THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 22-23, 2018 Saturday at 4:30 pm & Sunday at 9:00 am THIS IS HRIST S HURH; THERE IS A LAE FOR YOU HERE. OUR MISSION IS: TO LOVE, SERVE, AND STRENGTHEN ALL EOLE IN HRIST JESUS. OUR SAVIOUR S LUTHERAN HURH 300 Logan Street, MERRILL, WISONSIN 715-536-5813 www.oslcelca.org Reverend at Schutz, astor Jamie Diestelhorst, Youth & Family Director Bea Lebal, Organist
THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW WELOME to Our Saviour s. We are glad you have come to join us to give praise and thanks to God, to hear God s word to guide us in love and to receive the Lord s Supper to strengthen us in faith. May you be blessed to be a blessing. OUR SAVIOUR S LUTHERAN HURH in Merrill, Wisconsin is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran hurch in America (ELA), a fellowship of churches from around North America who hold to basic hristian beliefs and practices. If you would like to learn more about Our Saviour s or the ELA, please call our church office or visit the ELA website at www.elca.org, our synod website at www.ecsw.org, or our website at www.oslcelca.org. If you are visiting us, please sign one of the Visitor ards in the pews and our guest book. We invite you to make yourself known to the ushers. If you are looking for a church family, we invite you to consider Our Saviour s as your church home. WILLIAMS ERSONAL SOUND SYSTEM is available from the ushers for those who have hearing impairments. RESTROOMS are located in the hallway between the staircase and the narthex. There are changing tables in these bathrooms. WORSHI HELS include hearing assist devices and large print bulletins. lease see an usher to use them. Also, if you are not able to come forward for communion, the communion servers would be glad to come to you in your pew. lease let an usher know you would prefer this. OUR MISSION IS: TO LOVE, SERVE, AND STRENGTHEN ALL EOLE IN HRIST JESUS. ELA Vision Statement laimed by God s grace for the sake of the world, we are a new creation through God s living Word by the power of the Holy Spirit; Gathered by God s grace for the sake of the world, we will live among God s faithful people, hear God s Word, and share hrist s supper; Sent by God s grace for the sake of the world, we will proclaim the good news of God in hrist through word and deed, serve all people following the example of our Lord Jesus, and strive for justice and peace in all the world opyright 2015 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #43101. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of hristian Education of the National ouncil of the hurches of hrist in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
December 22-23, 2018 The Fourth Sunday of Advent ELW, Setting 8 Holy ommunion =resider A=Assistant =ongregation =Sunday only Welcome to worship. We are glad you are here! If you are interested in joining Our Saviour s, please speak to r. at following service or throughout the week (715-536-5813 or 920-535-0014) for information. GATHERING WELOME/ANNOUNEMENTS MUSIAL INTERLUDE *ONFESSIONS AND FORGIVENESS Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, The Lord of Israel who comes to set us free, The mighty Savior who comes to show mercy, The Dawn from on high who guides us into peace. Amen. Let us come before God in confession. Silence is kept for reflection To you, O God, We lift up our souls. You know us inside and out; we have no secrets from you. We confess our turning to idols, our disregard for the dignity and well-being of our neighbors, our neglect to care for your good creation. Remember not our sins; Remember us with your steadfast love. Show us your ways; teach us your paths; lead us in justice and truth, for the sake of your goodness in Jesus hrist our Savior. Amen. Siblings in faith, come with joy and draw water from the well of salvation. Remember the gift of baptism: Your sin is washed away in the name of + Jesus; you belong to hrist and are anointed to serve. Stand up and raise your heads! The reign of God is near. Amen. *GATHERING SONG My Soul roclaims ELW 251 1
*GREETING The grace of our Lord Jesus hrist, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. ADVENT SONG ome Now, O rince of eace ELW 247 LIGHTING OF ADVENT WREATH ADVENT WREATH RAYER Blessed are you, O Lord our God. The cosmos declares your praise! In your Son, Emmanuel, you have shown us your light and saved us from the power of sin. Bless us as we light the candles on this wreath, signs that your advent is now and yet to be. Increase our longing for your presence, that at the celebration of your Son s birth hrist s Spirit might dwell anew in our midst, for he is our light and our salvation. Blessed be God forever. Amen. FIRST READING: Micah 5:2-5a A A reading from Micah, the 5 th chapter. 2 But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. 3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has brought forth; then the rest of his kindred shall return to the people of Israel. 4 And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall live secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth; 5a and he shall be the one of peace. A The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. SALM: salm 80:1-7 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth 2 before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might, and come to save us! 3 Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved. 2
