Worship Service
Sunday, September 18, 2022, at 10 a.m.
WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS
*INVOCATION
Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the † Son and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
Pastor: Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
People: Amen.
Pastor: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(Silence for reflection and self-examination)
Pastor: Most merciful God,
People: We confess that we are in bondage to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
Pastor: Almighty God, in his mercy, has given his Son to die for us and, for his sake, 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.
People: Amen.
GREETING
Pastor: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
People: And also with you.
*OPENING SONG Open the Eyes of My Heart
Verse
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord, Open the eyes of my heart,
I want to see You, I want to see You (Repeat)
Chorus
To see you high and lifted up, shining in the light of your glory,
Pour out your pow’r and love, as we sing, “holy, holy, holy.”
Bridge
Holy, holy, holy; Holy, holy, holy,
Holy, holy, holy; I want to see you.
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KYRIE
HYMN OF PRAISE
Prayer of the Day
Lay Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Lay Leader: Let us pray. . . God among us, we gather in the name of your Son to learn love for one another. Keep our feet from evil paths. Turn our minds to your wisdom and our hearts to the grace revealed in your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
People: Amen.
CHILDREN’S CHURCH DISMISSAL
FIRST LESSON 1 Timothy 2:1-7
1First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, 2for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. 3This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, 6who gave himself a ransom for all – this was attested at the right time.7For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Lay Leader: The word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
*VERSE
*GOSPEL LESSON Luke 16:1-13
Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the fourteenth chapter.
People: Glory to you, O Lord.
1Then Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 2So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.’ 3Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.’ 5So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6He answered, ‘A hundred jugs of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.’ 7Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘A hundred containers of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill and make it eighty.’ 8And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. 9And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.
10“Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. 11If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 12And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? 13No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
Pastor: The Gospel of the Lord
People: Praise to you, O Christ.
THE MESSAGE Pastor Kris Brower
*THE HYMN OF THE DAY Blessed Be Your Name
Verse 1
Blessed Be Your Name, In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow, Blessed be Your name
Verse 2
Blessed Be Your name, When I’m found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness, Blessed Be Your name
Pre-Chorus
Every blessing You pour out I’ll, turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord, Still I will say
Chorus
Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be Your glorious name
Verse 3
Blessed be Your name, When the sun’s shining down on me
When the world’s ‘all as it should be, Blessed be Your name
Verse 4
Blessed be Your name, On the road marked with suffering
Though there’s pain in the offering, Blessed be Your name
Bridge
You give and take away, You give and take away
My heart will choose to say, Lord, blessed be Your name
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*THE APOSTLES’ CREED
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again 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.
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Each prayer petition will end with –
Lay Reader: Lord in your mercy
People: Hear our prayer.
PEACE
Lay Leader: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
People: And also with you.
OFFERTORY PRAYER
Lay Leader: Let us pray. Merciful Father,
People: We offer with joy and thanksgiving what you have first given us—ourselves, our time, and our possessions, signs of your gracious love. Receive them for the sake of him who offered himself for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
DIALOGUE
Pastor: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Pastor: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
PREFACE
Pastor: It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everliving God. But chiefly we are bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of our Lord; for he is the true Passover Lamb who gave himself to take away our sin, who by his death has destroyed death, and by his rising has brought us to eternal life. And so, with Mary Magdalene and Peter and all the witnesses of the resurrection, with earth and sea and all their creatures, and with angels and archangels, cherubim and seraphim, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
THANKSGIVING
Pastor: Blessed are you, Lord of heaven and earth. In mercy for our fallen world you gave your only Son, that all those who believe in him should not perish, but have eternal life. We give thanks to you for the salvation you have prepared for us through Jesus Christ. Send now your Holy Spirit into our hearts, that we may receive our Lord with a living faith as he comes to us in his holy supper.
People: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
Pastor: In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.
Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Pastor: Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray:
People: 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.
COMMUNION DISTRIBUTION:
At All Saints, we practice open communion. If you believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and have been baptized, you are invited to commune. Those not receiving the bread and wine are invited to come forward for a blessing. Grape juice is also available.
COMMUNION SONG Simplicity
Verse 1
I come in simplicity, longing for purity
To worship you in spirit and truth, Only you
Lord strip it all away, till only you remain
I’m coming back to my first love, Only you
Chorus
You’re the reason I sing, the reason I sing
Yes my heart will sing, How I love you
And forever I’ll sing, forever I’ll sing
Yes my heart will sing, How I love you
Verse 2
I come with my broken song, to you the perfect one
To worship you in spirit and truth, Only you
Give me a childlike heart, lead me to where you are
Cause I’m coming back to my first love, Only you (Chorus)
Bridge
How I love you, how I love you
How I love you, my first love. (Chorus)
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POST-COMMUNION BLESSING
Pastor: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace.
People: Amen.
POST-COMMUNION PRAYER
Lay Leader: We give you thanks, almighty God, that you have refreshed us through the healing power of this gift of life; and we pray that in your mercy you would strengthen us, through this gift, in faith toward you and in fervent love toward one another; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.
People: Amen.
BLESSING
Pastor: Almighty God, Father, ☩ Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever.
People: Amen.
*CLOSING SONG Lifesong
Verse 1
Empty hands held high, such small sacrifice
If not joined with my life, I sing in vain tonight
Pre-Chorus
May the words I say, and the things I do
Make my lifesong sing, bring a smile to You
Chorus 1
Let my lifesong sing to You; Let my lifesong sing to You
I wanna sign Your name, To the end of this day
Knowin’ that my heart was true
Let my lifesong sing to You
Verse 2
Lord I give my life, a living sacrifice
To reach a world in need, to be Your hands and feet (Pre-chorus)
Bridge
Hallelujah, Hallelujah let my lifesong sing to you
Hallelujah, Hallelujah let my lifesong sing to you
Hallelujah, Hallelujah let my lifesong sing to you
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SENDING
Pastor: Go in peace. Serve the Lord!
People: Thanks be to God.
Prayer Requests
Lois who is in hospice
Barb for the loss of her brother
Cindy for the loss of her mother
Sandra with cancer
Angela to get to walk on her own
Janice in her recovery from hospitalization
Healing for John David who has spotted tick fever
Healing for Patricia after surgery
Prayers for Stacey Welch’s mother and the Welch family mourning the loss of Steven’s mother
Patty and family mourning the loss of Jim
Beth, Teresa, Roxie & Rhonda, Marla, Doris
Bill for heart procedure
Wayne Maddox
Natalie & Mark in recovery
Matthew (healing after surgery)
Terry (who had a stroke) and Audrina the caretaker
Dillion, Kain
Anna, Val, Aleisha, Eva
Michael, Angela, Larry, Jill
James, Nancy, Lora
Paula, Maria, Paola
Fred, Rick, Lorene, Ken, Calla
Lydia & Angie
Charles Diehl
Waylon Spradling and family
Wayne Simpson (Heart)
Angela & Shane Grier for their reconciliation in faith
Pray for peace in Ukraine & children of Ukraine