News & Announcements UPCOMING EVENTS & MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES WELCA CHICK FLICK TODAY! All women are invited to the WELCA Chick Flick at Beth Johnson s home at 4:00 pm on Sunday, February 17th. Beth s address is 735 Jennifer Road, Aurora. GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY CHOIR Messiah will be hosting the Grandview University Choir for a concert on Thursday, March 14th at 7:00 pm. We are looking for host families to provide housing for that evening. Please let the church office know if you are will to host 2 or more students and sponsors. Thank you. HOSPITALITY SERVERS We re looking for volunteers to serve or bring treats for our hospitality time following worship. Please check out the NEW sign-up sheets on the bulletin board (across from Pastor Sarah s office). You can sign up just to serve, just to bring treats for the adults, or just to bring treats for the Sunday School kids...or all 3! Please sign up today! WELCA SPRING GATHERING AT MESSIAH 3/16 Messiah will be hosting the Spring Gathering for our area WELCA ladies! It will be a fun day of speakers, worship, and fellowship. Elaine James will be our guest speaker, who will make us laugh with her positive and fun outlook of life with Fashion & Faith of life. Please plan on attending, and if you are able to help with registration tables or other odd jobs that day, please sign up in the Information Center! MURDER MYSTERY DINNER Come for a night of mystery, intrigue and fun as the High School Youth Group host a murder mystery dinner fundraiser on Sunday, February 24th beginning at 6:00pm. Tickets are $15 per person or $25 per couple. Silent auction items will be available as well. To make your reservation, talk with Pastor Miles or call the Church Office! Child care will be available! All proceeds go to support the mission trip to Chicago this summer! SILENT AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED The high school youth are in need of donations for our Silent Auction. If you would like to make a donation to this event, please talk with Pastor Miles! 02/17/2019 16 02/17/2019 At Messiah, we are powered by God s Grace! God s grace comes to us as we are. through grains of wheat that comprise the bread of Christ we share and that gathers us into the one Body of Christ. through grapes that are poured out together in the Blood of Christ, as we pour ourselves out into the world. through water that fills the baptismal font, washes us clean, and embraces us as Children of God..through the Holy Spirit that lives within us as the breath of life and that inspires us to live as grace-powered throughout the world. Messiah Lutheran Church, ELCA 415 S. 18th St., Aurora, NE 68818 402-694-2017 www.messiahaurora.org Senior Pastor - Rev. Sarah Ruch 402-833-8218 Pastor of Children, Youth & Family - Rev. Miles Ruch, Jr. 402-833-8219 February 17, 2019
A warm welcome to all today! May this time of worship strengthen your faith and desire to serve the Creator who loves us with everlasting love in Christ Jesus. Children are welcome in this worship service, and encouraged to participate in any way they are able to. Teach the children sitting around you how to use their hymnals, bulletins, follow the screens, and sing & speak loudly! We value the noise made by our children! Visitors, we are especially glad to see you. Please come again!! THIS WEEK AT MESSIAH Sunday, February 17th 9:00 am -- Worship 10:15 am -- Sunday School 10:15 am -- Year of the Bible 4:00 pm -- WELCA Chick Flick At Beth Johnson s 6:00 pm -- Year of the Bible Tuesday, February 19th 8:30 am -- Moms in Prayer 9:00 am -- WELCA Quilting 7:00 pm -- Women, Wisdom & Wine Wednesday, February 20th 6:30 pm -- Confirmation 7:00 pm -- Youth Group 8:00 pm -- Choir Practice *PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION We thank you, O God, that you have fed us at your banqueting table with bread and wine beyond compare, the very life of Christ for us. Send your Spirit with us now, that we may set the captive free, use your gifts to build one another up, and in everything reflect your glory revealed in Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. *BLESSING SENDING SONG SENDING God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world. Go, make disciples, baptizing them, teaching them. Go, make disciples, for I am with you till the end of time. Go, be the salt of the earth. Go, be the light for the world. Go, be a city on a hill, so all can see that you re serving me. (Repeat) Go, make disciples. Go, Make Disciples As disciples of Christ, we encourage you to CONNECT with ministry opportunities here at Messiah! Please fill out a CONNECT sheet today. After you ve recorded your name(s) and pertinent information, please turn these sheets over and think about the ways in which you can use the gifts and talents given to you in the ministry here at Messiah. CONNECT sheets can be placed in the offering plate as we give our gifts of time, talent, and treasure to God. Friday, February 22nd 6:30 am -- Men s Breakfast Sunday, February 24th 9:00 am -- Worship/Choir 10:15 am -- Sunday School 10:15 am -- Year of the Bible 6:00 pm -- Year of the Bible DISMISSAL Go in peace. Christ is your light. Thanks be to God. Copyright 2018 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS000462. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 02/17/2019 2 02/17/2019 15
