HOLY COMMUNION Christ reveled t the wedding t Cn Jnury 20, 2013 + 11:00.m. Centrl - in the hert of the city, welcomes ll people to celebrte, discover nd shre the love of Christ Christ our good wine gives himself freely The Sundys fter Epiphny continue to celebrte the reveltion of the glory of God to us s it ws mde known to the mgi nd to those on Jordn s bnks t the bptism of Jesus tody using wedding imgery. Our God rejoices over God s people s the bridegroom rejoices over the bride. By the power of the Spirit there re gifts glore for everyone. In Christ Jesus the best wine is sved for lst. Tste nd see. The Holy Spirit gthers us in unity on the first dy of the week, the dy of Christ s resurrection GATHERING PRELUDE Vritions on Slzburg Johnn Pchelbel The crillon clls the ssembly to worship. At the sound of the crillon, the ssembly stnds nd fces the entrnce. PROCESSIONAL HYMN (hymn) 310 Songs of Thnkfulness nd Prise stnzs 2 & 3 in hrmony GREETING AND PRAYER OF THE DAY P The people who wlked in drkness hve seen gret light! Grce to you, nd pece from God who shines mong us. And lso with you. P one God, now nd forever. Amen. God speks to us in scripture reding, preching, nd song WORD CHILDREN S MESSAGE Children re invited to come forwrd; prents re welcome to come with their children. FIRST READING God like the bridegroom nd the bride Isih 62:1 5 For Zion s ske I will not keep silent, nd for Jeruslem s ske I will not rest, until her vindiction shines out like the dwn, nd her slvtion like burning torch. 2 The ntions shll see your vindiction, nd ll the kings your glory; nd you shll be clled by new nme tht the mouth of the LORD will give.
The people s return to Judh fter the exile ws mrred by economic nd politicl troubles. Nevertheless, the prophet declres, Jeruslem nd Judh will be restored. God will rejoice over Jeruslem s bridegroom rejoices over his bride; nd the people re clled to the celebrtion. 3 You shll be crown of beuty in the hnd of the LORD, nd royl didem in the hnd of your God. 4 You shll no more be termed Forsken, nd your lnd shll no more be termed Desolte; but you shll be clled My Delight Is in Her, nd your lnd Mrried; for the LORD delights in you, nd your lnd shll be mrried. 5 For s young mn mrries young womn, so shll your builder mrry you, nd s the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shll your God rejoice over you. The word of the Lord. Thnks be to God. MUSICAL MEDITATION Shine On Us Lord Joe Mttingly So shine on us, Lord, we re clling; send down your light. Plese shine on us, Lord, we need you to sve us, Lord, nd bring us home to your everlsting light. We cll the Lord by nme, for God lone cn sve us. Cry out to God with joy nd sing his glorious nme to ll the erth O bless the Lord, my soul, for God lone is holy. Send down your Spirit, Lord, nd ll your people will clp their hnds nd sing... SECOND READING A vriety of gifts but one Spirit 1 Corinthins 12:1 11 The congregtion t Corinth experienced division s people were compring one nother s spiritul gifts, thinking some to be superior to others. Pul invites this frctured community to trust tht God s Holy Spirit hs gifted them ll perfectly for their mission together. Pul writes: Now concerning spiritul gifts, brothers nd sisters, I do not wnt you to be uninformed. 2 You know tht when you were pgns, you were enticed nd led stry to idols tht could not spek. 3 Therefore I wnt you to understnd tht no one speking by the Spirit of God ever sys Let Jesus be cursed! nd no one cn sy Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. 4 Now there re vrieties of gifts, but the sme Spirit; 5 nd there re vrieties of services, but the sme Lord; 6 nd there re vrieties of ctivities, but it is the sme God who ctivtes ll of them in everyone. 7 To ech is given the mnifesttion of the Spirit for the common good. 8 To one is given through the Spirit the utternce of wisdom, nd to nother the utternce of knowledge ccording to the sme Spirit, 9 to nother fith by the sme Spirit, to nother gifts of heling by the one Spirit, 10 to nother the working of mircles, to nother prophecy, to nother the discernment of spirits, to nother vrious kinds of tongues, to nother the interprettion of tongues. 11 All these re ctivted by one nd the sme Spirit, who llots to ech one individully just s the Spirit chooses. The word of the Lord. Thnks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION John 2:11 The ssembly welcomes the gospel, singing the ALLELUIA before nd fter the soloist sings the verse. 2
L Jesus reveled his glory, nd his disciples believed in him. The ssembly repets the ALLELUIA. GOSPEL The wedding t Cn John 2:1 11 The holy gospel ccording to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord. Turning wter to wine t the wedding t Cn is described s the first of Jesus signs. Through mny such epiphnies, Jesus revels tht he bers God s cretive power nd joyful presence into the world. On the third dy there ws wedding in Cn of Glilee, nd the mother of Jesus ws there. 2 Jesus nd his disciples hd lso been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine gve out, the mother of Jesus sid to him, They hve no wine. 4 And Jesus sid to her, Womn, wht concern is tht to you nd to me? My hour hs not yet come. 5 His mother sid to the servnts, Do whtever he tells you. 6 Now stnding there were six stone wter jrs for the Jewish rites of purifiction, ech holding twenty or thirty gllons. 7 Jesus sid to them, Fill the jrs with wter. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 He sid to them, Now drw some out, nd tke it to the chief stewrd. So they took it. 9 When the stewrd tsted the wter tht hd become wine, nd did not know where it cme from (though the servnts who hd drwn the wter knew), the stewrd clled the bridegroom 10 nd sid to him, Everyone serves the good wine first, nd then the inferior wine fter the guests hve become drunk. But you hve kept the good wine until now. 11 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cn of Glilee, nd reveled his glory; nd his disciples believed in him. The gospel of the Lord. Prise to you, O Christ. SERMON silence for reflection HYMN OF THE DAY (hymn) 312 Jesus, Come! For We Invite You 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 judge 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. 3
