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WELCOME
Alleluia, Christ Is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed, Alleluia! Blessed Easter to all of you today! Welcome to everyone gathered here this day to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We especially welcome our visitors! Each Sunday throughout the year is a celebration of the resurrection of our Lord. We invite you to come and worship with us again. We ask that everyone fill out an attendance registration card found at each pew and return it to an Usher as the Offering is collected. Children are welcome in our Service and will be invited to come forward for a Childrens Message. Parents may accompany them if they wish. We have a staffed nursery facility for infants and toddlers located downstairs in this building for anyone who has need. Restroom facilities are located downstairs as well or on this floor level across the bridge before entering the fellowship hall. If you have any questions, please speak with an usher or greeter.
HOLY COMMUNION
Holy Communion will be celebrated in the 8:15 and 10:45 Services today. In this sacrament we receive Christs very body and blood for the forgiveness of sins. Those who are not members of Grace are asked to speak with our Pastor before partaking of this sacrament so that the unity of faith might be established. Thank you for honoring this request.
AS WE GATHER
Today is a day of celebration, a day of victory over sin and death and the fear that they give! Today is the feast of feasts! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. To that fact we voice our Alleluias! This Good News informs all of our lives, for if God can raise Jesus from the dead, He can bring life to any of our situations. He can take away our fear of death even as He has taken away our sins and remembers them no more. So today and every day we have reason to rejoice. We celebrate our Lord Jesus, no longer dead, but alive. This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24) This is certainly Good News!
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NEXT WEEKS READINGS The appointed readings for next Sunday, April 15th, The Second Sunday of Easter, are: The First Reading: Acts 4:32-35, The Epistle Reading: 1 John1:1-2:2, and The Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31.
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THE ORDER OF DIVINE SERVICE for THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD EASTER DAY
P Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: C The right hand of the LORD does valiantly, P The right hand of the LORD exalts, C the right hand of the LORD does valiantly! P I shall not die, but I shall live, C and recount the deeds of the LORD. P The LORD has disciplined me severely, C but he has not given me over to death. P Open to me the gates of righteousness, C that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
Pre-Service Music Lighting of the Chancel Candles Prelude Anthem Ringing of the Church Bell
Please rise and face the processional cross
Triptych for Easter Day - John Behnke Jesus Christ is Risen Today - Jeffrey Honore
P This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. C I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. P The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. C This is the LORDs doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. C Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen P This is the day that the LORD has made; C let us rejoice and be glad in it.
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Easter Dialogue
P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen P Alleluia! Christ is risen! C He is risen indeed! Alleluia! P This is the day that the LORD has made; C let us rejoice and be glad in it. P Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good C for his steadfast love endures forever! P Let Israel say, C His steadfast love endures forever. P Let the house of Aaron say, C His steadfast love endures forever. P Let those who fear the Lord say, C His steadfast love endures forever. P This is the day that the LORD has made; C let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Confession of Sins
P Let us then 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
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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
Kyrie
Absolution
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 forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen
P I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; C the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. P The LORD is my strength and my song, C and he has become my salvation P Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, C your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy. P You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; C you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. P You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, C the place, O LORD, which you have made for your abode, P the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. C The LORD will reign forever and ever. C Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen P I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; C the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
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P Let us pray. Almighty God the Father, through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You have overcome death and opened the gate of everlasting life to us. Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of our Lords resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by Your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
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Isaiah 25:69
Anthem
Today is Risen Christ the Lord, Alleluia - Melchior Vulpius Today is risen Christ the Lord, Alleluia, Alleluia! He doth for all men hope afford, Alleluia, Alleluia Now let us in these Easter days, Alleluia, Alleluia! To Triune God bring joyful praise. Alleluia, Alleluia
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Epistle
P This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God.
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1 Corinthians 15:111
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2 Tim. 1:10b
Alleluia
Holy Gospel
P The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the sixteenth chapter.
