21st Sunday after Pentecost Order of Worship October 9, 2016 10:00 am Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) 3014 McKinley St NE 612-781-1989 email: info@gloriadeilcms.org Minneapolis, MN 55418 website: www.gloriadeilcms.org
Welcome to God s House today!!! A special welcome to visitors and guests; we are pleased that you have joined us today! If you have no church family and if we can be of any help to you, please speak with the pastor after the service. We invite all guests to sign the Guest Register. We pray you will feel God s love for you and be empowered to live as God s child this week. Today s Focus - Jesus said Rise and go your way; your faith has saved you. Rise and go. No sweeter words had ever been spoken to this Samaritan leper. He as free. Cleansed and free from his leprosy. Forgiven and free from his sin. He was free to go How sweet and welcome were those words! Rise and go. We take that for granted, because we do it everyday. We rise and go to work or school, run errands. This morning you arose and came to church Rise and go. Perhaps we do take that for granted. But remember who you are, O fellow lepers! Remember who you are without God and His Word. Remember the misery you would still be in if Christ had not set you free. Remember that apart from Him, you could not rise and go. But your Savior has come to you, and had mercy on you. He is here for you, just a real as that day on the border of Samaria and Galilee. Children are welcome in worship! If childcare is needed, an unattended nursery is open during worship services. It is located across from the restrooms next to the Church Offices. We also have quiet activity toys for children s use during worship on the ushers counter in the back. On Holy Communion Sundays, children are also welcome to come with you where they will receive a blessing. Is there something you d like us to pray for today? Yellow Prayer Request cards are in each pew. Please hand your request to an usher before the service or during the offering. They will give them to the pastor to include in the prayers for today. The Lord s Supper is celebrated on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. We joyfully share our conviction that this is The Lord's Table. We receive the true Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, together with the bread and wine in a manner our human reason cannot understand. (Real Presence) By communing together with our Lord: - we express a common belief that Jesus is in truth the Son of God and Son of Man, - that Jesus is our Savior and only way for salvation; - That Jesus truly offers us His Body and Blood in a mysterious yet real way - that Christ's sacrificial death assures us of complete forgiveness of our sins; - and that God is strengthening us in this Sacrament to live a more godly life and to amend with the help of the Holy Spirit, those areas not in conformity with God s will. We declare these statements because it is our concern for people to not be hypocritical between their faith and practice. Those who share these convictions are welcome to come and celebrate the blessings of God's Table at the Altar. Persons unable to approach the Altar may be communed in the pew, please notify the Pastor or Elder if you wish this service. The white wine in the center of the tray is denatured (alcohol removed) 2
21 st SUNDAY after PENTECOST AS WE GATHER Today we meet 10 lepers who come to Jesus for healing. I want you to notice something about these men. They all exhibit a measure of faith. They do not argue with Jesus that He must touch them the way He had touched a leper in Luke 5. They all exhibited faith. Their faith was demonstrated by the fact that they went to show themselves to the priests. You wouldn t go to the priest unless you were already healed, they weren t (yet). They walked by faith, not by sight. What happens next is a lesson for us all. WE ENTER TO WORSHIP and BE BLESSED PRESERVICE MUSIC WELCOME CALL TO WORSHIP As the Deer Psalm 42 As the deer panteth for the water, So my soul longeth after Thee You alone are my heart s desire, And I long to worship Thee. Refrain: You alone are my strength my shield; To You alone may my spirit yield. You alone are my heart s desire, And I long to worship Thee. You re my friend and You are my brother, Even though You are my King. I love You more than any other. So much more than anything. Refrain I want You more than gold or silver, Only You can satisfy. You alone are the real Joy-giver And the apple of my eye. Martin Nystrom, Copyright, 1984, this arr. by M aranatha Music! CCLI # 1431 Refrain There is a Redeemer LSB 971 There is a Redeemer, Jesus, God s own Son Precious Lamb of God, Messiah, Holy One. Refrain: Thank You, O my Father, for giving us Your Son; And leaving Your Spirit til the work on earth is done. Jesus, my Redeemer, Name above all names, Precious Lamb of God, Messiah, Hope for sinners slain. Refrain 3
