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Agnus Dei Lutheran Church Fifth Sunday of Easter May 2, 2021 Agnus Dei Lutheran Church Fifth Sunday of Easter May 2, 2021 Gather The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God. Prelude I Danced in the Morning J. Wayne Kerr Welcome Pastor Chelsea Globe (University of Washington) Pastor Joel Langholz (Western Washington University) Deacon Karla Neumann-Smiley (Washington State University & University of Idaho-Moscow) Pastor Arianna Arends (Eastern Washington University) Call to Worship Pastor Joel Langholz & WWU students We are branches, rooted in the vine of Christ. We come because we seek to abide in Christ. The branches that remain in the vine bear much fruit. We come because we long to be spiritually vibrant, alive, productive. If we abide in Christ, then Christ’s words will abide in us. We come because we strive to be faithful disciples. We gather for worship now to the glory of the One God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. May we grow wildly as God tends us lovingly. Amen. Gathering Song By Way of Sorrow (Cry, Cry, Cry) Julie Miller Family of Grace Lutheran Church, Auburn, WA Verse 1: Verse 2: You’ve been taken by the wind You have drunk a bitter wine You have known the kiss of sorrows With none to be your comfort Doors that would not take you in You who once were left behind Outcast and a stranger Will be welcome at love’s tables Chorus: Verse 3: You have come by way of sorrow All the nights that joy has slept you have come by way of tears Will awake to days of laughter But you’ll reach your destiny Gone the tears that you have wept Meant to find you all these years You’ll dance in freedom ever after Meant to find you all these years Prayer of the Day Pastor Arianna Arends, EWU The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. Let us pray: O God, you give us your Son as the vine apart from whom we cannot live. Nourish our life in his resurrection, that we may bear the fruit of love and know the fullness of your joy, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Word God speaks to us in scripture reading, preaching, and song. Psalm 22: 25-31 First Reading: 1 John 4:13-21 Katie, UW student By this we know that we abide in God and God in us, because we have been given of God’s own Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world. God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as the Son is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoev- er fears has not reached perfection in love. We love because God first loved us. Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a sister or brother whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. The commandment we have from God is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. 2 Holy wisdom, holy word. Thanks be to God. Children’s Message “In the Vineyard” Pastor Chelsea Globe, UW Gospel John 15:1-8 [Jesus said:] 1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. 3You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. 4Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. 6Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.” The Gospel of our Lord. C Thanks be to God Sermon Bearing Good Fruit Pastor Chelsea Globe Silence for reflection Hymn of the Day Lead Me, Guide Me University Lutheran Church, Seattle CHORUS VERSE 2: Lead me, guide me, along the way Help me tread in the paths of righteousness. for if You lead me I cannot not stray Be my aid when Satan and sin oppress. Lord let me walk, each day with thee I am putting all my trust in Thee: Lead me oh Lord lead me Lead me, oh Lord lead me. VERSE 1: VERSE 3: I am weak and I need Thy strength and power I am lost if you take your hand from me, to help me o-ver my weakest hour I am blind without Thy light to see. Lead me through the darkness Thy face to see Lord just always to me thy servant be, Lead me oh Lord lead me Lead me, oh Lord lead me. Prayers of the People Students from WSU and U of I Lord in your mercy, C hear our prayer Meal God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ. Offering Pastor Joel Langholz, WWU In addition to participating in the ministries of Agnus Dei, you can help support the work of Lutheran Campus Ministry as well by visiting the websites listed below and donating your gifts. UW: https://www.uwlutherans.org/give.html WWU: https://www.lcmwwu.com/donate Northwest Intermountain Synod Endowment for Campus Ministry: https://nwimsynod.org/campus-ministry 3 Offertory Christ Has Risen John Bell Christ has risen while earth slumbers, Christ has risen where hope died, as he said and as he promised, as we doubted and denied. Let the moon embrace the blessing; let the sun sustain the cheer; let the world confirm the rumor: Christ is risen, God is here! Christ has risen for the people whom he died to love and save; Christ has risen for the women bringing flowers to grace his grace. Christ has risen for disciples, huddled in an upstairs room. He whose word inspired creation can’t be silenced by the tomb. Christ has risen to companion former friends who fear the night, sensing loss and limitation where their faith had once burned bright. They bemoan what is no longer, they expect no hopeful sign till Christ ends their conversation, breaking bread and sharing wine. Christ has risen and forever lives to challenge and to change all whose lives are messed or mangled, all who find religion strange. Christ is risen, Christ is present making us what he has been: evidence of transformation in which God is known and seen. Words of Institution Pastor Chelsea Globe Communion Communion Hymn This is Christ’s Body Lord’s Prayer Deacon Karla Neumann-Smiley, WSU & U of I Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen. 4 Sending God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world. Blessing and Benediction Pastor Arianna Ahrends, EWU Go now, and love one another, because love is from God. Proclaim God’s salvation to every generation. Remain in Jesus Christ, and like branches of a vine, draw your life from him. And may God the vine grower tend you and make you fruitful; May Christ Jesus abide in you and give you life; And may the Holy Spirit cast out all fear and fill you with God’s love. Amen. Dismissal Deacon Karla Neumann-Smiley & students from WSU & U of I P Alleluia! Christ is risen! C Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! P Go in peace. Share the good news. Alleluia! C Thanks be to God. Postlude O Blessed Spring Robert Buckley Farlee Join Pastor Chelsea Globe of UW Lutherans for a region-wide Zoom Education Hour today at 11:30 AM! Meeting ID: 868 0210 1182 Passcode: 831501 From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2021Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #26147. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 5 Serving in Worship: Presiding Minister: Pastor Seth Novak, Preaching Minister: Pastor Chelsea Globe, Lutheran Campus Ministries Minister of Music: Shari Shull, Deacon Minister of Programs: Sister Ann Shultz, Deaconess Church Musician: Susan Luebeck Cantors: Cantors: Tom Bradford, Phyllis Brandt, Diana Edelblute, Christopher Jones, Ashley Ortenzo, Randy Spitzer Prelude: Prelude: “I Danced in the Morning” J.
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