GLORY OF CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH Missouri Synod The Third Sunday After Epiphany January 23-24, 2016 Church Office: 763-478-6031 www.gloryofchrist.org Welcome all in the name of Jesus, especially those who are worshiping for the first time with us. Please sign our guest book (make sure to indicate if you would like the Pastor to visit) and accept our invitation to worship with us again. Who should commune at the Altar of Glory of Christ Lutheran Church? According to the Scriptures and the Confessional statements of the church only those should commune who have been examined and absolved by the pastor. If you wish to commune at Glory of Christ for the first time, please talk to the Pastor before doing so. Holy Communion is the most intimate expression of Christian fellowship and it is important to the members of Glory of Christ Lutheran Church that all who commune have a common understanding and commitment to the Gospel teachings of the Bible.
Altar Flower Chart: The cost of the Altar flowers is $40 per Sunday and you will be able to take your flowers home with you after the service in a box located on the kitchen counter. In order to have your payment for flowers applied correctly, please use one of the Designated Offering envelopes found in your box of envelopes or label the outside of one of your regular envelopes with the words Altar flowers. Janice Hartness is our flower coordinator. If you have any special requests please contactt her at 763-355-5427 by the Wednesday prior. If you take the black liners home, please be sure to bring them back to church by the following Wednesday. Thank You! Saturday Evening Divine Service: 5:00 PM. Sunday Schedule: Divine Service 9:00 AM; followed by Bible Class and Sunday school at 10:30. 2015 Tithing Report and 2016 Time & Talent Sheets are available on the table in the Narthex. Those not picked up by end of January will be mailed out to you. Results of Call Meeting: Glory of Christ has extended a call to Pastor Kyle Krueger who currently is serving at Emmanuel Lutheran in Soest, Indiana. He and his wife, Kimberly, are visiting GoC this weekend and will be attending both the Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning Divine Services. Northwest Suburban Circuit Congregation Prayers Each week we will be praying for a congregationn in the circuit and for others who have or have had a connection with them. This week, we are asking for prayers for Gory of Christ Lutheran Church, Plymouth and their Pastor, Jeremiah Johnson. Monthly Game Night! Join us in the fellowship hall every 2nd Friday of the month for cards, board games, and fun. The first two nights have been so much fun! The next one is scheduledd for Friday, February 12 th. Whether you have a favorite game you never leave the house without, want to learn a new game, or don' 't own any games at all, come on out! The night starts at 6:30. Cards and game lovers of all ages are welcome. 2016 Offering Envelopes are on the table in the Narthex. Pick yours up today! If you do not see a box of envelopes for yourself, please let Brenda know. **Also** The offering counters are making a small request that you please place the $$ amount of your offering on the front of your envelope. The name isn t necessarily needed, but the $$ amount on the envelope makes the counting go much faster! Thank You! 2016 Bread of Life Higher Things Conference Info: The 2016 Higher Things Conference theme is Bread of Life and Glory of Christ will be going to the Cedar Falls, IA Conference location this year. Dates are July 5 th to the 8 th. Please let us know if your children are interested and if any of you would like to chaperone. Cost is $100.00 per child, but don t let cost deter your child from going! We need to know the names of who is going by January 17, 2016 as the registration cost goes up on February 1 st. An email from Julie Anderson has gone out. Please respond to Brenda or Julie ASAP! Quilters: We will be returning to replenish our supply of quilts in January: The next date in January will be Tuesday the 26th. We will start at 9:00 am and work till around 3:00pm. Come any time, we can use more help. If you come during lunch, we each bring ours with us. We always take breaks for coffee!! So, come and have some fellowship with the quilters. Thank You! Eunice McBroom. Also: INVITATION - Zion Lutheran Church, Hopkins, has extended an invitation to anyone who would like to help quilt on Wednesday, February 3rd from 9 am to 3 pm for the Orphan Grain Train. Come and go as your schedule permits or stay all day. Lunch will be provided by Thrivent Financial. What a great way to meet fellow Sisters in Christ for quilting and fellowship.
