News & Announcements UPCOMING EVENTS HAYRACK RIDE AT SHERMAN RANCH: The Hospitality Committee is hosting a fun afternoon with a hayrack ride near the Platte River at Sherman Ranch! Join us on Sunday, November 18th at 2:00pm for the hayrack ride and snacks afterward. Please sign up in the Information Center so we know how many to expect! We can t wait to see you there! THANKSGIVING EVE AT UNITED, HAMPTON: Join us for Thanksgiving Eve Worship at United in Hampton on Wednesday, November 21st at 6:30pm. Worship will be followed by pie! (Please note: this is a Joint Service, there will no worship at Messiah on Thanksgiving Eve.) WOMEN, WISDOM, & WINE: Join us on Tuesday, November 20th to study a woman of the Bible and join in fellowship! WWW meets at the Parsonage: 130 Galway Rd. Aurora. MEN S BREAKFAST: The next Men s Breakfast will be on Friday, November 30th at 6:30am. Join us for breakfast and fellowship! CHILDREN S CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: Join us on Sunday, December 9th during worship to hear our children proclaim the Good News of God s greatest gift to us: Jesus Christ! At Messiah, we are powered by God s Grace! God s grace comes to us as we are. through grains of wheat that comprise the bread of Christ we share and that gathers us into the one Body of Christ. through grapes that are poured out together in the Blood of Christ, as we pour ourselves out into the world. through water that fills the baptismal font, washes us clean, and embraces us as Children of God..through the Holy Spirit that lives within us as the breath of life and that inspires us to live as grace-powered throughout the world. Messiah Lutheran Church, ELCA 415 S. 18th St., Aurora, NE 68818 402-694-2017 www.messiahaurora.org Senior Pastor - Rev. Sarah Ruch 402-833-8218 Pastor of Children, Youth & Family - Rev. Miles Ruch, Jr. 402-833-8219 25h Sunday after Pentecost November 11, 2018 11/11/2018 16 11/11/2018
A warm welcome to all today! May this time of worship strengthen your faith and desire to serve the Creator who loves us with everlasting love in Christ Jesus. Children are welcome in this worship service, and encouraged to participate in any way they are able to. Teach the children sitting around you how to use their hymnals, bulletins, follow the screens, and sing & speak loudly! We value the noise made by our children! Visitors, we are especially glad to see you. Please come again!! THIS WEEK AT MESSIAH Sunday, November 11th 9:00 am -- Worship 10:15 am - Sunday School 10:15 am -- Year of the Bible 6:00 pm -- Year of the Bible Tuesday, November 13th 8:30 am -- Moms in Prayer 6:30 pm -- Council Meeting 6:30 pm -- Lions Club Wednesday, November 14th 6:30 pm -- Confirmation 7:00 pm - First Place 7:00 pm -- Youth Group Thanksgiving Dinner News & Announcements THANK YOU Thank you Messiah! The Soup & Pie Day Committee would like to thank Messiah members for their support of our annual Soup & Pie Day. Soup & Pie Day is made possible only through a total Messiah effort. Almost every household was asked to contribute in some way, and the response was wonderful. We are fortunate to be part of a church family that is so willing to work together. This year we served around people! With the proceeds from this one event, the women of our church purchase needed items for our church kitchen as well as fund several ministries throughout our community, Synod and world. Again, thanks for your support!! Soup & Pie Co-Chairs Linda Strotman, Diane Stewart and Berniece Luthy. MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES As disciples of Christ, we encourage you to CONNECT with ministry opportunities here at Messiah! Please fill out a CONNECT sheet today. After you ve recorded your name(s) and pertinent information, please turn these sheets over and think about the ways in which you can use the gifts and talents given to you in the ministry here at Messiah. CONNECT sheets can be placed in the offering plate as we give our gifts of time, talent, and treasure to God. Sunday, November 18th 9:00 am -- Worship 10:15 am -- Sunday School 10:15 am -- Year of the Bible 6:00 pm -- Year of the Bible 2:00 pm Hayrack Event at Sherman Ranch PRESCHOOL MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY: Greetings from Messiah s Council! Over the years, Messiah Lutheran Church has offered many ways for the church to grow and relate to our mission of being powered by grace. Living in a progressive and growing community, the need for a pre-school has come to the top of the list for the Aurora community. Because of Messiah s vision for education, we have built a facility that could most certainly help meet this need of the community. As leaders and visionaries of the congregation, we are asking for the congregation s input on whether God is calling us to provide for this need. We hope you will give the council feedback as we open the door to explore the options this opportunity brings to our congregation. We ask for prayers and guidance as we explore this opportunity for outreach that would extend beyond our walls and touch the lives of 11/11/2018 2 11/11/2018 15
Serving Us in Worship Today *PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Ushers: Youth Ushers: Reader: Acolytes: Musician: George Chaney Charly James Brekyn Papineau Noah Ziegler Tonya Papineau Cooper Reeson Kaiden Wineteer Julie Jensen Greeters: Delmar & Sherry Peters Sound Booth: Craig Shaffer Video Recorder: Diana Shaffer PowerPoint: Garen Quandt Worship Asst: Holly Herzberg Coffee Bar Hosts: Sharon Penner Sovereign God, in this meal you give us a foretaste of the great feast to come. Keep us faithful to you, that we, with all your saints, may at length celebrate the marriage feast of the Lamb, Jesus Christ our Lord. BLESSING SENDING God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world. The love of God surround you; the grace of + Christ release you; and the Holy Spirit be your guide and strength, now and forevermore. SENDING SONG *DISMISSAL Led on by the saints before us, go in peace to serve the Lord. Powered by God's grace, we will! Thanks be to God. Take My Life, That I May Be ELW 583 Copyright 2018 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS000462. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 11/11/2018 14 A Few Notes. * Indicates congregation please stand if able. Congregational responses are printed in BOLD type ELW stands for Evangelical Lutheran Worship. This is the Cranberry colored hymnal found in each pew. You are welcome to look up our songs and liturgy in these hymnals, or follow along on the screens. If a p. is listed before the number, these are the small numbers found on the lower corners of each page in the front of the hymnal. If a number is simply listed, these are the large numbers found on the top corners in the back half of the hymnal. Communion today will be celebrated by Intinction. You will be offered a wafer and invited to dip this wafer into the chalice, where both wine and white grape juice are available. Gluten and Nut-free wafers are available from each server. Please simply indicate that this is needed and we will also provide an uncontaminated chalice of wine & grape juice for your use as well. We practice an open communion table at Messiah. If you are a baptized child of God and believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior, you are welcome at the table. 11/11/2018 3
