2013-11-10

Worship to the Glory of God Sunday, November 10, 2013 – 8 and 11 am

Faith Lutheran Church

Saturday Worship & Praise: 5 pm

The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

(Communion 1 Saturday of month)

5443 Sunset Rd New Port Richey, FL 34652 (727) 849–4418 Rev. Robert C. Steinke, Pastor Emeritus

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Sunday Worship: 8 & 11 am st rd (Communion: 1 & 3 Sun. @ 8 am nd th 2 & 4 Sun. @ 11 am) Sunday School & Adult Bible Classes: 9:30 am

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The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost November 10, 2013 – 8 & 11 am As We Gather: God always is. Everything is present tense to Him. When Moses asked His name, God replied “I AM.” God is not bound by time or space, which is one reason why it is so difficult to prove that He exists/He is not just another “thing”. But this great God took on time and space in His Son so that we can live in the resurrection life now and in the age to come. Welcome to this house of prayer.

The Pre-Service Music The Chimes The Welcome and Announcements (During this time of worship, we invite you to complete a Fellowship Card available in the holder in the pew ahead of you. If we can be of further assistance, especially for firsttime guests, please fill out the complete address and phone number. Please return the card to the ushers after the offering has been presented.)

 PREPARATION  The Invocation, Confession and Forgiveness Pastor In the name of the Father and of the  Son and of the Holy Spirit.

People: Amen.

Pastor: People:

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us new life and hope by raising Jesus from the dead.

Pastor: People:

God has claimed us as his own.

He has called us from our darkness into the light of his day.

Pastor:

Let us confess our sins before God and in the presence of one another.

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(Silence for reflection) Pastor: People:

Most merciful God, we confess that we are dead in trespasses and sins. We have doubted your promises, despaired of your presence, and denied your saving power. In your great mercy deliver us from the death we deserve, for the sake of Jesus Christ.

Pastor:

If anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

In him we have forgiveness, life, and resurrection from the dead. By him we are redeemed and set at liberty.

People: Pastor: People: Pastor:

People: Pastor: People:

If the Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from death, dwells in you, then he who raised Christ from death will also give life to your mortal bodies.

Alleluia! The Lord is risen indeed!

Almighty God in his mercy has given his Son to die for you and for his sake forgives you all your sins. In the stead and by the command of our Lord Jesus Christ and as a called and ordained servant of the Word, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the  Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

May he who began this good work within you bring it to completion on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. The peace of the Lord be with you.

Amen.

Please be seated “O Bless the Lord, My Soul”

The Hymn

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Please rise Pastor: People:

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all And also with you.

The Kyrie Pastor: In peace, let us pray to the Lord.

People: Lord, have mercy.

Pastor: People:

For the peace from above, and for our salvation, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

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Pastor: People: Pastor:

For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God. And for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

People:

For this holy house, and for all who offer here their worship and praise, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

Pastor: People:

Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.

Amen.

The Hymn of Praise is sung This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain, Whose blood set us free to be people of God. This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Power, riches, wisdom, and strength, And honor, blessing, and glory are his.

This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Sing with all the people of God, And join in the hymn of all creation: Blessing, honor, glory, and might Be to God and the Lamb forever. Amen.

This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

For the Lamb who was slain has begun his reign. Alleluia.

This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

The Prayer for Today Pastor: The Lord be with you!

People: And also with you!

Pastor: People:

Let us pray. ‌ who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen.

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 Please be seated  WORD  The Old Testament Reading

Exodus 3:1-15

[3:1] Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. [2] And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.

[3] And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”

[4] When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” [5] Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” [6] And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. [7] Then the LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, [8] and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. [9] And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. [10] Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” [11] But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” [12] He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

[13] Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” [14] God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” [15] God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

Pastor: People:

This is the Word of the Lord.

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The New Testament Reading

2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, 11-17

[2:1] Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, [2] not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. [3] Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, [4] who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. [5] Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? [6] And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. [7] For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. [8] And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.

[13] But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. [14] To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. [15] So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

[16] Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, [17] comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

Pastor: People:

This is the Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God

ď ˜Please rise for the reading of the Gospel ď ˜ The Verse Alleluia. Lord, to whom shall we go?

