WHAT S HAPPENING HCLC HS YOUTH ARE RAISING THE DOUGH! They will be having a fundraiser at Melo s Pizza and Pasta. This Thursday, March 8 from 11 am 9pm come and have some fun. Dine in or take out. Melo s will donate 20% of proceeds to our youth! Pick up a flyer in the narthex and online at www.holycrosslivermore.org under the Reach / Events & Fundraiser link. Vacation Bible School is FAST APPROACHING and WE NEED YOU! During the week of June 25 29, we will be learning about Daniel and his captivity. In the coming weeks we will have a VBS shopping/wish list in the narthex posted so you can help with this awesome annual community event. If you cannot make it during the VBS week, this is an easy way to be present without being present! If you re interested in helping out, please contact Jeanette Kuneli at 925-447- 5245 or jmkunelius@hotmail.com. Youc an also go online and register at : holycrosslivermore.org>formation>children s ministry>vacation bible school. HCLS Annual Ice Cream Social Join HCLS for our Ice Cream Social on March 18. The fun begins at noon. We will have a basket raffle, auction items, hot dogs, ice cream, and fun games to play. This is a great opportunity to support our school and to have fund and get to know some of the families at Holy Cross School! New Opportunities for Support A second chance for support is that a Scholarship committee will be formed and a $4,000 budget item has been created to support those young people from our congregation who are headed for the Seminary or college. The rules have not yet been set or created, but the funding has. These monies will be allocated from Current and placed in a Restricted Fund. If the monies are not used, the funds will be cumulative and dispensed at the discretion of the Committee. This is another new way to help! We need your support! Glory be to God! 2
Concordia Choir (Moorhead MN) in Concert. Hear one of the nation s finest college choirs perform Friday, March 9 at 8:00 pm in St. Ignatius Church. Tickets: $30 reserved; $20 General Admission; students $10 off. Available online at ConcordiaTickets.com or by calling 1-800-383-3006 or at the door. Presented by friends of Concordia College. Rene Clausen conducts the 72-voice a capella choir in several spirituals and hymns. They have performed and recorded with The King s Singers and Garrison Keillor calls the choir Exceptional! Visit www.theconcordiachoir.org today for complete concert information. The Valley Concert Chorale is inviting all family and friends to a fund raising event A delightfully Unique Musical Experience of Coronations and Weddings. The fun begins at 7:00 pm on Saturday, March 10 at the First Presbyterian Church in Livermore. Tickets are $35.00 and may be ordered by calling 925-866-4003 or on the web at www.valleyconcertchorale.org. John McCutcheon, Folk Music Master, in Concert at Asbury - On Sunday, March 18 at 4 p.m. one of America s best known and most prolific folk artists, John McCutcheon, will be in concert for the Asbury Live Presents Concert Series. This will be the only Bay Area appearance on this short California tour. Asbury United Methodist Church is located at 4743 East Avenue in Livermore. Tickets are only $15 in advance, for students and seniors and $20 at the door. Tickets may be purchased during the week at the church office open M-F, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 3 p.m. Doors open at 3:15 seating is limited. For concert details and ticket purchasing on-line see the concert website at www.asburylivepresents.com. Pete Stark, Livermore s new Congressman, will be visiting with Sally & Ken Trautwein in a couple of weeks. One of his questions will be how people in Livermore feel and what are their issues. If you would like to pass on your comments, please see either Ken or Sally. Questions? Comments? Have something to share with the congregation? Submit your ideas, announcements or articles for the weekly bulletin no later than Wednesday for inclusion in that Sunday s bulletin. You can call the Church Office at 447-8840, or submit your ideas, questions and comments via email to admin@holycrosslivermore.org 3
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT MARCH 4, 2012 HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH 1020 Mocho Street, Livermore, CA 94550 Church Office (925) 447-8840 Sunday Worship Celebration, 9:30 a.m. Please visit our web site at www.holycrosslivermore.org for more information Holy Cross Lutheran Pre-School & Junior Kindergarten - School Office (925) 447-1864 Welcome! We welcome you to this worship celebration. Newcomers and members are invited to give the requested information on the Keeping Connected card inserted in the bulletin. Name Tags are in the pews for everyone to use. The Ark Nursery Parents with children to three years old are invited to use our staffed nursery across the hall from the sanctuary. A paging system is employed for your convenience and your child s safety. Children s Worship Helps There are activity sheets, crayons and books on the library shelves located in the Narthex. Ministry of the Word At the appointed time, a lector/reader will enact the grand narrative of our faith by reading from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the letters of Paul, and the Gospels. We believe the proclamation of these readings not only recalls the mighty acts of God, thereby serving as a reminder of who and whose we are, but also serves to constitute a new and right spirit within us, shaping and molding us to live authentically in light of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through the telling of this story, the liturgy serves to invite us into this sacred drama by simply listening to the proclamation of God s divine narrative that comes to us in poetry, prose, and song, or by following