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Trinity Lutheran Church LCMS ____________ Trinity South Campus 1477 Huey St. Wildwood, FL 34785 Church Phone 352-307-4500 or 1-877-832-2187 Email office@ trinitysummerfield .org Website www. trinitysummerfield .com __________ Pastors Dan Kelm Blair Clark ________ Director of Music Emeritus Gail Despres _____________ November 24, 2019 1 TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY November 24, 2019 OUR RITE OF FRIENDSHIP: Members and guests: Please register your attendance in the red pad located at the end of each row. We ask our guests to please print your complete address and phone number. When it reaches the other end of the row, pass it back. Upon its return note the other names; you may meet a new friend in Christ today. Please turn off your cell phone. If you desire a bulletin in large print, please ask an usher. May the Holy Spirit bless our worship! PRE-SERVICE MUSIC WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS On Christ the King Sunday, we welcome you in the name of Jesus, our King of kings. Let us bow down before him, giving him the honor he rightfully deserves. [Please stand] 2 OPENING HYMN “Christ Is Our Cornerstone” (LSB912) INVOCATION Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION Pastor: All we like sheep have gone astray; People: we have turned every one to his own way; Pastor: By His knowledge shall the righteous One, My servant, make many to be accounted righteous, People: and He shall bear their iniquities. Pastor: Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the many, People: and He shall divide the spoil with the strong. Isaiah 53:6a, 11-12, ESV (Silence for meditation) Pastor: Let us confess our sins to God our Father. People: Almighty God, our Lord and King, we confess to You that we have sinned and deserve nothing but Your righteous judgment. We have strayed from Your gracious rule and sought only our own way. For the sake of Your Son Jesus, 3 remove our sin, take away the curse of death, and restore us as sheep of Your own fold, lambs of Your own flock, sinners of Your own redeeming for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Pastor: Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, has given His only Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of the Word, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. [Please be seated] HYMN OF PRAISE “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” (LSB549) vs 1, 6 Let ev’ry kindred, ev’ry tribe, On this terrestrial ball To Him all majesty ascribe And crown Him Lord of all. To Him all majesty ascribe And crown Him Lord of all. PRAYER OF THE DAY Pastor: Let us pray. All: Lord God, heavenly Father, send forth Your Son, we pray, that He may lead home His bride, the Church, that we with all the redeemed may enter into Your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. 4 THE WORD OLD TESTAMENT Isaiah 2:1-5 Reader: The Old Testament Reading for Christ the King Sunday is from the 2nd chapter of Isaiah. It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD. Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. PSALM Psalm 122 Reader: We read responsively from Psalm 122. Reader: I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” People: Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! Reader: Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together, People: to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. Reader: There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. People: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! 5 Reader: Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!” People: For my brothers and companions' sake I will say, “Peace be within you!” Reader: For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, People: I will seek your good. EPISTLE Romans 13:8-14 (Today’s Sermon Text) Reader: The Epistle is from the 13th Chapter of Romans. Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. [Please stand] HOLY GOSPEL Matthew 24:36-44 Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to Matthew the 24th chapter. People: Glory to You, O Lord. “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding 6 with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. Pastor: This is the Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to You, O Christ. [Please be seated] SERMON HYMN “With the Lord Begin Your Task” (LSB869) vs 1, 3, 5 Thus, Lord Jesus, ev’ry task Be to You commended; May Your will be done, I ask, Until life is ended. Jesus, in Your name begun Be the day’s endeavor; Grant that it may well be done To Your praise forever. 7 SERMON “UH-OH: The Night is Nearly Over!” Romans 13:11-12 1. God’s “W-_________-Up Call” for His Church A. Pulling the C-_________ over your head! B. A N-_______ day is dawning We can no longer I-____________the harsh realities of the world “Out of the mouths of B-_________” We have to W-______ out into this hurting world 2. UH-OH: The Night is Nearly O-____________ A. W-_______ U-_____ fully attentive to the moment Darkness C-__________ our minds by nature Jesus Christ is that L-_____________ Know that the Light is always W-____________ out B. W-_______ in the Light of Christ It’s time to give some things U-_____! The Light will lead you to a path of L-___________ C. D-_______ Light out of those you encounter The life-transforming P-______ of Christ Your position as a Christ F-__________ today! [Please stand] 8 APOSTLES’ CREED I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried.