Reach, Teach, Rejoice!

Reach, Teach, Rejoice!

HYMN: CW 95 INVOCATION How Good, Lord, to Be Here M: In the name of the Father and of the Son (+) and of the Holy Spirit. CONFESSION February 7, 2016 M: Dear friends, let us approach God with a true heart and confess our sins, asking him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive us. C: Lord of life, I confess that I am by nature dead in sin. For faithless worrying and selfish pride, For sins of habit and sins of choice, For the evil I have done and the good I have failed to do, You should cast me away from your presence forever. O Lord, I am sorry for my sins. Forgive me, for Jesus sake. St. Mark Lutheran Church and School 3930 S. 19th Street, Lincoln, NE 68502 www.stmarklincoln.org School website www.stmarkles.org (phone) 402-423-1497 Pastor Teachers Joel Vogel Jeremiah Drews (4-8, Principal) Cell (740) 350-3261 Cell (402) 480-1940 Eva Van Egmond (K-3) Cell (920) 210-9813 This Week at St. Mark Monday - Worship w/lord s Service 7:00 pm Wednesday - Bible Class Lexington Assisted Living Center 3:30 pm - Catechism Class - Soup Supper 6:00 pm - Ash Wednesday Worship Service 7:00 pm Thursday - Bible Class 6:30 am Friday - Snow Removal: Saturday - Church Cleaning: Sec. 1 Sec. 2 Sec. 3 ABSOLUTION M: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. In his great mercy, God made us alive in Christ even when we were dead in our sins. Hear the word of Christ through his called servant: I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son (+) and of the Holy Spirit. LORD, HAVE MERCY Mark 10:47 Kyrie A Measure of Our Love for Our Lord Worship Attendance Last Week 146 Last Week s Thank Offering to our Lord Home $2,799.25 Missions $123.00 Building Fund $20.00 NELHS General $115.00 Total Offering $3,057.25 M: In peace, let us pray to the Lord. For the well-being of all people everywhere, that they may receive from you all they need to sustain body and life, hear our prayer, O Lord. 2

C: Lord, have mercy. Box Tops for Education: St. Mark Lutheran School is collecting Boxtops for Education, which are located on many of the products you already purchase. Our school can redeem the Boxtops for cash. Please give your unexpired Boxtops to Tracy Jamison. Thank you! Ash Wednesday Soup Supper A soup supper will be served before our Ash Wednesday worship on February 10. The meal will begin at 6:00 pm. If you would like to contribute soup or other items, there is a sign up sheet on the ushers table. Easter Flowers The Ladies Aid will be purchasing Easter lilies, tulips and mums for the altar. If anyone is interested in helping to purchase these flowers a freewill donation will be accepted. Please make checks out to Elfi Lee and give to her, or put it in her church mailbox by March 6. 2016 Flower Chart is in the office on the door by the mailboxes. If you would like to celebrate a special time in your life by beautifying our church altar with a gift of flowers, please sign by the week of your choice. M: For the spread of your life-giving gospel throughout the world, that all who are lost in sin may be brought to faith in you, hear our prayer, O Christ. C: Christ, have mercy. M: For patience and perseverance in this life, that we may not lose the hope of heaven as we await your return, hear our prayer, O Lord. C: Lord, have mercy. M: Lord of life, live in us that we may live for you. GLORY BE TO GOD Luke 2:14 Gloria in Excelsis Brief organ introduction precedes the song. 3

PRAYER OF THE DAY M: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. M: Let us pray. THE WORD C: Lord God, before the suffering and death of your one and only Son, you revealed his glory on the holy mountain. Grant that we who bear his cross on earth may behold by faith the light of his heavenly glory and so be changed into his likeness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. FIRST LESSON EXODUS 34:29-35 PSALM 148 (see powerpoint) Sung responsively with the pastor St. Mark News and Notes Nursery At St. Mark, we love children and encourage their worship, too! In the foyer, we have some children s busy bags hanging from hooks that you are most welcome use in church. If your child becomes restless during the service and you feel you both could just use a little break, you re welcome use our nursery. Ask an usher to lead you to the nursery. If you need a private place to feed your baby, there is a chair downstairs in the women s restroom along with a changing table. Most of us have or have had young children, so you re with caring people who understand what it s like to have little ones. Birthday Anniversary Thank you For Serving Elders: Ushers: Dwayne Burianek, Mark Schwede (E) Tom Bork, Rich Randazzo (L) Greeters: DeAnna Fanning (E) Jeremiah Drews (L) Organist: Eva Van Egmond SECOND LESSON 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 VERSE OF THE DAY **************************************************** Please remember in your prayers Tina Schmidt Baby?? Genevieve Schmidt, who fell and broke her knee Bruce Freese, Julie Nelson s brother Joe Merklinger Oriah Uecker, Tracy & Curt Jamison s niece Sarah Brauer, Margaret Booth s daughter Jacob Kander, Jean & Denny Riegsecker s nephew Alida Freese, Julie Nelson s mother 4

