Reformation Heritage

Heritage Sunday

REFORMATION SUNDAY

Heritage Sunday

God’s Word is our Great Heritage

And shall be ours forever . . .

We come from many backgrounds

We come from many generations

We come from many spiritual walks

We come from many ethnicities

We come from many experiences

Let us

Celebrate our unity in Christ

Let us

Celebrate our diversity in Christ.

Order of Worship

Prelude & Lighting of Candles

Call to Worship: (from the Mt. Carmel Setting - 2001)

(The following words are spoken over music with a sung response.)

Stand

P: Beloved, let us love one another because love is from God, And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

Response: “This is the way of love”

P: Those who do not love,

do not know God because God is love.

The love of God is made visible among us in this way:

God’s only son was sent in to the world

so that we might live through him.

Response: “This is the way of love”

P: This is the way of love:

Not that we have loved God

But that God has loved us,

And sent God’s son to wipe away our sins.1 John 4:7-10 (trans. Annal Frenz)

Response: “This is the way of love”

A: Let us pray,

C: O God, we know the way of love is through Your Son Jesus Christ. Inspire us to pour out that love to people everywhere: in our homes, our communities, our nation, our world. Amen.

Anthem: Amazing Grace/Pachelbell Cannon

arr. Shafferman

(Congregation joins in singing "Amazing Grace" after the choir does the

“Alleluia” & Amazing Grace verses of the Anthem.)

Gathering Song: Amazing Grace

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost but now am found

Was blind but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear

And grace my fears relieved

How precious did that grace appear

The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares

I have already come

'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far

And grace will lead me home.

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

In a believer's ear

It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds

And drives away his fear.

The Lord has promised good to me;

his word my hope secures;

he will my shield and portion be

as long as life endures.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years

bright shining as the sun,

we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise

then when we’ve just begun.

Text: John Newton, 1725-1807, Tune: NEW BRITAIN

Greeting (from The Lutheran Hymnal 1948):

P: In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost.

C: Amen.

Confession (from The Lutheran Hymnal 1948):

P: Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto God, our Father, beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.

P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.

C: Who made heave and earth

P: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord

C: And Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.

O almighty God, merciful Father, I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto thee all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended Thee and justly deserved Thy temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray Thee of Thy boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Thy beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being.

Introit The Lord of Hosts is With Us choir

(based on text from The Lutheran Hymnal 1948, Music by Lisa Frenz):.

Psalm 46

W. Michael Aguilar III, Shandy Music Industries, PO Box 10402, Portland, OR 97296.

.Song of Praise (from the Service Book and Hymnal 1958)

Glory be to the Father SBH pg. 43

Salutation:

P: The Lord be with you.

C: And with you.

Prayer of the Day

P: Let us pray...

Sit

Suggested Anthem: Standing On The Promises (Carter/Pethel)

First Lesson: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Second Lesson: Romans 3:19-28

Stand

Gospel Song: Here in This Place - v. 1 & 3

Here in this place new light is streaming,... we shall arise at the sound of our name.

Here we will take the wine and the water,... lives that are holy and hearts that are true.

Holy Gospel: John 8:31-36

P: The Holy Gospel is written in ...

C: Glory to you, O Lord

The Gospel is read.

P: The Word of the Lord

C: Praise to you, O Christ!

Nicene Creed:

We believe in one God the Creator Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Creator before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Creator by whom all things were made; who for us, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Creator. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Creator and the Son, who with the Creator and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Sit

Music for Meditation

Message

Stand

Theme Song: By Grace We Have Been Saved

Text: Rusty Edwards, stanzas; Frederick Whitfield, refrain

Music: North American traditional OH, HOW I LOVE JESUS

Selah Publishing Co. (CCLI)

Sit

Offering

Suggested Anthem: Wondrous Love (arr. Larry Shackley)

Stand

Offertory: All That We Have v.1

Text: Gary Ault

Music: Gary Ault, GIA Publications, Inc.

Offering Prayer (from With One Voice 1995 Augsburg Fortress):

A Let us pray. Merciful God,

C we offer with joy ..., Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayers of the Church:

Greeting of Peace:

P: God has received us, pardoned us and loved us; let us forgive each other in love and share the peace of Christ. Peace be with you.

C: And also with you.

(All may greet one another in the name of the Lord.

Please remain standing after returning to your seat.)

Great Thanksgiving & Preface (sung)

(from the Lutheran Book of Worship - 1978, pg. 68)

The Great Thanksgiving is begun by the presiding minister.

P: The Lord be with you....

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

P: It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times . . . (Here the minister continues with the proper preface, concluding:) we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

.Sanctus (from With One Voice, 1995, pg.22, Augsburg Fortress)

Institution of Holy Communion: (from the Mt. Carmel Setting - 2001)

P: For I received from the Lord

that which I also handed down to you—

that the Lord Jesus

in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;

and after giving thanks, He broke it and said,

“This is My body, which is for you;

do this in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, saying,

“This cup is the new covenant which is in My blood;

do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,

you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

I Corinthians 11:23-26(Trans. Annal Frenz)

The Lord’s Prayer:

P: Let us pray,

C: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.

Sit

Agnus Dei: O Christ, Thou Lamb of God

O Christ, thou Lamb of God

that takest away the sin of the world,

have mercy upon us!

O Christ, thou Lamb of God

that takest away the sin of the world,

have mercy upon us!

O Christ, thou Lamb of God

that takest away the sin of the world,

grant us thy peace! Amen

Text: German, 1528; based on the Agnus Dei; tr. unknown, Tune: CHRISTE, DU LAMM GOTTES

Distribution of Holy Communion

Stand

Dismissal from Holy Communion:

P: Now may the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ keep you always in God’s grace.

C: Amen.

Nunc Dimittis:(from The Lutheran Hymnal 1948): pg. 29

.Prayer: (from “Evening Prayer” Lisa Frenz - 2000)

A: In the quiet of our souls, in the comfort of your love we come to you, O Lord. We come for help; we come for wholeness; we come for forgiveness and love. For in the death of Christ is our death. In the life of Christ is our salvation. We live and die with Christ, our Lord.

All: Amen.

Benediction: "The Lord Bless You" Ronald E. Nitz, 1994 (See Music)

Community Announcements

Sending Song: A Mighty Fortress/God's Word Is Our Great Heritage

A mighty fortress is our God,... On earth he has no equal.

No strength of ours can match his might!... He holds the field victorious.

Though hordes of devils fill the land.... One little word subdues him.

God's Word is our great heritage

and shall be ours forever;

to spread its light from age to age

shall be our chief endeavor.

Through life it guides our way;

in death it is our stay.

Lord, grant while time shall last

your church may hold it fast

throughout all generations.

God's Word forever shall abide,... The kingdom's ours forever!

God's Word Is Our Great Heritage: Text: Nicolai F. S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872; tr. Ole G. Belsheim, 1861-1925, alt.

A: Go in peace. Serve the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Postlude