“We Do Not Belong to the Night or Darkness”
Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
November 16, 2014
AS WE GATHER 
When Saint Paul wrote to the early Christians in Thessalonica, neither he nor they
knew when Jesus would return. Today as much as then, we are called to be mindful
of Jesus’ second coming and encourage one another with the Good News of Jesus
Christ. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God has redeemed us
and made us His very own children. Whenever Jesus does return, we are
comforted in knowing that we will live forever in peace with Him. God bless your
worship with us today.
 CONGREGATION NEWS 
OUR VISION STATEMENT: “To thrive as one Christ-centered family, welcoming
individuals from all walks of life, nurtured by God through faithful worship, education, and
excellent ministries as we gladly sacrifice for God’s kingdom. Our Shepherd’s vision
states we are a “family.” Jesus said in Luke 8:21, “My mother and my brothers are
those who hear the word of God and do it.” Gathered around His Word and led by His
Spirit, He has made us His family. As a family, we journey through the cycles of life,
rejoicing and mourning together, while awaiting our great family reunion when He
returns.
WELCOME TO OUR SHEPHERD! Today at the 8:00 a.m. service we will welcome into
membership; Caleb Baker, Jim Bohunsky (Lily), Sebastian & Brooke Bertoncini (Ian,
Gavin, & Aden), Krystin & Kyle Clore, Sam & Michelle Fultz (Madyson & Raegan). Next
week at 10:45 a.m. service we will welcome, Deb Criscuolo, Andrew & Nina Koehler
(Graham) and Mike Wilkerson.
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING ~ Join us for our next congregational meeting on
Sunday, November 23, between services. We will be voting on elected positions, the
constitution and by-law amendments, as well as receiving a financial report, and
information about the progress on the branding plan and website improvements.
CANDY AND NUTS ordered from the Ladies Guild fundraiser will be available after
services today!
PIE FELLOWSHIP ~ We hope you will join us after the Thanksgiving Eve service for a
piece of pie with fellow worshippers. Bring a pie to share and spend some time visiting
with your brothers and sisters in Christ before heading off to celebrate the holiday with
family and friends. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex to indicate if you will be
coming and bringing a pie.
ALL SAINTS FEST TICKETS are on sale until today! Tickets are $30/person and are
available during fellowship time between services. Child care is available at the church
for $10 the night of the event. Questions? Contact Cindy Taylor at 272-1065 or
[email protected].
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD ~ The school kids will be packing boxes on Tuesday
to send to children around the world. We still need school supplies, washcloths,
toothpaste & toothbrushes, combs and brushes. Our goal is 175 gift boxes. Please see
the donation box for a list of approved items and more information regarding this project.
Questions? Contact Karen Robertson at 742-7020 or [email protected].
Divine Service 3, p. 184 ff.
Confession/Absolution
p. 184
ANGEL TREE ~ Sunday, November 23, the angels on the Angel Tree will be available.
Please take one or more to help our needy and the families at Sheltering Wings. Be
sure to take note of any special instructions on the back of the angel. Please return the
angel with the gift.
Gloria Patri
p. 186
Kyrie
p. 186
Gloria in Excelsis
p. 187
MOPS ADVENT TEA ~ Tickets are now on sale for the annual MOPS Advent Tea on
Saturday, December 6 from 2-4pm. Tickets are $12 each for ladies high-school age and
above. Purchase tickets on Sundays between services, or see Jane Darlage in the
church office during the week. Questions? Contact Michelle Borcherding at
317.286.3627 or Kim Mourer at 317.443.3006.
Salutation/Collect of the Day
p. 189
SERVING THE CONGREGATION ~ Our Shepherd is looking for three people to serve
on the Mission and Ministry Council for a two-year term. If you are interested in serving
the church on the MMC, please contact the pastors, Mark Rhodes, Janet Mikeworth, or
Marcy Gaston.
Epistle Reading
See Insert
Alleluia & Verse
p. 190
TAKE A TRIP ~ Want to walk where Jesus walked, dip your toes in the Jordan River,
and pray in the Garden of Gethsemane? You can experience this and much more on a
pilgrimage to Israel with Pastor and Wendi Lepley. This pilgrimage is open to anyone
interested, members and non-members. Learn more from the trip brochure at the
Welcome Center or at the next informational meetings following Saturday worship
November 29 or during adult education time on Sunday, November 30.
FOR YOUR CALENDAR ~ Ladies Guild Meeting, November 18, 7pm; Ladies Circle
Meeting, November 20, 11:40am, Brownsburg Meadows (directions on the sign-up
sheet in the narthex); Food Pantry Drive-Up and Drop Off, November 22 before
6:30pm service and November 23 before 8am and 10:45am services; Christmas
Church Decorating, December 6, 9am; Choir Cookie Walk fundraiser, December 14,
between services; SWANS, December 14, 3pm, Hendricks County Symphony Christmas
Concert & dinner.
