Saints Sunday November 5, 2017

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Pastor: Rev. Randall L. Weinkauf
Worship Services at 8:30AM & 11:00AM
Sunday School & Bible Classes (all ages) at 9:45AM
5th Sundays: 9:30 AM service/11 AM Potluck

Our Mission: To share God’s love in Jesus Christ by word and deed.

We Warmly Welcome You to Our Worship Services:
We welcome all visitors and pray that our worship will provide an opportunity for you to experi-
ence God’s love. We invite you to return and share in our mission and ministry for our Savior.
Attendance Registration Books:
Please fill out the attendance registration book found in the hymnal holders on the backs of the
pews and chairs. Print neatly using complete name and address. Pass it down your row; after
everyone has filled it out, return it to the center isle to be collected by the ushers.
Holy Communion:
We proclaim that the body and blood of Christ are present with the bread and wine in the
Sacrament for the forgiveness of sins and recommitment of our lives. Those able to exam-
ine themselves, accept Jesus as their Savior, confess their sins, and acknowledge his true
presence in the Sacrament are welcome to partake. Holy Communion is offered with both
common and individual cups. If you desire the common cup, wait for the server to bring it. The
common cup is filled with wine. The individual cups also have wine, except for the inner ring of
cups in the serving tray, which hold white grape juice. Gluten-free wafers are available. If you
have questions, please speak to the Pastor. If you would like assistance to the altar during
communion, speak to an usher.
Nursery and Infant Care Rooms:
Nursery care is available for children under four years of age from 8:15am – 12:15pm on first
floor; take south elevator from narthex to first floor. The Infant Care Room with a changing table
and rocker is located in Classroom 213 on the sanctuary level (second floor). Additional changing
tables are available on the sanctuary level in the family and men’s restrooms, in the women’s
restroom located across the hall from the Nursery in the lower level, and women’s restroom on
the same floor as the Activity Center.
Sunday School:
Visitors: If you are visiting today and your child would like to attend Sunday school, please bring
the child to Rooms 214 and 215, east of the sanctuary where they will be directed to the appro-
priate classroom.
Fellowship Between Services:
Please join us for refreshments and socializing in the Activity Center. Thank you!
Special Needs:
Visual: Large print service folders services are available.
Hearing: Hand-held amplification receivers with ear pieces are available at the usher's table.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing attendees of the early service are encouraged to follow the American
Sign Language (ASL) translation of the liturgy as provided by volunteers of the parish's Deaf Min-
istry.
Mobility: Spaces in the center aisle next to the short pews in the sanctuary are reserved for
wheelchairs, scooters and seated walkers. In addition, two wheelchairs are available for use in
the building. One is located on first floor of the west accessible entrance near the elevator; the
second is located in the coat rack of the narthex near the sanctuary.
Please ask an usher to assist you if needed.
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INTRODUCTION
All Saints celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who are the body of
Christ. As November heralds the dying of the landscape in many northern regions, the
readings and liturgy call us to remember all who have died in Christ and whose baptism is
complete. At the Lord’s table we gather with the faithful of every time and place, trusting
that the promises of God will be fulfilled and that all tears will be wiped away in the new
Jerusalem.

PRELUDE
Partita on For All the Saints—David M. Cherwien

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

GATHERING HYMN
“For All Your Saints, O Lord”

Words: Richard Mant, 1776-1848, alt. Public domain.
Music: William H. Walter, 1825-1893. Public domain.

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 GATHERING 

Stand, as you are able.

INVOCATION
P: In the name of the Father, and of the ☩ Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.

(We begin our worship around the word “ACTS”)
Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication

ADORATION—Psalm 34:1-10, 22
P: I will bless the Lord at all times;
C: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
P: My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
C: let the humble hear and be glad.
P: O magnify the Lord with me,
C: and let us exalt his name together.

P: I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
C: and delivered me from all my fears.
P: Look to him, and be radiant;
C: so your faces shall never be ashamed.
P: This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,
C: and was saved from every trouble.
P: The angel of the Lord encamps
C: around those who fear him, and delivers them.
P: O taste and see that the Lord is good;
C: happy are those who take refuge in him.
P: O fear the Lord, you his holy ones,
C: for those who fear him have no want.
P: The young lions suffer want and hunger,
C: but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

P: The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
C: none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

CONFESSION
P: God of all mercy and consolation,
come to the aid of your people,
turning us from our sin
to live for you alone.
Give us the power of your Holy Spirit
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that we may confess our sins,
receive your forgiveness,
and grow into the fullness
of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
C: Amen.

