January 12, 2014 Wedding at Cana John 2:1-11
Grace Lutheran Church January 12, 2014 9:30 a.m. Welcome to worship at Grace! May this time of gathering in Christian community bless you and enable you to be a blessing to others. Special welcome to Newcomers in the name of Christ! We pray that our time of worship would give you the chance to offer your prayer and praise, hear anew the Word of God, and receive our Lord s presence in Holy Communion. The order of worship, and many of the prayers, can be found in the worship bulletin. Hymns and worship music can be found in the red worship books. Hymns are in the back of the worship book, with the large numbers at the top of the page. Service music is in the front of the worship book, with the small numbers on the bottom of the page. Every Sunday we share Holy Communion. All are welcome to the Lord s Table. When invited by the ushers, please come forward using the center aisle. To receive the bread, hold out your hand, palm up. The minister will place the bread in your hand along with the words "The Body of Christ, given for you." You may respond, "Amen," or "Thanks be to God." Standing at the cup, dip the bread into the wine or juice. The Communion Server will say, "The blood of Christ, shed for you." You may respond "Amen," or "Thanks be to God," before consuming the wine/juice-soaked bread. Then, return to your seat by way of the side aisles. Note: Grape juice (lighter in color) is available as well as wine (darker in color). Gluten-free wafers are available on the table between the servers---after receiving the words of promise, simply take a wafer, dip it into the wine/juice also provided on the table, eat both and return to your seat by way of the side aisles." * Please stand as you are able. 2
Prelude When in Our Music God is Glorified Young Gathering Hymn #851 When in Our Music God is Glorified *Greeting P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: And also with you. Confession and Forgiveness P: Let us prepare our hearts and minds for worship as we confess our sins before God and one another. Pause for silence and reflection. P: God of promise and new life, C: Too often we have failed to place our trust in you. We have let our fears and resentments guide us. We have neglected the needs of others. Forgive us for all we have thought, done, and said. Forgive us for what we have failed to do or say. Restore us to right relationship with you. Amen. P: In the mercy of Almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to dies for us, and for His sake, He forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister in the Church of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Hymn of Praise Glory to God p. 148 Welcome and Announcement Installation Prayer 3
Baptismal Hymn #781 Children of the Heavenly Father vs 1 & 2 Baptism of Olivia Grace Baumann Baptismal Hymn #781 Children of the Heavenly Father vs 3 & 4 Anthem "Come To The Wedding" Scripture John 2:1-11 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. When the wine ran out, Jesus mother said to him, They don t have any wine. Jesus replied, Woman, what does that have to do with me? My time hasn t come yet. His mother told the servants, Do whatever he tells you. Nearby were six stone water jars used for the Jewish cleansing ritual, each able to hold about twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, Fill the jars with water, and they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, Now draw some from them and take it to the headwaiter, and they did. The headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine. He didn t know where it came from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. The headwaiter called the groom and said, Everyone serves the good wine first. They bring out the second-rate wine only when the guests are drinking freely. You kept the good wine until now. This was the first miraculous sign that Jesus did in Cana of Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. L: The Word of the Lord. C: Thanks Be to God. 4
Message Hymn of the Day#834 Pastor Lon Larson Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Prayers of Intercession The liturgist leads the congregation in praying for the church, the world, and all who have any need. Each petition concludes: L: Lord in your mercy, C: Hear our prayer. The prayers conclude: L: Grateful for your everlasting faithfulness, we lift our hearts and our prayers to you, merciful God, in the name of your son, Jesus Christ. Amen. Offering and Offertory #310 v. 2 Songs of Thankfulness and Praise Bedford *Offering Hymn #691 Accept O Lord, the Gifts We Bring vs.1 *Offering Prayer L: Good and loving God, we rejoice in the birth of Jesus, who came among the poor to bring the riches of your grace. As you have blessed us with your gifts, let them be blessing for others. With the trees of the field, with all earth and heaven, we shout for joy at the coming of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. C: Amen. *Offering Hymn #691 Accept O Lord, the Gifts We Bring vs.3 5
*Great Thanksgiving 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 our thanks and praise P: It is indeed right, our duty and our joy...we praise your name and join their unending hymn: *Holy Holy p.153 *Holy Communion *Words of Institution *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. *Invitation to our Lord s Table Words of invitation to the table will include: P The feast is ready. The gifts of God for the people of God! C: Thanks be to God! 6
