For All the Saints and Sinners FEAST OF ALL SAINTS November 1, 2015
Ebenezer Lutheran Church Port Hudson The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 9100 Highway YY Leslie, Missouri Parsonage 573-459-6432 Church 573-459-6431 Rev. William F. Zastrow, Pastor Mary Sprick, Secretary ebenezerlutheran@hotmail.com ebenezerlutheranchurch.wordpress.com AS WE GATHER: Today is the Feast of All Saints. This is an occasion to remember with thanksgiving to God all people redeemed by Jesus throughout the ages, and especially our own loved ones who have died in the Lord. The love of God is astonishing. The Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation. God even calls us His own dear children! He calls us from every nation, tribe, peoplegroup, and language. He calls us poor sinners the poor in spirit who hunger for righteousness. We, though burdened by our sins, trust in Jesus, our Savior, who has given all for us to live in communion with God. Today is a day of rejoicing not that we or our departed loved ones have been such great saints, but that our Savior has graciously numbered us along with all His saints as His own beloved people. For all this we sing to the Lord a new song of thanksgiving and praise! PRAYER BEFORE WORSHIP: Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, by Your Spirit, You have called, gathered, enlightened, and sanctified people from every corner and age of Your good creation to become saints in the fellowship of Your Son, Jesus. Grant that in both faith and life, we follow the example of Your saints who have gone before us that, together with them, we may inherit Your kingdom, which has no end, and evermore sing Your praises; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and 2
forever. Amen. Feast of All Saints Divine Service DIVINE SERVICE II, page 158 HYMN OF PRAISE, This is the Feast of Victory OPENING HYMN For All the Saints LW 191 SERMON HYMN Sing with All the Saints in Glory Hymn Tune: Ode to Joy 1 Sing with all the saints in glory; Sing the resurrection song! Death and sorrow, earth s dark story, To the former days belong. All around the clouds are breaking. Soon the storms of time shall cease. In God s likeness we awaken, Knowing everlasting peace. 2 Oh, what glory far exceeding All that eye has yet perceived! Holiest hearts for ages pleading Never that full joy conceived. God has promised, Christ prepares it, There on high our welcome waits. Ev ry humble spirit shares it. Christ has passed th eternal gates. 3 Life eternal! Heav n rejoices: Jesus lives who once was dead. Shout with joy, O deathless voices! Child of God, lift up your head! 3
Life eternal! Oh, what wonders Crowd on faith, what joy unknown, When amid earth s closing thunders, Saints shall stand before the throne! Text: William J. Irons, Public Domain Tune: Ode To Joy, Public Domain FIRST COMMUNION HYMN Hark! The Sound of Holy Voices Tune: Galilean LW 318 Hark! The sound of holy voices Chanting at the crystal sea, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Lord, to Thee. Multitudes which none can number Like the stars in glory stand, Clothed in white apparel, holding Palms of vict ry in their hand. Patriarch and holy prophet, Who prepared the way of Christ, King, apostle, saint, confessor, Martyr, and evangelist, Saintly maiden, godly matron, Widows who have watched to prayer, Joined in holy concert, singing To the Lord of all, are there. They have come from tribulation And have washed their robes in blood, Washed them in the blood of Jesus; Tried they were, and firm they stood. Mocked, imprisoned, stoned, tormented, Sawn asunder, slain with sword, 4
They have conquered death and Satan By the might of Christ the Lord. Marching with Thy cross, their banner, They have triumphed, following Thee, the Captain of salvation, Thee, their Savior and their King. Gladly, Lord, with Thee they suffered, Gladly, Lord, with Thee they died, And by death to life immortal They were born and glorified. Now they reign in heavenly glory, Now they walk in golden light, Now they drink, as from a river, Holy bliss and infinite. Love and peace they taste forever And all truth and knowledge see In the beatific vision Of the blessed Trinity. God of God, the One-begotten Light of Light, Emmanuel, In whose body, joined together, All the saints forever dwell, Pour upon us of Thy fullness That we may forevermore God the Father, God the Spirit, One with Thee on high, adore. Text: Christopher Wordsworth, 1807 85. Public domain. Tune: GALILEAN, Joseph Barnby. Public domain. SECOND COMMUNION HYMN Blessed are the Dying Tune: JESU, MEINE FREUDE LW 270 5
Blessed are the dying Who on God relying Trust His Word, secure. Heaven they inherit; Yes, declares the Spirit, And their works endure. God by grace prepares their place They depend upon His favor, Look to Christ as Savior. Great the tribulation Saints from ev ry nation Suffered in their strife; At the end, triumphant And with joy abundant, Gained eternal life. In the flood of cleansing blood, They have washed their robes, erasing All of sin s defacing. Dressed in white before Him, Ever they adore Him, Serve Him night and day. Never shall they hunger, Thirst shall be no longer, Tears are wiped away For the Lamb, the great I AM, Shepherds them to living waters As His sons and daughters. Vision cannot capture The unending rapture Of the bliss above. Who can tell the story Of the weight of glory 6
Saved for us in love? None on earth can know the worth, None can guess the brilliant splendor God will freely render! Text: Stephen P. Starke. Copyright 1994 Stephen P. Starke, admin. Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Tune: JESU, MEINE FREUDE, Johann Crüger, 1598 1662. Public domain. Creative Worship for the Lutheran Parish, Series B, Part 4. Copyright 2015 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Used by permission. OUR MISSION AND MINISTRY To our members and guests who are here with us today. We are very glad that you are here for worship services on this Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost All Saints Day. May the Lord refresh you with peace and love during our worship services. Please join us here at Ebenezer again soon! Please sign the guest register near the front entrance with your name, address and Church affiliation. Thank you! All Saints Day: On this Sunday we remember those of our members and friends that entered eternal rest with Jesus this past year. We pray: Thank You that love is stronger than death and continues across the boundary between what is seen and what is unseen. In the strength of this love, and in eager anticipation of the day of the resurrection of all flesh, we remember before You our own dear loved ones who have departed this life during the past year: Date of Death Hulda Maria Althage October 22, 2014 Michael J. Kleinheider November 1, 2014 Wilbert Frederick Wilke November 19, 2014 7
