Emmanuel Lutheran Church Anchor For the Soul ALL SAINTS DAY November 4, 2018 8:00 a.m. Emmanuel Lutheran Church 4865 Wilmington Pike; Kettering OH 45440 (937) 434-1798; www.emmanuellc.org
Classic Grace Communion ALL SAINTS DAY Thank you for honoring God with your presence this morning. Please be sure to complete a registration card and then place it in the offering plate mid-way in the service. Visitors: We are especially delighted that you are here today and we hope that your worship with us will be a blessing to you. A Note about Communion: We believe that in Holy Communion when we receive the bread and wine we actually receive the Lord s Body and Blood for the forgiveness of sins and strength to serve God. If you are a baptized and repentant Christian who desires to commune with us, we believe that by communing you are publicly declaring you share in our understanding of Holy Communion. In addition you are expressing your oneness in faith with us in Close Communion at Emmanuel as part of The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Only those who have been instructed in Holy Communion should commune. If you have any questions, speak with the pastor or a lay minister. An usher will gladly direct you. If you desire to commune regularly with the congregation please make an appointment with one of the Pastors. PRELUDE For All The Saints" Priscilla Acuff, Organist By Ralph Vaughn Williams WELCOME GREETING ONE ANOTHER OPENING HYMN Fight The Good Fight (LSB # 664 vv. 1, 3, 4) Public domain
INVOCATION, CONFESSION, AND ABSOLUTION LSB 151 The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Matthew 28:19b [18:20] 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. 1 John 1:8-9 Silence for reflection on God's Word and for self-examination. 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. Amen. Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a brother in Christ, exercising the Keys of the Kingdom, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. John 1:12; Philippians 1:6 KYRIE LSB 152 Mark 10:47 In peace let us pray to the Lord. For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray to the Lord. For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the
unity of all let us pray to the Lord. For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise let us pray to the Lord. Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord. HYMN OF PRAISE This Is The Feast LSB 155 Revelation 5:12-13; 19:5-9
PRAYER OF THE DAY Lord Jesus Christ, our great High Priest, cleanse us by the power of Your redeeming blood that in purity and peace we may worship and adore Your holy Name; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. OLD TESTAMENT Deuteronomy 6:1 9 ESV Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the just decrees that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, that you may fear the LORD your God, you and your son and your son s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. EPISTLE Hebrews 9:11-22 ESV When Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you. And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. CHILDREN S HYMN God Loves Me Dearly (LSB # 392 vs. 1) (The stanza is sung as children age 3 to grade 5 move to the altar area.)
Public domain CHILDREN'S MESSAGE Crossing The Red Sea Karen Holdeman Please stand ALLELUIA AND VERSE LSB 156 John 6:68 HOLY GOSPEL Mark 12:28-37 NIV The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the twelfth chapter. Glory to You, O Lord. One of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that [Jesus] answered them well, asked him, Which commandment is the most important of all? Jesus answered, The most important is, Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said to him, You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions. And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet. David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son? And the great throng heard him gladly. This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to You, O Christ.
THE 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! Please Be Seated HYMN OF THE DAY For All The Saints (LSB # 677 vv. 1-3, 8) MISSIONAL MOMENT Public domain
SERMON Growing Deeper Part 5 Pastor Mark Carlson Hebrews 9:11-14 PRAYERS (See your bulletin insert for the prayers.) OFFERING He Leadeth Me Priscilla Acuff, Organist By Dale Wood Please stand. OFFERTORY LSB 159 Psalm 116:12-13; 17-19
RITE OF FIRST COMMUNION PREFACE LSB 160 The Lord be with you. 2 Timothy 4:22 Lift up your hearts. Colossians 3:1 Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. Psalm 136 It is truly good, right, and salutary... evermore praising You and saying: SANCTUS LSB 161 Isaiah 6:3; Matthew 21:9
A TIME OF REMEMBRANCE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross. Gathered in the Name and the remembrance of Jesus, we beg You, O Lord, to forgive, renew, and strengthen us with Your Word and Spirit. Grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament. Gather us together, we pray, from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, which has no end. Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve us. To You alone, O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. THE WORDS OF OUR LORD LSB 162 Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me. In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord s death until He comes. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. O Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, in giving us Your body and blood to eat and to drink, You lead us to remember and confess Your holy cross and passion, Your blessed death, Your rest in the tomb, Your resurrection from the dead, Your ascension into heaven,
and Your coming for the final judgment. So remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray: THE LORD'S PRAYER LSB 162 Matthew 6:9-13 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 forever and ever. Amen. AGNUS DEI LSB 163 John 1:29 DISTRIBUTION SPECIAL MUSIC That s What The Blood Is For Jason Crabb COMMUNION HYMNS Jesus, Thy Blood And Righteousness (LSB # 563 vv. 1-6)
5 When from the dust of death I rise To claim my mansion in the skies, This then shall be my only plea: Jesus hath lived and died for me. 6 Jesus, be endless praise to Thee, Whose boundless mercy hath for me, For me, and all Thy hands have made, An everlasting ransom paid. Public domain. Just As I Am, Without One Plea (LSB # 570 vv. 1-6)
5 Just as I am, Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve; Because Thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 6 Just as I am; Thy love unknown Has broken ev ry barrier down; Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. Public domain. POST COMMUNION CANTICLE Thank The Lord LSB 164 POST COMMUNION PRAYER BENEDICTION Numbers 6:24-26
CLOSING HYMN Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (LSB # 805) Public domain CONNECTING AND CELEBRATING AT ELC DISMISSAL We hide God's Word in our hearts, that we might hold out the Word of Life. Ephesians 2:13, "But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ." Ephesians 2:13. God with us, with one another and with our neighbors to reach all with the Gospel! POSTLUDE Jubilate Priscilla Acuff, Organist By Gordon Young Acknowledgments Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder 2006 Concordia Publishing House.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church 4865 Wilmington Pike; Kettering, OH 45440 937-434-1798; www.emmanuellc.org Emmanuel is a member of the Lutheran Church/Missouri Synod