IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 421 North Second Street Mankato, Minnesota (507)

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1 IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 421 North Second Street Mankato, Minnesota (507) March 24, 2016 Volume 79, No. 20 Deacon: Gene Schreyer (1:00 P.M.); Daniel Pfeiffer (7:00 P.M.) Organist: Lane Fischer (1:00 P.M.); Grace Schreyer (7:00 P.M.) Sound: Craig Stelter; Screen: Clifford Kuehne Head Usher: Fred Friedrichs; Asst. Usher: John Heinze WELCOME to all visitors! Please sign the guest register in the narthex. Visitors and members: feel free to speak with the Pastor after the service, or call: for Pastor Nolting or for Pastor Eichstadt or for the church office. Pre-Service Devotion: Psalm 6 (p. 124, red hymnal) [Communion Preparation: The Christian Questions, inside the back cover of the red hymnals.] Pre-Service Prayer: O Christ, You walked the road our wand ring feet must go. You faced with us temptation s pow r and fought our ancient foe. No bread of earth alone can fill our hung ring hearts. Lord, help us seek Your living Word, the food Your grace imparts. No blinding sign we ask, no wonder from above. Lord, help us place our trust alone in Your unswerving love. When lures of easy gain with promise brightly shine, Lord, help us seek Your kingdom first; our wills with Yours align. O Christ, You walked the road our wand ring feet must go. Stay with us through temptation s hour to fight our ancient foe. [LSB 424] Text: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A

2 COMMUNION ORDER OF SERVICE Hymn: A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth 1. A Lamb goes uncomplaining forth, The guilt of sinners bearing And, laden with the sins of earth, None else the burden sharing; Goes patient on, grows weak and faint, To slaughter led without complaint, That spotless life to offer, He bears the stripes, the wounds, the lies, The mockery, and yet replies, "All this I gladly suffer." 2. This Lamb is Christ, the soul's great Friend, The Lamb of God, our Savior; Whom God the Father chose to send To gain for us His favor. "Go forth, My Son," the Father said, "And free my children from their dread Of guilt and condemnation. The wrath and stripes are hard to bear, But by Your Passion they will share The fruit of Your salvation." 3. "Yes, Father, yes, most willingly I'll bear what You command Me. My will conforms to Your decree, I ll do what You have asked Me." O wondrous Love, what have You done! The Father offers up His Son, Desiring our salvation. O Love, how strong You are to save! You lay the One into the grave Who built the earth s foundation. 4. Lord, when Your glory I shall see And taste Your kingdom's pleasure, Your blood my royal robe shall be, My joy beyond all measure! When I appear before Your throne, 2

3 Pastor: Invocation Your righteousness shall be my crown; With these I need not hide me. And there, in garments richly wrought As Your own bride shall we be brought To stand in joy beside You. Amen. 3 LSB 438 (alt TLH #142) Text: 1941 Concordia Publishing. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A When the congregation is asked to stand, please do so only if you are able. You may remain seated if standing is difficult. Confession of Sins & Absolution Pastor: Do you confess that you have sinned against God and deserved His wrath and punishment because of our sins? Congregation: I do confess. Pastor: Scripture Exhortation P: Do you repent of all your sins committed in thought, word, and deed? C: I do repent. P: Scripture Exhortation P: Do you believe that God, by grace, for Jesus sake, will forgive you all your sins? C: I do believe. P: Scripture Exhortation P: Do you promise that with the help of the Holy Spirit you will amend your sinful life? C: I do promise. P: Scripture Exhortation P: Do you believe that through me a fellow believer exercising the Office of the Keys by the authority of Christ, and called to exercise this authority in this congregation you will receive the forgiveness of all your sins? C: I do believe. P: Absolution

4 Responsive Psalm: Psalm 116:1-7, 12-14, 17 (ESV) Pastor: I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Cong: Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. P: The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. C: Then I called on the name of the LORD: O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul! P: Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; C: our God is merciful. P: The LORD preserves the simple; C: when I was brought low, he saved me. P: Return, O my soul, to your rest; C: for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. P: What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me? C: I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD, P: I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people. C: I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD. Scripture Readings: Mark 14:12-21, Luke 22:24-30, John 13:1-11 4