Remember in our Prayers: Camryn Handberg (niece of Becky Johnson-Lane), Idena Hagen, Sean Breininger, Kathy Chadwick (friend of Janet Preus), Kelly Cargill (friend of Becky Johnson-Lane), Hazel Schweiger (mother of Becky Johnson-Lane), Evalynn Cerdenola, Donna Preus (mother of Christian Preus), Tim Beach, Ann Olson, Emily Esget, Lisa Brackmann, Sam Miller (friend of Mari and Chris Houck), Don Barclay (Uncle of Mari Houck), Kathleen Adam (daughter of Bertha Oehlke), Josh Miller (son of Mike and Sarah Miller), Jim Fahnhorst, Marcia Bell (daughter of Ann Olson, Arta Walter, Myron Lundberg, Ed Brunken, Rev Walter Fehrmann (Father of Pastor John Fehrmann), Rev. Bob Yount, Sarah Miller, Larry Strandquist (Friend of Mark & Rina Nygren), Shirley Lavanger, Teddy Olson (Grandson of Bret & Kim Bonine), Paul Johnson, David Nordquist (brother of Kim Fahnhorst), Jan Diemand, Tara Jahnke (Friend of Kaylene Stieg), Drew Johnson, the Lutheran Synod of Mexico, Linda Lohmeyer (Friend of Carla Claussen), Hal Braun, Rev. Perry Copus (friend of Maddie and Ryan Marshall), Debbie Diehl (Daughter-in-law of Fred and Lois Parduhn), Harriet Martini (Relative of Dorothy Johnson), Marvin Pfaffe, and Ken & Rosemary Brackmann (parents of Lisa Brackmann). Ron Quittem (Father of Jill Larson), Meta Nelson (Sister of Lisa Paradis), Harlan Hemingway (Father of Pauline Hemingway), Josh Wren (friend of Dan & Barbie Gruenhagen), Bill Johnson (father of Michelle Nelson), DaniJo Johnson (niece of Roger and Jana Hargreaves), Lee Hart, Paul Paulson (grandfather of Jesse Huber) and Charles Beck (Grandfather of Liz Huber). Serving This Sunday: (January 24, 2016) Coffee Servers: Barry & Emily Fuchs Acolyte: Will Brolsma Elders: Roger Hargreaves & Todd Schoolman Ushers: Todd Zitzlsperger & David Werts Altar Guild: Jill Larson & Gayle McGriff Offering Counters: Carl Hartness &? Bread Baker: Charlotte Smith Bread Deliverer: Janis Kimmel Serving next week: (January 31, 2016) Coffee Servers: Gary & Mary Peterson Acolyte: Claudia Wikman Elders: Roger Hargreaves & Todd Schoolman Ushers: David Barnaby & Jerry Malo Altar Guild: Chad & Denae Kuenzel Offering Counters: Craig & Charlotte Smith Bread Baker: Julie Anderson Bread Deliverer: Charlotte Smith
At Glory of Christ the pastor typically makes announcements after the service. So the service just starts at the appropriate time without a specific welcome. (The welcome actually occurs in the service itself when the pastor says The Lord be with you and the congregation responds.) To follow the service you should turn to the page indicated at the top of your bulletin insert. This week the page is 151. Usually we simply work through the service interrupting the process for the singing of hymns, certain prayers and the scripture readings. The prayers are usually printed in the service folder as are the Scripture readings. Hymns are found in the latter half of the Service book. If you are having trouble following the service you can ask someone nearby and they will help you. You can also comfort yourself with the knowledge that almost everyone has a little trouble following the service the first time through. It gets easier. Worship Notes The Third Sunday After Epiphany Luke 4:16-30 The Hometown Disadvantage This is Jesus' first appearance in the synagogue. Most of what Jesus did was perfectly normal. One of the men from the community would stand and read the scriptures. Then he would sit down and preach on that text. But what Jesus said was not perfectly normal. He began, Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing. In other words, that prophecy that I just read? It's about me. But the people didn't believe him. After all, they knew Jesus' mom and dad (and probably all of his siblings). How could the Messiah come from such common folks? So Jesus did the rhetorical equivalent of shaking the dust off his shoes and reminded them of the widow of Zarephath. Elijah the prophet could have visited any of the faithful Israelite widows in his day, but instead, brought the word to a pagan from Sidon. Likewise, the prophet Elisha didn't cure a leper from his own people, but healed Naaman, a foreigner. So read between the lines: since the people from His own hometown wouldn't believe Him, Jesus would go to pagans and foreigners and proclaim the good news to them instead. No wonder they were so mad. The Third Sunday After Epiphany Divine Service, Setting One (page 151) January 24, 2016 Once He Came in Blessing Children s Ensemble OPENING HYMN #333 Once He Came in Blessing
