HOLY COMMUNION Christ the fithful friend Sixth Sundy of Ester My 10, 2015 + 8:30 & 11:00.m. Centrl - in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ Christ is the fithful friend who will never leve us This Sundy s imge of the life the risen Christ shres with us is the imge of friendship. We re clled to serve others s Jesus cme to serve; but for John s gospel, the imge of servnthood is too hierrchicl, too distnt, to cpture the essence of life with Christ. Friendship cptures the love, the joy, the deep mutulity of the reltionship into which Christ invites us. The Greeks believed tht true friends re willing to die for ech other. This is the mutul love of Christin community commnded by Christ nd enbled by the Spirit. The Holy Spirit gthers us in unity on the first dy of the week, the dy of Christ s resurrection PRELUDE Andnte grzioso GATHERING At the sound of the bell the ssembly stnds to fce the worship leders t the bck of the church. Gston Déthier ALLELUIA! EASTER PROCLAMATION P Allelui! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Allelui! PROCESSIONAL HYMN (hymn) 449 We Know Tht Christ Is Rised 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. HYMN OF PRAISE This Is the Fest
ALLELUIA! God speks to us in scripture reding, preching, nd song 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 The Spirit poured out on the Gentiles Acts 10:44 48 2 While Peter shres the good news of Jesus with Gentile soldier nd his fmily, the Holy Spirit comes upon them. Recognizing tht the Spirit works inclusively in the lives of both Jews nd Gentiles, Peter commnds tht these Gentiles lso be bptized in the nme of Jesus Christ. Luke writes: While Peter ws still speking, the Holy Spirit fell upon ll who herd the word. 45 The circumcised believers who hd come with Peter were stounded tht the gift of the Holy Spirit hd been poured out even on the Gentiles, 46 for they herd them speking in tongues nd extolling God. Then Peter sid, 47 Cn nyone withhold the wter for bptizing these people who hve received the Holy Spirit just s we hve? 48 So he ordered them to be bptized in the nme of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to sty for severl dys. Word of God, word of life. Thnks be to God.
The bell piece is n rrngement of the hymn Oh, Sing to the Lord (ELW 822), prphrse of Pslm 98. God s children believe tht Jesus is the Messih nd love God by keeping God s commndments. Thus the world is conquered not through militry might but through love nd fith. PSALM (11:00) Pslm 98 Oh, Sing to the Lord rr. Kevin McChesney SECOND READING The victory of fith 1 John 5:1 6 Everyone who believes tht Jesus is the Christ hs been born of God, nd everyone who loves the prent loves the child. 2 By this we know tht we love the children of God, when we love God nd obey his commndments. 3 For the love of God is this, tht we obey his commndments. And his commndments re not burdensome, 4 for whtever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory tht conquers the world, our fith. 5 Who is it tht conquers the world but the one who believes tht Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is the one who cme by wter nd blood, Jesus Christ, not with the wter only but with the wter nd the blood. And the Spirit is the one tht testifies, for the Spirit is the truth. Word of God, word of life. Thnks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (8:30) The ssembly welcomes the gospel: CANTICLE (11:00) Love One Another c Refrin Refrin & b b b 8 6 œ œ œ œ œ œ Love one n -oth -er s œ œ œ œ. I love you, & b b b œ œ œ œ. love one n - oth - - -. er. c c c c Jesus sid, I m the rel vine, God is the grdener, I m the vine nd you re the brnches, you shll ber much fruit. Refrin If you love me, keep my commndments; you will remin in my love, just s I hve remined in God s love, your joy shll be complete. Refrin This is the gretest commndment: Love one nother, for I hve chosen you; go now nd ber much fruit. Refrin If you continue in my Word, you re truly my disciples. Then you will know the truth, nd the truth will set you free. Refrin 3
GOSPEL Christ the fithful friend John 15:9 17 The holy gospel ccording to John. Glory to you, O Lord. On the night of his rrest, Jesus delivers finl testimony to his disciples to help them in the dys hed. Here, he repets the most importnt of ll his commnds, tht they love one nother. Jesus sys: As the Fther hs loved me, so I hve loved you; bide in my love. 10 If you keep my commndments, you will bide in my love, just s I hve kept my Fther s commndments nd bide in his love. 11 I hve sid these things to you so tht my joy my be in you, nd tht your joy my be complete. 12 This is my commndment, tht you love one nother s I hve loved you. 13 No one hs greter love thn this, to ly down one s life for one s friends. 14 You re my friends if you do wht I commnd you. 15 I do not cll you servnts ny longer, becuse the servnt does not know wht the mster is doing; but I hve clled you friends, becuse I hve mde known to you everything tht I hve herd from my Fther. 16 You did not choose me but I chose you. And I ppointed you to go nd ber fruit, fruit tht will lst, so tht the Fther will give you whtever you sk him in my nme. 17 I m giving you these commnds so tht you my love one nother. Allelui. Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed. Allelui! SERMON silence for reflection HYMN OF THE DAY (hymn) 397 Loving Spirit stnz 1 - ll; 2 - men; 3 - in cnon, women begin, men enter one mesure lter; 4 - women; 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. 4
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 Romnce (8:30) Antonín Dvork Snctus from the Requiem (11:00) Murice Duruflé Holy, Lord God of hosts heven nd erth re full of your glory. Hosnn in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the nme of the Lord. Hosnn in the highest. 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 5
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 Medittion on Holy Mnn silence for reflection Americn, rr. Mrk Albrecht Pryer fter Communion A Let us pry... Amen. God blesses nd sends us in mission to the world BLESSING OF QUILTING MINISTRY SENDING 6
ALLELUIA! Pryer nd nointing for heling re offered this morning following the postlude. Meet member of the Pryer Ministry Tem t the chncel ril. 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) 389 Christ Is Alive! Let Christins Sing stnzs 1, 2 & 5 re 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 in fellowship hll or south commons. Brief snctury tours will be offered this morning following the postlude. POSTLUDE Fnfre Ronld Arntt 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 presiding Pstor D. Foy Christopherson preching Ron Fiscus ssisting minister Mrk Sedio cntor/orgnist Jne Lien ssocite cntor In Snyder violin Centrl Choir choir, 11:00 Centrl Hndbell Choir bell choir, 11:00 Helen Klnderud reder, 8:30 Mriel Wolter reder, 11:00 Thoms Egn crucifer, 8:30 Jon Hilden crucifer, 11:00 Jerry Olerud pryers for heling, 8:30 Eve Overby, Bobbie Sprdley pryers for heling, 11:00 Chncel flowers tody re given by Floyd Wrd nd Roger Sorbel in celebrtion of their nniversry nd in honor of ll mothers. If you wish to donte flowers contct Judy Korogi 10 dys in dvnce t 612-788-1288. Dvid Molvik, Mrk Brodin Donld Moe, Susn Jorgensen, Tom Jorgensen Lee Anne Lck, Arlene Murphy, Allison Eger, Liz Crouch, those celebrting My & June birthdys Judy Hedmn sound opertors led ushers hosts nd greeters docent 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