Lamb of God p.154 Communion Hymn #591 That Priceless Grace Post Communion Prayer Benediction Sending Hymn #881 Let All Things Now Living Dismissal Postlude Let All Things Now Living Henkelmann ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today s Worship Leaders Presiding Minister: Liturgist: Lay Reader: Organist: Acolyte: Communion Servers: Greeters: Ushers: Money Counters: Grace Geek Squad Pastor Lon Larson Erin Wintheiser Kris Mohwinkel Kathleen Hollar Abby Westling Ron & Char House Pete Wickert, Larry Atneosen Team E: Paul Gorgas-Captain & Head Usher, John Klein, Greg Mohwinkel, Anne Oberlander, Jeff Oberlander, Peter Wickert Team E: Maxine Keller-Captain, Brad & Monique McClure-Hegge Barb Holtan 7
Today We lift our prayers to God in times of thanksgiving and times of need, in times of joy and times of sorrow. We especially include in our prayers this week: The family of Joe Gillis who died on Sunday, January 5, 2014 and the family of Lorraine Dike who died on Sunday, January 5, 2014. Today we celebrate the baptism of Olivia Grace Baumann, daughter of Joseph Bauman Sr. and Amber Gibson. Sponsors are Adam Gibson, Rebbecca Gibson, Molly Jobe and Daniel Jobe. Talkpoints today-pastor Lon will speak and show pictures from his travels in Turkey an ancient land from the califs of the Ottoman Empire to a modern secular state. The Christian Craft Group will meet after worship in the South Tower room on Sunday, January 12th at 10:45 a.m. Things to Know In case of an emergency, after office hours or on weekends, Pastor Lon Larson can be reached at 952-412-3094. Please make sure you sign the Welcome Folders in the pews. Visitors, if you are interested in membership, please make sure to give us your complete information. Please make sure you pick up a copy of the Bylaw Changes for the February 2014 annual meeting. They can be found on the center table as you enter the church. Thank you! Please turn in your 2013 annual reports to the office by the end of the day, Thursday, February 6, 2014. This will give the church office time to prepare the annual report for the meeting on Sunday, February 16, 2014. Thank you! Ruth Circle will meet tomorrow January 13th at 1:00. This is a change of date from last week. Ministry Opportunities Talkpoints next Sunday Martin Luther King day celebration. Guest speaker Lucy Zanders, executive director of the Teresa Living Center on Jessamine St. Lucy lived in Memphis Tennessee in 1968 and was there in March during the sanitation workers strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King. She has also taken an active part in our local MLK annual breakfast. She is a member of our neighbor Progressive Baptist church. 8
XYZs (Extra Years of Zest) is a group for anyone age 55 and over, or anyone interested in the monthly event. Game day at the XYZ's is Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. in the South Tower Room at Grace. We play a great game called Bunco which is easy to learn and you get a chance to visit with multiple new partners. Treats and beverages will complete the great time always done in January. (Note: this is a change of date from January 9th) The Mission Of the Month for January 2014 is Grace s Community Care Fund. This was formerly known as the Good Samaritan Fund but the name was changed as to avoid confusion with Good Samaritan Lutheran Church housed at Grace. As many of you are aware, there is great need within the local community surrounding Grace as well as Grace s members. The church office and our Pastor receive requests from individuals several times per week. These requests may include gas cards so that they may make a job interview or a medical appointment, immediate food or personal needs to bridge the gap until they can become integrated into the appropriate system, as well as a variety of specific needs. Please support this fund so that Grace will be able to help as many as possible in our community and to reach out to others in Christian love. Please use your multi-purpose blue envelope and check the Mission of the Month box. Checks should be made payable to Grace. Thank you. Stewardship Notes When God told the people of Israel, `I will be your God and you shall be my people, they did not respond by thinking, `Aw, I knew there would be a catch! God saved us but now we have to be God s people! No. Being God s People was what redemption is all about. It wasn t payback for salvation; it was salvation. (Giving to God, Mark Allan Powell p. 37) Musical Notes Teachers influence their students, whatever the setting is. It happened in the late 1800 s when Sir Charles Stanford taught such famous composers as Ralph Vaughan Williams who composed hymns such as #422 For All the Saints and Gustav Holst who composed #294 In the Bleak Midwinter. John Wilson asked Fred Pratt Green to write a new text to Stanford s hymn Engelberg, published in 1971, to be used at the Methodist Church Music Society conference in England. This hymn nicely justifies music being an important part of church services. 9
This week at Grace January 12, 2014-January 19, 2014 Today (12) 8:45 a.m. Sunday School Teachers meeting 9:30 a.m. Worship/Baptism 10:45 a.m. Sunday School/Talkpoints 12:00 p.m. Good Samaritan Worship/SS Monday (13) 9:30 a.m. Mission Committee 1:00 p.m. Ruth Circle Tuesday (14) 9:30 a.m. Martha Circle 6:00 p.m. Outreach Committee 6:30 p.m. Property Management Committee 7:00 p.m. Congregational Life 7:00 p.m. Worship Committee 7:30 p.m. Business Management Wednesday (15) 10:00 a.m. Sew Group 10:00 a.m. Coffee & Conversation 5:30 p.m. Bells of Grace 6:30 p.m. Confirmation 6:30 p.m. Joyous Jrs. 7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Thursday (16) 1:00 p.m. St. Paul Area Synod Communications Group Friday (17) 6:00 p.m. Good Samaritan activities Next Sunday (19) 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Coffee Hour 10:45 a.m. Sunday School/Talkpoints 12:00 p.m. Good Samaritan Worship & Sunday School Rev. Lon Larson, Interim Pastor Rhynda Landt, Administrative Assistant 1730 Old Hudson Road 651.774.9617 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55106 www.gracelutheranstpaul.org 10