5 Ensemble (7:00 p.m.): Meekness and Majesty Confession of Faith The first and chief article is this: Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, died for our sins and was raised again for our justification. Romans 4:24-25 He alone is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world John 1:29, and God has laid upon Him the iniquities of us all. Isaiah 53:6 All have sinned and are justified freely, without their own works or merits, by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, in His blood. Romans 3:23-25 This is necessary to believe. This cannot be otherwise acquired or grasped by any work, law, or merit. Therefore, it is clear and certain that this faith alone justifies us. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. Romans 3:28 That He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Romans 3:26 Nothing of this article can be yielded or surrendered, even though heaven and earth and everything else falls. Mark 13:31 For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12 And with His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 Upon this article everything that we teach and practice depends Smalcald Articles: The Second Part, Article 1 Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions, copyright 2005, 2006 by Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. All rights reserved. To purchase a copy of Concordia, call Hymn: When You Woke That Thursday Morning (see pages 6-7) 5

6 When You Woke That Thursday Morning 6

7 7 LSB 445. Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda Concordia Publishing House. Joyous Light Tune: 1987 GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A

8 Sermon Text: John 13:12-17 Significant Questions, Solid Answers Do You Know What I Have Done for You? Pastor Wayne Eichstadt 8

9 Hymn: Jesus Greatest at the Table Jesus, greatest at the table, The almighty Son of Man, Laid aside His outer clothing, Poured some water in a pan; As the Twelve lay, hushed in silence, He the servant's task began. Marvel how their Lord and teacher Gently taught them not to vie As He humbly knelt before them, Dusty feet to wash and dry, By His tender touch expressing True compassion from on high. Jesus took the role of servant When upon that gruesome span, For all human sin He suffered As a vile and loathsome man; On the cross poured out like water To fulfill the Father's plan. Can we fathom such deep mercy? Do we see what God has done? Who can grasp this great reversal: Love that gives His only Son? Christ, the sinless for the sinners, For the many dies the One. Jesus gave to His disciples A commandment that was new: "Show My love to one another, Do as I have done for you; All the world will know you love Me As you love each other too." LSB 446. (use tune Sieh, hier bin ich, e.g. TLH 139) Text: Stephen P. Starke 2001 admin. Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A Offering of Thanksgiving [1:00 p.m. service offering may be left in the narthex basket.] 9

10 Communion Liturgy Pastor: The Lord be with you. Congregation (sings): And with your spirit. Pastor: Lift up your hearts. Congregation (sings): We lift them up unto the Lord. Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. Congregation (sings): It is good and right so to do. Pastor: It is truly good, right, and beneficial that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God:... Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying: Congregation (sings): Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; heav'n and earth are full of Your glory; hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He, blessed is He, blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest! Words of Institution Pastor: As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord s death till He comes (1 Corinthians 11:26). C (spoken): Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! Prayer Lord s Prayer P: The peace of the Lord be with you always. Amen. Congregation (sings): Lamb of God, pure and holy, Who on the cross didst suffer, Ever patient and lowly, Thyself to scorn didst offer. All sins Thou borest for us, Else had despair reigned o'er us: Thy peace be with us, 0 Jesus! 0 Jesus! (TLH 146:3) 10

11 Distribution Our practice of Close Communion We believe that God desires unity of faith and confession among all who commune together. All communicant members of Immanuel and of our sister congregations in the CLC (Church of the Lutheran Confession) are welcome at the Lord's Table. If there are visitors present who wish to commune with us in the future, you are invited to speak with the Pastor about this at your convenience. For more information pick up the tract from the narthex titled Why Close Communion. Communing Members who have difficulty at the kneeling rail may sit in the front pew on either side. The pastors will bring communion to you there. Any communicants sitting in the balcony should please come down to the narthex for direction to the table. Communicants are ushered to the communion table. If you desire the bread in your hand, simply extend your hand to the Pastor as he approaches you with the bread. Those desiring an individual cup, please take a cup when the tray is offered. The common cup will immediately follow. Please dispose of your individual cup in the baskets located behind each pillar or in the center aisle. Distribution Hymns: 164 Twas on That Dark, That Doleful Night 163 The Death of Jesus Christ, Our Lord Thanksgiving: Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Fill our hearts with joy and peace. Let us each, Thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace. Oh, refresh us, oh, refresh us, Traveling through this wilderness! Thanks we give and adoration For Thy Gospel's joyful sound. May the fruits of Thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound; Ever faithful, ever faithful, To the Truth may we be found! Amen. (TLH 50:1-2) 11

12 Benediction Congregation (sings): Amen Hymn: (1:00 p.m.) 151(1,7) Christ, the Life of All the Living (7:00 p.m.) 558 All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night Liturgy from The Lutheran Hymnal 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. License # Unless otherwise noted, Scripture is taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted service elements are in public domain