November 26th, 2017 THE ORDER OF WORSHIP

Christ the King

PRELUDE Chorale Prelude on O Christ the Same Wells
Holy Communion Now the Feast
WELCOME

INTRODUCTION INVOCATION

On this final Sunday of the church year our gospel is Jesus great story of In the name of the Father, and of the (+) Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
judgment. In the end, the faithful are those who served Christ by Amen.
ministering to those who are poor, hungry, naked, sick, or estranged. In the
first reading God is the shepherd who seeks the lost, weak, and injured and GATHERING SONG: O Savior, Precious Savior (ELW 820)
feeds them with justice. We gather this day to celebrate the reign of Christ
and his victory over death, yet awaiting the consummation of all things yet GREETING
to come. Acknowledging Christ as our merciful ruler, we go forth that his
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of
reign may be known in our loving words and deeds.
the Holy Spirit be with you all!
And also with you!
CHILDREN are always welcome to our Worship Service. Rainbow bags
KYRIE Now the Feast (ELW 157)
and a cry room are available. A staffed nursery is also available if needed.
An usher will gladly provide you with assistance.

As a worship courtesy, we ask that you please turn off or set to vibrate
all cellular telephones and pagers during the worship service.

We ask that all present today please fill out the Attendance and Communion
registration card found in your bulletin and place it in the offering plate so
that we may record your presence with us.

PRAYER UPON ENTERING THE PEW

Into your hands, almighty God, we place ourselves: our minds to know you,
our hearts to love you, our wills to serve you, for we are yours. Into your
hands, incarnate Savior, we place ourselves; receive us and draw us after
you, that we may follow your steps; abide in us and enliven us by the
power of your indwelling. Into your hands, O hovering Spirit, we place
ourselves: take us and fashion us after your image; let your comfort
strengthen, your grace renew, and your fire cleanse us, soul and body, in
life and in death, in this world of shadows and in your changeless world of
light eternal, now and forever. Amen.
CANTICLE OF PRAISE Now the Feast and Celebration (ELW 167)
PRAYER OF THE DAY will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them; I, the
LORD, have spoken.
O God of power and might, your Son shows us the way of service, and in
him we inherit the riches of your grace. Give us the wisdom to know what The word of the Lord.
is right and the strength to serve the world you have made, through Jesus Thanks be to God.
Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen. PSALM 95 Come Ring Out Your Joy (ELW 225)

Please be seated.

A MESSAGE FOR OUR CHILDREN

FIRST READING: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

A reading from Ezekiel.

Since Israels kings proved to be bad shepherds, Ezekiel declares that the
Lord will assume the role of shepherd in Israel. The Lord will also set over
them a shepherd-messiah, my servant David, who will feed and care for
the people.
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Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek
them out. 12As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their
scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the
places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick
darkness. 13I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the
countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on
the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts
of the land. 14I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights
of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing
land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15I
myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down,
says the Lord GOD. 16I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed,
and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat
and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.
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Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: I myself will judge SECOND READING Ephesians 1:15-23
between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21Because you pushed with flank
and shoulder, and butted at all the weak animals with your horns until you A reading from Ephesians.
scattered them far and wide, 22I will save my flock, and they shall no longer In this passage, God is praised for revealing ultimate divine power in
be ravaged; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. raising Jesus from the dead. The resurrected, exalted Christ is Lord both of
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I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall the church and the entire universe, now and in the age to come.
feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24And I, the LORD,
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I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the
saints, and for this reason 16I do not cease to give thanks for you as I
remember you in my prayers. 17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you
come to know him, 18so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you
may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches
of his glorious inheritance among the saints, 19and what is the
immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the
working of his great power. 20God put this power to work in Christ when he
raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly
places, 21far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and
above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to
come. 22And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head
over all things for the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of him who
fills all in all.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Please stand for the reading of the gospel.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
VERSE:
Blessed is the one who comes in the name | of the Lord.*
Blessed is the coming kingdom of our an- | cestor David. (Mark 11:9)
GOSPEL Matthew 25:31-46
As the Gospel is announced, worshippers are invited to trace a cross upon
their forehead, then over their lips, and then over their hearts, silently
praying, May the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ be ever on my mind, on
my lips, and in my heart.
The holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Matthew.
Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus compares himself to a king who moves among his subjects to see how
he is treated: what is done for the least of those who belong to his family is
truly done for him.
[Jesus said to the disciples:] 31When the Son of Man comes in his glory,
and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32All
the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one
from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33and he will
put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. 34Then the king will
say to those at his right hand, Come, you that are blessed by my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
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for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me
something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36I was naked
and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in
prison and you visited me. 37Then the righteous will answer him, Lord,
when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave
you something to drink? 38And when was it that we saw you a stranger and
welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? 39And when was it that we
saw you sick or in prison and visited you? 40And the king will answer
them, Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are
members of my family you did it to me. 41Then he will say to those at his
left hand, You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire
prepared for the devil and his angels; 42for I was hungry and you gave me
no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger
and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick
and in prison and you did not visit me. 44Then they also will answer,
Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked
or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you? 45Then he will answer
them, Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these,
you did not do it to me. 46And these will go away into eternal punishment,
but the righteous into eternal life.
The gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
 Please be seated. Each petition ends with:
Lord, in your mercy,
SERMON Pastor Charles Peterson hear our prayer.

