November 2, 2014 ALL SAINTS SUNDAY + The Lutheran Church of Our Savior -1- + The Lutheran Church of Our Savior MISSION STATEMENT: +SHARE SHARE God’s Word SERVE Community +SERVE GR OW in Faith +GR GRO VISION STATEMENT: We are a growing, diverse congregation actively sharing God’s blessings in the world community. Worship Notes + Welcome to our Worship Celebration today. We are glad you are worshipping with us. + ELW = Evangelical Lutheran Worship (red), HB = Holy Bible (black). + Please turn off all cell phones and pagers before the liturgy begins. + We welcome children to worship with us and we have children’s bulletins and worship bags available for young worshipers. + Nursery care is available in the narthex lounge. + Children’s Church is available for children ages 4 to grade 2 downstairs immediately after the Children’s Moment until the Offering. Serving Today at 10:30 Greeters: Lee & Sandy Scamp / Ray & Joyce Strohminger Crucifer: Kaleb Swedlund Acolytes: Jana Davila / Katie Becker Book Bearer: Alex Carlton Worship Assistant: Wes Boord Lector: Rick Davila Children’s Moment: Gary Eichhorn Communion Assistants: Kaleb Swedlund / Katie Becker / Rita Boord Ushers: Steve Harper / Bob Snyder / Norb Klopsch / Greg Dawson Altar Flowers The ALTAR FLOWERS are given by: Allan and Nancy McFarland, in memory of grandparents and parents, Sarah and George Meeker, Anne and Walter McFarland and Fred Culbertson; and Helen Cripe, in memory of her father, Robert Rhodes Petts. The ETERNAL CANDLE is sponsored by the Stowe family, in loving memory of Todd’s father Ted Stowe. + + -2- GATHERING (please take time for silent reflection) Prelude Requiescat in pace Kenneth Meek Brief Order of Confession and Forgiveness P Blessed be the Holy Trinity, + one God, the Sovereign over all the earth, the Wisdom from on high, our merciful Judge and Savior. C Amen. P Let us boldly approach the throne of grace, trusting in God’s mercy and love. Silence is kept for reflection. P Generous and faithful God, C we confess to you all the ways, known and unknown, that we reject and undermine your steadfast love. Though you made us your people, we treat strangers with suspicion. Though you forgave our debts, we collect without mercy. Yet we are quick to pass judgment on others. Have mercy on us, O God, and remember your promise to us, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. P The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. Through the living Word, + Jesus Christ, God forgives your every debt, your every sin, and gives you a new heart and a new spirit. C Amen. Gathering Song Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones #424 LASST UNS ERFREUEN Greeting P The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C And also with you. + -3- + Kyrie + -4- + Hymn of Praise + -5- + Prayer of the Day Children’s Moment Prayer Concerns and Announcements + -6- + WORD First Reading: Revelation 7:9-17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HB p. 999 The book of Revelation is written to seven churches in western Asia Minor during a time of great oppression. Today’s reading is a response to the question asked in 6:17: “Who is able to stand?” The writer gives the faithful the assurance of God’s protection and a vision of victory. L The word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Second Reading: 1 John 3:1-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HB p. 990 A saint is one who has been set apart by God for God’s purposes. God, out of divine love, set us apart to be the children of God. Our holy hope is that we shall see God as God really is. L The word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Gospel Acclamation * c They Repeat alleluia are before the | throne of God, * and the one who is seated on the throne will | shelter them. The Gospel will be read from the midst of the congregation, symbolizing Christ among us. You are invited to face the Bible as the Gospel is read. + -7- + P The holy gospel according to Matthew. C Glory to you, O Lord. Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HB p. 785 In the beatitudes, Jesus provides a unique description of those who are blessed with God’s favor. His teaching is surprising and shocking to those who seek wealth, fame, and control over others. P The gospel of the Lord. C Praise to you, O Christ. Sermon Hymn of the Day Give Thanks for Saints #428 REPTON Remembrance of the Faithful Departed P With reverence, thanksgiving and affection we remember before you, O everlasting God, all our departed family members and friends, especially those whose names are read to you now: P Keep us in union with them here through faith and love toward you, that hereafter we may enter into your presence and be numbered with those who serve you and look upon your face in glory everlasting, through your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. C Amen. Lighting of the Candles You are invited to come forward at this time to light a candle as a tangible way to thank God for sharing with you your departed loved ones. + -8- + How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place from A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms Chancel Choir How lovely is Thy dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts! For my soul, it longeth yea fainteth for the courts of the Lord; My soul and body crieth out, yea, for the living God. How blest are they that dwell within Thy house. They