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION A Rejoicing tht the grce of God hs been reveled in the birth of Jesus Christ, the light of the world, let us pry for the church, those in need, nd ll of God s cretion. P fter ech petition: Lord in your mercy, her our pryer. Trusting in your mercy, O sving God, we commend to you ll for whom we pry, through the one born mong us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. MEAL God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ 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. Guide My Feet Trditionl Africn Americn, rr. Avis Grves Guide my feet while I run this rce, cuse I don t wnt to run this rce in vin. Hold my hnd while I run this rce, cuse I don t wnt to run this rce in vin. Lord, guide my feet, direct my pth, nd keep my wy. Cn t mke step without you. I don t wnt to run this rce in vin. Be my friend, while I run this rce, cuse I don t wnt to run this rce in vin. Stnd by me, while I run this rce, cuse I don t wnt to run this rce in vin. Offertory Pryer A Let us pry together: Blessed re you, O God, mker of ll things. Through your goodness you hve blessed us with these gifts: our selves, our time, nd our possessions. Use us, nd wht we hve gthered, in feeding the world with your love, through the one who gve himself for us, Jesus Christ, 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. 4
P It is indeed right, our duty nd our joy... join their unending hymn: All re invited to receive these gifts of God. Children re welcome to receive communion or blessing. Communion t this service is served stnding by individul chlices. Plese follow the direction of the ushers to communion sttion. You re invited to kneel following communion if you desire. Grpe juice nd gluten-free bred re vilble upon request. 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 Wht Fest Of Love English Blld, rr. Melodie Tunney Wht fest of love is offered here, wht bnquet come from heven. Wht food of everlsting life, wht grcious gift is given? This, oh this is Christ the King, the bred of life come down from hev n. Oh, tste, nd see, nd sing how sweet the mnn given. Wht light of truth is offered here, wht covennt from heven? Wht hope of everlsting life, wht grcious gift is given? This, oh this is Christ the King, the Sun come down from hev n. Oh, see, nd her, nd sing! The Word of God is given. (text: Delores Dufner) I Believe Mrk Miller I believe in the sun, even when it s not shining. I believe in love, even when I don t feel it. I believe in God, even when God is silent. (Jewish poem, non) Pryer fter Communion A God of bundnce, you hve fed us with the presence of Christ. Use us s becons of light nd berers of Christ s love for the ske of the whole world. In Jesus nme we pry. Amen. 5
God blesses nd sends us in mission to the world SENDING BLESSING P My the love of Jesus Christ, the light of the world, fill your herts nd illumine your pth. Almighty God, Fther, + Son, nd Holy Spirit, bless you now nd forever. Amen. RECESSIONAL HYMN (hymn) 501 Come with Us, O Blessed Jesus sung in hrmony DISMISSAL Plese fce the entrnce for the dismissl. A Go in pece. Your light hs come. Thnks be to God. The crillon sends the ssembly into mission. Plese gther for fellowship following worship in south commons. Brief snctury tours will be offered this morning following the postlude. POSTLUDE Tocct in c Johnn Pchelbel Portions of the liturgy re from Sundys nd Sesons.com 2013 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress liturgies license #26515. Chncel flowers tody re given by Muriel Dostl in memory of her husbnd Guel s birthdy. If you wish to donte flowers contct Judy Korogi 10 dys in dvnce t 612-788-1288. A specil thnk you to the Chncel Choir of Fith Luthern Church in Spicer, Minnesot. They re completing three dy choir retret in the Twin Cities this weekend. They ttended hymn festivl t Mount Olive Luthern Church on Fridy evening; led worship nd performed with the Roseville Luthern Choir on Sturdy evening; nd re joining us for worship this morning before heding bck to Spicer. Under the direction of The Rev. Simon Fensom, the choir regulrly leds liturgy t two services ech Sundy t Fith nd presents severl nnul concert events in nd round their community. Lst spring they enjoyed ten dy tour, singing in churches nd cthedrls in London nd Southwest Englnd. 6 This weekend they re bly ssisted by guest ccompnist, George Murer, n ccomplished Jzz musicin, bsed in Minnepolis.
SERVING TODAY Pstor D. Foy Christopherson Pstor Chrles Anderson Jeffrey Schulz Mrk Sedio Jne Lien Fith Luthern Chncel Choir The Rev. Simon Fensom George Murer Rochelle Milbrth Mildred Monsen Brd Boogren Dve West, Richrd Stegll Dvid Molvik, Mrk Brodin Erl Crson, Lowell Christensen, Tom Christensen, Dine Olson, Kenneth Olson, Wrren Olson, Hrold Rebne Donn Dokken, Arlene Murphy, Phil & Eve Overby, Brb Zlusky Pt Forse Dve West, Tom Hnn, Lynn Olson, Michel Wickmn, Clrnce Smith, Richrd Stegll, Tom & Sue Jorgensen Stephen Sherer & Michel Wickmn, Pul Troselius, Renee Troselius, Judy Bogrd, Skip Thorkelson, Christopher Hug, Dvid Nelson, Nncy Dillon, Sr Klomp, Jim Smple, Kren Hielsberg presiding preching ssisting minister cntor ssocite cntor/orgnist guest choir director ccompnist soloist reder crucifer scristns sound opertors ushers hosts nd greeters docent sesonl worship tem sesonl environmentl tem 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 spek to stff member or cll the church t 612-870-4416. 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