“The People of Christ Sharing the Love of Christ”

Christ Lutheran Church 300 East Monroe Street Austin, Texas 78704 (512) 442-5844 Website: www.christaustin.org

Rev. John C. Stennfeld, Pastor

COMMUNION ANNOUNCEMENT

Here at Christ Lutheran Church we believe, teach and confess that Jesus Christ is the only Savior from sin, and that He alone is the way to eternal life.

We believe, teach, and confess that in the Sacrament of Holy Communion the true body and blood of Jesus Christ is received along with the elements of bread and wine, and that the reception of this gift in faith is a means through which God Himself forgives our sins, strengthens us in faith, and unites us as His children.

If your own personal beliefs are in complete harmony with these Biblical truths, if you are a baptized Christian who has been instructed in these Lutheran confessions, if you recognize the reality of sin in your life and desire to receive God’s forgiveness, and if you acknowledge that receiving Holy Communion at our table expresses an implied unity with us in the body of Christ you are welcome to join us at the table of our Lord.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Christ Lutheran Church is to connect people to Jesus through:

● Inspirational worship ● Loving service ● Caring fellowship ● Relevant education so that they may know, and grow in, his love.

- 1 - SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY January 17, 2021

AS WE GATHER

Today we are called to remember that our bodies are not our own. Paul reminds us in the Epistle that we were bought with a price: the blood of Christ. Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. Our bodies, even our whole lives, belong to the Lord, and we are called to consider how we are to best steward the bodies God has given us for the sake of His kingdom.

PRESERVICE MUSIC

“I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry” H.I.S. Band

I was there to hear your borning cry, I’ll be there when you are old. I rejoiced the day you were baptized, to see your life unfold.

I was there when you were but a child, with a faith to suit you well; In a blaze of light you wandered off, to find where demons dwell.

When you heard the wonder of the word, I was there to cheer you on You were raised to praise the living Lord, to whom you now belong.

When you find someone to share your time and you join your hearts as one I’ll be there to make your verses rhyme from dusk till rising sun.

In the middle ages of your life, not too old, no longer young I’ll be there to guide you through the night. Complete what I’ve begun.

When the evening gently closes in and you shut your weary eyes I’ll be there as I have always been with just one more surprise.

I was there to hear your borning cry, I’ll be there when you are old I rejoiced the day you were baptized, to see your life unfold.

"I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry" © Words and music by John Ylvisaker, b. 1937 - 2 - WELCOME

HYMN “Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty” LSB #901

Open now thy gates of beauty; Zion, let me enter there, Where my soul in joyful duty Waits for Him who answers prayer. Oh, how blessed is this place, Filled with solace, light, and grace!

Gracious God, I come before Thee; Come Thou also unto me. Where we find Thee and adore Thee, There a heav’n on earth must be. To my heart, O enter Thou; Let it be Thy temple now!

Here Thy praise is gladly chanted; Here Thy seed is duly sown. Let my soul, where it is planted, Bring forth precious sheaves alone, So that all I hear may be Fruitful unto life in me.

Though my faith increase and quicken; Let me keep Thy gift divine, Howsoe’er temptations thicken; May Thy Word still o’er e shine As my guiding star through life, As my comfort in all strife.

"Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty" Text: Benjamin Schmolck, 1672-1737; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78, alt. Tune: Joachim Neander, 1650-80; setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 Text and music: Public domain

(Please rise) INVOCATION

Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the  Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen.

- 3 - OPENING SENTENCES Based on Psalm 139:1–2, 7–8; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20

Pastor: O Lord, You have searched and known us. People: You discern our thoughts from afar.

Pastor: Where shall we go from Your Spirit? People: Or where shall we flee from Your presence?

Pastor: If we ascend to heaven, You are there! People: If we make our bed in Sheol, You are there!

Pastor: Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. People: We were bought with a price, the blood of Christ.

