Nothing GOD Cannot HANDLE DEATH September 2, 2018 10:30 Service 1 Our Savior Lutheran Church
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INFORMATION FOR OUR GUESTS WELCOME TO OUR WORSHIP! A warm welcome to our guests this morning! It is a privilege to have you join us as we worship and praise our Savior, Jesus Christ. We want you to feel at home here so we are providing the following information to make your visit as pleasant as possible. NAME TAGS When visiting, please fill out a name tag so we will know who you are and can welcome you. Name tags are located at the podium as you enter the church. CHILDREN S BULLETIN Children s Bulletins can be obtained from an usher if you have little ones with restless hands. CONNECTION CARD When the offering is being collected, all are asked to fill in the Connection Card which is in your bulletin. Please print your address and telephone number on the slip so that we may better serve you and send you more information. RESTROOMS AND WATER FOUNTAINS Restrooms are located off both the front and rear entrances to the sanctuary. Signs are located on the wall. NURSERY A nursery, with a qualified attendant, is provided for the care of children three years or younger and is located in the back of the church (Luther Hall) from 9:00 11:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL Classes for children age 3 through 6 th grade are held from 9:15-10:15 a.m. Kid s Connect is held during the 10:30 a.m. service following the children s message. A SPECIAL INVITATION for everyone to join us in Adult Bible Classes at 9:15 a.m. in the Conference Room. COFFEE IS SERVED! Coffee fellowship every Sunday 9:00 10:30 in the Breezeway. Come have a donut and enjoy fellowship with one another! LARGE PRINT BULLETINS AND HYMNALS Large print bulletins and hymnals are located in the front entrance of the church (narthex.) Please ask an usher for assistance. RECEIVING COMMUNION Please see the communion statement in this bulletin. The Common Cup and Individual Cups are both available. White grape juice is found at the center of the Individual Cups for those having that medical need. If you choose the Individual cup when communing at the altar, please hold on to it until the chalice has passed. Please advise an usher if you need to commune in your pew. HOW CAN YOU BECOME A MEMBER? If you have a previous membership in a Lutheran church, you can transfer your membership to Our Savior by contacting the church office. We will gladly contact your previous church for your transfer. You may also join by profession of faith. New members are welcomed regularly, and New Member Classes are scheduled in the fall and spring. For any assistance or information, please call the church office 954.473.6888. VISIT OUR WEBSITE at www.oslplantation.church Watch Sermons, Events Calendar, Weekly Newsletter and a Link to our Facebook Page. 3
Our Savior Lutheran Church 8001 Northwest 5 th Street Plantation, Florida 33324 Rev. Tony Durante, Pastor Serving Christ-Serving Others-Changing Lives Death: Nothing God Cannot Handle September 2, 2018 As We Gather Welcome to worship this Labor Day weekend! May our time together strengthen us so we can serve God in whatever work we do. Prelude (Bells rung to begin service) Please take a minute to fill in your Connection Card. Divine Service 10:30 (P=pastor, L=liturgist, C=congregation, R=reader) Please stand Opening Song Lord I Lift Your Name on High Verse 1 Lord I lift your name on high. Lord I love to sing your praises I'm so glad your in my life. I'm so glad you came to save us Chorus: You came from heaven to earth to show us the way From the Earth to the cross my debt to pay From the Cross to the Grave from the grave to the sky Lord I lift your name on high (3X's) Mixer You may go choose a partner in the room or remain seated Share your name and tell a story about a time when your life was spared (e.g. car crash, illness). Announcements 4
Hymn of Invocation Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds 1958 Augsburg Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License.NET, no. 100011830. 5
Invocation P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. Confession and Absolution P Our help is in the name of the Lord, C who made heaven and earth. P If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? C But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared. P Let us kneel and confess our sins to God our Father. P Since we are gathered to hear God s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God be merciful to me, a sinner. C Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen. P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. Service of the Word Please stand Kyrie Salutation and Collect of the Day P The Lord be with you. C And also with you. P Almighty God, in the face of death You show us life. When we come to the cross You show us an empty tomb. Show us Your face today that we might see the life that we have in Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God now and forever. C Amen. 6
Please be seated First Reading Job 19:23-27 Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, 24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever! 25 I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! R This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Second Reading 1 Corinthians 15:50-56 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: Death has been swallowed up in victory. 55 Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? 6 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. R This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Please stand L The Holy Gospel according to St. John the 11 th chapter, verses 17, 21-27, 32-44 C Glory to You, O Lord. On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 21 Lord, Martha said to Jesus, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask. 23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again. 24 Martha answered, I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day. 25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this? 27 Yes, Lord, she replied, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world. 32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 Where have you laid him? he asked. Come and see, Lord, they replied. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, See how he loved him! 37 But some of them said, Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying? 38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. 39 Take away the stone, he said. 41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me. 43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out! 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, Take off the grave clothes and let him go. L This is the Gospel of the Lord. C Praise to You, O Christ. 7