You have the words of eternal life. Alleluia. Alleluia.

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The Holy Gospel Pastor: People:

Luke 20:27-40

The Gospel according to St. Luke, the twentieth chapter Glory to you, O Lord.

[27] There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, [28] and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. [29] Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. [30] And the second [31] and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. [32] Afterward the woman also died. [33] In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.”

[34] And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, [35] but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, [36] for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. [37] But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. [38] Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.” [39] Then some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” [40] For they no longer dared to ask him any question.

Pastor: People:

This is the Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, O Christ

 (Please be seated) The Hymn of the Day

“Lord of All Hopefulness”

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The Sermon

The 8 am service continues

 Please rise for The Apostles’ Creed

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The Gathering of the Offerings

 As the offerings are brought forward the congregation rises to sing: The Offertory Create in Me Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with your free Spirit.

The Prayers (The Pastor will end each petition with “Lord, in your mercy …” and the congregation will respond with “hear our prayer.”)

The Lord’s Prayer The Benediction The Closing Hymn

“Jerusalem the Golden”

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The Meditation The Postservice Music The 11 am service continues:

 Please rise for The Nicene Creed

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The Prayers (The pastor will end each petition with “Lord, in your mercy…” and the congregation will respond with “hear our prayer.”)

 Please be seated The Gathering of Offerings (During this time of worship we ask you to complete a Fellowship Card in the holder in the pew ahead of you. First-time guests are asked to fill out their complete address and phone number.)

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The Offertory (as the offerings are brought forward we rise to sing) Let the vineyards be fruitful, Lord And fill to the brim our cup of blessing.

Gather a harvest from the seeds that were sown That we may be fed with the bread of life.

Gather the hopes and the dreams of all; Unite them with the prayers we offer now.

Grace our table with your presence, And give us a foretaste of the feast to come.

 SACRAMENT  The Order of Holy Communion Pastor: People:

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Pastor; People:

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Pastor: People:

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give him thanks and praise.

Pastor:

It is indeed right and salutary…join their unending hymn.

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of pow’r and might: Heaven and earth are full of your glory: Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

The Words of Institution The Lord’s Prayer Pastor: People:

The peace of the Lord be with you.

Amen.

The Sharing of the Peace

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The Lamb of God (sing) Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; grant us peace.

The Distribution  Faith’s statement of faith regarding communion is printed on the reverse side of the Fellowship Card.  Those who desire to commune are invited to come forward in the order indicated by the ushers. At the front of the church, follow the ushers’ directions to the communion rail.  Receive the bread from the elder either on the tongue or in the hand. Receive the wine either in the individual or the common cup. If you prefer the individual cup, take one from the proffered tray; place the empty cup in the basin as you return to your seat. If you prefer the common cup or chalice, please assist the serving pastor by guiding the cup to control the flow. When all in your group have communed, return to your seat by the side aisle.  If you desire to commune and are physically unable to come forward, please inform the ushers who will assist you.  Children who are not yet confirmed will be received at the altar rail for a special blessing.

The Distribution Hymn

“Rejoice, O Pilgrim Throng”

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(After all have communed, the congregation rises.)

Pastor: People:

The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen and keep you in his grace.

Amen.

The Post-Communion Canticle (sing) Thank the Lord and sing his praise; Tell ev’ryone what he has done.

Let all who seek the Lord rejoice and proudly bear his name.

He recalls his promises and leads his people forth in joy With shouts of thanksgiving. Alleluia. Alleluia.

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The Prayer of Thanksgiving Pastor:

People:

We give thanks to you, O Lord, that by eating and drinking your body and blood, you have given us the benefits of your death and resurrection. Keep us, we pray, in everlasting fellowship with all that wait for you on earth, and with all in heaven who are with you, the Resurrection and the Life, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The Benediction Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you, The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you The Lord look upon you with favor, and give you peace.

People: Amen.

Pastor: Go in peace, serve the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God. The Closing Hymn “Jerusalem the Golden�

The Meditation The Postservice Music

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