April 3, 2015 Vol. 78 No. 22 IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 421 North Second Street Mankato, Minnesota 56001 (507) 345-3027 www.immanuelmankato.org Feel free to speak with the Pastor after the service. Visitors: please sign the guest book in the entryway.
Pre-Service Meditation: Psalm 22 (p. 127, red hymnal) and Christian Questions, inside the back cover of the red hymnals Pre-Service Prayer: Lord, in loving contemplation Fix my heart and eyes on Thee Till I taste Your full salvation And Your unveiled glory see. Amen. (TLH 155:5) Order of Service Call to Worship: Pastor (TLH 175) Hymn: 154 Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed Invocation Congregation (sings): Amen. Welcome to Worship Confession and Absolution of Sins Good Friday Litany Pastor: Genesis 22:7-8; Job 31:24-28; 36:18-19; Psalm 49:6-9; Revelation 5:2-4 Congregation: The Lamb The Lamb, the Lamb, O Father, where s the sacrifice? Faith sees, believes God will provide the Lamb of price! REFRAIN: Worthy is the Lamb whose death makes me His own! The Lamb is reigning on His throne! 2
Pastor: Isaiah 53:4-6, John 10:11-18 Congregation: The Lamb The Lamb, the Lamb, as wayward sheep their shepherd kill. So still, His will on our behalf the Law to fill. REFRAIN Pastor: John 19:30, Luke 23:46; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 John 1:7b Congregation: The Lamb The Lamb, the Lamb, one perfect final offering. The Lamb, the Lamb, let earth join heav'n His praise to sing. REFRAIN He sighs, He dies, He takes my sin and wretchedness. He lives, forgives, He gives me His own righteousness. REFRAIN Pastor: Colossians 2:13-14; Romans 4:25 Congregation: The Lamb He rose, He rose, my heart with thanks now overflows. His song prolong till every heart to Him belong. REFRAIN The Lamb: Text & Music: Gerald Patrick Coleman 1987, Morning Star Music Publications/Birnamwood Publications. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 (LSB #547) Good Friday Gospel (harmony of Gospel accounts) Led to the Cross Hymn: 143(1-4) O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken Crucified Hymn: 170(1-5) O Perfect Life of Love! Buried Hymn: 723(1-3) What Wondrous Love Is This 3
Sermon Text: Revelation 1:4b-8 Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. Worthy Is the Sacrifice 4
Offertory What language shall I borrow To thank Thee, dearest Friend, For this Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end? Oh, make me Thine forever! And should I fainting be, Lord, let me never, never, Outlive my love for Thee. Be Thou my Consolation, My Shield, when I must die; Remind me of Thy Passion When my last hour draws nigh. Mine eyes shall then behold Thee, Upon Thy cross shall dwell, My heart by faith enfold Thee. Who dieth thus dies well! Amen. Offering of Thankful Hearts (7:00 p.m.) Ensemble: Jesus Messiah TLH 172:8, 10. Text Translation Copyright 1941 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 (7:00 p.m.) Church Choir: Worthy Is the Lamb Words adapted from Revelation 5:12. Tom Fettke Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive, to receive pow'r and riches. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive, to receive strength and wisdom, honor and praise, glory and blessing. Amen. 2014 by Hal Leonard Corporation. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 Prayer & Lord s Prayer 5
Words of Institution Distribution Our Practice of Close Communion We believe that God desires unity of faith and confession among all who commune together. Communicant members of Immanuel and of our sister congregations in the CLC (Church of the Lutheran Confession) are welcome at the Lord's Table. If there are visitors present who wish to commune with us in the future, you are invited to speak with the Pastor about this at your convenience. For more information pick up the tract from the narthex titled Why Close Communion. Communing Members who have difficulty at the kneeling rail may sit in the front pew. The pastors will bring communion to you there. Any communicants sitting in the balcony should please come down to the narthex for direction to the table. Communicants are ushered to the communion table. If you desire the bread in your hand, simply extend your hand to the Pastor as he approaches you. Those desiring an individual cup, please take a cup when the tray is offered. The common cup will immediately follow. Please dispose of your individual cup in the baskets located behind each pillar or in the center aisle. Distribution Hymns 755 What Is This Bread Upon the Cross Extended 1. Upon the cross extended, See, world, your Lord suspended, Your Savior yields His breath. The Prince of Life from heaven Himself has freely given To shame and blows and bitter death. 2. Come, see these things and ponder, Your soul will fill with wonder, As blood streams from each pore. Through grief beyond all knowing From His great heart came flowing Sighs welling from its deepest core. 6
3. Who is it, Lord, that bruised You? Who has so sore abused You And caused You all Your woe? We all must make confession Of sin and dire transgression, While You no ways of evil know. 4. I caused Your grief and sighing By evils multiplying As countless as the sands. I caused the woes unnumbered With which Your soul is cumbered, Your sorrows raised by wicked hands. 5. Your soul in griefs unbounded, Your head with thorns surrounded, You died to ransom me. The cross for me enduring, The crown for me securing, You healed my wounds and set me free. 6. Your cords of love, my Savior, Bind me to You forever, I am no longer mine. To You I gladly tender All that my life can render And all I have to You resign. 7. Your cross I place before me; Its saving pow r restore me, Sustain me in the test. It will, when life is ending, Be guiding and attending My way to Your eternal rest. 7
Thanksgiving O Lord, we praise Thee, bless Thee, and adore Thee, In thanksgiving bow before Thee. Thou with Thy body and Thy blood didst nourish Our weak souls that they may flourish: O Lord, have mercy! May Thy body, Lord, born of Mary, That our sins and sorrows did carry, And Thy blood for us plead In all trial, fear, and need: O Lord, have mercy! Amen. TLH 313:1 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Tune: public domain. Text Translation Copyright 1941 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 Benediction Congregation (sings): Amen. Hymn: 769 Lift High the Cross Serving Us Today: Pastor: Wayne Eichstadt, Sound: Joshua Clobes Deacon: Steve Wolle (1:00 p.m.), Charles Olmanson (7:00 p.m.) Organist: Vickie Schreyer (1:00 p.m.), Kristen Friedrichs (7:00 p.m.) Screen: Clifford Kuehne, Head Usher: Mark Stelter, Asst. Usher: Omar Olmanson Unless otherwise noted, service elements are in public domain. 8