HOLY COMMUNION Christ present in ll times nd plces Ascension of Our Lord My 17, 2015 + 10:00.m. Centrl - in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ Christ is the throne who welcomes us to sit with him In tody s gospel the risen Christ scends into heven nd his followers re ssured tht the Spirit will empower them to be witnesses throughout the erth. The disciples were told to not gze up into heven to look for Jesus; we find his presence mong us s we proclim the word nd shre the Ester fest. We too long for the Spirit to enliven our fith nd invigorte our mission. The Holy Spirit gthers us in unity on the first dy of the week, the dy of Christ s resurrection ALLELUIA! God speks to us in scripture reding, preching, nd song PRELUDE Prelude on the Tune Hyfrydol GATHERING At the sound of the bell the ssembly stnds to fce the worship leders t the bck of the church. EASTER PROCLAMATION P Allelui! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Allelui! Mrk Sedio PROCESSIONAL HYMN (hymn) 392 Allelui! Sing to Jesus stnzs 1-4 re sung (in hrmony) GREETING P The grce of our risen Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, nd the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you ll. And lso with you. PRAYER OF THE DAY P Let us pry. Amen. WORD CHILDREN S WORD Children re invited to come forwrd; prents re welcome to come with their children. FIRST READING Jesus sends the postles Acts 1:1 11 Luke writes: In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote bout ll tht Jesus did nd tught from the beginning 2 until the dy when he ws tken up to heven,
Before he is lifted into heven, Jesus promises tht the missionry work of the disciples will spred out from Jeruslem to ll the world. His words provide n outline of the book of Acts. fter giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the postles whom he hd chosen. 3 After his suffering he presented himself live to them by mny convincing proofs, ppering to them during forty dys nd speking bout the kingdom of God. 4 While stying with them, he ordered them not to leve Jeruslem, but to wit there for the promise of the Fther. This, he sid, is wht you hve herd from me; 5 for John bptized with wter, but you will be bptized with the Holy Spirit not mny dys from now. 6 So when they hd come together, they sked him, Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Isrel? 7 He replied, It is not for you to know the times or periods tht the Fther hs set by his own uthority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit hs come upon you; nd you will be my witnesses in Jeruslem, in ll Jude nd Smri, nd to the ends of the erth. 9 When he hd sid this, s they were wtching, he ws lifted up, nd cloud took him out of their sight. 10 While he ws going nd they were gzing up towrd heven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. 11 They sid, Men of Glilee, why do you stnd looking up towrd heven? This Jesus, who hs been tken up from you into heven, will come in the sme wy s you sw him go into heven. Word of God, word of life. Thnks be to God. SECOND READING Seeing the risen nd scended Christ Ephesins 1:15 23 The risen nd exlted Christ reigns over the entire universe. The uthor of Ephesins prys tht we would be given the wisdom to comprehend this nd disply it through love towrd others. I hve herd of your fith in the Lord Jesus nd your love towrd ll the sints, nd for this reson 16 I do not cese to give thnks for you s I remember you in my pryers. 17 I pry tht the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Fther of glory, my give you spirit of wisdom nd reveltion s you come to know him, 18 so tht, with the eyes of your hert enlightened, you my know wht is the hope to which he hs clled you, wht re the riches of his glorious inheritnce mong the sints, 19 nd wht is the immesurble gretness of his power for us who believe, ccording to the working of his gret power. 20 God put this power to work in Christ when he rised him from the ded nd seted him t his right hnd in the hevenly plces, 21 fr bove ll rule nd uthority nd power nd dominion, nd bove every nme tht is nmed, not only in this ge but lso in the ge to come. 22 And he hs put ll things under his feet nd hs mde him the hed over ll things for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills ll in ll. Word of God, word of life. Thnks be to God. MUSICAL RESPONSE Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen from Cntt No. 11 J. S. Bch Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, Prise God in his relms, preiset ihn in seinen Ehren, extol him in his honor, rühmet ihn in seiner Prcht. cclim him in his splendor. Sucht sein Lob recht zu vergleichen, Seek to express his prise rightly, wenn ihr mit gesmten Chören ihm ein Lied zu Ehren mcht. when, with the ssembled choirs, you mke song to his honor. 2
GOSPEL Christ present in ll times nd plces Luke 24:44 53 The holy gospel ccording to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord. On the dy of his scension, Jesus leves his disciples with commission, blessing, nd promise of the Holy Spirit. Jesus sid to the eleven nd those with them, These re my words tht I spoke to you while I ws still with you tht everything written bout me in the lw of Moses, the prophets, nd the pslms must be fulfilled. 45 Then he opened their minds to understnd the scriptures, 46 nd he sid to them, Thus it is written, tht the Messih is to suffer nd to rise from the ded on the third dy, 47 nd tht repentnce nd forgiveness of sins is to be proclimed in his nme to ll ntions, beginning from Jeruslem. 48 You re witnesses of these things. 