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Offertory – LBW, pg. 86 Ushers: Darrell Davidson, Jerry Goff, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Scott Huston, Charles Halvorson [email protected] www.trinitybenson.org Offertory Prayer : Jack Helgenset, Isaac Wilson Art Wiese, Office:842-6981 Let us pray: Merciful Father, we offer : Confirmation student Home: 320-354-0328 Cell: 320-212-1487 with joy and thanksgiving what you have Guild: Pam Anderson, Secretary All Saints Sunday first given us – ourselves, our time, and Peg Cameron, Belinda Sanders November 3, 2019 9:00am our possessions, signs of your gracious Assisting : Jodee Erickson love. Receive them for the sake of him Prelude-Miriam Lindblad – LBW, pg. 78 who offered himself for us, Jesus Christ Prayer concerns: Don DuHoux, Susan our Lord. Amen. Egenes, Tom Huston, Ruth Plackner, Bells Hymn of Praise – pg. 81 Brock Slaughter – LBW, pg. 89 Welcome and Announcements Prayer of the Day – pg. 82 It’s a girl. Congratulations to Brandon & Let us Pray: God of Elijah, with great fire Lord’s Prayer – LBW, pg. 91 Allison Lang on the birth of a daughter on Brief Order for Confession & Forgiveness you made your presence known to the Oct. 20th. We confess our sins before God and one worshipers of Baal. Help us to resist the Distribution Hymns: LBW 176, 351, 239 another. temptation to place our trust and faith in New Members: Jeff, Jessica & Liam Pause for silence and reflection. anything other than you. Receive our Blessing – LBW, pg. 92 Anderson, Don & Ruth Plackner, Jason Creator God, we have given you so many worship and strengthen our faith. Heinzig reasons to grieve. We disrespect your Amen. Post- Canticle – LBW, pg. 92 creation. We long for personal glory, All the saints who joined the kingdom material riches and other things which “Shall We Gather at the River” Post-Communion Prayer - LBW, pg. 94 through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism don’t last. We mistreat ourselves and director - Shelly Mikkelson Pour out upon us the spirit of your love, O since last All Saints Day – Brooke Staton, each other. We forget the power of your accompanist - Lorri Pederson Lord, and unite the wills of those whom Olivia Moser, Alayna Unke, Paisley promises. We ask your forgiveness, flute - Anne Duncan you have fed with one heavenly food; Ascheman, Liam Unke, Audrey Wade, Elle counting on your never-failing mercy, in through Jesus Christ our Lord. Hoffman Jesus’ name. Amen. First Reading: 1 Kings 18: [17-19] 20-39 Amen. God’s covenant is eternal, and God’s [When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to All the saints from Trinity & family who promise is trustworthy: you are forgiven him, “Is it you, you troubler of Blessing – LBW, pg. 94 went home to the Lord since last All Saints and belong to the communion of saints Israel?” 18He answered, “I have not Day – Viola Schuerman, Clinton forever. Rejoice and be glad. troubled Israel; but you have, and your Hymn – LBW #259 Schuerman, James Sandstrom, Donald Amen. father’s house, because you have forsaken “Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing” Wilts, Palmer Slaughter Mike Heinzig, Bob the commandments of the Lord and 19 Young, John Harder, Dean Christenson, Hymn – LBW #500 followed the Baals. Now therefore have “Faith or Our Fathers” all Israel assemble for me at Mount Bells Michaela Sexton Carmel, with the four hundred fifty Greeting – LBW, pg. 78 prophets of Baal and the four hundred Go in peace. Serve the Lord. The grace for our Lord Jesus Christ, the prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s Thanks be to God. love of God, and the communion of the table.”] 20So Ahab sent to all the Israelites, Holy Spirit be with your all. and assembled the prophets at Mount Postlude And also with you. Carmel. 21Elijah then came near to all the people, people came closer to him. First he repaired Psalm #100 The of the Lord. and said, “How long will you go limping the altar of the Lord that had been thrown 1Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the ♪ Praise be to you, O Christ. with two different opinions? If the Lord is down; 31Elijah took twelve stones, earth. God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow according to the number of the tribes of the 2Worship the Lord with gladness; come Children’s him.” The people did not answer him a sons of Jacob, to whom the word of into his presence with singing. word. 22Then Elijah said to the people, “I, the Lord came, saying, “Israel shall be your 3Know that the Lord is God. It is he that Gospel Hymn – LBW #174, vs. 1-4 even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord; name”; 32with the stones he built an altar in made us, “For All the Saints” but Baal’s prophets number four hundred the name of the Lord. Then he made a and we are his; we are his people, and fifty. 