along on the separately printed scriptural readings found on the back of your bulletin cover. We Celebrate Holy Communion All are welcome to the Lord s Table. The wine is offered either by individual or common cup. For those who would prefer grape juice, it is already poured in cups in the center of the communion tray. While the age-appropriateness of when a child should receive the holy meal is not insignificant, a child s age should not preclude full participation in the sacrament. It is God s free gift to all, received in the spirit of faith that God can and does transcend all cognitive and emotive ability to fully understand the profound mystery of this most sacred of meals. At the same time, to more fully appreciate the rich and varied textures of the Holy Meal, one would do well to enroll their child in First Communion Instruction when he/she feels his/her child is of an age where such instruction would be meaningful. In short, the gift of God s grace offered to us in the Holy Meal is free, but it is not cheap. If you have questions about the age-appropriateness of your child s receiving the Holy Meal, please schedule a time to meet with Pastor John to discuss your concerns. 4
PRELUDE COME LET US RETURN MUSIC TEAM BY BRENTON BROWN & MATT MAHER GATHERING SONG 5
CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: All: Leader: All: Leader: All: Pilgrims, we are invited to journey through this season of Lent Towards the One who calls us each by a new name. Disciples, we walk with Jesus wherever he leads us, Pulling our fears, our doubts, our longings behind us. Believers, we seek to trust the God who always surprises us, Whose promises take on flesh and blood in the good news called Jesus. 6
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GREETING Leader: The immeasurable grace of Christ Jesus, the rich mercy of God, and the unity of the Holy Spirit be with you all. All: And also with you. PRAYER OF THE DAY Leader: Let us pray All: O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life. Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. 8
FIRST READING GENESIS 17:1-7, 15-16 KRISTI LITTELL Leader: Word of God. Word of Life. All: Thanks be to God. SECOND READING ROMANS 4:13-25 DAVE OLSON Leader: Word of God. Word of Life. All: Thanks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Leader: The Holy Gospel according to Mark. All: Glory to you, O Lord. THE GOSPEL MARK 8:31-38 PASTOR JOHN BOST Leader: The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, O Christ. CHILDREN S TIME PASTOR JOHN BOST SERMON PASTOR JOHN BOST 9
HYMN OF THE DAY ELW 802 10
PRAYERS OF THE INTERCESSION Leader: With the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, Let us pray for the church, those in need, and all of God s creation. Each petition of the prayers ends with these words: Leader: Lord in your mercy, All: hear our prayer. Leader: Into your hands, gracious God, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your mercy, through Jesus Christ our Savior. All: Amen. PEACE Leader: The Peace of Christ be with you always. All: And also with you. OFFERTORY HYMN IT S ONLY YOU PASTOR JOHN BOST BY DAVID CROWDER OFFERING PRAYER Leader: Let us pray God our provider, you have not fed us with bread alone, but with words of grace and life. Bless us and these your gifts, which we receive from your bounty, through Jesus Christ our Lord. All: Amen. 11
HOLY COMMUNION Leader: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you. Leader: Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them to the Lord. Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. All: It is right to give our thanks and praise. THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE Leader: In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me. For as often as we eat of this bread and drink from this cup, we proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. All: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. 12
THE LORD'S PRAYER All: 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. INVITATION TO COMMUNION Leader: These are the fruits of God for the people of God. The disciples knew the Lord Jesus in the breaking of the bread. Come to the table, all are welcome, for the gifts of God are All: FREE! 13
COMMUNION SONGS ELW 195 14
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PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Leader: Let us pray Merciful God, accompany our journey through these forty days. Renew us in the gift of baptism that we may provide for those who are poor, pray for those in need, fast from self-indulgence, and above all that we may find our treasure in the life of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. All: Amen. BLESSING Leader: The blessing of God Almighty, the wisdom and power of + Christ Jesus, and the light of the Holy Spirit be among you and remain with you always. All: Amen. 18
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DISMISSAL Leader: All: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Thanks be to God. POSTLUDE MUSIC TEAM 20
THIS WEEK AT HCLC HCLC Sun 3/4 9:30 am Worship Celebration 10:45 am Spiritual Formation 12:00 pm Daisy Troop Meeting Mon 3/5 7:30 pm Boy Scouts Tue 3/6 9:30 am Crafty Ladies meeting 12:00 pm Stephen Ministries meeting 7:30 pm Music Team Wed 3/7 10:00 am Mid-Week Forum 6:00 pm Lenten Meal & Teaching 7:00 pm AA Meeting 7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Big Band Rehearsal Thurs 3/8 9:00 am Synod Interim Pastor s meeting 10:30 am Young at Heart 11:00 9:00 Youth Fundraiser @ Melo s Pizza 1:00 pm Mom s In Touch Fri 3/9 8:00 pm AA Meeting Sat 3/10 7:30 am Men s Ministry 9:00 am Prayer Shawl meeting Next Sunday, March 11 9:30 am Worship Celebration 10:45 am Spiritual Formation Attendance Last Sunday, February 26 th 146 21