49 And see, I m sending upon you wht my Fther promised; so sty here in the city until you hve been clothed with power from on high. 50 Then he led them out s fr s Bethny, nd, lifting up his hnds, he blessed them. 51 While he ws blessing them, he withdrew from them nd ws crried up into heven. 52 And they worshiped him, nd returned to Jeruslem with gret joy; 53 nd they were continully in the temple blessing God. Allelui. Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed. Allelui! SERMON silence for reflection ALLELUIA! HYMN OF THE DAY (hymn) 393 A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing! stnz 1 ll; 2 men, women join on finl lleluis 3 choir; 4 women, men join on finl lleluis; 5 ll NICENE CREED A With the whole church, let us confess our Ester fith. We believe in one God, the Fther, the Almighty, mker of heven nd erth, of ll tht is, seen nd unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternlly begotten of the Fther, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not mde, of one Being with the Fther; through him ll things were mde. For us nd for our slvtion he cme down from heven, ws incrnte of the Holy Spirit nd the virgin Mry nd becme truly humn. For our ske he ws crucified under Pontius Pilte; he suffered deth nd ws buried. On the third dy he rose gin in ccordnce with the scriptures; he scended into heven nd is seted t the right hnd of the Fther. He will come gin in glory to judge the living nd the ded, nd his kingdom will hve no end. 3
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Fther nd the Son, who with the Fther nd the Son is worshiped nd glorified, who hs spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy ctholic nd postolic church. We cknowledge one bptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the ded, nd the life of the world to come. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION A Rejoicing in the wonder of new life in Jesus Christ, let us pry for the church, the world, nd ll of God s cretion. ech petition concludes: Lord, in your mercy, her our pryer. P Receive these our pryers, O God, nd give us ll tht we need for this dy nd the dys to come, for the ske of the crucified nd risen one, Jesus Christ, our redeemer. Amen. God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ MEAL PEACE P The pece of the risen Christ be with you lwys. And lso with you. The ssembly is invited to shre God s pece with one nother. GATHERING OF GIFTS An offering is gthered for the mission of the church, including the cre of those in need. During this time, the tble is set. After the offering is gthered, bred, wine, money, nd other gifts re brought forwrd. The ssembly stnds s the procession reches the chncel. Offering of Music Von Gott will ich nicht lssen from Cntt No. 11 J. S. Bch Wnn soll es doch geschehen, When will it hppen, wnn kommt die liebe Zeit, when will the der time come dß ich ihn werden sehen tht I shll see him in seiner Herrlichkeit? in ll his glory? Du Tg wnn wirst du sein, Oh dy, when will you come dß wir den Heilnd grüßen, in which we will meet the Svior, ds wir den Heilnd küßen? tht we my embrce him? Komm, stelle dich doch ein! Come, be present with us soon! 4
Offertory Pryer A Let us pry together. Blessed re you, O God, ruler of heven nd erth. Dy by dy you shower us with blessings. As you hve rised us to new life in Christ, give us gld nd generous herts, redy to prise you nd to respond to those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Svior nd Lord. Amen. GREAT THANKSGIVING P The Lord be with you. And lso with you. P P Lift up your herts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thnks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thnks nd prise. P It is indeed right, our duty nd our joy... join their unending hymn: All re invited to receive these gifts of God. Communion t this service is served stnding by individul chlices. Plese follow the direction of the ushers to communion sttion. Grpe juice nd gluten-free bred re vilble upon request. Children re welcome to receive communion or blessing. The presider continues with the Gret Thnksgiving concluding: Lord s Pryer (1975) Our Fther in heven, hllowed be your nme, your kingdom come, your will be done, on erth s in heven. Give us tody our dily bred. Forgive us our sins s we forgive those who sin ginst us. Sve us from the time of tril nd deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, nd the glory re yours, now nd forever. Amen. Breking of the Bred nd Invittion to the Tble Communion Lmb of God 5
Intermezzo Mrk Sedio Hymn (hymn) 476 Thee We Adore, O Svior stnz 1 - ll; 2 - women, 3 - men; 4 - ll silence for reflection Pryer fter Communion A Let us pry. We give you thnks, O God, tht you mke your home with us, bringing heven to erth in this holy mel. Fill us with your Spirit s we go from here, tht we my wipe wy ters, tend to those in mourning nd in pin, seek the heling of the ntions, nd bring to erth the presence of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Svior nd Lord. Amen. 6 God blesses nd sends us in mission to the world ALLELUIA! SENDING BLESSING P My the risen Christ bring you ll joy nd pece in believing, so tht you my bound in hope. Almighty God, Fther, + Son, nd Holy Spirit, bless you now nd forever. Amen. RECESSIONAL HYMN (hymn) 501 Come with Us, O Blessed Jesus sung in hrmony DISMISSAL Plese fce the processionl cross for the dismissl. A Allelui! Shre the good news! Thnks be to God. The crillon sends the ssembly into mission. Plese gther for fellowship following worship on the north plz or in south commons. Brief snctury tours will be offered this morning following the postlude. POSTLUDE Trumpet Tune in D Mrk Sedio Portions of the liturgy re from Sundys nd Sesons.com 2015 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress liturgies license #26515.
