THE ORDER OF WORSHIP

The Third Sunday of Easter

April 15, 2018 PRELUDE Chorale Fantasia on Pange Lingua Wells
Holy Communion (ELW V) WELCOME

INVOCATION

INTRODUCTION In the name of the Father, and of the (+) Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
The gospel for the third Sunday of Easter is always one in which the risen
Christ shares food with the disciples, meals that are the Easter template for GATHERING SONG: Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen! (ELW 377)
the meal we share each Lord’s day. In today’s gospel, Jesus both shares the
disciples’ food and shows them the meaning of his suffering, death, and GREETING
resurrection through the scriptures: the two main elements of our Sunday
worship. Alleluia! Christ is risen!
Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
CHILDREN are always welcome to our Worship Service. Rainbow bags The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of
and a cry room are available. A staffed nursery is also available if needed. the Holy Spirit be with you all!
An usher will gladly provide you with assistance. And also with you!

As a worship courtesy, we ask that you please turn off or set to vibrate KYRIE
all cellular telephones and pagers during the worship service.

We ask that all present today please fill out the Attendance and Communion
registration card found in your bulletin and place it in the offering plate so
that we may record your presence with us.

PRAYER UPON ENTERING THE PEW

Power of the eternal Father, help me. Wisdom of the Son, enlighten the eye
of my understanding. Tender mercy of the Holy Spirit, unite my heart to
yourself. Eternal God, restore health to the sick and life to the dead. Give us
a voice, your own voice, to cry out to you for mercy for the world. You,
light, give us light. You, wisdom, give us wisdom. You, supreme strength,
strengthen us. Amen.
 PRAYER OF THE DAY

Let us pray. Holy and righteous God, you are the author of life, and you
adopt us to be your children. Fill us with your words of life, that we may
live as witnesses to the resurrection of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior
and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now
and forever. Amen.

Please be seated.

A MESSAGE FOR OUR CHILDREN

FIRST READING: Acts 3:12-19

CANTICLE OF PRAISE After healing a crippled man, Peter preaches to the people how God’s
promises to Israel have been fulfilled in Jesus. Through the proclamation of
Christ’s death and resurrection, God is offering them forgiveness and
restoration in Jesus’ name.
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[Peter] addressed the people, “You Israelites, why do you wonder at this,
or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had
made him walk? 13The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob, the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you
handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to
release him. 14But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to
have a murderer given to you, 15and you killed the Author of life, whom
God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. 16And by faith in his SECOND READING: 1 John 3:1-7
name, his name itself has made this man strong, whom you see and know;
and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the God has loved us in order to make us children of God. Though we do not
presence of all of you. yet know the full details of our future existence, we trust that God will
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“And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also reveal it just as God revealed Jesus to take away our sins.
your rulers. 18In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the 1
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of
prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. 19Repent therefore, and turn to God God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that
so that your sins may be wiped out.” it did not know him. 2Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be
has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed,
The word of the Lord. we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. 3And all who have this
Thanks be to God. hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
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Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is
PSALMODY: Psalm 4 lawlessness. 5You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him
there is no sin. 6No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either
Refrain:
seen him or known him. 7Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone
who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.
Tone:
Please rise for the reading of the gospel.

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Answer me when I call, O God, defender | of my cause; GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
you set me free when I was in distress; have mercy on me and | hear
my prayer.
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“You mortals, how long will you dishon- | or my glory;
how long will you love illusions and seek | after lies?”
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Know that the LORD does wonders | for the faithful;
the LORD will hear me | when I call.
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Tremble, then, and | do not sin;
speak to your heart in silence up- | on your bed. R VERSE: Our hearts | burn within us*
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while you open to | us the scriptures. (Luke 24:32)
Offer the appointed | sacrifices,
and put your trust | in the LORD. GOSPEL: Luke 24:36b-48
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Many are saying, “Who will show us | any good?” As the Gospel is announced, worshippers are invited to trace a cross upon
Let the light of your face shine upon | us, O LORD. their forehead, then over their lips, and then over their hearts, silently
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You have put gladness | in my heart, praying, “May the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ be ever on my mind, on
more than when grain and | wine abound. my lips, and in my heart.”
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In peace, I will lie | down and sleep;
for you alone, O LORD, make me | rest secure. R The holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Luke.
Glory to you, O Lord.
 through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he
In this account of an appearance after his resurrection, Jesus opens the came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the
minds of the disciples to understand him as Messiah. Jesus convinces them virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified
that he has been raised and sends them on a mission to proclaim the under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third
message of repentance and forgiveness. day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures; he ascended into
heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come
36b
Jesus himself stood among [the disciples] and said to them, “Peace be again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will
with you.” 37They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were have no end.
seeing a ghost. 38He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do
doubts arise in your hearts? 39Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds
myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is
see that I have.” 40And when he had said this, he showed them his hands worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We
and his feet. 41While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one
he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42They gave him a piece baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the
of broiled fish, 43and he took it and ate in their presence. dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I
was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 45Then he opened their
minds to understand the scriptures, 46and he said to them, “Thus it is Rejoicing in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we pray for the
written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third witness of the church, the wholeness of creation, and all who are in need.
day, 47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his
Please sit or kneel as you are able.
name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these
things.” Each petition ends with:
Lord, in your mercy,
The gospel of the Lord. hear our prayer.
Praise to you, O Christ.
We entrust all our prayers to you, gracious God. Receive them by the
SERMON Rev. Dr. Cheryl Peterson power of the Holy Spirit and the love of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
HYMN OF THE DAY: We Walk by Faith (ELW 635)
CONFESSION AND PROCLAMATION OF FORGIVENESS
CREED
As they recite the creed, worshippers are invited to bow beginning with the Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
words “born of the Virgin Mary,” until the words “he descended to the
dead.” Most merciful God,
we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have
earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. 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
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us,
begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways,
from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
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. OFFERING PRAYER
Amen.
Let us pray. Blessed are you, O God, ruler of heaven and earth. Day by day
PEACE you shower us with blessings. As you have raised us to new life in Christ,
give us glad and generous hearts, ready to praise you and to respond to
Please rise and greet one another in the peace of the risen Christ. those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Amen.
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! DIALOGUE
The peace of Christ be with you always.
And also with you.
Please be seated.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANTHEM AT THE OFFERING That Precious Grace arr. Helgen