IN OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK: Recovering from illness/surgery: Jim Schneider, Ray
Orebaugh, Lily Bick, Nancy Weiss, Dory Stigall, Anita Hedrick, Ted Wagner, Diane
Richter, Joan Marshall, Mary Strakis, Natalie Smith, Tee Lipsey and Valerie Rieger. For
Jenny Garrison and all of our shut-ins. Battling cancer: Phyllis Everett, Cathy Loe and
Stacy (Weiss) Wedding. Our Indiana District, LCMS Synod and Worldwide Missions:
for Family of Christ Lutheran Church. Zeal to pray for missionaries here in the United
States and around the world. Christians persecuted around the world. The unsaved, for
faith in Jesus as their Savior. Our Armed Forces: Ryan Enlow, Andrew Pierson, Rex
Rafferty, David Rieger Sr., Shad Singer, Stephen Storey and Scott Zimmerman.
INDEPENDENT BIBLE READING…………………............Deuteronomy 19:15-27:8
Altar flowers are given this weekend to the glory of God by Chuck & Jean Comer
in memory of Chuck’s mother, Bulah, and Jean’s son, Daniel.
Opening Hymn
513
“The Clouds of Judgment Gather”
First Reading
See Insert
Musical Response
Holy Gospel
See Insert
Nicene Creed
p. 175
Children’s Message
10:45 am only
Sermon Hymn
511
“Herald, Sound the
Note of Judgment”
Sermon
“We Do Not Belong To
The Night or Darkness”
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Prayers of the Church
New Member Reception
(8:00am only)
Offering/Offertory
p. 192
Musical Offering
Service of the Sacrament p. 194-ff
Distribution Hymn
508
“The Day Is Surely Drawing Near”
Nunc Dimittis
p. 199
Closing Hymn
655
“Lord, Keep Us Steadfast
In Your Word”
Zephaniah 1:7-16
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Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for the day of the LORD is near. The
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LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited. “On
the day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the officials and the king’s sons and
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all those clad in foreign clothes.
On that day I will punish all who avoid
stepping on the threshold, who fill the temple of their gods with violence and
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deceit.
“On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish
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Gate, wailing from the New Quarter, and a loud crash from the hills. Wail,
you who live in the market district; all your merchants will be wiped out, all who
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trade with silver will be destroyed. At that time I will search Jerusalem with
lamps and punish those who are complacent, who are like wine left on its
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dregs, who think, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’ Their wealth
will be plundered, their houses demolished. Though they build houses, they
will not live in them; though they plant vineyards, they will not drink the wine.”
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The great day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. The cry on the
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day of the LORD is bitter; the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
That day
will be a day of wrath—a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and
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ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness— a day of
trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
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Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to
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you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the
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night. While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on
them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should
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surprise you like a thief. You are all children of the light and children of the
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day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be
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like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. For those who
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sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since
we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a
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breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us
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to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He
died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with
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him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in
fact you are doing.
Matthew 25:14-30
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“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and
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entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another
two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went
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on his journey. The man who had received five bags of gold went at once
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and put his money to work and gained five bags more. So also, the one with
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two bags of gold gained two more. But the man who had received one bag
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went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. “After a long
time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.
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The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’
he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five
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more.’ “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have
been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come
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and share your master’s happiness!’
“The man with two bags of gold also
came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have
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gained two more.’ “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant!
You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many
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things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ “Then the man who had
received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard
man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not
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scattered seed.
So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the
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ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’ “His master replied, ‘You wicked,
lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather
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where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money
on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it
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back with interest. “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one
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who has ten bags. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have
an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken
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from them.
And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness,
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
SERVING US THIS WEEK . . .
Preacher:
Pastor Phil Rigdon
Organist:
Joyce Zimmerman
Communion Assistants:
8:00 Fred Norman
Lay Readers:
8:00
Ushers:
8:00 Dan Weiss
Bill Bailey
Dave Schuch
Fred Norman
Roger Brockway
Greeters:
8:00 Bob & Shirley Wittman
Paul & Sheila Walter
Elder:
Chris Sofianos
10:45
10:45
10:45
Dave Dobler
David Godby
Ken Mikeworth
Christopher Mikeworth
Dave Dobler
Theo Cronauer
10:45
Norm & Amy Hedges
Jim & Ruth Boller
OUR RESPONSE THROUGH LAST WEEK:
In Worship: 613
In Financial Support:
Saturday
61
Tithes vs Budget
8:00 am
208
$36,241 $38,800
10:45 am
314
Tithes YTD vs YTD Tithes Budget
$327,053 $337,900
Wednesday 30
Employer Match YTD vs Budget
$11,550 $13,565
Thrivent YTD vs Thrivent Budget YTD
$1113.00 $1300
Total Income YTD vs Budget
$734,801 $748,922
Wednesday, November 12 Tithes
$724.00