POST COMMUNION PRAYER A Let us Pray: O God, we thank you for gathering and feeding us as a mother hen embraces her young. Release us now to go on our way in these forty days, ready to see our work as prayer, ready to fast from complacency, and ready to share with those in need; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. C Amen. Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church Mission statement: "We celebrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ by living and sharing His Word and caring for God's creation." Sending BLESSING: P The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you his peace. C Amen. SENDING HYMN: #608 - Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling DISMISSAL A Go in peace. Serve the Lord. C Thanks be to God. The Worship is ended The Service begins! Pastor: Mary Anne Kingsborough Pastor Emeritus: Thomas W. Rundell Ministers: All Members of the Congregation From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2016 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #23176. 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. Holy Communion Communion 12 12 Holy Communion 12 Fourth Sunday in Lent March 5-6, 2016 6pm Service of Word and Sacrament 3/5 9:30am Service of Word and Sacrament 3/6 Holy Communion 1
Welcome to Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church Columbia, Pennsylvania Welcome, worshipers! We thank God for your presence with us! If you are a visitor attending worship, please sign our guest register near the main church entrance and know that we are happy you are with us at Concordia. Feel free to sit anywhere that you would like, and please know that any congregation member will be glad to assist you and answer any questions that you may have throughout the service. If you are interested in becoming a member of Concordia, please speak with Pastor Mary Anne. What to Expect: The only things we ask is that you relax. You are with people that are a lot like you. Whether you have been here many times or have never been to Church before, you can anticipate an encouraging, enlightening, and uplifting experience. No Strings Attached: If you are a guest with us today, please don t feel you need to give any money in the offering. This service is our gift to you. We love to have children experience and participate in worship! A children s message is offered, and children are welcomed to join the Pastor at the altar steps during this time of the service. Additionally, children s bulletins and kid packs are available from the ushers, which provide children with activities related to our lessons for the service. If, at any point in the service, you would like to utilize our nursery/children s room, please feel free to ask an usher or any congregation member, and we would be glad to help you. The service can be heard in the nursery via speakers, and an usher will ensure that you are notified when the children s message and communion are being offered, should you choose to participate. We invite you to celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion with us! All baptized, believing Christians who recognize the Lord s presence in the Sacrament are invited to commune. Young children will receive a blessing. Please come forward by the center aisle at the direction of the usher, pick up a communion cup, and fill up the altar rail from back to front. Feel free to kneel or stand at the altar, as you are able. If you would prefer to receive communion seated in your pew please notify an usher. To help you participate in our service, the worship liturgy is printed in this booklet. The hymns are found in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship book, which is the red book located in the pews. Again, please know that any congregation member would be overjoyed to help you and answer any questions that you may have before, during, and after the service, and would love to meet you and talk with you! Sunday Only: >>>>>> HOLY COMMUNION Sunday Only>>> COMMUNION HYMNS: #472 - Eat This Bread, #592 When all have communed and returned to their seats, please stand as indicated by the pastor.) P C The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you, and keep you in his grace. Amen Sunday Only>>>> (V. 1 & 3) Preparation for Worship Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord. (Ps. 32:11) Holy Communion Communion 2 2 Holy Communion 2 Holy Communion 11
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. With this bread and cup we remember our Lord's passover from death to life as we proclaim the mystery of faith: C Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. O God of resurrection and new life: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us and on these gifts of bread and wine. Bless this feast. Grace our table with your presence. C Come, Holy Spirit. Reveal yourself to us in the breaking of the bread. Raise us up as the body of Christ for the world. Breathe new life into us. Send us forth, burning with justice, peace, and love. C Come, Holy Spirit. With your holy ones of all times and places, with the earth and all its creatures, with sun and moon and stars, we praise you, O God, blessed and holy Trinity, now and forever. C Amen THE LORD S PRAYER P Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray: C 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 The gifts of God for the people of God. C Holy Communion Communion 10 10 Holy Communion 10 (Please be seated) Amen. INTRODUCTION The psalm sets the tone this day: Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away! Happy are those who have become the righteousness of God in the merits of Christ Jesus. Happy are those for whom the forgiveness of God has rolled away... the disgrace of former times. Happy is the father at the return of his prodigal son. Happy are we that our sins are forgiven for Jesus sake. Rejoice! ANNOUNCEMENTS ORGAN PRELUDE: Sunday: Be Thou But Near J.S.Bach Confession and Forgiveness All may make the sign of the cross, the sign marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins. P Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, who brings us safely through the sea, who gives us water from the rock, who leads us into the land of milk and honey. C Amen. P Let us come home to God, confessing our sin. Silence is kept for reflection. Merciful Father, C we have sinned against heaven and before you. We do not fully live as your sons and daughters. We use your gifts to our own ends. Forgive us and restore us, that we may resist all that draws us away from you, and be at peace with one another. Amen. We are reconciled to God through Christ; for his sake, God does not count our trespasses against us. Once dead in sin, we are now alive to God. Once lost, we now are found. God clothes you in the finest robe of all, the righteousness of Jesus Christ, forgiving you all your sins and making of you a new creation. C Amen. GATHERING HYMN: Gathering #606 - Our Father, We Have Wandered GREETING P The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the refining fire of the Holy Spirit, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, be with you all. C And also with you. Holy Communion 3