4 O Lord GOD of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers? 5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in full measure. 6 You make us the scorn of our neighbors; our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved. SEOND READING: Hebrews 10:5-10 A A reading from Hebrews the 10 th chapter. 5 onsequently, when hrist came into the world, he said, Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me; 6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. 7 Then I said, See, God, I have come to do your will, O God (in the scroll of the book it is written of me). 8 When he said above, You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, See, I have come to do your will. He abolishes the first in order to establish the second. 10 And it is by God s will that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus hrist once for all. A The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. *GOSEL ALAMATION ELW Setting 4 *GOSEL: Luke 1:39-45 [46-55] The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke the 1 st chapter. Glory to you, O Lord. 39 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42 and exclaimed with a loud cry, Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43 And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? 44 For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord. [ 46 And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; 3
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50 His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. 51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. 52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. 54 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, 55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever. The gospel of the Lord. raise to you, O hrist. OUR SAVIOUR'S KIDS SERMON r at Schutz r at Schutz HYMN OF THE DAY O ome, O ome, Emmanuel ELW 257 *REED A Let us confess our faith together using the words of the Apostles reed. I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus hrist, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under ontius ilate, 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 hurch, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen 4
*RAYERS OF INTERESSION After each petition A ome, Lord Jesus, hear our prayer. *EAE onfident that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us, we bring to you these prayers and those unspoken, in the name of hrist, our Savior and Lord. Amen. The peace of hrist be with you always. And also with you. We share God s peace with one another. OFFERING Light One andle ELW 240 *OFFERTORY RAYER A Holy God, night and day you flood the earth with your abundant mercy and give to every creature what is needed for life and salvation. As we wait with eager longing for the fulfillment of your glory, use us and these gifts we offer to care for those in need, through the compassion of our Savior, Jesus hrist. Amen. *DIALOGUE *REFAE 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. It is indeed right... join their unending hymn: *HOLY, HOLY, HOLY ELW Setting 8 5
*THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:. hrist has died. hrist is risen. hrist will come again. *LORD S RAYER A Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray. 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. *INVITATION TO OMMUNION The bread of life and cup of salvation: come, receive the living God. All are welcome. Lamb Of God ELW Setting 8 OMMUNION HYMN Lo, How a Rose E er Blooming ELW 272 *BLESSING Now may the body and blood of our Lord Jesus hrist strengthen you and keep you in his grace. Amen. *RAYER AFTER OMMUNION A Let us pray. Faithful God, you come to us in this meal and birth us to new life through the mystery and mercy of your Son. So strengthened in love and joy, send us out as messengers of hope, bearing your life-giving and eternal Word for a weary world, in the name of Jesus hrist, Holy One among us, Savior now and forever. Amen. Amen 6
*RAYER FOR REVIVAL IN OUR MINISTRY ALL O God, you have called your people to be the Body of hrist in this community, and witnesses of your presence in the world. Fill us with your Holy Spirit. Send down the fire of your love upon us, that we might draw others to you, as you have sent us to do. Anoint us with a deep compassion for those who do not know your love. Send revival on your church in this place, that all may come to experience the difference God s grace and love in hrist makes for all people and creation. We ask this in Jesus name. Amen. *BENEDITION May God direct your ways in peace, make you abound in love for one another and for all, and strengthen your hearts. Almighty God, Father, + Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. Amen. *SENDING HYMN The King Shall ome LBW 33 Due to copyright restrictions, please use the GREEN LBW HYMNAL *DISMISSAL A Go in peace. hrist is with you. Thanks be to God. OSTLUDE 72