HOLY COMMUNION Second Sundy of Advent December 9, 2012 + 11.m. Centrl - in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ Isih s Voice A word of comfort echoes; it is Isih s speking the blm of prdon nd God s forgiving choice. The vlley lifted up; uneven ground mde level; glory reveled. Reoice! Fleeting is humn nture, withered, fding grss. Ageless the holy promise: God s Word will come to pss. And with shepherd s rms, God gthers nd sustins us close to his hert so vst. Nestled in fields of mber, when winter s zephyr blows, there is bloom so vivid, within the grss, rose. (John Thornburg) Love, the Rose, is on the wy During this yer s Advent seson we gther round the theme Love is on the Wy - phrse from the hymn People, Look Est (hymn 248 in Evngelicl Luthern Worship). Ech week the finl phrse of one of the four stnzs serves s our specific theme. GATHERING PRELUDE Vritions on Lo, How Rose E re Blooming Johnnes Brhms, John Levitt, Mx Drischner, Pul Mnz At the sound of the crillon the ssembly stnds nd fces the cross t the entrnce to the snctury. ADVENT PROCESSION A A righteous brnch will spring up for Dvid, nd he shll execute ustice nd righteousness in the lnd. All: A & # Come, Lord Je - sus, come! Every vlley shll be filled, nd every mountin nd hill shll be mde low. All: & # Come, Lord Je - sus, come! A The Lord is ner. Do not worry bout nything, but in everything by pryer nd suppliction with thnksgiving let your requests be known to God. All: & # Come, Lord Je - sus, come!
A He shll feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the mesty of the Lord our God. All: & # Come, Lord Je - sus, come! People, Look Est & # # 8 6 & # # Fur-rows, be gld. Though erth is bre, one more J seed is plnt - ed & # # & # # strength the seed to course the flow r my & # # & # # est, nd sing to Rose, is on the J.. there. Give up your nour - ish, tht in J flour - ish. Peo -ple, look -. wy.. dy Love, the GREETING P From the one who ws, nd who is, nd who is to come: Grce nd pece be with you ll. And lso with you. PRAYER OF THE DAY P Let us pry... Amen. God speks to us in scripture reding, preching, nd song WORD CHILDREN S TIME Children re invited to come forwrd; prents re welcome to come with their children. FIRST READING My messenger is refiner nd purifier Mlchi 3:1-4 See, I m sending my messenger to prepre the wy before me, nd the LORD whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covennt in whom you delight indeed, he is coming, sys the LORD of hosts. 2 But who cn endure the dy of his coming, nd who cn stnd when he ppers? 2
The Lord nnounces covennt with Isrel. A messenger like Mlchi (his nme mens my messenger ) shll prepre the wy for the coming of the Lord by purifying nd refining God s people, s silver nd gold re refined. For he is like refiner s fire nd like fullers sop; 3 he will sit s refiner nd purifier of silver, nd he will purify the descendnts of Levi nd refine them like gold nd silver, until they present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. 4 Then the offering of Judh nd Jeruslem will be plesing to the LORD s in the dys of old nd s in former yers. Word of God, word of life. Thnks be to God. CANTICLE (hymn) 250 Blessed Be the God of Isrel stnz 2, choir SECOND READING Philippins 1:3-11 A hrvest of righteousness on the dy of Jesus Christ The postle Pul ws the pstor of mny new churches. He writes in this letter bout his oy to be in prtnership with the Christins of Philippi. Listen to how tender-herted Pul, sometimes stern precher, is with his friends s he encourges them to grow in love nd knowledge. I thnk my God every time I remember you, 4 constntly prying with oy in every one of my pryers for ll of you, 5 becuse of your shring in the gospel from the first dy until now. 6 I m confident of this, tht the one who begn good work mong you will bring it to completion by the dy of Jesus Christ. 7 It is right for me to think this wy bout ll of you, becuse you hold me in your hert, for ll of you shre in God s grce with me, both in my imprisonment nd in the defense nd confirmtion of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I long for ll of you with the compssion of Christ Jesus. 9 And this is my pryer, tht your love my overflow more nd more with knowledge nd full insight 10 to help you to determine wht is best, so tht in the dy of Christ you my be pure nd blmeless, 11 hving produced the hrvest of righteousness tht comes through Jesus Christ for the glory nd prise of God. Word of God, word of life. Thnks be to God. The Gospel Acclmtion is bsed on the tune Divinumn mysterium (ELW hymn 295). GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Luke 3:4, 6 The ssembly welcomes the Gospel: During Advent, portions of the liturgy (the Gospel Acclmtion, Holy, Holy, Holy nd Lmb of God ) will be sung to tunes trditionlly ssocited with the seson. A Prepre the wy of the Lord, mke his pths stright. All flesh shll see the slvtion of God. GOSPEL Prepre the wy of the Lord Luke 3:1-6 The holy gospel ccording to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord. In the fifteenth yer of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilte ws governor of Jude, nd Herod ws ruler of Glilee, nd his brother Philip ruler of the region of Iture nd Trchonitis, 3