Alleluia cannot always be our song while here below; Alleluia our transgressions make us for a while forego. For the solemn time is coming when our tears for sin must flow. May our hymns be filled with longing hear us, Holy Trinity As we look to your blest Easter, here, and then eternally, When we shall once more be singing alleluia joyfully! **************************************************** Please stand. GOSPEL Luke 9:28-36 M: The Gospel for this morning is taken from Luke, chapter nine. C: Glory be to you, O Lord! M: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise be to you, O Christ! Please be seated. SOLO ANTHEM (Eva Van Egmond) This Is My Beloved Son SERMON CONFESSION OF FAITH Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation, he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, and became fully human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who in unity with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. 12 5

OFFERING Please stand. PRAYER OF THE CHURCH THE SACRAMENT We follow the historic Christian practice of close communion. We ask that only members of St. Mark Lutheran or one of our sister congregations partake of the sacrament. If you are not a member, please speak to the pastor before communing. Preface M: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. M: Lift up your hearts. C: We lift them up to the Lord. M: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C: It is good and right so to do. M: It is truly good and right that we should at all times and in all places give you thanks, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has called us to be his own so that we may live under him in his kingdom and serve him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness. Therefore with all the saints on earth and hosts of heaven, we praise your holy name and join their glorious song: THE BLESSING M: Brothers and sisters, go in peace. Live in harmony with one another. Serve the Lord with gladness. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace. FAREWELL TO ALLELUIA M: Brothers and sisters in Christ, when we next gather for worship, it will be Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. On that day we will begin our solemn journey to the Savior s cross. While the joy of faith remains undiminished throughout the year, our rejoicing during Lent is muted and quiet. For centuries, therefore, the Christian churches have omitted their most jubilant songs during this season, including the word alleluia, which means, praise the Lord. Now for a time we say farewell to alleluia. We do this to prepare ourselves for the quieter days of Lent. The alleluias will return on Easter dawn as we gather to shout our praise to the risen Lord. Alleluia, Song of Triumph Alleluia, song of triumph, sound of joy that cannot die; Alleluia is the anthem ever dear to choirs on high; Saints adorned in robes of glory join the great angelic cry. Alleluia we are singing, voicing hymns in pure accord, With Christ s holy Church united, justified, redeemed, restored, And with all his faithful people raise our songs to praise the Lord. 6 11

SONG OF SIMEON Luke 2:29-32 Nunc Dimittis Brief organ introduction precedes the song HOLY, HOLY, HOLY Isaiah 6:3; Matthew 21:9 M: We give you thanks, O Lord, for the foretaste of the heavenly banquet that you have given us to eat and to drink in this sacrament. Through this gift you have fed our faith, nourished our hope, and strengthened our love. By your Spirit help us to live as your holy people until that day when you will receive us as your guests at the wedding supper of the Lamb, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 10 Sanctus Brief organ introduction precedes the song PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING M: Blessed are you, O God Almighty, who through Jesus Christ, your eternal Word, created all things and made mankind in your own image. Blessed are you, O merciful Father, for when Adam sinned and lost your image, you did not forsake the people you had created. You sent your only begotten Son to take on human flesh through the Holy Spirit and 7

the virgin Mary. As our substitute, he fulfilled all of your laws in our place and died the death we deserve because of our sin. Blessed are you, O God our Savior, for you have gathered us here to remember Jesus sacrifice on our behalf. In this meal you give us his true body and blood, which paid our debt to you and assures us of your forgiveness. For all of your undeserved love toward us, we give thanks and praise to your living and life-giving name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. The peace of the Lord be with you always. LAMB OF GOD John 1:29 LORD S PRAYER Matthew 6:9-13 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. WORDS OF INSTITUTION M: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night he was betrayed, took bread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take and eat; this is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them saying, Drink from it, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for you for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me. 8 Agnus Dei Please be seated. During the distribution of Holy Communion, the following hymns will be sung. CWS 712 CW 369 Jesus, Take Us to the Mountain Beautiful Savior 9