Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ!

Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ! We thank God that you have joined us this morning for worship. If you are visiting with us, we thank God you are here and pray our worship together will be a mutual blessing. If you are looking for a church home, we hope Abiding Savior can meet your needs. Please introduce yourself to one of the Pastors. We ask both members and visitors to kindly fill out attendance cards and pass them to the center aisle. The ushers will gather them during the Sermon Hymn which follows the Children s Message. Feel free to add a prayer request for the Pastor to include in the congregational prayer. We love children here at Abiding Savior. Parents are encouraged to sit in the front pews so that young children can see what is happening during worship. If you should want to make use of our cry room or nursery, please ask one of our ushers for directions. Ministers Rev. Dr. Thomas Rogers... Senior Pastor Rev. Glenn Lucas... Associate Pastor Mrs. Donna Lucas... Principal Pam Howard... Preschool Director Chris Rogers... Music Director & Organist Kyle Salesky.Director of Family and Youth Ministries Hank Hellfeld... Deacon Call Us Church Office... (949) 830-1460 School Office... (949) 830-1461 Preschool Office... (949) 837-4292 On the Web... www.abidingsavior.com facebook.com/abidingsaviorlakeforest @abidingsavior @aslc_youth

Worship Service of Word and Song Fourth Sunday in Lent Sunday, March 11, 2018 9:30 a.m. PRELUDE Processional onal Celebration Anna Laura Page BELLS FOR JESUS 2.0 2.0 WELCOME Please stand. OPENING CONGREGATIONAL SONG Marvelous Light Refrain: Into marvelous light I m running, out of darkness, out of shame. By the cross You are the truth, You are the life, You are the way. I once was fatherless, a stranger with no hope; Your kindness wakened me, wakened me, from my sleep. Your love it beckons deeply, a call to come and die. By grace now I will come and take this life, take Your life. Sin has lost its power, death has lost its sting. From the grave You ve risen Victoriously! Refrain My dead heart now is beating, my deepest stains now clean. Your breath fills up my lungs. Now I m free, now I m free! My dead heart now is beating, my deepest stains now clean. Your breath fills up my lungs. Now I m free, now I m free! Sin has lost its power, death has lost its sting. From the grave You ve risen Victoriously! Refrain Twice Words & Music by Charlie Hall 2005 worshiptogether.com songs Used by Permission. All rights reserved. CCLI #4491002 INVOCATION Pastor: In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen! Worshippers are invited to kneel for the Confession and Absolution. Those who desire not to kneel may sit or stand. 2

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION Pastor: Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Pastor: If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared. Pastor: Since we are gathered to hear God s Word and call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people, let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner. Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen. Pastor: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for us and for His sake forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. OLD TESTAMENT READING NUMBERS 21:4-9 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food. Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. So Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live. So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. EPISTLE READING EPHESIANS 2:1-10 10 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 3

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Please stand for the Reading of the Holy Gospel. THE HOLY GOSPEL JOHN 3:14-21 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. [Jesus said:] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been carried out in God. Reader: This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to You O Christ. Worshippers are invited to stand and share the peace of the Lord with each other. Children can come down to the chancel steps for the children s message. CHILDREN HILDREN S MESSAGE Children going to Sunday School will be met at the back of the church in the center aisle. Prayer and member/guest cards will be collected during the playing of the bells: BELLS FOR JESUS First Praise THE SERMON REV EV. TOM ROGERS 4

APOSTLES CREE REED 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. GATHERING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS God doesn t need our money, but in His grace He gives us the privilege to be stewards of everything He has entrusted to our care. We can do more together than separately. As one body in Christ, our congregation has agreed to offer our first fruits to support ministries and missions that enable us to communicate Christ s love to everyone, everywhere; and our love for Him. Your sacrificial gift enables this holy work. CONGREGATIONAL MUSICAL OFFERING Refrain: Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I m found, Was blind but now I see. Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear, the hour I first believed. My chains are gone. I ve been set free, My God, my Savior has ransomed me. And like a flood His mercy reigns, unending love, amazing grace. Repeat By John Newton, Chris Tomlin & Louie Giglio Copyright 2006 worshiptogether.com songs Used By Permission All Rights Reserved. CCLI #4768151 THE PRAYERS Pastor: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs. Pastor: Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer. After each petition the prayer concludes: Pastor: Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend ourselves and all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy through Jesus Christ, our Lord. We pray together, 5

