your returning! Text: Philipp Nicolai, ; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978, alt. Tune: Philipp Nicolai, ; setting: Choralbuch zum Evangelischen Kirchengesangbuch, Berlin, 1955 Text: 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship Setting: 1955 Verlag Merseburger LSB 395 Used by Permission. LSBHymnLicense.net #

3 INVOCATION Pastor: All: In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen! CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION Worshippers are invited to kneel for the Confession and Absolution. Those who desire not to kneel may sit or stand. Pastor: Our help is in the name of the Lord, All: who made heaven and earth. Pastor: If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? All: But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared. Pastor: Since we are gathered to hear God s Word and call upon Him in prayer and praise, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people, let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner. All: Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen. Pastor: Almighty God, merciful Father, in Holy Baptism You declared us to be Your children and gathered us into Your one, holy Church, in which You daily and richly forgive us our sins and grant us new life through Your Spirit. Be in our midst, enliven our faith, and graciously receive our prayer and praise; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. All: Amen. HYMN OF PRAISE MEN S CHORUS, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, IRVINE DIRECTOR, MARIN JACOBSON How Can I Keep From Singing arr. Bradley Ellingboe SALUTATION AND COLLECT Pastor: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Pastor: Let us pray. Lord God, heavenly Father, send forth Your Son to lead home His bride, the Church, that with all the company of the redeemed, we may finally enter into His eternal wedding feast; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. All: Amen. 3

4 THE OLD TESTAMENT READING AMOS 5:18-24 Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why would you have the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light, as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him. Is not the day of the LORD darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it? I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Lector: This is the Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. THE EPISTLE READING 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-18 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words. Lector: This is the Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. We stand for the Holy Gospel: THE HOLY GOSPEL MATTHEW 25:1-13 Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, chapter twenty-five. 4

5 THE READING OF THE HOLY GOSPEL Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him. Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the wise answered, saying, Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves. And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, Lord, lord, open to us. But he answered, Truly, I say to you, I do not know you. Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. 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 S MESSAGE Prayer and member/guest cards will be collected during the singing of the following hymn: SERMON HYMN Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers Rejoice, rejoice, believers, And let your lights appear; The evening is advancing, And darker night is near. The Bridegroom is arising And soon is drawing nigh. Up, pray and watch and wrestle; At midnight comes the cry. The watchers on the mountain Proclaim the Bridegroom near; Go forth as He approaches, With alleluias clear. The marriage feast is waiting; The gates wide open stand. Arise, O heirs of glory; The Bridegroom is at hand. The saints, who here in patience Their cross and suff rings bore, Shall live and reign forever When sorrow is no more. Around the throne of glory The Lamb they shall behold; In triumph cast before Him Their diadems of gold. Our hope and expectation, O Jesus, now appear; Arise, O Sun so longed for, O er this benighted sphere. With hearts and hands uplifted, We plead, O Lord, to see The day of earth s redemption That sets Your people free! LSB 515 Used by Permission. LSBHymnLicense.net #

6 THE SERMON REV. 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. Amen. GATHERING OF OUR TITHES 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 SPIRIT BELLS, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, IRVINE DIRECTOR, NANCY JESSUP Be Thou My Vision arr. Sandra Eithun THE 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, All: 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. All: Amen. Pastor: We pray together, 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 for ever and ever. Amen. 6

7 THE BENEDICTION Pastor: All: 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 MEN S CHORUS, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, IRVINE DIRECTOR, MARIN JACOBSON Soon and Very Soon Andrae Crouch arr. Jack Schrader Pastor: Go in peace. Serve the Lord. All: Thanks be to God! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Baptism This weekend at our 5:00 worship service, Wyatt Lane Bell, the child of Tim and Carrie Bell, becomes the newest member of the kingdom of God through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. We wish God's wonderful blessings on this child and his family. Flowers The flowers which grace our altar this weekend are dedicated to the glory of the Lord by John and Julie Taylor in celebration of their 24 th wedding anniversary. We Pray For This Week Linda Wolter, Adam & Tiffany Wondra & Family, Fred & Becky Wondra, Ellen Wood, Tammie Wright & Family, Janice Yost & Family, Richard & Kyra Ytzen & Family, Darlene Zimmerman 7

8 Keep in Your Prayers Prayers for strength and healing, guidance and blessing for: Jack Killion Brad Lucente Carol Lyons Jerry Mazzoni Maria Meyer Jon Ninke Bruce Olson Ross Marchand Jan McFarlane Crystal Nylander Guy Reneau Leigh Bassler Richard Berman Hamilton Blake Jay Campbell Nicole Duston Alexander Hernandez Betsy Hotsko Patricia Howard Beth Howland Elizabeth Hurley Jeanne Kelly Brett Riedlinger Junko Shiki Denice Soresi Bob Stanley Eileen Stewart Jim Towles Penny Waren Vernita Warsinski McKenzie Watson Ed Williams Judy Williams Margaret Winn Bill Bartlett Diane Brennan Irene Fabre Jennifer Fielding Etsuko Busker Rosemary Colburn We pray for those who are ill: Debra Hack Shirley Hodge Christine Kirsh Jeremy Kuester Toti Manhan We pray for those who are recovering: Jeff Conrad Roger Gross Rocky Hewitt Larry Reimnitz Tyler Seder Lou Torres Ray Waren Diane Tawney June Thomas We keep in our prayers: All those who are serving our country in the armed forces especially: Craig Berry, Scott Carr, Scott Chapman, Karina Giron David Gutierrez, Adam Justin, Brandon Kaiser, Joe Levell, Garrett Ludke, Jim Nelson, Meghan Robinson, Troy Severson, Bryan Tomberlin, Greg Walker, Ryan Weisrock and Alicia Williamson 8