SERVING TODAY Pstor Peter Nycklemoe Pstor D. Foy Christopherson Srh Gunsch Anit Mttson Mrk Sedio Jne Lien Centrl Choir Brb Svereide, Mry Heimermn, Heidi Swyer Stephnie Sweringen, Shron Munkwitz Beth Hssler Tom Niemisto Sturt Ronkinen Mrth Jms, Mry Lurie Brynne Presley, Mry Ann Aufderheide Lrry Prescott, Dvid Wll, Pul Sorensen Jon Lewis Jon Hilden Richrd Stegll, Dve West, Bruce Bergeson-Meekins, Bill Msche Dvid Molvik, Mrk Brodin Donld Moe, Susn Jorgensen, Tom Jorgensen Ptti Brestrup, Mry Oelke, Audrey Grote, Sundy Receptionist Ministry Tem Judy Hedmn presiding preching ssisting minister reder cntor/orgnist ssocite cntor choir violin I violin II viol cello bss flute oboe trumpet tympni crucifer scristns sound opertors led ushers hosts nd greeters docent Chncel flowers tody re given by Luther Seminry in grtitude to Centrl Luthern Church for their long prtnership nd in honor of the Luther Seminry students grduting t our 146 th commencement t 3:00 pm on My 17 th in this snctury. If you wish to donte flowers contct Judy Korogi 10 dys in dvnce t 612-788-1288. Lrge print service folders, ssisted listening devices, nd ccess seting re vilble to id your prticiption in worship. Plese inquire with n usher. 7
WELCOME! Everyone is welcome. As community of the people of God, the members of Centrl Luthern Church re clled to welcome ll people regrdless of ge, economic sttus, ethnic bckground, gender, physicl or mentl bility, rce or sexul orienttion. We ffirm tht in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slve nor free, there is neither mle or femle (Gltins 3:28). Christ hs mde us one. Guests re welcome. We re plesed you re worshiping with us tody. We invite guests to complete the Welcome to Centrl crd found in the pew rcks nd leve it with n usher or plce it in the offering plte. If you would like more informtion bout Centrl, plese contct us t 612-870-4416, or emil info@centrlmpls.org. Children re welcome t ll services. Worship bulletins for children nd ctivity bgs re vilble t Snctury entrnces. If you would prefer to use Centrl s nursery (vilble for children ges four nd younger), you will find it up the steps from the informtion desk t the South Entrnce (cross from the fellowship hll). An usher or greeter will be gld to ssist you. Welcome to the Lord s Tble. All who come seeking Jesus re welcome t Holy Communion. Plese follow the guidnce of the ushers nd instructions in the order of service. During communion, ministers will bring bred nd wine to persons in designted ccess seting res. If you re not in designted ccess seting re nd desire to commune where you re seted, plese notify n usher who will direct communion ministers to come nd serve you. Communion my be received in one kind (only bred or only wine) from ny sttion if whet bred or lcohol presents helth concern. Gluten-free breds nd lcohol-free wine re vilble by request t most liturgies from most communion sttions. Welcome to Holy Bptism. All who come seeking Jesus re welcome to receive Holy Bptism. Plese visit with ny worship leder, stff member, hospitlity volunteer, contct the church office, or complete n informtion crd, indicting tht you wish to be bptized. A pstor will contct you. Friends of Centrl Sty connected. Across the country nd beyond there re mny people who hve soft spot in their hert for Centrl Luthern Church people who feel connection both to the history nd the ongoing mission of this congregtion. If you re one of them, we invite you to join new network of Friends of Centrl. Pick up brochure or visit our website for more informtion or to join. Digitl giving is vilble t Centrl. You cn go online through Centrl s website t www.centrlmpls.org nd click on Donte to our Mission. If you give electroniclly, use the green pew crd to drop in the offering plte insted of n envelope. Centrl Luthern is supported by givers like you. Questions? Contct the church office t 612-870-4416. CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ 333 South Twelfth Street Minnepolis, MN 55404 612.870-4416 www.centrlmpls.org COME & SEE