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 t 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 for ever and ever. Amen. HOLY COMMUNION REGARDING HOLY COMMUNION As Lutheran communicants, we believe that Jesus Christ is truly present in this holy supper. Be mindful of the words of St. Paul: Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. (1 Corinthians 11:28) Are you truly sorry for your sins? Do you believe your sins are forgiven because Jesus died for them? Do you believe that Jesus gives you His own body and blood in the sacrament as a seal of that forgiveness? Do you have the sincere intent to do better in living the Christian life? Then come, and receive assurance and strength from Jesus. NOTE: In the center of each communion tray are a few glasses with grape juice wine for those who are on alcohol restrictive medications or who, for personal reasons, wish to abstain from wine. Also we have gluten-free communion wafers available for those who need them. They are in the small plastic containers on the wafer trays (patens). The empty plastic containers may be placed in the bags with the used communion cups. WORDS OF INSTITUTION Pastor: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: Take, eat; this is my body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of me. In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: Drink of it, all of you; this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. THE PEACE Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you. People: And also with you. DISTRIBUTION SONGS Jesus Paid It All And I hear the Savior say Thy strength indeed is small. Child of weakness watch and pray, Find in Me thine all in all. Refrain: Cause Jesus paid it all. All to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain,, He washed it white as snow. 6

Lord now indeed I find Thy pow r and Thine alone Can change the leper s spots And melt the heart of stone. Refrain: Cause Jesus paid it all. All to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain,, He washed it white as snow. And when before the throne I stand in Him complete. Jesus died my soul to save My lips shall still repeat. Jesus paid it all. All to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. Oh praise the One who paid my debt And raised this life up from the dead. Oh praise the One who paid my debt And raised this life up from the dead. Repeat Jesus paid it all. All to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. Words & Music by Alex Nifong, Elvina M. Hall & John Thomas Grape Copyright 2006 worshiptogether.com songs (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) All rights reserved Used by permission CCLI #4689508 How Deep the Father s Love for Us How deep the Father s love for us, How vast beyond all measure That He should give His only Son To make a wretch His treasure. How great the pain of searing loss, The Father turns His face away As wounds which mar the chosen One, Bring many sons to glory. Behold the Man upon a cross, My sin upon His shoulders Ashamed I hear my mocking voice, Call out among the scoffers. It was my sin that held Him there Until it was accomplished His dying breath has brought me life I know that it is finished. I will not boast in anything No gifts, no power, no wisdom But I will boast in Jesus Christ His death and resurrection. Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer. But this I know with all my heart His wounds have paid my ransom. Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer. But this I know with all my heart His wounds have paid my ransom. Words & Music by Stuart Townend Copyright 1995 Thankyou Music. (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. CCLI #1558110 7

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Pastor: Let us pray. O God our Father, the fountain and source of all goodness, who in loving-kindness sent Your only-begotten Son into the flesh, we thank You that for His sake You have given us pardon and peace in this sacrament, and we ask You not to forsake Your children but always to rule our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit that we may be enabled to serve You constantly; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. BENEDICTION Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. Amen! CLOSING CONGREGATIONAL SONG God Of Brilliant Lights Sing it out, shout it loud, cover all the earth. Let the sound of the saints ev ry-where be heard. Praise the God who has come to cure ev ry broken heart. He is Lord over all; His reign will never end. Through the fire and the flood, He draws His children in. He s the light of the world brighter than the brightest star. The God of Brilliant lights is shining down over us, Breaking through the darkness covering all the earth. Oh, His love is like an ocean. Oh, forever overflowing. The God of brilliant lights is shining over us. Sinners come to the cross and lay your troubles down At the feet of the One whose mercy will abound. He s not afraid of our filth; He will never turn away. The God of Brilliant lights is shining down over us, Breaking through the darkness covering all the earth. Oh, His love is like an ocean. Oh, forever overflowing. The God of brilliant lights is shining over us, He s shining over us. Like the morning rises, God, Your light is shining! Shining over us, He s shining over us. Like the morning rises, God, Your light is shining! Shining over us, He s shining over us. Like the morning rises, God, Your light is shining over us. 8

The God of brilliant lights is shining down over us, Breaking through the darkness covering all the earth. Oh, His love is like an ocean. Oh, forever overflowing. Oh, His love has overtaken. Oh, we ll never be forsaken. The God of brilliant lights, the God of brilliant lights is shining over us. He s shining over us. Words & Music by Scott Cash, Ed Cash & Aaron Shust 2013 Bridge Building Music, Inc. Used by Permission. All rights reserved. CCLI #6579025 Pastor: Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God. Flowers ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The flowers which grace our altar this weekend are dedicated to the glory of the Lord by Phyllis Burns in loving memory of her parents. We Pray For This Week Fred & Vivian Dezwart & Family, Beverly Dillow, Val & Victoria Distor, Judith Ditto, Carrie Donohoe & Family, Heather Dorris & Family, Linda Dowd, Carol Driscoll & Family, John & Karen Egley & Family Keep in Your Prayers Prayers rs for strength and healing, guidance and blessing for: Patricia Howard Elizabeth Hurley Jeanne Kelly Brad Lucente Crystal Nylander Brett Riedlinger Suzanne Bailey Bill Bartlett Terri Green Alexander Hernandez Betsy Hotsko Lee Seib Junko Shiki Denice Soresi Eileen Stewart Judy Williams Maggie Winn We pray for those who are ill: Irene Fabre Larry Reimnitz Lou Torres Etsuko Busker Rosemary Colburn We pray for those who are recovering: Jeff Conrad Rocky Hewitt June Thomas 9