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Immanuel Lutheran Church & University Student Center Seventeeth Sunday 2104 Bob Billings Parkway Lawrence, Kansas 66049-2722 after Pentecost (785) 843-0620 ♦ (785) 843-1576 (fax) [email protected] September 16, 2018 website: immanuellawrence.org A Stephen Pastor: Rev. Randall L. Weinkauf Worship Services at 8:30AM & 11:00AM Sunday School & Bible Classes (all ages) at 9:45AM 5th Sundays: 9:30 AM service/11 AM Potluck Our Mission: To share God’s love in Jesus Christ by word and deed. We Warmly Welcome You Nursery and Infant Care Rooms: to Our Worship Services: Nursery care is available for children under four We welcome all visitors and pray that our wor- years of age from 8:15am – 12:15pm. Both the ship will provide an opportunity for you to expe- nursery and infant care are in Room 218. Addi- rience God’s love. We invite you to return and tional changing tables are available on the share in our mission and ministry for our Savior. sanctuary level in the family and men’s re- Attendance Registration Books: strooms, in the women’s restroom located in Please fill out the attendance registration book the lower level, and women’s restroom on the found in the hymnal holders on the backs of the same floor as the Activity Center. pews and chairs. Print neatly using complete . name and address. Pass it down your row; Sunday School: after everyone has filled it out, return it to the Visitors: If you are visiting today and your child center isle to be collected by the ushers. would like to attend Sunday school, please Holy Communion: bring the child to Rooms 214 and 215, east of We proclaim that the body and blood of the sanctuary where they will be directed to the Christ are present with the bread and wine appropriate classroom. in the Sacrament for the forgiveness of sins Special Needs: and recommitment of our lives. Those able to examine themselves, accept Jesus as Visual: Large print service their Savior, confess their sins, and folders services are available. acknowledge his true presence in the Sacra- ment are welcome to partake. Holy Com- Hearing: Hand-held amplification receivers munion is offered with both common and indi- with ear pieces are available at the usher's ta- vidual cups. If you desire the common cup, ble. Deaf and Hard of Hearing attendees of the wait for the server to bring it. The common cup early service are encouraged to follow the is filled with wine. The individual cups also have American Sign Language (ASL) translation of wine, except for the inner ring of cups in the the liturgy as provided by volunteers of the serving tray, which hold white grape juice. Glu- parish's Deaf Ministry. ten-free wafers are available. Be sure to ask as Mobility: Spaces in the center aisle next to the you are being served. If you have questions, short pews in the sanctuary are reserved for please speak to the Pastor. If you would like wheeled devices One space immediately next assistance to the altar during communion, to the wheeled device is reserved for family/ speak to an usher. friend. In addition, two wheelchairs are availa- ble for use in the building. One is located on Fellowship Between Services: first floor of the west accessible entrance near Please join us for refreshments and socializing the elevator; the second is located in the coat in the Activity Center. Thank you! rack of the narthex near the sanctuary. Please ask an usher to assist you if needed. 2 INTRODUCTION Three weeks ago we heard John’s gospel’s version of Peter’s confession of faith. This week we hear Mark’s version, when Peter says, “You are the Messiah.” In John, the stumbling block is Jesus’ invitation to eat his flesh, given for the life of the world. In Mark too the scan- dal has to do with Jesus’ words about his own coming death, and here Peter himself stum- bles over Jesus’ words. But Jesus is anointed (the meaning of “messiah”) in Mark only on the way to the cross (14:3); so we are anointed in baptism with the sign of the cross. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, died around 258 Cyprian served as a bishop during a time of great persecution of Christians. He insisted on receiving back those who had left the faith under duress. He also provided medical care during a severe epidemic. PRE-SERVICE MUSIC CHILDREN’S MESSAGE GATHERING HYMN “Oh, Praise the Gracious Power” [Tune: St. Thomas, LSB 814] Text: Thomas H. Troeger, b. 1945, copyright © 1986 Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Re- printed under OneLicense.net #A-717236. Tune: Aaron Williams, 1731-1776. Public domain. 3 GATHERING Stand, as you are able. INVOCATION P: In the name of the Father, and of the ☩ Son, and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. We begin our worship around the word “ACTS.” Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication ADORATION—Psalm 116:1-9 P: I love the Lord, because he has heard C: my voice and my supplications. P: Because he inclined his ear to me, C: therefore I will call on him as long as I live. P: The snares of death encompassed me; C: the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. P: Then I called on the name of the Lord: C: “O Lord, I pray, save my life!” P: Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; C: our God is merciful. P: The Lord protects the simple; C: when I was brought low, he saved me. P: Return, O my soul, to your rest, C: for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. P: For you have delivered my soul from death, C: my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. P: I walk before the Lord C: in the land of the living. CONFESSION P: God of all mercy and consolation, come to the help of your people, turning us from our sin to live for you alone. Give us the power of your Holy Spirit that we may confess our sin, receive your forgiveness, and grow into the fullness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. C: Amen. P: Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. Silence is kept for reflection. 4 P: Most merciful God, C: we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen. P: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the ☩ Son, and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. THANKSGIVING “Oh, Praise the Gracious Power” [Tune: St. Thomas, LSB 814] 6 Oh, praise the pow’r, the truth, 7 Oh, praise the living Christ the love, the word, the tide. with faith’s bright songful voice! Yet more than these, oh, praise their source, Announce the Gospel to the world praise Christ the crucified. and with these words rejoice. PRAYERS OF THE DAY P: Let us pray: O God, through suffering and rejection you bring forth our salvation, and by the glory of the cross you transform our lives. Grant that for the sake of the gospel we may turn from the lure of evil, take up our cross, and follow your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. C: Amen. P: Gracious God, in every age you have sent men and women who have given their lives in witness to your love and truth. Inspire us with the memory of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, whose faithfulness led to the way of the cross, and give us courage to bear full wit- ness with our lives to your Son’s victory over sin and death, for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen. Sit WORD FIRST READING—Isaiah 50:4-9a Please see the back page of this worship folder. The image of the servant of the Lord is one of the notable motifs in the book of Isaiah. Today’s reading de- scribes the mission of the servant, whom early Christians associated with Jesus. Like Jesus, the servant does not strike back at his detractors but trusts in God’s steadfast love. After the reading: A: The word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. 5 CHORAL ANTHEM (8:30 a.m. worship service only) “Luther’s Morning Prayer”—words Martin Luther, 1483-1546; paraphrase by Carl Schalk —music by Carl Schalk SECOND READING—James 3:1-12 Please see the back page of this worship folder. This text uses various images to illustrate how damaging and hurtful the way we speak to and about others can be. Not only are we to control our speech, but what we say and how we say it are to reflect our faith. After the reading: A: The word of the Lord.