When I stand in glory I will see His face, and There I ll serve my King forever, in that holy place. Refrain: Thank You, O my Father, for giving us Your Son; And leaving Your Spirit til the work on earth is done. 1982 Birdwing Music, BMG Songs, Inc;. EMI Christian Music Publishing, CCLI # 11483 INVOCATION P: As our life in Christ began in Baptism, so also now in worship, we acknowledge our Triune God s presence in our lives: C: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen PSALMODY OF PRAISE a portion of Psalm 111 P: I will thank the LORD with all my heart as I meet with His godly people. C: How amazing are the deeds of the LORD! P: All who delight in Him should ponder them. C: Everything He does reveals his glory and majesty. P: His righteousness never fails. C: He causes us to remember His wonderful works. P: How gracious and merciful is our LORD! C: He gives food to those who fear Him and always remembers His promises. P: He has paid a full ransom for His people. C: He has guaranteed His covenant with them forever. P: Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true wisdom. C: All who obey His commandments will grow in wisdom. PRAYER OF CONFESSION P: Lord Jesus Christ, forgive us when we fail to acknowledge with gratitude the blessings which You bestow on our lives. You gave Your life so that we may have a fullness of life we could never attain on our own. C: We are ashamed to admit that there are times when we take the gift of Your life in us for granted. P: We acknowledge the times we pray only when we have needs to be met C: We confess that there are times when gratitude is a rare commodity in our lives. 4
P: Forgive us, we pray, and empower us to embrace with gratitude all of our life and not just the good things we like to remember. Search me, O God Ralph Merrifield Search me, O God - and know my heart; Try me and know - my anxious thoughts See if there be - harmful ways in me, Then cleanse me - change me - and lead me in Your ways. Lord take my life - and make it Thine Fill my poor heart - with Thy great love Take all my will, - my passion, self and pride I confess my sin - O Lord in me abide. I praise Thee Lord - for cleansing me Fulfill Thy Word - and make me pure Fill me with fire, where I burned with shame; Grant me Lord de-sire - to magnify Thy Name. 1992, 2010; Ralph Merrifield; New Hope Music, Used with permission P: Jesus, Healer and Friend, we know that You do hear our prayers and for that we are eternally grateful. C: May our lives be visible expressions of our thanks for Your grace, mercy and love towards us. Amen ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS P: We rejoice in the good news that God sent Jesus into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. Those who believe in Him are not condemned; (John 3:17,18). but loved, accepted and forgiven. C: Thanks be to God! P: Let us, therefore, enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; C: And give thanks to Him and praise His holy name. PRAYER OF THE DAY P: Let us pray. Faithful God, You provide us with all that we need to support this body and life. Move us to recognize You as the source of every good and perfect thing, respond to Your generosity with words and actions that proclaim our gratitude, and share generously the resources You have given us, that all people may know Your love; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and rules with You and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. C: Amen. 5
THE LORD COMES TO US IN HIS WORD OLD TESTAMENT READING Ruth 1:1-19a ESV People are united in their relationships by their connections. In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. So Naomi arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the LORD had visited His people and given them food. So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. The LORD grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband! Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. Then they said to her, No, we will return with you to your people. But Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons, would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me. Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. Then Naomi said to Ruth, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law. But Ruth said, Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you. And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more. So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. L: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God! 6
EPISTLE READING 2 Timothy 2:1-13 ESV Paul encourages Timothy to persevere in the cause of Jesus Christ You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him; if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us; if we are faithless, He remains faithful for He cannot deny Himself. L: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God! GOSPEL ANTHEM Thy Word Grant/Smith Refrain: Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path When I feel afraid, think I ve lost my way, Still You re there right beside me. And nothing will I fear as long as You are near, Please be near me to the end. Refrain I will not forget Your love for me, and yet, My heart forever is wandering. Jesus be my guide and hold me to Your side, And I will love you to the end. Refrain 1984 Meadowgreen Music Company,Word Music, LLC CCLI# 14301. HOLY GOSPEL READING Luke 17:11-19 ESV When we give thanks we acknowledge the real source of our blessings On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." When He saw them He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when He saw that He was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and He fell on His face at 7