*DIALOGUE The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. GREAT THANKSGIVING Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. *PREFACE Ushers: Youth Ushers: Reader: Acolytes: Musician: Serving Us in Worship Today Todd Jensen Duane Katt Gage Griffith Riley Griffith Troy McCain Hayden Groetzinger Wyatt James Beth Johnson A Few Notes. Greeters: Sharon Penner Jan Reichardt Sound Booth: David Olson Video Recorder: Craig Shaffer PowerPoint: Alex Johnson Worship Asst: Diana Shaffer Coffee Bar Hosts: Jan Reichardt JoAnn Landenberger It is indeed right, our duty and our joy we praise your name and join this life-giving feast: *THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE In the night in which he was betrayed,...... Do this for the remembrance of me. Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks,...... Do this for the remembrance of me. *LORD S PRAYER 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. COMMUNION 02/17/2019 14 * Indicates congregation please stand if able. Congregational responses are printed in BOLD type ELW stands for Evangelical Lutheran Worship. This is the Cranberry colored hymnal found in each pew. You are welcome to look up our songs and liturgy in these hymnals, or follow along on the screens. If a p. is listed before the number, these are the small numbers found on the lower corners of each page in the front of the hymnal. If a number is simply listed, these are the large numbers found on the top corners in the back half of the hymnal. Communion today will be celebrated by Intinction. You will be offered a wafer and invited to dip this wafer into the chalice, where both wine and white grape juice are available. Gluten and Nut-free wafers are available from each server. Please simply indicate that this is needed and we will also provide an uncontaminated chalice of wine & grape juice for your use as well. We practice an open communion table at Messiah. If you are a baptized child of God and believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior, you are welcome at the table. 02/17/2019 3
GATHERING SONG Order for Worship GATHERING The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God. I will sing, I will sing a song unto the Lord. I will sing, I will sing a song unto the Lord. I will sing, I will sing a song unto the Lord. Alleluia, glory to the Lord. Refrain Refrain Allelu, alleluia, glory to the Lord. Allelu, alleluia, glory to the Lord. Allelu, alleluia, glory to the Lord. Alleluia, glory to the Lord. We will come, we will come as one before the Lord. We will come, we will come as one before the Lord. We will come, we will come as one before the Lord. Alleluia, glory to the Lord. Refrain If the Son, if the Son shall make you free, if the Son, if the Son shall make you free, if the Son, if the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. Refrain They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Alleluia, glory to the Lord. Refrain Ev ry knee shall bow and ev ry tongue confess, ev ry knee shall bow and ev ry tongue confess, I Will Sing, I Will Sing good. Give courage to those who suffer persecution. Give patience and perseverance to those who work to bring and end to injustice. Hear Our Prayer ELW 178 For those in need. For those who do not have enough food; for those who lack money; for those who are estranged from their families; for those who worry about many things. Comfort those who mourn. Heal and strengthen those are sick. For this assembly. For newcomers, visitors, longtime members, and those who are absent from us today. Root us deeply in your word and increase our faith. With thanksgiving, we remember those who have died. Encourage us by their example and lead us in faith until we are united at your unending feast. Receive our prayers and fill us with the radiance of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Hear Our Prayer ELW 178 *PEACE The peace of Christ be with you always. And also with you. MEAL God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ. OFFERING *OFFERING PRAYER God of all creation, all you have made is good, and your love endures forever. You bring forth bread from the earth and fruit from the vine. Nourish us with these gifts, that we might be for the world signs of your gracious presence in Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. 02/17/2019 4 02/17/2019 13