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION

Pastor: Indeed, we were bought with the precious blood of Christ, and God calls on us to glorify God with our bodies, but we have failed to do this. We have lived as if our bodies and lives were our own, as if Your Son had not bought them with His blood. Such sins cause deep shame, yet even now, our heavenly Father invites us to come to Him and ask for forgiveness.

Silence for reflection.

Pastor: Heavenly Father, People: we have sinned by the things we have done and by the things we have left undone. Forgive us, remove the shame that clings to us, and make us new creations for the sake of Jesus. Amen.

Pastor: Almighty God, in His infinite mercy and grace, sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins. In His resurrection, He removes our shame and makes us more than conquerors. 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  Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. We are forgiven in Christ. Our shame is removed.

SONG OF PRAISE “White as Snow” H.I.S. Band

White as snow, white as snow Though my sins were as scarlet, Lord, I know, Lord, I know, That I’m clean and forgiven. Thru the power of your blood, Thru the wonder of Your love, Thru faith in You I know that I can be…White as snow.

- 4 - 2nd & 3rd verse words by Pastor John God of love, God of love, you came down to redeem us From above, from above, sent your Son here to save us. Came to earth to set us free, gave your life on Calvary, Now we know that we will live eternally. God of love.

Here am I, here am I, just your clay to be molded. Lord on high, Lord on high, to be used in your service Here to glorify your name, help all people do the same, Now please take my hand and guide me when I cry…

Here am I, here am I, White as snow.

“White as Snow” Words and music by Leon Olguin © 1990 Sound Truth Publishing, Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing Used by Permission. CCLI License #769388

SALUTATION

Pastor: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you.

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Pastor: Let us pray.

Lord Jesus Christ, You paid for our lives with the price of Your blood on the cross. Strengthen us to serve You with pure hearts and minds, that we may be witnesses to the word of Your forgiveness; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. People: Amen.

(Please be seated) OLD TESTAMENT READING Psalm 139:1-10 (God creates the heavens and the earth.)

EPISTLE 1 Corinthians 6:12–20 (To whom does your body belong?)

- 5 - HYMN “O Lord, You Know and Have Searched Me” Text: Psalm 139:1-10 By Rev. John C. Stennfeld Tune: St. Peter

O Lord, you know and have searched me, You’re privy to my ways; My thoughts you know e’en from afar, And watch me all my days.

Before a word is on my tongue You know just what I’ll say; You see me when I sit and rise And when I kneel to pray.

Such knowledge is too wonderful, Too much for me to take, That you perceive my ev’ry thought And ev’ry move I make.

If to the heavens I should go, Or in the earth shall sleep, E’en there your hand will hold me fast And guard me as your sheep.

You made my inmost being, Lord, And knit my inner frame, Thus only you will I exalt And evermore proclaim.

(Please rise) HOLY GOSPEL John 1:43–51 (Jesus calls Philip and Nathanael.)

CREED Nicene Creed

People: I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.

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,

- 6 - 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  of the world to come. Amen.

(Please be seated) HYMN OF THE DAY “His Sheep am I” H.I.S. Band

In God’s green pastures feeding by His cool waters lie; Soft in the ev’ning walks, my Lord and I, All the sheep of His pastures fare so wondrously fine: His sheep am I.

Chorus: Waters cool, (in the valley), Pastures green (on the mountain) In the ev’ning (in the ev’ning) Walk my Lord and I. Dark the night (in the valley) Rough the way (on the mountain), Step by step (step by step), My Lord and I.

Through the streets of the city, In the darkness of the night, Far from the fold He heard my lonely cry, Now I sit at His table in a palace of light: His sheep am I. (Chorus)

- 7 - 3rd verse my Rev. John C. Stennfeld Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear because He gives me breath, Surely I will forever in the Lord’s house dwelleth, His Sheep Am I. (Chorus)

Chorus: Waters cool, (in the valley), Pastures green (on the mountain) In the ev’ning (in the ev’ning) Walk my Lord and I. Dark the night (in the valley) Rough the way (on the mountain), Step by step (step by step), My Lord and I.

