WELCOME IN THE NAME OF JESUS!

WELCOME IN THE NAME OF JESUS! LIVING SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH welcomes you as you join with us in worship this day. May the Holy Spirit bless you with the message you hear from God s Word, the prayers, the hymns, and the fellowship we share with you. Here is some information you might find helpful: A Nursery/Family Room is in the Family Life Center next to the offices. The service can be viewed and heard in there through a closed circuit screen. Restrooms are located in the Family Life Center. Please fill out attendance note pad in pews and place your sheet in the offering plate or hand to an usher. We ask guests and members to fill them out each week. Please let us know if we can help you in any way. HOLY COMMUNION: We are very glad that you have joined us today for this worship service where we hear the Word of God and receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion. This church is in fellowship with other congregations of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. As such, we believe and practice the biblical teaching that we receive the true Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in, with and under the bread and the wine of the Sacrament (Matthew 26, Mark 14 and Luke 22). If you have a different understanding of Communion or are still learning about this biblical teaching, we love you enough to ask you not to receive Holy Communion this morning (1 Corinthians 11). However, you are welcome to come forward for a blessing at the time of Communion. If later you have any questions about this or any other teachings, the pastor would be very pleased to talk with you. OUR CONTACT INFORMATION Living Savior Lutheran Church Prayer Chain Requests submitted at Pastor David R. Bailes 309 Pond Street www.livingsaviortexas.org under Contact Us 936-521-9389 (cell) Montgomery, TX 77356 www.livingsaviortexas.org Church Phone: 936-597-8013 drbailes@livingsaviortexas.org ELDERS OF LIVING SAVIOR Roger Bartel omro_fox@yahoo.com 936-537-0011 Mark Dinning madinning@spectraenergy.com 713-429-1273 Doug Krenz dvkrenz@consolidated.net 713-248-9892 Tom Schmidt toms1970@suddenlink.net 281-414-1057 Dick Wiese rwiesesr@consolidated.net 936-582-0987 Doug Lee adouglaslee@yahoo.com 281-744-0448 Peter Hames President CHURCH COUNCIL OF LIVING SAVIOR Tom Schmidt - Evangelism Gary Howze Vice President James Hadley Trustee Shirley Burg Secretary Mascardo/Vahrenkamp - Youth Earl McCaleb Treasurer Kim Howze - Christian Growth Mark Lamprecht Financial Secretary Donna Bond - Family Life Dick Wiese Presiding Elder Wayne Hollis - Stewardship Contact information available upon request. 2

STRIVE! FOR WE WHO BELIEVE WILL ENTER GOD S REST Our Creator has woven the gift of rest into the fabric of His creation. If God Himself enjoyed His day of rest, His Sabbath, shouldn t we? Rest isn t a good work that we do to please God. Rest is the absence of our work; it s receiving the grace that is offered to us through Christ s work on the cross of Good Friday and the empty tomb of Easter. Today our gracious Father invites us to enter into His rest, His Sabbath, sharing in the benefits of what His Son has done. Jesus has already done the work savor it! Rest in His presence as He serves you with His living and active Word and as He prepares His Table of grace for you to enjoy. PRE-SERVICE MUSIC (Hymns for today s worship will be played.) RINGING OF THE BELLS (Please take time now to fill out the attendance record book located in the pew and place it in the offering plate later in the service.) CALL TO WORSHIP (ALL): GOD HIMSELF IS PRESENT LSB 907 1 God Himself is present: Let us now adore Him And with awe appear before Him. God is in His temple; All within keep silence; Humbly kneel in deepest rev rence. He alone On His throne Is our God and Savior; Praise His name forever! 2 God Himself is present: Hear the harps resounding; See the hosts the throne surrounding. Holy, holy, holy! Hear the hymn ascending, Songs of saints and angels blending. Bow Your ear To us here: Hear, O Christ, the praises That Your Church now raises. Public domain WELCOME / ANNOUNCEMENTS WE CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD (Please stand if you are able.) In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. OPENING SENTENCES Hebrews 4:9 10 There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God s rest has also rested from his works as God did from His. OPENING HYMN: FAITH OF OUR FATHERS Frederick W. Faber 1 Faith of our fathers, living still, In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword; Oh, how our hearts beat high with joy Whene er we hear that glorious Word! Refrain: Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to thee till death! 2 Faith of our fathers, we will strive to win all nations unto thee; And through the truth that comes from God, we all shall then be truly free. 3