Jesus feet, giving Him thanks. Now He was a Samaritan. Then Jesus answered, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" And He said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well." P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ. CONFESSION OF FAITH THE APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. SONG OF THE DAY Open our Eyes Lord Open our eyes Lord, we want to see Jesus, To reach out and touch Him And say that we love Him. Open our ears, Lord, Help us to listen Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see Jesus. Open our eyes, Lord, We want to see Jesus, In faces of others, Our sisters and brothers. Helping a neighbor, Is serving our Savior. Open our eyes Lord, We want to see Jesus. Verse 1 Words and Music by Robert Cull, 1976, Maranatha! Music CCLI# 1572 Verse 2 2002 by Stephen A. Whitney SERMON UNNECESSARY CHATTER II Tim 2:8-15 I. Keep your simple and on the. II. on majors in and in. III. carefully patterns. IV. Let your do the. 8
WE RESPOND TO GOD S WORD OFFERTORY More Precious than Silver Lynn De Shazo Lord, You are more precious than silver; Lord, You are more costly than gold. Lord, You are more beautiful than diamonds, And nothing I desire compares with You. 1982 Integrity's Hosanna! Music, Admin. Integrity Music, CCLI # 11335 THE GATHERING OF THE OFFERINGS AND TITHES OF GOD S PEOPLE Honor the LORD with your possessions, with the first-fruits of all your increase Proverbs 3:9 OFFERING PRAYER P: Gracious God, we bring to you our tithes and our offerings, symbols of the work you make it possible for us to do, that they may be used in works of love, thankfulness, and obedience. C: And we offer to You our lives - that You may use us as Your grateful servants, to bless one another and the world You have made. Amen. PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE P: St. Paul urged that "requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone." C: In everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, we present our requests to God. P: For the wonder of Your creation, for the faithfulness of Your care for us, and for the constant signs of Your love, For the grace shown us in Jesus Christ, for His coming into this world as one of us, and for His continuing rule over all, C: In gratitude we say: We thank You, Lord. P: For calling us to faith through the gospel, for the power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us, for the fellowship of all believers, and for all the gifts You give us which sustain our life, for food and drink, house and home, for those who encourage us C: In gratitude we say: We thank You, Lord. P: We pray for all who suffer, who are healing or in need of Your healing both physically and spiritually. We pray especially for ) and for those whose petitions are yet in our hearts we pray that they may know healing according to 9
Your will, and comfort from the assurance of Your love. C: In gratitude for life and health, we say: We thank You, Lord. P: Lord, as You shower Your blessings among Your people, bless those celebrating birthdays and anniversaries this week, ) May we always be reminded to pause and reflect on Your guiding hand in our lives. C: May we all take these moments in our lives to count our blessings as we say with gratitude: We thank You, Lord. P: O Lord, we pray for all people, that they may have a child-like relationship with God, a relationship that trusts in God above all things and that they may know His love and mercy. Strengthen the faith of Your people, and grant them the desire for the knowledge to discern Your will, C: With grateful hearts we say: We thank You, Lord. P: Your will be done, O Lord. Hear these and all the unspoken prayers of our hearts in the name and for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has taught us to pray: 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. BENEDICTION P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. C: Amen CLOSING SONG I, The Lord of Sea and Sky Dan Schutte Choir will sing the verse, the Congregation joins in with the Chorus I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard My people cry. All who dwell in dark and sin, My hand will save. I who make the stars of night, I will make their dark-ness bright. Who will bear My light to them? Whom shall I send? CHORUS: Here I am, Lord. Is it I Lord? I have heard You calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart. 10
I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne My people s pain. I have wept for love of them. They turn a-way. I will break their hearts of stone, Give them hearts for love a-lone. I will speak My word to them. Whom shall I send? CHORUS: Here I am, Lord. Is it I Lord? I have heard You calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart. I, the Lord of wind and flame, I will tend the poor and lame, I will set a feast for them, My hand will save. Fin-est bread I will pro-vide, Till their hearts be sat-is-fied. I will give my life to them. Whom shall I send? CHORUS: Here I am, Lord. Is it I Lord? I have heard You calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart. 1981 by Dan Schutte and New Dawn Music, CCLI #522161 POSTLUDE + Silent Prayer + WE DEPART TO SERVE Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. Hymns are copied with permission: CCLI # 689918 11