Please stand for the hymn. 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
HYMN OF THE DAY: our Lord.
Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending (ELW 435) Amen.

CREED CONFESSION AND PROCLAMATION OF FORGIVENESS

Sisters and brothers, let us confess our sins in the presence of God and one
As they recite the creed, worshippers are invited to bow beginning with the
another.
words born of the Virgin Mary, until the words he descended to the
dead.
Silence for reflection and self-examination.
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and
Most merciful God,
earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We
have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally
done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our
begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God
whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the
from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father;
sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us,
through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he
and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways,
came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the
to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified
under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third
God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and
day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures; he ascended into
heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come made us alive together with Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ, our sins
again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will are forgiven. By grace we have been saved. Almighty God give us faith
have no end. through the Holy Spirit that the love of Christ may shine in our hearts and
show forth in our lives.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds Amen.
from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is
worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We Please rise and greet one another in the peace of the risen Christ.
believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one
baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the PEACE
dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
The peace of Christ be with you always.
And also with you.
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcoming Gods reign of righteousness and mercy, let us pray with
people of every time and place.
MUSIC AT THE OFFERING
Paraphrase on Beautiful Savior Christiansen

OFFERTORY HYMN: As the Grains of Wheat (ELW 465)

PREFACE

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

OFFERING PRAYER

Let us pray. O God, ruler of heaven and earth, all that we have and all that
we are come through you. We offer back in thanksgiving a portion of what
you have given us: our time, our work, and our wealth. With them we
dedicate our lives to the care and redemption of all that you have made,
through Jesus Christ, who gave himself for the salvation of the world.
Amen.

DIALOGUE
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER COMMUNION

Holy, mighty, and merciful Lord, heaven and earth are full of your glory. The body of Christ, given for you.
In great love you sent to us Jesus, your Son, who reached out to heal the The blood of Christ, shed for you.
sick and suffering, who preached good news to the poor, and who, on the Amen.
cross, opened his arms to all. In the night in which he was betrayed, our
Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his LAMB OF GOD O Christ, Lamb of God
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.

Remembering, therefore, his death, resurrection, and ascension, we await

his coming in glory. Pour out upon us the Spirit of your love, O Lord, and
unite the wills of all who share this heavenly food, the body and blood of
Jesus Christ, our Lord; to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honor
and glory, now and forever. Amen.

LORD'S PRAYER

Risen Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray:

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.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION

All who desire to leave their old lives behind and live in Christ, come to the
table!

All baptized people are welcome to the table to receive Christs body and
blood. If you have not been baptized, you are also welcome to the table as
Gods guest; we are honored by your presence. We recognize the Body of
Christ as the community of the baptized, so if you would like to become part
of the Body of Christ, we encourage you to seek baptism. If you cant or
dont wish to receive today, we encourage you to hold your hands over
your chest for a blessing as you come forward.
SONG DURING DISTRIUBUTION: Thine the Amen (EWL 826) SENDING HYMN Soon and Very Soon (ELW 439)

DISMISSAL

Go in peace. Love as God has loved you.

Thanks be to God.

POSTLUDE Toccata in C Pachelbel

UPCOMING COMMEMORATION

Andrew, Apostle
Thursday, November 30, 2017
The first of the disciples to be called by Jesus, Andrew quickly began to
bring others to the Savior, including Simon Peter. The Bible also shows
him leading some Greeks to meet Jesus, and he brought forward the boy
with five loaves and two fish, with which Jesus fed thousands.

The Altar flowers are administered by the worship committee. The 2018
Altar Flower chart is posted on the bulletin board in the lower lobby and
there is attached to it a tear-off sheet for donors to complete and hand into
the office or place in the offering plate for proper publication in the
bulletin.

If you would like to purchase flowers for worship in memory of or in honor

of someone, please sign up. The cost is $35 per arrangement, and checks
should be made out to Trinity Lutheran Church. The contact person is Mary
in the church office (614) 224.6818 or email: office@oldtrinity.com.
Please do not remove flowers unless you purchased them or made
arrangements.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF

Almighty God, you gave your Son Jesus Christ both as a sacrifice for sin
and a model of godly life. Move us by your Holy Spirit to receive him
always with thanksgiving and conform our lives to his; through the same
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
BLESSING
Almighty God, Father, +Son, and Holy Spirit bless you and keep you, now
and forever. Amen.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH?
We receive members throughout the year by Baptism, Affirmation of Faith,
Confirmation, Letter of Transfer, and New Member Instruction. Please
contact the church office with any questions. 224-6818.
Please feel free to take your bulletin and happenings with you.
If you wish to discard your bulletin, a recycling box is located at the exit.
Thank you.