ANNOUNCEMENTS Order for Worship GATHERING The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God. GATHERING SONG *CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Blessed Assurance ELW 638 Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, who calls us into an everlasting hope, who guides us to springs of the water of life, who enlightens us with the spirit of wisdom. One with the communion of saints in all times and places, let us confess our sin against God and one another. O God, our merciful redeemer, we confess the ways we live only for ourselves. We fail to see you in our neighbor s face. We turn our ears from voices that cry out. We pass by the hungry and the oppressed. In your great mercy, forgive our sin and strengthen us for service to all in need; through Jesus Christ our Lord. In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for you, and for + his sake, God forgives you all your sin. Blessed are you! Rejoice and be glad, beloved people of God. *THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE ELW p. 145 In the night in which he was betrayed,...... Do this for the remembrance of me. Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks,...... Do this for the remembrance of me. *LORD S PRAYER 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. COMMUNION COMMUNION SONG ELW p. 146 *GREETING The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. 11/11/2018 4 11/11/2018 13
MEAL God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ. *KYRIE ELW p. 138 OFFERING *OFFERING PRAYER Creator God, you made everything, and you provide for every need. The bread we break and the wine we pour come from you. As we eat and drink with thanksgiving, fill us with your love; let that love flow through us to others; and join us to the saints before us in a holy and boundless communion; through Jesus Christ our Lord. *DIALOGUE ELW p. 144 The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. *PREFACE It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,...... we praise your name and join their unending hymn: *HOLY, HOLY, HOLY ELW p. 144 11/11/2018 12 11/11/2018 5
*CANTICLE OF PRAISE ELW p. 140 HYMN OF THE DAY *CREED For the Fruit of All Creation ELW 679 I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God s 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 to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. *PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION With the people of God gathered here and throughout the world, we offer our prayers for the church, the world, and all people in need... Each petition ends:...lord, in your mercy, The congregation responds:...hear our prayer Enfold all things in your compassion, O God, and bring us into your life through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. *PEACE The peace of Christ be with you always. And also with you. 11/11/2018 6 11/11/2018 11
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE This is the Day! *GOSPEL ACCLAMATION ELW p. 142 *GOSPEL Mark 12:38-44 New Testament pg. 38 The holy gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. 38 As [Jesus] taught, he said, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, 39 and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets! 40 They devour widows houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation. 41 He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. 42 A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. 43 Then he called his disciples and said to them, Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. 44 For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on. The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. SERMON 11/11/2018 10 11/11/2018 7
*PRAYER OF THE DAY O God, you show forth your almighty power chiefly by reaching out to us in mercy. Grant us the fullness of your grace, strengthen our trust in your promises, and bring all the world to share in the treasures that come through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. CHOIR ANTHEM Thanksgiving Medley WORD God speaks to us in scripture reading, preaching, and song. FIRST READING 1 Kings 17:8-16 Old Testament pg. 253 8 The word of the Lord came to [Elijah,] saying, 9 Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there; for I have commanded a widow there to feed you. 10 So he set out and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the town, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called to her and said, Bring me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink. 11 As she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. 12 But she said, As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 Elijah said to her, Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterwards make something for yourself and your son. 14 For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth. 15 She went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as he and her household ate for many days. 16 The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah. Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God. PSALM 146 Old Testament pg. 451 1 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Put not your trust in rulers, in mortals in whom there is no help. 4 When they breathe their last, they return to earth, and in that day their thoughts perish. 5 Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help, whose hope is in the Lord their God; 6 who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; who keeps promises forever; 7 who gives justice to those who are oppressed, and food to those who hunger. The Lord sets the captive free. 8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. 9 The Lord cares for the stranger; the Lord sustains the orphan and widow, but frustrates the way of the wicked. 10 The Lord shall reign forever, your God, O Zion, throughout all generations. Hallelujah! SECOND READING Hebrews 9:24-28 New Testament pg. 174 24 Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; 26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God. 11/11/2018 8 11/11/2018 9