John the Bptist is herld of the sving Lord, whose wy is prepred by repentnce for the forgiveness of sins. As we her the creful record of humn leders, we sense the spectrum of politicl nd religious uthority tht will be chllenged by this coming Lord. nd Lysnis ruler of Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of Anns nd Ciphs, the word of God cme to John son of Zechrih in the wilderness. 3 He went into ll the region round the Jordn, procliming bptism of repentnce for the forgiveness of sins, 4 s it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isih, The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepre the wy of the Lord, mke his pths stright. 5 Every vlley shll be filled, nd every mountin nd hill shll be mde low, nd the crooked shll be mde stright, nd the rough wys mde smooth; 6 nd ll flesh shll see the slvtion of God. The gospel of the Lord. Prise to you, O Christ. SERMON silence for reflection HYMN OF THE DAY (hymn) 264 Prepre the Royl Highwy stnzs 2 & 3 in hrmony Following the hymn plese turn nd fce the worship leders under the dvent wreth. APOSTLES CREED A Let us together proclim the fith tht we shre. I believe in God, the Fther lmighty, cretor of heven nd erth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God s only Son, our Lord, who ws conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mry, suffered under Pontius Pilte, ws crucified, died, nd ws buried; he descended to the ded. On the third dy he rose gin; he scended into heven, he is seted t the right hnd of the Fther, nd he will come to udge the living nd the ded. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy ctholic Church, the communion of sints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, nd the life everlsting. Amen. During Advent, our pryer includes confession, nd reference to the dvent wreth which mrks our dvent witing nd prepring. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION A Witing in the promise of Christ s coming, we pry for the church, those in need, nd ll of God s cretion. fter ech petition: Come, Lord Jesus, Come soon. 4 P... Receive our pryers, nd spek to us through the presence of your Son, Jesus Christ, your love mde flesh. Amen.
God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ MEAL PEACE P The pece of the Lord be with you lwys. And lso with you. The ssembly is invited to shre God s pece with one nother. GATHERING OF GIFTS An offering is gthered for the mission of the church, including the cre of those in need. During this time, the tble is set. After the offering is gthered, bred, wine, money, nd other gifts re brought forwrd. The ssembly stnds s the procession reches the chncel. How Lovely Are the Messengers Felix Mendelssohn How lovely re the messengers tht prech the gospel of pece. To ll the ntions is gone forth the sound of their words. Offertory Pryer A Let us pry together. God of bundnce, we bring before you the precious gifts of your cretion, nd with them our very lives. Tech us ptience nd hope s we cre for ll those in need until the coming of your Son, our Svior nd Lord. Amen. GREAT THANKSGIVING P The Lord be with you. And lso with you. P P Lift up your herts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thnks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thnks nd prise. The Snctus ( Holy, Holy, Holy ) is bsed on the Swedish Advent hymn Bereden vg for Herrn (ELW hymn 264). P It is indeed right, our duty nd our oy... oin their unending hymn: & # 4 6 & # Ho - ly, ho - ly, ho - All erth & # high - est. is full of your & # ly, in the nme of the & #. God of power nd. might; glo - ry, Ho- sn - n in the Bless d is he who comes, Lord, our God, Ho -. sn - n in the high - est, ho - & #. sn - n in the high - est. 5
All re invited to receive these gifts of God. Children re welcome to receive communion or blessing. Communion t this service is served kneeling (s you re ble) by individul chlices round the communion ril. Grpe uice nd gluten-free bred re vilble upon request. The Lmb of God is bsed on the Gregorin tune Conditor lme siderum (ELW hymn 245). The presider continues with the Gret Thnksgiving concluding: Lord s Pryer (1975) Our Fther in heven, hllowed be your nme, your kingdom come, your will be done, on erth s in heven. Give us tody our dily bred. Forgive us our sins s we forgive those who sin ginst us. Sve us from the time of tril nd deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, nd the glory re yours, now nd forever. Amen. Breking of the Bred nd Invittion to the Tble Communion Music during Communion Lmb of God 6 Vn Nuffel (1883-1953) bsed his motet on the third of the Gret O Antiphons tht originted in the ncient church to be recited or sung t Vespers the week before Christms. In modern times, we know them s the bsis of the seven stnzs of the Advent hymn O Come, O Come, Emmnuel. God blesses nd sends us in mission to the world O Rdix Jesse (sung in Ltin) Julius vn Nuffel O Root of Jesse, stnding s sign mong the peoples; before you rulers will be silent, to you the ntions will mke their pryer: Come nd deliver us; dely no longer. silence for reflection Pryer fter Communion A Let us pry. God for whom we wit, you come to us in the broken bred nd the cup we shre. Mke us redy lwys to welcome Christ into our herts, nd send us forth to be your people in the world, nnouncing your coming mong us in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. SENDING BLESSING P God most high, God with us, God poured out on us. Almighty God, Fther, + Son, nd Holy Spirit, bless you now nd forever. Amen.