Refrain: Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to thee till death! 3 Faith of our fathers, we will love Both friend and foe in all our strife; And preach thee, too, as love knows how By kindly words and virtuous life. Refrain CALL FOR CONFESSION (Please be Seated) Matthew 11:28 Today our Father invites us to enter into His presence and experience the gift of His rest. Let us come before Him in repentance and faith. (Silence for meditation upon God s Word and our need for Christ s forgiveness.) Holy God, merciful Father, too often we pull away from the peace You promise to Your children. Forgive us for the ways in which our thoughts, our words, and our actions go against Your will for our lives. For our neglect of You and Your gift of grace, we ask for mercy. In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, whose work on the cross has secured our place in Your kingdom, renew us and lead us that we may rest in Your presence. Amen. LORD, HAVE MERCY Mark 10:47 GOD FORGIVES OUR SINS Jesus says, Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Receive the rest for your souls that only Jesus work has secured. As your pastor, I announce God s saving grace to you and, in the stead and by the command of our Lord Jesus Christ, forgive you all of your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST Luke 2:14; John 1:29 Glory be to God on high. 4

GREETING The Lord be with you. And also with you. 5

PRAYER OF THE DAY O God, our Creator, You set in order all things in heaven and on earth for the benefit of Your children. Grant that we rest from our labors and receive the peace Your Son has given; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS WORD GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS PROPHET Ecclesiastes 5:10 20 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep. There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand. As he came from his mother s womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind? Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger. Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil this is the gift of God. For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart. Lector: AS THE DEER Chorus: This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Martin Nystrom As the deer panteth for the water, so my soul longeth after Thee. You alone are my heart s desire, and I long to worship Thee. You alone are my strength, my shield; to You alone may my spirit yield. You alone are my heart s desire, and I long to worship Thee. I want you more than gold or silver, only You can satisfy. You alone are the real joy-giver, and the apple of my eye. Chorus 1984 MARANATHA PRAISE, USED BY PERMISSION CCLI LICENSE 3 2667886 GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS APOSTLE Hebrews 4:1 11 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, As I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter my rest, although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: And God rested on the seventh day from all his works. And again in this passage he said, They shall not enter my rest. 6

Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, again he appoints a certain day, Today, saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. Lector: This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS SON Mark 10:23 31 The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the tenth chapter. Glory to You, O Lord. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God. And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, Then who can be saved? Jesus looked at them and said, With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God. Peter began to say to him, See, we have left everything and followed you. Jesus said, Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first. CHILDREN S MESSAGE This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to You, O Christ. HYMN OF THE DAY: COME UNTO ME, YE WEARY LSB 684 1 Come unto Me, ye weary, And I will give you rest. O blessèd voice of Jesus, Which comes to hearts oppressed! It tells of benediction, Of pardon, grace, and peace, Of joy that hath no ending, Of love that cannot cease. 3 Come unto Me, ye fainting, And I will give you life. O cheering voice of Jesus, Which comes to aid our strife! The foe is stern and eager, The fight is fierce and long; But Thou hast made us mighty And stronger than the strong. 4 And whosoever cometh, I will not cast him out. O patient love of Jesus, Which drives away our doubt, Which, though we be unworthy Of love so great and free, Invites us very sinners To come, dear Lord, to Thee! Public domain 7

GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH OUR PASTOR: OUR NEED FOR REST IN GOD Hebrews 4:1-11 WE CONFESS OUR FAITH USING THE WORDS OF THE NICENE CREED (Please stand.) All: I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into Heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life + of the world to come. Amen. PRAYER OF THE CHURCH (Please be Seated) Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs. For the advancement of Christ s kingdom, that we be strong in the Lord and strive to enter into His rest and share this rest with others, let us pray to the Lord. Lord of the Sabbath, let us rest in You. For all pastors, teachers, musicians, missionaries, and other servants of the Church, that their work be a reflection of Christ, whose work enables us to have peace and joy, let us pray to the Lord. Lord of the Sabbath, let us rest in You. For all who serve in positions of leadership in our government, along with those who wear the uniform of our country, that our Savior, upon whose shoulders the government rests, grant them wisdom, comfort, and satisfaction in their labors, let us pray to the Lord. Lord of the Sabbath, let us rest in You. For all who are broken in body, mind, and spirit, [especially...], that the Lord would bind up their wounds and grant them full healing, let us pray to the Lord. Lord of the Sabbath, let us rest in You. Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend ourselves and all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy and grace, for the sake of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. 8

WE WORSHIP GOD WITH OUR OFFERINGS (The offering time is an opportunity for all of us to give thanks to God for the many ways He has blessed us. Members and regular attendees support God s mission and ministry as He works through this congregation. Guests are welcome to give an offering, but are not expected to do so. Psalm 54:6; 116:12-14, 17) OFFERTORY HYMN: WHEN PEACE, LIKE A RIVER LSB 763 1 When peace, like a river, attendeth my way; When sorrows, like sea billows, roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul. Refrain: It is well (It is well) with my soul, (with my soul), It is well, it is well with my soul. 4 And, Lord, haste the day when our faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll, The trumpet shall sound and the Lord shall descend; Even so it is well with my soul. Refrain Public domain OUR LORD COMES TO US IN HIS BODY AND BLOOD The Lord be with you. 2 Timothy 4:22 And also with you. Lift up your hearts. Colossians 3:1 We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. Psalm 136 It is right to give Him thanks and praise. HOLY IS THE LORD Isaiah 6:3; Matthew 21:9 9

THE WORDS OF OUR LORD Matthew 26:26 28; Mark 14:22 24; Luke 22:19 20; 1 Corinthians 11:23 25 Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me. In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. PROCLAMATION OF CHRIST As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord s death until He comes. 1 Corinthians 11:26 Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20 THE LORD S PRAYER Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Matthew 6:9-13 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. PEACE OF THE LORD The peace of the Lord be with you always. Amen. DISTRIBUTION HYMNS (Please be Seated) LAMB OF GOD John 1:29 10

LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE HUMBLY PRAY LSB 623 1 Lord Jesus Christ, we humbly pray That we may feast on You today; Beneath these forms of bread and wine Enrich us with Your grace divine. 2 Give us, who share this wondrous food, Your body broken and Your blood, The grateful peace of sins forgiv n, The certain joys of heirs of heav n. 5 Lord Jesus Christ, we humbly pray: O keep us steadfast till that day When each will be Your welcomed guest In heaven s high and holy feast. Public domain WE DEPART IN PEACE 11

POST-COMMUNION THANKSGIVING Let us pray. We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You have refreshed us in body and soul through the gift of Your Son s body and blood. Grant that we who have entered into His rest live forever in His perfect peace; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. BENEDICTION Hebrews 4:9 10 There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God s rest has also rested from his works as God did from His. in His presence, we continue our day and begin our week with His blessing: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. Numbers 6:24 26 Amen. CLOSING HYMN: I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY Katherine Henkey / William G. Fischer 1 I love to tell the story of unseen things above, Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love; I love to tell the story, because I know tis true, It satisfies my longings as nothing else would do. Refrain: I love to tell the story, Twill be my theme in glory, To tell the old, old story Of Jesus and His love. 2 I love to tell the story, tis pleasant to repeat, What seems each time I tell it more wonderfully sweet; I love to tell the story, for some have never heard The message of salvation from God s own holy Word. Refrain 3 I love to tell the story, for those who know it best Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest; And when in scenes of glory I sing the new, new song, Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long. Refrain SENDING: LIVING SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSION STATEMENT As we go out this day, let us remember our mission is Making an eternal impact today through the love of Jesus Christ. Creative Worship for the Lutheran Parish, Series B, Quarter 4. Copyright 2018 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Used by permission. 12