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Reformation Sunday

10:00 AM Service October 23, 2023

GATHERING

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Ringing of the Bell

(Please Stand)

Confession and Forgiveness

L: Blessed be God, the one who forms us, + Jesus who bears the cross, the Spirit who makes our joy complete.

L: Let us bow before God in humility, confessing our sin.

(a time for silence, meditation, and self-examination.)

L: Steadfast and faithful god,

C: You have revealed the ways of justice, yet we fail to follow you. We are overwhelmed by the world’s violence and suffering. We are afraid to risk what we have for the sake of others. For the harm we have caused, known and unknown, forgive us. For the unjust demands we place on others and your creation, forgive us. For the ways we turn away from you and our neighbor, forgive us. Lead us back to you and set us on the right path; in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen.

Hymn # 504 “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”

L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion

of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

C: And also with you.

This is the Feast...

Refrain

L: Let us pray:

All: Almighty God, gracious Lord, we thank you that your Holy Spirit renews the church in every age. Pour out your Holy Spirit on your faithful people. Keep them steadfast in your word, protect and comfort them in times of trail, defend them against all enemies of the gospel, and bestow on the church your saving peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

WORD

First Reading Jeremiah 31: 31—34 Pg.1227

R: Word of God, Word of life. C: Thanks be to God.

Psalm Psalm 46 Pg. 885

Refrain

PS 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

PS 46:2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the

mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

PS 46:3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

Refrain

PS 46:4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy

place where the Most High dwells.

PS 46:5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.

Refrain:

PS 46:6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

PS 46:9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow

and shatters the spear, he burns the shields with fire.

PS 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the

nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

Refrain

Second Reading: Romans 3: 19—28 Pg. 1750

R: Word of God, Word of life. C: Thanks be to God.

Children’s Sermon Deacon Andrew More

(Please rise for the Gospel.)

After the Gospel is announced, we sing

The Gospel according to John, the eighth chapter.

Gospel Reading John 8: 31—36 Pg. 1534

After the reading of the Gospel, we sing

(Please be seated)

Sermon Rev. Kristine Franke Hill

(Please Stand)

Hymn # 768 “Lead Me, Guide Me”

L: Together with the whole church, we confess our faith:

All: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ,

God’s 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 to the dead.

On the third day he rose again.

He ascended into heaven,

He is seated at the right hand of the Father,

And he will come 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

L: . . . God of Grace

C: Hear our prayers.

Sharing of the Peace

L: The peace of Christ be with you always.

C: And also with you!

L: You may share the peace with one another.

Offering

Offering Hymn # 519 “Open Your Ears, O Faithful People”

Please stand as the last verse is sung and the offering is brought forward.

L: Let us pray.

All: God of power, God of plenty, all things belong to you. We bring your gifts to the table, that all might be fed. Form us into the body of your Beloved, Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen.

MEAL

P: It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise. . . We praise your name and join their un-ending hymn:

Eucharistic Prayer

P: Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal:

you we praise and glorify, you we worship and adore.

You formed the earth from chaos; you encircled the globe with air;

you created fire for warmth and light; you nourish the lands with water.

You molded us in your image, and with mercy higher than the mountains, with grace deeper than the seas,

you blessed the Israelites and cherished them as your own.

That also we, estranged and dying, might be adopted to live in your Spirit, you called to us through the life and death of Jesus.

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.

Together as the body of Christ,

we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes:

Christ has died.

Christ is risen.

Christ will come again.

P: We give you thanks, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for this blessing of for-giveness and new life, and we ask, Lord…

P: Remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your 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

Invitation to Communion

Communion Hymns

Hymn # 774 “What a Fellowship”

Hymn # 886 “Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing”

SENDING

Blessing

P: The God of glory, Jesus name above all names, and the Spirit who lives within you, bless you now and forever.

Hymn # 660 “Lift High the Cross”

L: Go in peace. God is at work in you. C: Thanks be to God.

Postlude

Our thanks to those who serve as our worship leaders today:

Our Reader—Jim Johnson