"His Sheep Am I" words and music by Orien Johnson © Words and music: 1984 Curb Word Music Used by Permission. CCLI License #769388

SERMON Who Owns You? Text: I Corinthians 6:12-20

OFFERING

(Please rise) PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH

LORD’S PRAYER

People: 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.

THE WORDS OF OUR LORD Matthew 26:26–28; Mark 14:22–24; Luke 22:19–20; 1 Corinthians 11:23–25

- 8 - PROCLAMATION OF CHRIST

Pastor: As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. 1 Corinthians 11:26 People: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20

PAX DOMINI

Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you always. People: Amen

AGNUS DEI “Agnus Dei II” H.I.S. Band

Lamb of God, you gave your life, To free me from my sinful strife. Wash me now, of all my sin. Fill me with, your grace within. Help me to trust in you this day, Help me to follow you I pray.

“Agnus Dei II” Words by John C. Stennfeld Music by Fred Frieling

(Please be seated) DISTRIBUTION SONGS

“When Morning Gilds the Skies” LSB #807

When morning gilds the skies, My heart, awaking cries, “May Jesus Christ be praised!” When evening shadows fall, This rings my curfew call: “May Jesus Christ be praised!”

When mirth for music longs, This is my song of songs: “May Jesus Christ be praised!’ When evening shadows fall, Hath none that can compare With “Jesus Christ be praised!’

No lovelier antiphon In all high heav’n is known

- 9 - Than “Jesus Christ be praised!” There to the eternal Word The eternal psalm is heard: “May Jesus Christ be praised!’

Ye nations of mankind, In this your concord find: “May Jesus Christ be praised!” Let all the earth around Ring joyous with the sound: “May Jesus Christ be praised!”

Sing, suns and stars of space, Sing ye that see His face, Sing, “Jesus Christ be praised!” God’s whole creation o’er, Both now and evermore Shall Jesus Christ be praised!

"When Morning Gilds the Skies" Text: Katholishes Gesangbuch, Würzburg, 1828; tr. Robert S. Bridges, 1844-1930, alt. Tune: Joseph Barnby, 1838-96; setting: Service Book and Hymnal, 1958 Text and music: Public domain

“Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord” LSB #637

Draw near and take the body of the Lord, And drink the holy blood for you outpoured; Offered was He for greatest and for least, Himself the victim and Himself the priest.

He who His saints in this world rules and shields, To all believers life eternal yields; With heav’nly bread He makes the hungry whole, Gives living waters to the thirsting soul.

Come forward then with faithful hearts sincere, And take the pledges of salvation here. O Lord, our hearts with grateful thanks endow As I this feast of love You bless us now.

"Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord" Text: Latin, 7th cent.; tr. John Mason Neale, 1818-66, alt. Tune: Trente quatre Pseaumes de David, Geneva, 1551, ed. Louis Bourgeious; setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 Text and music: Public domain

- 10 - (Please rise) POST-COMMUNION THANKSGIVING

Pastor: Let us pray.

We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You purchased and won us by the blood of Christ. We implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us to live as worthy witnesses of Your grace and wisdom; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. People: Amen.

BENEDICTION

SOLO “A Closing Prayer” Trinity Stennfeld

"A Closing Prayer" by Don Besig

(Please be seated) ANNOUNCEMENTS

POSTLUDE Organist

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PASTOR: Rev. John C. Stennfeld

ORGANIST: Phyllis Trautner

LECTOR: Clayton Pillack

FLOWERS: In Remembrance of Tommy Nanyes’ birthday January 23rd ______

Acknowledgment: Music is reprinted through CCLI license #769388 or through hymnal/songbook ownership or song is in Public Domain and not copyrighted. "Liturgy / Hymns from Lutheran Service Book copyright Concordia Publishing House" Lutheran Service Book Hymn License #10004991

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THIS WEEK TODAY: TODAY: Worship Service 9:30 A.M. Adult Discipleship 10:45 A.M. NEXT SUNDAY: Worship Service 9:30 A.M. Special Voters’ Meeting 10:35 A.M. Adult Discipleship Following Voters’ Meeting

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