HYMN OF THE DAY Canticle of the Turning ELW 723 ev ry knee shall bow and ev ry tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord. Refrain PRAYERS United as one body in Christ, let us pray for the church, the world, and all those in need. Hear Our Prayer ELW 178 ANNOUNCEMENTS *GATHERING SONG *GREETING In his name, in his name we have the victory. In his name, in his name we have the victory. In his name, in his name we have the victory. Alleluia, glory to the Lord. Refrain The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. Here I Am, Lord ELW 574 *KYRIE ELW p. 184 Verse 1: Rejoice! Worship Team Verse 2: High Voices Verse 3: Low Voices Verse 4: All Voices We pray for the church. Raise up faithful leaders to proclaim the gospel Guide us in the ways of love. Empower us in ministry and service. For the earth. Bless deserts and canyons, farmlands and vineyards. Bring sufficient rainfall to lands parched by drought, and restore places scorched by wildfire. Protect fragile environments from harm. For the nations. Grant wisdom to our elected leaders for the sake of the common 02/17/2019 12 02/17/2019 5
*GOSPEL Luke 6:17-26 New Testament pg. 49 17 [Jesus] came down with [the twelve] and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. 18 They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them. 20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets. 24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25 Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. 26 Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets. BAPTISM OF BRYSEN DEAN FALLER In baptism our gracious heavenly Father frees us from sin and death by joining us to the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are born children of a fallen humanity; by water and the Holy Spirit we are reborn children of God and made members of the church, the body of Christ. Living with Christ and in the communion of saints, we grow in faith, love, and obedience to the will of God. The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. SERMON 02/17/2019 6 02/17/2019 11
SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 New Testament pg. 135 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. 17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. 19 If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God. CHILDREN'S MESSAGE *GOSPEL ACCLAMATION This little light of mine, I m gonna let it shine. This little light of mine, I m gonna let it shine. This little light of mine, I m gonna let it shine. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. This Little Light of Mine Halle, Halle, Hallelujah ELW 172 Sponsors & Parents present Brysen Dean Faller for baptism. People of God, do you promise to support Brysen Dean and pray for him in his new life in Christ? We do! *PROFESSION OF FAITH I ask all who are gathered today to profess your faith in Christ Jesus, reject sin, and confess the faith of the church. Do you renounce the devil and all the forces that defy God? I renounce them. Do you renounce the powers of this world that rebel against God? I renounce them. Do you renounce the ways of sin that draw you from God? I renounce them. Do you believe in God the Father? I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God? I believe in Jesus Christ, God s 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 to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit? I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. 02/17/2019 10 02/17/2019 7
*THANKSGIVING AT THE FONT The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. We give you thanks, O God in the unity of the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen. BAPTISM WELCOME Parents & Sponsors receive a lighted candle from a congregation representative. Let your light so shine before others that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. PRAYER FOR THE PARENTS WELCOME Let us welcome the newly baptized. We welcome you into the body of Christ and into the mission we share: join us in giving thanks and praise to God and bearing God s creative and redeeming word to all the world. BAPTISMAL SONG PRAYER OF THE DAY Borning Cry ELW 732 Living God, in Christ you make all things new. Transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your glory, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. 02/17/2019 8 WORD God speaks to us in scripture reading, preaching, and song. FIRST READING Jeremiah 17:5-10 Old Testament pg. 557 5 Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord. 6 They shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. 7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. 8 They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit. 9 The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse who can understand it? 10 I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings. Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God. 02/17/2019 9