RECESSIONAL HYMN (hymn) 254 Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus DISMISSAL Plese fce the processionl cross for the dismissl. A Go in pece. Prepre the wy. Thnks be to God. The crillon sends the ssembly into mission. Brief snctury tours will be offered this morning following the postlude. Plese gther for fellowship following worship in the fellowship hll or south commons. POSTLUDE Vritions on Svior of the Ntions, Come Pul Mnz Portions of the liturgy re from Sundys nd Sesons.com 2012 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress liturgies license #26515. SERVING TODAY Chncel flowers tody re given by the Florl Guild. If you wish to donte flowers contct Judy Korogi 10 dys in dvnce t 612-788-1288. Sesonl Worship Tem Dve West, Tom Hnn, Lynn Olson, Michel Wickmn, Clrnce Smith, Richrd Stegll, Tom & Sue Jorgensen Sesonl Environmentl Art Tem Stephen Sherer & Michel Wickmn, Pul & Renee Troselius, Judy Bogrd, Skip Thorkelson, Christopher Hug, Dvid Nelson, Nncy Dillon, Sr Klomp, Jim Smple, Kren Hielsberg Pstor D. Foy Christopherson Pstor Judith Stone Clrnce Smith Dine Olson Mrk Sedio Jne Lien Centrl Choir Susn Troselius, Rochelle Milbrth, Roy Heilmn, Thoms Glss Rick Johnston Dvid Molvik, Mrk Brodin Dve West, Richrd Stegll Christopher Hug Keith Boe, Curt Evvold, Lowell Giere, Jon Hilden, Alice Hilstd, Vrney Kizolu, Smuel Lrye, Philip Overby, Fred Stechmnn, Bob Ylvisker, Sue & Tom Jorgensen Dick & Lind Shinofield, Ruth Zik, Jnice Peterson, Phil & Eve Overby, Jnet Kroft Cheryl Erickson presiding preching ssisting minister reder cntor/orgnist ssocite cntor choir qurtet crucifer sound opertors scristns bulletin cover rt ushers hosts nd greeters docent Lrge print service folders, ssisted listening devices, nd ccess seting re vilble to id your prticiption in worship. Plese inquire with n usher. 7
WELCOME! Everyone is welcome. As community of the people of God, the members of Centrl Luthern Church re clled to welcome ll people regrdless of ge, economic sttus, ethnic bckground, gender, physicl or mentl bility, rce or sexul orienttion. We ffirm tht in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slve nor free, there is neither mle or femle (Gltins 3:28). Christ hs mde us one. Guests re welcome. We re plesed you re worshiping with us tody. We invite guests to complete the Welcome to Centrl crd found in the pew rcks nd leve it with n usher or plce it in the offering plte. If you would like more informtion bout Centrl, plese contct us t 612-870-4416, or emil info@centrlmpls.org. Children re welcome t ll services. Worship bulletins for children nd ctivity bgs re vilble t snctury entrnces. If you would prefer to use Centrl s nursery (vilble for children ges four nd younger), you will find it up the steps from the informtion desk t the south entrnce (cross from the fellowship hll). An usher or greeter will be gld to ssist you. Welcome to the Lord s Tble. All re welcome t the Lord s Tble. Plese follow the guidnce of the ushers nd instructions in the order of service. During communion, ministers will bring bred nd wine to persons in designted ccess seting res. If you re not in designted ccess seting re nd desire to commune where you re seted, plese notify n usher who will direct communion ministers to come nd serve you. Communion my be received in one kind (only bred or only wine) from ny sttion if whet bred or lcohol presents helth concern. Gluten-free breds nd lcohol-free wine re vilble by request t most liturgies from most communion sttions. We envision becoming thriving, vibrnt model of urbn Luthern ministry for the 21 st century. This lofty vision requires us to sk ech dy if our gols for worship, lerning, nd service re clerly reching diverse neighborhood nd city in lnguge nd ction tht reflect the world s well s our heritge. CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ 333 South Twelfth Street Minnepolis, MN 55404 612.870-4416 www.centrlmpls.org