Twenty-Seventh Sunday After Penticost  

November 16, 2008
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Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Penticost
November 16, 2008



Welcome! We thank God for bringing you here this morning
We pray that you hear the good news that through Jesus Christ
you have been reconciled to God!

 


Prelude                                                                                                   Priscilla Silver

 

Invocation

Confession and Absolution                                                 P: Pastor C: Congregation

P: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

C: 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 for self-examination.

 

P: Let us confess our sins to God our Father.

C: Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean.  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.  We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment.  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.

 

P: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins.  As  a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore declare to you the forgiveness of all your sins in the name of the Father and of the  Son and of the Holy Spirit. You are forgiven!

C : Amen.

 

Kyrie & Hymn of Praise

 

 

Apostolic Greeting, Prayer of the Day, & Sharing of the Peace

Children’s Catechesis                                                                       Russell Lackey

 

 

Scripture Readings                                                                                 Peggy Quinn

Judges 4:1-7………………………….……………………………………..page 376

I Thessalonians 5:1-11….……………………………………………….....page 1840

Matthew 25:14-30…...…………..…………………….………….……….page 1541

 

L: The Word of the Lord

C: Thanks be to God!

 

 

Anthem                                                                                                    Chancel Choir

“E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come”                                                                   —Manz

 

Special Music                                                                                                Ian Byrd

 

 

Sermon                                                                                                  Russell Lackey

“Enter into his joy”

 

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 Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.  Amen    

 

 

Gifts of Thanksgiving    

Offertory                                                                                                  Tim Martinez

“The Lord is My Light” (Psalm 27)                                                          - Craig Courtney

 

 

Prayers of the People                                                                               Frank Colaw 

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.

 

Lord’s Supper

 

 

The Great Thanksgiving                                  

P: The Lord be with you.

Q: And also with you

 

P: Lift up your hearts.

Q: We lift them to the Lord.

 

P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

C:  It is right to give him thanks and praise.

 

 

Words of Institution 

 

Benediction

 

P:   You are free in Christ!  Go in peace. 

C: Thanks be to God!

 

 

 


RLC-MMP, 11/23/2008