Shirley Bourne January 20, 2015 Leonard Lee Engel April 7, 2015 Gregory Levi Pointer April 1, 2015 Wilbert Chester Helling April 28, 2015 Mildred Von Winkle October 31, 2013 Lawrence Emil Pelster August 2, 2015 James Emil Fred Kormeier August 17, 2015 In Jesus Name. Amen. Pork Sausage Dinner Report We would like to thank all the members, families, and friends of Ebenezer and especially the Sausage Supper Committee for all the hard work that went into making the Sausage Supper a success again this year. We also want to especially thank all the members and families who donated the pies and bread, we certainly appreciate your donations and all the work that went into getting things ready including potatoes. We served approximately 807 meals! And lots of appreciation goes to the committee for handling all the details and pulling it all together. It is truly a team effort and without your help and support this would not be possible! Another note of appreciation Thanks to all who donated to the Country Store at our Pork Sausage Dinner. Over $2,000 was collected for our Mission Projects! Mission Society The Mission Society meeting will be held on Monday, November 16 th. We will meet at 6:30 PM to sew rice bags for Mercy Hospital before our meeting. The important business will be allocating our funds from the Country Store for our Mission Projects! All ladies are welcome to join us. 8
Recycle Update We are pleased to report that $7.05 has been added to our recycle aluminum total. Unfortunately, this will probably be the last addition of funds for recycle aluminum. Franklin County Recycling has closed. We will not be collecting any more aluminum for recycling. We will continue to provide recycling of newspaper in the dumpster behind Church. Our current totals are: Recycle Aluminum $4,823.50 and the grand total for all recycle $9,206.95. Thank you so much for your support of our recycle project! If anyone would like to volunteer for to take aluminum to another location please let Pastor or Margaret know. Cookbook information We would like to thank everyone who bought a cookbook. We hope you are enjoying some of the recipes. A cookbook would make a great Christmas gift. There are still some available. Please contact Nancy Quinn or Dana Kasmann or put your request in the red box at the back of Church. The recipe correction notes are also in the back of Church. Here are the corrections for the recipes that we have so far: Page 53 Baked Mushroom Chicken In the method, the word grilled should be inserted before frozen breasts. (Do not us frozen raw chicken.) Page 72 Peanut Pudding Dessert Please add to the ingredients 1 pkg. sugar free instant vanilla pudding mix. Page 106 Kate s Best Brownies Please add ¼ tsp. salt to the ingredients. Page 74 Pound Cake Please scratch out the number 7 in the bottom line of the recipe. Page 104 Cherry Wink Cookies Mariano cherries should be Maraschino Cherries. Please let us know of any other errors that are found in anyone s recipes that were submitted. Thanks, The Cookbook Committee 9
ALIVE Presentation An ALIVE Presentation will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Washington in the Fellowship Hall on Thursday, November 12 th 7:00 8:00 PM. ALIVE stands for Alternatives to Living in Violent Environments and provides counseling, emergency sanctuary and other critical services to adults and children impacted by domestic abuse, and increases awareness in order to create a supportive community. Come find out about ALIVE and the useful resources available! Childcare will be provided at this event. For questions, call Immanuel at 636-239-4705. Card Make and Take This coming Saturday, November 7 th, we will be doing another card Make and Take with 5 Christmas cards and 2 tags. It will start at 10:00 AM. About noon, we will have a light lunch. The project is a fundraiser for The Pregnancy Assistance Center in Washington. We ask you to either $15 in cash, or $15 worth of diapers. There is a sign-up sheet on the table in the back of Church. It s not too late to sign up. For more information, contact Karen Sprick. Movie Night Please make plans to come to the Movie Night this coming Friday, November 6 th. Feel free to invite someone to come along for a fun night for the whole family. There will be free snacks and drinks. We will be showing the DreamWorks animated film The Prince of Egypt at 6:30 PM. You are welcome to bring your own food, but popcorn, candy and soda will be provided at no charge. Kids can wear their pajamas and bring blankets and pillows. Adults are asked to bring comfy chairs. We have invited our sister congregations to join us for this event. Please show your support for this event and be a witness for Christ!!! 10
Those Serving Today Organist Saturday Laura Nichols Organist Sunday Jennifer Huellinghoff Head Usher Saturday Tracey Bade Head Usher Sunday Lee Kassebaum Altar Guild - Barb Kassebaum & Jennifer Huellinghoff Acolytes Tyler Kasmann Cierra Donatti Paige Thurmond Bell Ringer Paul Kassebaum Offerings and Attendance Weekly Contributions $ 797.00 Plate 218.72 Sunday School 12.00 $1,027.72 Attendance: Saturday Worship 13 Sunday Worship 77 Sunday School Children: 13 Adults: 6 Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - This Week at Ebenezer Elder s Meeting 7:00 PM Confirmation 6:30 PM Choir Practice 7:00 PM Luther Bible Study 10:00 AM & 7:00 PM Ladies Aid 1:30 PM Movie Night 6:30 PM Card Make & Take 10:00 AM Worship 3:00 PM 11