23Let two bulls be given to us; let trench around the altar, large enough to the sheep of his pasture. Sermon them choose one bull for themselves, cut it contain two measures of seed. 33Next he 4Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no put the wood in order, cut the bull in courts with praise. Give thanks to him, – LBW #174, vs. 5-8 fire to it; I will prepare the other bull and pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, bless his name. “For All the Saints” lay it on the wood, but put no fire to “Fill four jars with water and pour it on the 5For the Lord is good; his steadfast love it. 24Then you call on the name of your god burnt offering and on the wood.” 34Then he endures forever, and his faithfulness to Apostles’ Creed, LBW, pg. 85 and I will call on the name of the Lord; the said, “Do it a second time”; and they did it all generations. god who answers by fire is indeed God.” a second time. Again he said, “Do it a third Recognition of New Members All the people answered, “Well time”; and they did it a third time, 35so that Verse – LBW, pg. 83 [The new members are named and spoken!” 25Then Elijah said to the prophets the water ran all around the altar, and filled invited to come forward to stand at the of Baal, “Choose for yourselves one bull the trench also with water. 36At the time of Gospel: Mark 9:2-8 .] and prepare it first, for you are many; then the offering of the , the prophet The gospel according to Mark, the 9th With great joy we recognize that you call on the name of your god, but put no Elijah came near and said, “O Lord, God of chapter. have come to us during the past year from fire to it.” 26So they took the bull that was Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known ♪Glory to you, O Lord. other congregations in other places. We given them, prepared it, and called on the this day that you are God in Israel, that I Six days later, Jesus took with him thank God for your presence among us. name of Baal from morning until noon, am your servant, and that I have done all Peter and James and John, and led them up And we look forward to our ongoing crying, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was these things at your bidding. 37Answer me, a high mountain apart, by themselves. And fellowship and the gifts you will bring to no voice, and no answer. They limped O Lord, answer me, so that this people may he was transfigured before them, 3and his life of our congregation. about the altar that they had made. 27At know that you, O Lord, are God, and that clothes became dazzling white, such as no We welcome you as members of noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry you have turned their hearts back.” 38Then one on earth could bleach them. 4And there Trinity Lutheran Church of Benson to aloud! Surely he is a god; either he is the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who join with us in worshiping God, hearing meditating, or he has wandered away, or he burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and were talking with Jesus. 5Then Peter said to his Word, and sharing his supper, is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and the dust, and even licked up the water that Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; proclaiming the good news of God in be awakened.” 28Then they cried was in the trench. 39When all the people let us make three dwellings, one for you, Christ through word and deed, serving aloud and, as was their custom, they cut saw it, they fell on their faces and said, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6He did all people, and striving for justice and themselves with swords and lances until “The Lord indeed is God; the Lord indeed not know what to say, for they were peace in all the earth. Amen. the blood gushed out over them. 29As is God.” terrified. 7Then a cloud overshadowed midday passed, they raved on until the time The Word of the Lord. them, and from the cloud there came a Prayer of the Church – LBW, pg. 85 of the offering of the oblation, but there Thanks be to God. voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen was no voice, no answer, and no to him!” 8Suddenly when they looked Peace – LBW, pg. 86 response. 30Then Elijah said to all the around, they saw no one with them people, “Come closer to me”; and all the anymore, but only Jesus. Offering Trinity is delivering Meals on Wheels November 4-8. Please sign up on the sheet on the bulletin board in the narthex. Thank you to everyone who volunteers.

WANTED: Ladies of the church to sign up for WELCA committees. Use this opportunity to sign up for a committee of your choice before the 2020 WELCA booklets are printed. We would love to add new members to the committees to share ideas. Contact Cindy Steffen or Marlene Giese. Next WELCA meeting is 11/3.

The Boys/Cub Scout are collecting gently used coats, hats, mittens etc. until the middle of November. There is a tub in the narthex to put items in.

This Weeks Schedule Sun All Saints Sunday 11/03 9:00-Communion Worship 10:00-Coffee Hour-Worship & Music Committee 10:15-Sunday School 10:30WELCA 5:00-Men’s Bible Study Mon. 2:45-5:15 TEAM Promise Wed. 5:15-Confirmation 11/6 6:30-Committee meetings 7:00-Council meeting 7:30-Senior Thurs. 8am-Quilting Sun 9:00- Worship 11/10 Acolytes: Sara Larson, Logan Hadfield Lector: Anne Duncan 10:00-Coffee Hour-Out Reach & Community Relations committee 10:15-Sunday School