Christus Lutheran Church when our sins and conscience oppress us, we take comfort and say, I am baptized! It is promised to me that I shall be saved and have eternal life, both in soul and body. from the Large Catechism of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Large Print 8:00 & 9:30 June 10, 2018
PRELUDE 8:00 PROCESSIONAL SONG WELCOME 8:00 Praise Band; 9:30 Ericka Shelton INVOCATION P: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION Kneel as you are able, or be seated P: Do you confess that you are, because of your fallen human nature, a sinner unworthy of God s favor? C: I do confess it. P: Do you desire to be saved from eternal condemnation? C: I do so desire. P: Confess your sins, therefore, and plead Almighty God to have mercy. Silence for reflection on our need for forgiveness P: Heavenly Father, C: I confess that I am sinful through and through, and can in no way save myself or better myself. Only by your mercy and grace, through your beloved Son Jesus Christ, can I be made clean. Wash me in his holy and precious blood, and save me. P: God did not send his Son to condemn you, but that you might be saved through him. [John 3:17] By the suffering and death of Jesus Christ, your sins are graciously and completely forgiven; and by his resurrection you have new life in him. C: Amen! Thanks and praise to God the Father! Stand 2
PEACE P: Grace, mercy and peace to you, from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. [1 Timothy 1:2] C: Grace, mercy and peace to you. All are free to move about and share God s peace 9:30 HYMN: Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing LBW #559 1. O for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer s praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of his grace! 2. My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad The honors of your name. 3. The name Jesus charms our fears, And bids our sorrows cease; Sings music in the sinner s ears, Brings life, and health, and peace. 4. He breaks the pow r of canceled sin; He sets the pris ner free. His blood can make the foulest clean; His blood avails for me. 5. To God all glory, praise and love Be now and ever giv n, By saints below and saints above, The church in earth and heav n. PRAYER OF THE DAY P: The Lord be with you. 3
C: And also with you. P: Let us pray. Heavenly Father, C: with you there is forgiveness of sins, that you may be feared. Grant us humble reverence that seeks your grace, knowing we have no claim on your mercy other than Jesus Christ, your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen Be Seated FIRST LESSON: Genesis 3:8-19 R: The first lesson is from Genesis, the 3 rd chapter. 8 [Adam and Eve] heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, Where are you? 10 And he said, I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself. 11 He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat? 12 The man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate. 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? The woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate. 14 The LORD God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. 4
16 To the woman he said, I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you. 17 And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, You shall not eat it, cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return. R: The Word of the Lord C: Thanks be to God SECOND LESSON: Psalm 130 R: The second lesson is the 130 th Psalm. 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. 5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6 my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. 7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. 8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. R: The Word of the Lord C: Thanks be to God CHILDREN S MESSAGE Stand 5
GOSPEL LESSON: Mark 3:20-35 P: The Holy Gospel, according to St. Mark, the 3 rd chapter. C: Glory to you, O Lord 20 Then [Jesus] went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, He is out of his mind. 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, He is possessed by Beelzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons. 23 And he called them to him and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27 But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house. 0 28 Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin 30 for they were saying, He has an unclean spirit. 31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you. 33 And he answered them, Who are my mother and my brothers? 34 And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother. P: The Gospel of our Lord 6
C: Praise to you, O Christ Be Seated SERMON Stand 8:00 SERMON SONG: I Am Thine O Lord Frances J. Crosby I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice, And it told Thy love to me But I long to rise in the arms of faith And be closer drawn to Thee. Chorus: Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord To the cross where Thou hast died Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord To Thy precious bleeding side. Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord By the pow r of grace divine Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope And my will be lost in Thine. Chorus Oh the pure delight of a single hour That before Thy throne I spend When I kneel in prayer and with Thee, my God I commune as friend with friend! Chorus There are depths of love that I cannot know Till I cross the narrow sea There are heights of joy that I may not reach Till I rest in peace with Thee. Chorus 10:30 HYMN: Word of God, Come Down on Earth WOV #716 1. Word of God, come down on earth, living rain from heaven descending; 7