Mark 16:18
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Children's Message Sermon Hymn: Awake, My Heart, with Gladness Sermon LSB 467 sts. 15 Mark 16:18
The reading of the Holy Gospel. P This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Fears Overcome
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P Lord, in Your mercy, C hear our prayer. The prayers conclude with the following: P Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. C Amen
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And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men 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 at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life T of the world to come. Amen
Offering
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Offertory
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Sanctus
Prayer of Thanksgiving
P Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross. Gathered in the name and the remembrance of Jesus, we beg You, O Lord, to forgive, renew, and strengthen us with Your Word and Spirit. Grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament. Gather us together, we pray, from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, which has no end. Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve us. To You alone, O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen
Proper Preface
P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God. And most especially are we bound to praise You on this day for the glorious resurrection of Your Son, Jesus Christ, the very Paschal Lamb, who was sacrificed for us and bore the sins of the world. By His dying He has destroyed death, and by His rising again He has restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Mary Magdalene, Peter and John, and with all the witnesses of the resurrection, with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:
P Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: Take, eat; this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.
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In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.
Agnus Dei
John 1:29
Proclamation of Christ
P As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lords death until He comes. C Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. P O Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, in giving us Your body and blood to eat and to drink, You lead us to remember and confess Your holy cross and passion, Your blessed death, Your rest in the tomb, Your resurrection from the dead, Your ascension into heaven, and Your coming for the final judgment. So remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray:
Lord's Prayer
C 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
Matthew 6:913
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Distribution Communion Instructions: The Pastor invites the communicants, those who are able, to kneel and then distributes the host which may be received into the hand or the mouth. The Elder distributes the individual cups. The communicants are asked to hold their cups until the Pastor says, Take and drink. Hymn: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing Hymn: He's Risen, He's Risen Hymn: I Know That My Redeemer Lives Hymn: Crown Him with Many Crowns LSB 633 LSB 480 LSB 461 LSB 525
Pax Domini
John 20:19
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Benediction
Numbers 6:2426
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Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory and blessing. Blessing and honour, glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen.
Post-Communion Collect
P Let us pray. Gracious God, our heavenly Father, You have given us a foretaste of the feast to come in the Holy Supper of Your Son's body and blood. Keep us firm in the true faith throughout our days of pilgrimage that, on the day of His coming, we may, together with all Your saints, celebrate the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom which has no end; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Acknowledgments
Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder 2006 Concordia Publishing House.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND GODS BLESSINGS TO: April 9 Brandt Cline, Dana Herman, Kestin Schulz April 10 Suzanne Lindemann Hardman April 11 Grover Bud Evans, Angie Proud April 13 David Raddle April 14 C. C. Cate LAST WEEKS STEWARDSHIP Attendance: Sunday 4/1: 215 (8:15 124 and 10:45 91). Offerings: Sunday 4/1: $12,212.00. Lenten Vespers Service 3/28: $1,061.00. Building Fund: $705.00. Memorials: $205.00. Fan into Flame: $635.00. Thrivent Builds: $100.00 OUR CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY to the family of the Rev. Horace Chic Garton who died on Wednesday evening in Benton. Rev. Garton was the former associate pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Avilla. He is survived by his wife Dr. Jean Garton. CONGRATULATIONS AND GODS BLESSINGS to Richard and Tiffany Warriner on the recent birth of their daughter, Katherine Tillie Warriner. Katherines grandparents are Bob and Wendy Schmidt. 7th GRADE CONFIRMATION CLASS will NOT meet on Monday. 8th GRADE CONFIRMATION CLASS will meet on Friday at 4:15 p.m. in the Parlor. BOARD OF CHURCH PROPERTIES will meet on Tuesday, April 10th, at 6:00 p.m. in the Parlor. Roy Andrews is the director. BOARD OF ELDERS will meet on Tuesday, April 10th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Parlor. Gary Proud is the director. PARISH PLANNING COUNCIL will meet on Monday, April 16th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Parlor. Joel Junkans is the executive director. CONCORDIA SEMINARY FOOD BANK Thank you to everyone who has donated items for the Concordia Seminary St. Louis FOOD BANK. We continue to receive thank you notes from some of the families at the Seminary who benefit from your donations, and these notes are posted on the bulletin board by the Parlor. We will continue to collect non-perishable food items and other household items, such as boxes of cereal, 64 oz. juice, peanut butter, canned soup, dish detergent, liquid laundry detergent (approx. 75 oz.), toilet paper (4-pack), and diapers (sizes 2-6). Steve and Lisa Gertsch, who recently joined our Grace Family, will be going to St. Louis on April 13th. Please place your items on the table in the breezeway prior to Easter Sunday, April 8th, so that Steve and Lisa can pick them up prior to their trip on April 13th. Call the church office if you have questions. - 20 -