praise Thy name evermore. -Psalm 84 Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s 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 to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Sharing of the Peace P The peace of Christ be with you always. C And also with you. (Take time to share God's peace with fellow worshipers) + -9- + MEAL The Offering See What Love from St. Paul by Felix Mendelssohn text: 1 John 3:1 Chancel Choir See what love hath the Father bestowed on us in his goodness, that we should be called God’s own children. Assembly Song Offertory Prayer + - 10 - + Great Thanksgiving P It is indeed right and salutary … …we praise your name and join their unending hymn: + - 11 - + The Lord’s Prayer 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 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, forever and ever. Amen P Taste and see that the Lord is good. C Thanks be to God. Communion Notes: You are invited to come and receive the real presence of Christ in the sacrament. The ushers will direct you forward. Lamb of God + - 12 - + Music During Communion What Wondrous Love Is This Traditional Appalachian Hymn Arranged by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw Chancel Choir What wondrous love is this, O my Soul. That caused the Lord of bliss To bear the dreadful curse for my soul? When I was sinking down, Sinking down, Beneath God’s righteous frown, Christ laid aside his crown for my soul. To God and to the Lamb I will sing, To God and to the Lamb, Who is the Great I Am, While millions join the theme, I will sing. And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on. I’ll sing His love for me, And through eternity I’ll sing on. Sing With All the Saints in Glory #426 MISSISSIPPI P The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. C Amen. Post Communion Song + - 13 - + SENDING Blessing Sending Song For All the Saints #422 SINE NOMINE Dismissal Crossing the Bar Chancel Choir poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) music by Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947) In this poem, Tennyson uses imagery of the sea to create a metaphor of the journey from life to death. Crossing the bar refers to the crossing of the sandbars that develop close to the shore. They provide a natural barrier between the safety of the shore and the mysterious ocean. As waves crash against these sandbars in their attempt to reach the shore, a loud mournful sound is created which Tennyson refers to as the “moaning of the bar”. Instead of this turbulent water that causes the moaning of the bar, the poet wishes for a tide that is so full it seems asleep, containing no foam or sound. Like a flood, it will carry him beyond the limits of time and space where he will see his Pilot face to face. Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea. But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. + - 14 - + Twilight and evening bell And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar. I can see my Pilot face to face, Across the bar! Voluntary Rejoice in God’s Saints David Cherwien This Week’s Events Today Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday 8:15 9:00 9:30 10:30 5:00 6:15 9:00 9:30 7:00 12:00 1:30 6:30 7:30 7:00 9:00 10:00 5:30 a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. Worship Children’s Choir SCS Worship Confirmation Youth Prayer breakfast Sewing Christian Ed Bible study Staff Adult Confirmation camp Social Ministry Chancel Choir Al-Anon AA & Al-Anon Worship All are Welcome! Top of the Hill Preschool Open House TODAY, Sunday from 2-4 p.m. Come see the classrooms and meet the teachers! Stewardship Weekend Join us in worship November 8/9, as we celebrate God’s overwhelming generosity in our congregation! From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2014 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #25629. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. CCLI license #1981122. One License #A-702740. + - 15 - + Remember in Prayer (Names will stay on the prayer list for one month, then they will be taken off unless we hear from you. And remember, you must have their permission to be added.) MEMBERS Onnolee Rader Judith Ault Jill HutchinsonMarie Devgen Michael & Sue Longo Roberts Bob Meckstroth Marion Schaefer Fran Updegraff Jim & Harriet Uphoff FAMILY & FRIENDS Bethany Brandy and Jamie, Pat Weaks’ family Paul Brand, Hanna family member Caroline Brown Bob Carpenter Connor and family, Mary Kaye Rhoades’ great-grandson Family of Bonnie Edman Scott Effinger Steven Ellis, friend of Pam Stephens John Gould, Jackie Dawson’s son Brenda Greer, friend of Lora Stowe Robert Hartman, Chris’ dad Barbara Haynes, Ray Strohminger’s sister Helen Jeter, George Bohlen’s sister Joaneth and Candice Kathy, friend of Laurie Harper Paul Knoop, Marge Williams’ brother-in-law Richard Lethander, friend of the Hanna family Linda and family, friends of the Hannas Matt and family, friends of the Hannas Jim Miller, Tim Roberts' co-worker Patty and family, friends of the Hannas Raymond, Vicki and Sam, Jim and Ann Kitchen’s family Matt Reichardt, Kim Buechele’s cousin - deployed Bob Rolf, Julie Worley’s dad Danny Rosenbaum, Gary and Donna’s uncle Lisa and Whitney Saleski Travis Sanders, Vicki’s son Carole Schlemmer, relative of the Minneman / Ewald family Michael Vance, Penny’s husband Vicky Williams, Tim Roberts' sister Gail Young, Jack and Ruth Whitaker’s daughter + - 16 - +