FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH (Missouri Synod) 10 "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do Gerhard Grabenhofer Organist: Marianne Grabenhofer not return there, unless it waters the earth, And makes it bring forth 71 W. First St. Corning, NY Phone: 962-4970 [email protected] www.faithlutherancorning.org and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, 11 Exaudi [Hear!]—The 6th After — 01 June 2014 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; He shall not return to Me void, But He shall accomplish what I please, And He The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His 12 handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals shall prosper in the thing for which I sent Him. For you shall go out knowledge. [Psalm 19.1, 2] in joy, And be led out in peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall ORDER OF SERVICE—Order of Holy —hymnal pg. 15 13 THE PREPARATION clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress Pre-service prayers (hymnal pg. 4; 102-109; 118; 170) tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; And it Hymn #212 (1-4) A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing shall be to the LORD for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not At the final stanza, the congregation faces the processional as it enters be cut off." Invocation hymnal pg. 15 Confession/ Absolution pg. 15-16 : (Psalm 47.8; John 14.18; 16.22) THE SERVICE OF THE WORD P: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God reigns over the nations; : (Psalm 27.7,8,9,1) C: God sits upon the throne of His holiness. Hallelujah! P: Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! P: I will not leave you orphans. C: Hallelujah! C: I am going away and coming back to you and your heart will P: When You said, “Seek My face,” rejoice. Hallelujah! C: My heart said to You, “Your Face, Lord, I will seek.” Triple Hallelujah pg. 20 P: Do not hide Your face from me. C: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! — John 15.26-16.4 pg. 21 P: The Lord is my light and my salvation; "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the C: Whom shall I fear? Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will 27 [Glory to the Father] pg. 16 testify of Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning. 1 Hymn of Praise #221 Hark! Ten Thousand Harps and Voices "These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.2 They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is Salutation/ pg. 19 coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God P: Almighty, everlasting God, cause us always to have a devout will service.3 And these things they will do to you because they have not toward You and to serve Your Majesty with a pure heart; through known the Father nor Me.4 But these things I have told you, that Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. C: Amen. And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you. - Isaiah 55. 10-13 The pg. 22 Hymn: #43 We Sing the Almighty Power of God For the faithful departed, let us offer thanks and praise, asking our heavenly Father to grant us all a share in the rest and peace of His — Isaiah 55. 10-13 Kingdom, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy. Nature Teaches Us Of Christ Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting 1. Of the salvation He accomplished [v.11] in Your mercy, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 2. Of the salvation He distributes [vv. 12-13] [Silence for meditation] THE SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT pg. 24-25 pg. 22 (Holy) pg. 26 Offering The Lord’s Prayer and pg. 27 Offering Hymn #441 (st.1) () pg. 28 The Distribution of our Lord’s true body and blood for the forgiveness of sin The Prayer of the Church and the strengthening of faith (Now You dismiss) and Thanksgiving pg. 29 Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all pg. 31 people according to their needs. Hymn #212 (5-7) A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing Brief silence The congregation faces the processional cross as it leaves For the whole Church, that in the confidence of faith the baptized Silent Prayer may bear witness to the grace of the Lord Jesus regardless of the TELL THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS consequences, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy. For our government and all leaders in this world, that they would ANNOUNCEMENTS submit themselves to the true King and Lord, Jesus Christ, let us pray Tuesday—Bible Study [Malachi] 6 pm to the Lord: Lord, have mercy. Thursday—Bible Study [Malachi] 9.30 am For all who serve in our armed forces, that entrusting themselves to Sunday—Confessions Study 9.30 am Christ’s protection they may know His saving peace, let us pray to Voters’ Meeting after service the Lord: Lord, have mercy. PLEASE REMEMBER IN PRAYER: Virginia Butler, Dan Fraser, Jonna For this congregation, that we would work with the Spirit’s power to Holden, Tom Pawlak, Karen Weiner; Donald Zaun. call all in our neighborhoods and families to the joy of repentance and the peace of forgiveness, let us pray to the Lord: St. Augustine noted: How then we understand the word “By Lord, have mercy. the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be For those who suffer for their witness to Christ, for the sick, the established,” except as an intimation of the mystery of the Trinity in afflicted, the dying, the mourning and the lonely, and especially for which there is a perpetual stability truth? Do you wish to have a those of our congregation or dear to us, that Christ Himself would be good cause? Have two or three witness: the Father, the Son and the their health in sickness, their joy in sorrow and their life in death, let Holy Spirit….Receive our testimony then, the Trinity says, otherwise us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy. you will feel our judgment….I delay my judgment Jesus says. I do not For all who come today to the Lamb’s feast, that being made delay my testimony. partakers of Christ’s divine nature, they would be filled up with all the fullness of God, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy. Welcome to Faith! God’s House is your home. The members of Faith OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 55. 