OFFERTORY HYMN:
God’s Paschal Lamb is Sacrificed for Us (Tune: ELW 422)

PREFACE

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY (ELW 190)

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
Worshippers are invited to bow with the consecration of the Lord’s body
and blood, each time the words “Do this for the remembrance of me,” are
spoken.

You are indeed holy, almighty and merciful God. Your glory fills heaven
and earth. You so loved the world that you gave your only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but have eternal life. We
bless you and thank you for sending him to accomplish all things for the
healing and salvation of all creation.

In the night in which he was betrayed,

our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks;
broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take and eat; this is my body, given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.

Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks,

and gave it for all to drink, saying:
This cup is the new covenant in my blood,
shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do this for the remembrance of me.

For as often as we eat of this bread and drink from this cup, we proclaim
the Lord's death until he comes.

Remembering, therefore, his life, death, resurrection, and the promise of his
return, we give thanks to you, O Lord God Almighty, not as we ought but
as we are able. With your Word and Holy Spirit bless us and these your
gifts of bread and wine, so that forgiven by you and nourished with your
body and blood we may live as your holy people now, in eternal
communion with all your saints.

To you, O God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory in your
holy church, now and forever.
LORD'S PRAYER LAMB OF GOD
Risen Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray:

SONG DURING DISTRIBUTION:

Around You, O Lord Jesus (ELW 468)

SONG AFTER COMMUNION: (ELW 204)

INVITATION TO COMMUNION

Alleluia! Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us!

Therefore let us keep the feast! Alleluia!

Lutherans believe, teach and confess that we receive the true Body and
Blood of Christ in Holy Communion. If you desire to die to yourself and
live in Christ, we hope you will receive with us. Even if you do not feel
prepared to receive the sacrament today we hope you will join us at the
table. Simply hold your hands over your heart and the pastor will give you
a blessing. Pastor will be glad to discuss Holy Communion and Holy
Baptism with you!

COMMUNION

The body of Christ, given for you.

The blood of Christ, shed for you. Amen.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION UPCOMING COMMEMORATIONS

Let us pray. Olavus Petri, priest, died 1552; Laurentius Petri, Bishop of Uppsala,
Life-giving God, in the mystery of Christ's resurrection you send light to died 1573; renewers of the church
conquer darkness, water to give new life, and the bread of life to nourish Thursday, April 19, 2018
your people. Send us forth as witnesses to your Son's resurrection, that we
may show your glory to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord. These two brothers studied with Luther at the University of Wittenberg and
Amen. then returned to their native Sweden to introduce the Lutheran reforms.
Olavus published a catechism and hymnal; Laurentius was a professor who
BLESSING defended the office of bishop and later became one.

The God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the Anselm, Bishop of Canterbury, died 1109
great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, make you Saturday, April 21, 2018
complete in everything good so that you may do God's will, working in you
that which is pleasing in God's sight; through+ Jesus Christ, Who lives and This eleventh-century monk was one of the greatest theologians of the
reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, to whom be the glory forever Middle Ages. He is remembered for emphasizing the maternal aspects of
and ever. God, and for the theory that the Son of God became human in order to
Amen. make the necessary payment for our sin.

SENDING HYMN: Hallelujah! We Sing Your Praises! (ELW 535) The Altar flowers are administered by the worship committee. The 2018
Altar Flower chart is posted on the bulletin board in the lower lobby and
DISMISSAL there is attached to it a tear-off sheet for donors to complete and hand into
the office or place in the offering plate for proper publication in the
Alleluia! Christ is risen! bulletin.
Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
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