P: One with the communion of saints in all times and places,
let us confess our sin against God and one another.

Silence for reflection and self-examination.

P: O God, our merciful redeemer,
C: we confess the ways we live only for ourselves.
We fail to see you in our neighbor’s face.
We turn our ears from voices that cry out.
We pass by the hungry and the oppressed.
In your great mercy, forgive our sin
and strengthen us for service to all in need;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

P: In the mercy of almighty God,
Jesus Christ was given to die for us,
and for his sake
God forgives us all our sins.
As a called and ordained minister
of the Church of Christ,
and by his authority,
I therefore declare to you
the entire forgiveness of all your sins,
in the name of the Father, and of the ☩ Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.

THANKSGIVING
[Tune: Festal Song, ELW 427]

To God, the Father, Son, and Spirit, ever blest,
the One in Three, the Three in One, be endless praise addressed.

SUPPLICATION
P: Let us pray. Almighty God, you have knit your people together in one communion in the
mystical body of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Grant us grace to follow your blessed
saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have pre-
pared for those who love you, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: Amen.

Sit
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 WORD 

FIRST READING—Revelation 7:9-17
(Please see the back page of this worship folder.)
The book of Revelation is written to seven churches in western Asia Minor
during a time of great oppression. Today’s reading provides a response to
the question asked in 6:17: “Who is able to stand?” The writer responds to
the faithful with the assurance of God’s protection and a vision of eventual
victory.

After the reading:
A: The word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.

CHORAL ANTHEM (8:30 a.m. worship service only)
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SECOND READING—1 John 3:1-3 (Please see the back page of this worship folder.)
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.

After the reading:
A: The word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.

Stand, as you are able.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
P: Alleluia. They are before the throne of God,
C: and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them. Alleluia.
(Revelation 7:15)

GOSPEL—Matthew 5:1-12 (Please see the back page of this worship folder.)
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.

Before the reading: After the reading:
P: The holy gospel according to Matthew. P: The gospel of the Lord.
C: Glory to you, O Lord. C: Praise to you, O Christ.

Sit

SERMON

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HYMN OF THE DAY
“Blest Are They”
Words and Music: David Haas, b. 1957, copyright © 1985 GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Re-
printed under OneLicense.net #A-717236.
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Stand, as you are able.

APOSTLES’ CREED
P: God has made us God’s people through our baptism into Christ. Living together in trust
and hope, we confess our faith.
C: I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, his 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 into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From thence he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Christian Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life ☩ everlasting. Amen.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
P: Welcoming God’s reign of righteousness and mercy, let us pray with people of every time
and place.

After each petition:
P: Lord, in your mercy,
C: hear our prayer.

The prayers conclude:

P: Receive these prayers and the hopes and concerns of our hearts, O God, as we entrust
into your loving care all for whom we pray, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
C: Amen.

Sit

GATHERING OF OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY
“Partita on For All the Saints’”—David M. Cherwien

RECEIVING OF OFFERINGS
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GATHERING OF ATTENDANCE SHEETS
(All members, visitors, and guests are asked to sign the red Record of Fellowship and
return it to the end of the row.)

Stand, as you are able.

OFFERTORY PRAYER
P: Let us pray. Creator God,
you made everything, and you provide for every need.
The bread we break and the wine we pour come from you.
As we eat and drink with thanksgiving,
fill us with your love;
let that love flow through us to others;
and join us to the saints before us
in a holy and boundless communion;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
C: Amen.

 MEAL 

PREFACE
P: The Lord be with you.
C: And also with you.
P: Lift up your hearts.
C: We lift them to the Lord.
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
C: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

PROPER PREFACE
P: It is truly right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all places give
thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, through our Savior Jesus Christ. By
the witness of your saints you show us the hope of our calling and strengthen us to run the
race set before us, that we may delight in your mercy and rejoice with them in glory And so,
with all the saints, with the choirs of angels and all the hosts of heaven, we praise your
name and join their unending hymn:

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
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