10-13 “In the beginning was the Word, and Lutheran are glad to have you join us as we gather around the Word and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.” God’s Word does not Sacraments of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here is where we find our source of return to Him void, only through His doing the will of His Father as He filled forgiveness and life before God. It is our prayer that you also may rejoice all things on account of which He had become embodied and reconciled in the precious message of the Gospel of our Lord: “But God, Who is rich in the world to God. He is the One who is said to proceed out of His mercy, loved us with such a great love. He made us who were dead in sins mouth…not that God has bodily parts like that but so we learn the nature alive with Christ. You have been saved by grace” (Eph. 2. 4, 5). Visitors, of the Lord through our words. [St. Jerome] please be sure to sign the Guest Book in the entry. Pastor Grabenhofer stands ready to serve you in any way consistent with his office. : 1 Peter 4. 7-11 Where there is anger, you will find a rude person  who refuses to be reconciled and remains full of anger and hatred. On the THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION IS CELEBRATED TODAY: The other hand, a person who is full of love cannot be angered, no matter how right hand of God is not a confining spot! It is, rather, the almighty power greatly he is offended. He covers everything and pretends not to see it, so of God that fills heaven and earth. The Ascension of our Lord to God’s right that this covering is meant with reference to the neighbor, not with hand, therefore, means that He now fills and rules all things with His power reference to God. Only faith shall cover your sin before God. But my love and majesty, not only as God, but also as man. For Him it is not too great a covers my neighbor’s sin, and just as God covers my sin with His love if I thing to be present with His very body and blood in the Lord’s Supper as He believe, so I must also cover my neighbor’s sin. Therefore the apostle says promised. Rejoicing in His gift today, we also testify that by receiving His that you should love one another in order that one person may be able to gift together that we are also united in doctrine. Therefore we practice cover the other person’s sin. [Luther] and invite to the Lord’s Table members in good standing of a congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. If you GOSPEL: John 15.26-16.4 Our responsibility and calling in the world is to are such a guest and desire the holy Sacrament, please speak with the testify of Christ. Through this testimony of the Christians the living Holy pastor before the service. Spirit, who proceeds from the Father and the Son testifies to the world that in Christ alone there is salvation. (Stoeckhardt) LUTHER NOTES ON TODAY’S GOSPEL: There is therefore no other manner or way to comfort, strengthen, and instruct the consciences, and to protect PRAYER ANTICIPATING PENTECOST: Lord God Holy Spirit on the first and defend one’s self, than by this preaching and testimony of the Holy Pentecost You filled the hearts of the blessed Apostles with new gifts. Ghost… That is the Word of God, preached in the world through the Holy Enlighten also our hearts and grant that we celebrate Pentecost in all Ghost, known also to the children, which also the gates of hell shall not devotion. Come, noble Guest of our hearts, come, only Treasure of our overthrow. souls. Dwell in us as in Your temple. Cleanse our hearts from sin. Let us all be anointed ones of the Lord, and help that by You we may fight against all Prayer: Lord God, heavenly Father, we give You thanks that through Your our spiritual enemies and obtain the victory. Intercede for us all with Holy Spirit You have appointed us to bear witness of Your dear Son, our inexpressible groans and move us to prayer and thanksgiving. Comfort Lord Jesus Christ. We beseech You, inasmuch as the world cannot endure every troubled heart and let those whom You crushed become joyful. By such testimony and persecutes us in every way, grant us courage and Your power preserve us against the accusations of our heart and comfort, that we may not be offended because of the cross, but continue conscience, that there may be nothing damnable in us. May Your peace, steadfastly in testimony of You, and be always found among those who which surpasses all human understanding, keep our hearts and minds to know You and Your Son, until we obtain eternal salvation through Him; in eternal joy. Grant us, O God the Holy Spirit, the hearty joy of Pentecost, Jesus’ name. Amen. and after this life let us eternally proclaim Your wonders and deeds, for You are greatly praised together with the Father and the Son eternally. Amen.