Please be seated Children s Message Service of Holy Baptism Presentation Arron Alexander Mayers P: Let us confess the faith into which we baptize by saying together the Apostle s Creed. C: 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 T everlasting. Amen. Baptism Welcome P: Through Baptism, God has added Arron to his own people to declare the wonderful deeds of our Savior, who has called us out of darkness into his marvelous light. C: We welcome you into the Lord's family. We receive you as a fellow member of the body of Christ, child of the same heavenly Father, to work with us in his kingdom. P: And you, Arron, the Lord bless you in all your ways from this time forth and even forevermore. C: Amen. Song of the Day I Will Rise Verse 1 There's a peace I've come to know. Though my heart and flesh may fail There's an anchor for my soul. I can say it is well Pre Chorus Chorus Jesus has overcome and the Grave is overwhelmed The Victory is won He is risen from the dead (And) I will rise when he calls my name No more sorrow no more pain, I will rise on eagles wings Before my God fall on my knees, I will rise 8
Verse 2 Pre Chorus Bridge Pre Chorus There's a day that's drawing near, When this darkness breaks to light And the shadows disappear, And my faith shall be my eyes Jesus has overcome and the Grave is overwhelmed The Victory is won He is risen from the dead (Chorus) And I hear the voice of many Angels sing, Worthy is the Lamb And I hear the cry of every longing heart, Worthy is the Lamb, Worthy is the lamb Jesus has overcome and the Grave is overwhelmed The Victory is won He is risen from the dead. (Chorus) Sermon Death: Nothing God Cannot Handle John 11:17, 21-27, 32-44 Offering and Musical Offering Jesus Lover of my soul Verse 1 Jesus Lover of my soul, Jesus I will never let you go You've taken me from the miry clay Set my feet upon the Rock now I know Chorus I love you I need you Though my world may fall I'll never let you go My Savior My closest friend I will worship You until the very end (3X's) Prayer of the Church Please stand P Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and all people according to their needs. (After each petition: Pastor: Lord in your mercy. People: Hear our prayer.) P All these things and whatever else You know that we need grant us for the sake of Him who died and rose again and who now lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. Service of the Sacrament Prayer of Thanksgiving P Let us pray C Amen 9
Lord's Prayer P Lord, remember us in Your Kingdom and teach us to pray. C 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. Words of Our Lord (Pastor) Pax Domini P The peace of the Lord be with you always. C And also with you. Agnus Dei Please be seated Distribution and Hymns 10
General Distribution: This morning we invite you to walk forward to receive communion in a continuous line. The ushers will guide you. Special Distribution: For those who cannot walk to the front, communion assistants will commune you at your seat. Holy Communion is a gift from God. It is the Lord s Table to which He invites us. As we prepare to receive the Sacrament, we might ask ourselves the following questions: Do I realize that I am a sinful human being? Do I understand that our Lord gave His life, His body and blood, for me on the cross that I might be forgiven of my sins and in His resurrection raised me to a new life? Do I realize that in the Lord s Supper He gives me His true body and blood that I might be assured of forgiveness and that my faith is strengthened that I might serve my Lord and through Him serve others? If you are a baptized Christian and share these Biblical truths, please join us in the celebration of the Sacrament. If you have not yet been baptized or received instruction, please come forward for a blessing, crossing your arms over your chest to indicate you are not receiving the elements. Distribution Hymn: Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord Public domain 11
Distribution Hymn: Jerusalem, My Happy Home 5 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there Around my Savior stand; And soon my friends in Christ below Will join the glorious band. 6 O Christ, do Thou my soul prepare For that bright home of love That I may see Thee and adore With all Thy saints above. Public domain Please stand Post-Communion Prayer P Let us pray C Amen Benediction Closing Song Great and Mighty Great and Mighty is He. Great and Mighty is He Clothed in Glory Arrayed in Splendor, Great and Mighty is He (2x's) Chorus : Let us lift His name in High, Celebrate his Grace For He has redeemed our lives, And he reigns on high. 12
P Go in Peace and Serve the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Postlude Lutheran Service Book Divine Service, Setting Four LSBHymnLicense.net#100011830 13
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SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM - Communion Services 9:15 AM Sunday School and Bible Class THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SERVED TODAY... Altar Guild: Libby Martino and Edith Southerton 8:00 Beverly Embrack 10:30 Greeter: Jan Withers Acolyte: Stephanie Aguilar 10:30 Cantor: John Waldron 8:00 Liturgist: Brad Heine 8:00 Lay Reader: Howard Fischer 8:00 Linda Root 10:30 Ushers: Joe Franjione, Paul and Maria Krug, Bill May 8:00 Bill Burkhardt, Tom Christensen, Beverly Embrack, Brian Warfel 10:30 Worship Brad Heine, Donna Watson, Judy Watson, John Wheeler, Mike Zaske 8:00 Assistants Judy Detwiler, Rob and Rose Johnson, Linda Root 10:30 Carol Tucek, Sarah Cochran 10:30 Organist: Carisa Meier Sound: Andy Clark / Wayne Shaw Keyboard: Chris Ash 10:30 Signing: Cheryl Moore Singers: Ronda Ash, Nancy Volz, Laci Vonada 10:30 Thank you to all the musicians and singers for serving our Lord with your gifts. Music used by permission CCLI#87284 Tony Durante, Pastor Linda Root, Principal Jan Withers, Administrative Assistant CHURCH OFFICE 954.473.6888 954.473-6895 Fax e-mail church@oursaviorplantation.org website www.oslplantation.church OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN SCHOOL Eighteen month olds through 8 th Grade 954.370.2161 954.473.0395 Fax e-mail school@oursaviorplantation.org website www.oslplantation.school 16