EASTER BREAKFAST It is a joy to have you in worship with us today as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The Board of Parish Fellowship is sponsoring an Easter Breakfast in Parker Hall after the Easter Sunrise Service and after the 8:15 Worship Service. Please join us for breakfast and fellowship. ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT The Easter Egg Hunt will start promptly at 10:00 a.m. outside on the south side of Parker Hall for all ages up to 8 years old. The eggs will be provided. Bring your Easter basket. THANK YOU to the choirs and instrumentalists for sharing their talents in praise to our Risen Lord in our worship services this morning. Thank you to the Board of Parish Fellowship and all who worked with them in setting up and serving the Easter Breakfast. We also appreciate all of those who served in various capacities in each of the services this morning, sharing their time and talents in many ways for this Easter Sunday celebration. REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: Mark Cate continues his recovery at home. Sherry Bischof continues her recovery and treatments. Jeanette Keehn continues her recovery at home. Dave Graf continues healing from an injury to his eye. - 19 -
PORTALS OF PRAYER for April -- June, 2012 are on the table in the back of the sanctuary. The devotions began April 1st so please pick up your copy and recycle your old one when you are finished with it. NOON DEVOTIONS WITH PASTOR Join us on Thursday, April 12th, at 12:00 noon in Parker Hall for Devotions with Pastor. Bring your Bible and a sandwich and join us as Pastor Walter leads our study. Drinks, chips and desserts are furnished. GRACE FOOD PANTRY We continue to provide food for those who need assistance. We need your help to keep the Grace Food Pantry stocked with non-perishable items. We can use canned meats, vegetables, and fruit, packaged meals, chunky soup, cereal, and other nonperishable food items. If you can help, please place these items on the counter in the kitchen downstairs in the church. Thank you for sharing in this outreach ministry. THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS THRIVENT BUILDS We are asking for support for the "Habitat-Thrivent Builds" effort at the 5004 Division St., NLR location. 1. We need able body volunteers for the wall raising. John Ketcher, Charles Stein, and Jim Robinson have volunteered so far. Volunteer forms can be found at the "Thrivent Builds" display on the bridge. 2. Your contributions are appreciated. Place your contributions in the Sunday collection plate. 3. We need a few food volunteers to help Marlene McLain. She can be contacted at 664-8745. Let me know if you will help Marlene. 4. Please keep the entire event in your prayers! The wall raising plan is as follows: A. On Saturday April 14th at 8:30 am the volunteers arrive. B. At 8:45 am the welcome and safety briefing will be given. The wall raising and other related tasks will follow. C. At 11:00 am a media and photo session will take place. D. At 11:30 am there will be lunch and snacks. E. At noon the project for that day will finish. If you have questions, contact John Ohnemus at 664-8753. THRIVENT BUILDS FOR HABITAT - "Directions to the 'Thrivent Build' site at 5004 Division St. in NLR. Cross the Broadway Bridge. Turn left onto W. 3rd St. Turn right at the circle onto Pike Ave. Follow Pike north beyond I-40. Turn left onto Parkway Dr. In two blocks turn right onto Division St. Ms. Ashley Shaw and her children will call 5004 their home. Ashley must contribute 150 hours of sweat labor toward the building of her new home. Water and drinks will be available. Portable toilets are available. Volunteers should bring sunscreen, hats, work gloves, hammers and work belts. If you have questions, call John Ohnemus at 664-8753. Check the Thrivent board on the bridge for picture and information updates." - 21 -
BASKET OF HOPE A Ministry of Caring The LWML Evening Guild has decided to support this ministry. Donated items include: baby bottles, rattlers, bibs, booties, blankets, disposable cameras, small photo books, journals or small stuffed animals. Place these items on the table in the breezeway. Brochures with additional information are available in the breezeway. If you would like to deliver baskets, send your contact information to patfunk@gracelutheranlr.org or call the church office.
MEMORIALS IN MEMORY OF MR. ERWIN WITTE Grandfather of David Witte TO THE GRACE BUILDING FUND By Robert and Sheila Wilimzig TO THE GRACE GENERAL FUND By Tim and Sandy Sweeney IN MEMORY OF MR. JOHN COLEMAN Son-in-law of Ralph and Joan Ann Olsen TO THE GRACE GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUND By Tuesday Morning Bible Class Bill and Mildred Wilkins TO THE GRACE GENERAL FUND By Nancy Finkbeiner Jon and Sandy Lindemann Tim and Sandy Sweeney
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