touch our hearts and bring to birth faith and hope and love unending. Word almighty, we revere you; Word made flesh, we long to hear you. 2. Word eternal, throned on high, Word that brought to life creation, Word that came from heaven to die, crucified for our salvation, saving Word, the world restoring, speak to us, your love outpouring. 3. Word that caused blind eyes to see, speak and heal our mortal blindness; deaf we are: our healer be; loose our tongues to tell your kindness. Be our Word in pity spoken, heal the world, by our sin broken. 4. Word that speaks God's tender love, one with God beyond all telling, Word that sends us from above God the Spirit, with us dwelling, Word of truth, to all truth lead us; Word of life, with one bread feed us. 8:00 AFFIRMATION OF BAPTISM 9:30 APOSTLES CREED P: Together with the saints of all times and places, we confess the one, true faith, using the words of the Apostles Creed: C: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. 8
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again 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 Be Seated PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH OFFERING Stand OFFERTORY PRAYER P: Let us pray. Heavenly Father, C: you have entrusted us with many things. Help us to be true stewards of them all, that many may enjoy the bounty you promise your children; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen THE LORD S SUPPER WORDS OF INSTITUTION LORD S PRAYER Be Seated DISTRIBUTION Stand POST-COMMUNION BLESSING ANNOUNCEMENTS BENEDICTION 9
P: The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift his countenance upon you and give you peace; in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. C: Amen 8:00 CLOSING SONG: Blessed Be Your Name Matt & Beth Redman 2002 ThankYou Music CCLI#1491997 Blessed be Your name in the land that is plentiful Where Your streams of abundance flow, Blessed be Your name when I m found in the desert place Though I walk through the wilderness Every blessing You pour out I ll turn back to praise. When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be Your glorious name. Blessed be Your name when the sun s shining down on me, When the world s all as it should be Blessed be Your name on the road marked with suffering Though there s pain in the offering, Every blessing You pour out I ll turn back to praise. When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be Your glorious name. 10
Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be Your glorious name. 10:30 HYMN: Let All Things Now Living LBW #557 1 Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving To God the creator triumphantly raise. Who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us, Who still guides us on to the end of our days. God's banners are o'er us, His light goes before us, A pillar of fire shining forth in the night. Till shadows have vanished and darkness is banished As forward we travel from light into light. 2 His law he enforces, the stars in their courses and sun in its orbit obediently shine; The hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains, The deeps of the ocean proclaim him divine. We too should be voicing our love and rejoicing; With glad adoration a song let us raise Till all things now living unite in thanksgiving: "To God in the highest, hosanna and praise!" DISMISSAL P: We go in peace, to fear God, love God, and trust God. C: He is to be feared and loved, and He can be trusted. Amen POSTLUDE 11
HOLY COMMUNION All the baptized who believe in the true presence of Christ in these elements, the bread and wine, and who know their need of forgiveness, are welcome to receive the Lord s Supper. (1 Cor. 11:23-25; Matt.26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19, 20) Both wine (red) and grape juice (white) are available. Gluten-free wafers are available please ask your server for the gluten free wafer if you so choose. Children who have not received instruction, and those who do not believe in the true presence of Christ in the Supper, may come forward with arms crossed over their hearts to receive a blessing. Christus Lutheran Church 120 N. Main St. Clintonville, WI 54929 (715) 823-6521 christus@charter.net www.christusclintonville.org Pastors: Brian Crocker Our mission is to invite people of all nations into fellowship with Jesus Christ, and to make them His disciples through preaching and teaching Christ crucified, risen and coming again as the only hope of eternal salvation. 12
Congratulations, 2018 Confirmands Emma Clara Baum Vincent Joseph Baum Lillian Ann Booth Duke Douglas Johnson Clinton Korey Kauth Hailey May Kersten Matthew James Skowronski Kelli Ann Smith Andrew Drew William Zeinert 13