C PRAYER OF THE DAY P Let us pray, God of compassion, you welcome the wayward, and you embrace us all with your mercy. By our baptism clothe us with garments of your grace, and feed us at the table of your love, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. (Please be seated.) The Word FIRST READING: Joshua 5:9-12 Word of God! Word of Life! Thanks Be To God! P The Lord be with you. C And also with you. P Lift up your hearts. C We lift them to the Lord. P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C It is right to give Him thanks and praise. Sunday Only>>> Seasonal Preface P It is indeed right, our duty and our joy and join their unending hymn: Sunday Only>>>>> Eucharistic Prayer P Blessed are you, O God of the universe. Your mercy is everlasting and your faithfulness endures from age to age. Praise to you for creating the heavens and the earth. Praise to you for saving the earth from the waters of the flood. Praise to you for bringing the Israelites safely through the sea. Praise to you for leading your people through the wilderness to the land of milk and honey. Praise to you for the words and deeds of Jesus, your anointed one. Praise to you for the death and resurrection of Christ. Praise to you for your Spirit poured out on all nations. 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. Holy Communion Communion 4 4 Holy Communion 4 Holy Communion 9
For all who engage in the disciplines of Lent, we seek your strength and grace, loving Lord. Even as we rest in your mercy, create a new heart within us. Here other intercessions may be offered. For all the saints, sinners of your own redeeming, we praise your name, faithful Lord. Grant that we continue to grow as your people by their teaching and example. To you, gracious God, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your boundless mercy; through Jesus Christ, our Savior. C Amen. Holy Communion Communion 8 8 Holy Communion 8 The Meal Sharing of the Peace P The peace of the Lord be with you always. C And also with you. (Share the peace with those around you, greet visitors and be seated.) OFFERING: Music Selection OFFERTORY: (Please stand as the gifts are brought forward) Sunday Only: DOXOLOGY Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. C Amen. OFFERTORY PRAYER A 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. C Amen. GREAT THANKSGIVING PSALM: Psalm 32 1 Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away! 2 Happy are they to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, and in whose spirit there is no guile! 3 While I held my tongue, my bones withered away, because of my groaning all day long. 4 For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my moisture was dried up as in the heat of summer. 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and did not conceal my guilt. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord. Then you forgave me the guilt of my sin. 6 Therefore all the faithful will make their prayers to you in time of trouble; when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach them. 7 You are my hiding-place; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go; I will guide you with my eye. 9 Do not be like horse or mule, which have no understanding; who must be fitted with bit and bridle, or else they will not stay near you. 10 Great are the tribulations of the wicked; but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord. 11 Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; shout for joy, all who are true of heart. SECOND READING: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 The Word of the Lord. C Thanks Be To God! (Please stand for the Gospel) Holy Communion 5
Sunday Only: The Holy Gospel according to Luke, the Fifteenth Chapter: C Glory to you, O Lord. GOSPEL: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 This is the Gospel of our Lord. C Praise to you, O Christ. CHILDREN S SERMON SERMON (Sunday Only) HYMN OF THE DAY: Holy Communion Communion 6 6 Holy Communion 6 (Please be seated) (Silence for reflection and prayer) (Please stand after the Sermon.) #779 - Amazing Grace APOSTLES CREED With the whole church, let us confess our faith. I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit And born of the virgin Mary, He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended into hell.* On the third day he rose again; He ascended into heaven, He is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. 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. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION Hearing the call to return to the Lord, let us join the whole people of God in prayer for all who cry out in pain and in hope. A brief silence. For campus ministries, we give you thanks, eternal Lord. Equip the students, staff, and ministers to share your steadfast love with their university community and all whom they meet. For polluted oceans and rivers, we seek your healing, creative Lord. Restore the homes of manatees and sea turtles. Teach us to love the earth as you do. For conflicts between political parties, we ask for your discernment and wisdom, merciful Lord. Enable citizens and elected officials to listen to one another and to work together for your justice. For the unemployed, the working poor, and all who struggle to make ends meet, we pray for your provision, gracious Lord. Break down systems that shame, and hold all in the truth that they are your children. We also pray especially for those on our prayer list, and those whom we name before you now, either aloud or in the silence of our hearts. (pause) Holy Communion 7