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION INVOCATION page 151 CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION page 151 SERVICE OF THE WORD INTROIT Ps. 102:18 22; antiphon: Ps. 102:13 You will arise and have pity on Zion;* it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come. Let this be recorded for a genera- tion to come,* so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD: that he looked down from his holy height;* from heaven the LORD looked at the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners,* to set free those who were doomed to die, that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD,* and in Jerusa- lem his praise, when peoples gather to- gether,* and kingdoms, to wor- ship the LORD. Glory be to the Father and to the Son* and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the be- ginning,* is now, and will be forever. Amen. You will arise and have pity on Zion;* it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come. KYRIE page 152 HYMN OF PRAISE Gloria in Excelsis page 154 SALUTATION page 156
COLLECT Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities and stretch forth the hand of Your majesty to heal and defend us; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. OLD TESTAMENT READING Nehemiah 8:1 3, 5 6, 8 10 1 All the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. 6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. 9 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. 10 Then he said to them, Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength. A C This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. EPISTLE 1 Corinthians 12:12 31a 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body Jews or Greeks, slaves or free and all were made to drink of one Spirit. 14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body, that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body, that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you, nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. A C This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ALLELUIA and VERSE page 156 HOLY GOSPEL Luke 4:16 30 P C The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the fourth chapter. Glory to You, O Lord. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord s favor. 20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing. 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph s son? 23 And he said to them, Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, Physician, heal yourself. What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well. 24 And he said, Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian. 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30 But passing through their midst, he went away. P This is the Gospel of the Lord. C Praise to You, O Christ. SERMON HYMN #839 O Christ, Our True and Only Light SERMON
CREED Apostles Creed page 159 PRAYER OF THE CHURCH OFFERING OFFERTORY page 159 SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT PREFACE - page 160 SANCTUS page 161 PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING page 161 LORD S PRAYER page 162 WORDS OF INSTITUTION page 162 PAX DOMINI page 163 AGNUS DEI page 163 The Distribution Hymns: Hymn #349 Hark the Glad Sound Hymn #630 Now, My Tongue, the Mystery Telling Hymn #849 Praise the One who Breaks the Darkness
Individual Prayer for after Communion: (It is suggested that you pray this in your pew after returning from the altar.) 1 Lord, grant me then, thus strengthened With heav nly food, while here My course on earth is lengthened, To serve with holy fear. And when You call my spirit To leave this world below, I enter, through Your merit, Where joys unmingled flow. Jesus, bread of life, I pray You, Let me gladly here obey You. By Your love I am invited, Be Your love with love requ By this Supper let me measure Lord, how vast and deep love Through the gift of grace Yo As Your guest in heav n rece POST-COMMUNION CANTICLE page 165 Nunc Dimittis POST-COMMUNION COLLECT page 166 BENEDICTION page 166 CLOSING HYMN #582 God s Word is Our Great Heritage
SAVE THE DATE! Workshops on Lutheran Liturgy for Lay-People April 30, 2016 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Glory of Christ Lutheran Church 4040 State Hwy 101 N. Plymouth, MN 55446 763-478-6031 www.gloryofchrist.org Registration fee: $25.00 per person Registration information will be forthcoming Presenter: William Weedon LCMS Director of Worship International Center Chaplain Host of KFUO's Thy Strong Word The Topic for this year s Workshop is: The Life is in the Blood: The Liturgy of the Lord's Supper Workshops of Lutheran Liturgy are intended primarily for lay-people of the Lutheran church. The Christian in the pew is most affected by the worship forms and liturgies employed in the chancel. These Christians would be well served to attend these stimulating and informative workshops.