THE ORDER OF WORSHIP

27th Week of Ordinary Time

October 7th, 2018 PRELUDE Chorale Prelude on I Call to You, Lord Jesus Christ Bach

Holy Communion Now the Feast WELCOME

INVOCATION
INTRODUCTION
In the name of the Father, and of the (+) Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Today’s gospel combines a saying that makes many of us uncomfortable Amen.
with a story we find comforting. Jesus’ saying on divorce is another of his
rejections of human legislation in favor of the original intent of God’s law. GATHERING SONG: All Are Welcome (ELW 641)
Jesus’ rebuke of the disciples who are fending off the children should
challenge us as well. What does it mean to receive the kingdom of God as a GREETING
child does?
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of
CHILDREN are always welcome to our Worship Service. Rainbow bags and the Holy Spirit be with you all!
a cry room are available. A staffed nursery is also available if needed. An And also with you!
usher will gladly provide you with assistance.
KYRIE Now the Feast (ELW 157)
As a worship courtesy, we ask that you please turn off or set to vibrate 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

God of grace, you have given us minds to know you, hearts to love you,
and voices to sing your praise. Fill us with your spirit, that we may
celebrate your glory and worship you in spirit and truth, through Jesus
Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
CANTICLE OF PRAISE Now the Feast and Celebration (ELW 167)
PRAYER OF THE DAY The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Sovereign God, you have created us to live in loving community with one
another. Form us for life that is faithful and steadfast, and teach us to trust PSALM 26
like little children, that we may reflect the image of your Son, Jesus Christ,
our Savior and Lord. Refrain:
Amen.

Please be seated.

A MESSAGE FOR OUR CHILDREN

FIRST READING: Job 1:1-1; 2:1-10

Tone:
This passage is part of the prologue of Job. The righteous man Job is
severely afflicted as the result of a wager between God and Satan (“the
accuser”). Job responds at first with great patience, but the rest of the book
will show him lamenting and protesting.
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There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man Give judgment for me, O LORD, for I have lived | with integrity;
was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. I have trusted in the LORD and | have not faltered.
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Test me, O | LORD, and try me;
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One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before examine my heart | and my mind.
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the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before For your steadfast love is be- | fore my eyes;
the LORD. 2The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan I have walked faithful- | ly with you.
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answered the LORD, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking I have not sat | with the worthless,
up and down on it.” 3The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my nor do I consort with | the deceitful. R
servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright 5
man who fears God and turns away from evil. He still persists in his I have hated the company of | evildoers;
integrity, although you incited me against him, to destroy him for no I will not sit down | with the wicked.
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reason.” 4Then Satan answered the LORD, “Skin for skin! All that people I will wash my hands in inno- | cence, O LORD,
have they will give to save their lives. 5But stretch out your hand now and that I may go in procession | round your altar,
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touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your singing aloud a song | of thanksgiving
face.” 6The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, he is in your power; only spare and recounting all your won- | derful deeds.
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his life.” LORD, I love the house in | which you dwell
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So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and inflicted and the place where your glo- | ry abides. R
loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his 9
head. 8Job took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the Do not sweep me a- | way with sinners,
ashes. nor my life with those who | thirst for blood,
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Then his wife said to him, “Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse whose hands are full of | evil plots,
God, and die.” 10But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman and their right hands | full of bribes.
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would speak. Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive As for me, I will live | with integrity;
the bad?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. redeem me, and be gra- | cious to me.
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I take my stand on | level ground; GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
in the full assembly I will | bless the LORD. R

SECOND READING: Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12

Quoting from the psalms, this passage from Hebrews emphasizes that
Jesus, the one through whom God created everything and who sits at God’s
right hand, is also the one who experienced human suffering and death in
order to blaze the path of salvation for us.
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Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the
prophets, 2but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he
appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. 3He
is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being,
and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made VERSE: If we love one another, God | lives in us*
purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on and God’s love is perfect- | ed in us. (1 John 4:12)
high, 4having become as much superior to angels as the name he has
inherited is more excellent than theirs. GOSPEL Mark 10:2-16
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Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are
speaking, to angels. 6But someone has testified somewhere, As the Gospel is announced, worshippers are invited to trace a cross upon
“What are human beings that you are mindful of them, their forehead, then over their lips, and then over their hearts, silently
or mortals, that you care for them? praying, “May the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ be ever on my mind, on
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You have made them for a little while lower than the angels; my lips, and in my heart.”
you have crowned them with glory and honor,
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subjecting all things under their feet.” The holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Mark.
Now in subjecting all things to them, God left nothing outside their control. Glory to you, O Lord.
As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them, 9but we do see
Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned Jesus announced and enacted in history the new reality of God’s surprising
with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace activity. These two stories demonstrate this new reality: Women and
of God he might taste death for everyone. children are accepted and valued, not dismissed as inferior to adult men.
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It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in
bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation
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Some Pharisees came, and to test [Jesus] they asked, “Is it lawful for a
perfect through sufferings. 11For the one who sanctifies and those who are man to divorce his wife?” 3He answered them, “What did Moses command
sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call you?” 4They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal
them brothers and sisters, 12saying, and to divorce her.” 5But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of
“I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters, heart he wrote this commandment for you. 6But from the beginning of
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.” creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ 7‘For this reason a man shall
leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8and the two shall
The word of the Lord. become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore
Thanks be to God. what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
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Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11He
Please stand for the reading of the gospel. said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits
adultery against her; 12and if she divorces her husband and marries another,
she commits adultery.” Each petition ends with:
Lord, in your mercy,
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People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch hear our prayer.
them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. 14But when Jesus saw this, he
was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not Enfold all things in your compassion, O God, and bring us into your life
stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
belongs. 15Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as Amen.
a little child will never enter it.” 16And he took them up in his arms, laid his
hands on them, and blessed them. Please rise and greet one another in the peace of the risen Christ.
The gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ. PEACE

SERMON Pastor Charles Peterson The peace of Christ be with you always.
And also with you.
HYMN OF THE DAY: God, When Human Bonds Are Broken (ELW 603)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CREED
As they recite the creed, worshippers are invited to bow beginning with the MUSIC AT THE OFFERING His Eye Is On the Sparrow arr. Wells
words “born of the virgin Mary,” until the words “he descended to the
dead.” OFFERTORY HYMN: As the Grains of Wheat (ELW 465)

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God's 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; he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at
the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and
the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of
saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life
everlasting. Amen.

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

Longing for God’s will to be fulfilled among us, we pray persistently for
the church, the world, and all people in need.
Please sit or kneel as you are able.
OFFERING PRAYER

Let us pray. O God, ruler of heaven and earth, all that we have and all that
we are come through you. We offer back in thanksgiving a portion of what
you have given us: our time, our work, and our wealth. With them we
dedicate our lives to the care and redemption of all that you have made,
through Jesus Christ, who gave himself for the salvation of the world.
Amen.

DIALOGUE

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.

Holy, mighty, and merciful Lord, heaven and earth are full of your glory.
In great love you sent to us Jesus, your Son, who reached out to heal the
sick and suffering, who preached good news to the poor, and who, on the
cross, opened his arms to all.

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
PREFACE for all people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do this for the remembrance of me.
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
Remembering, therefore, his death, resurrection, and ascension, we await
his coming in glory.

Pour out upon us the Spirit of your love, O Lord, and unite the wills of all
who share this heavenly food, the body and blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord;
to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, now and
forever. Amen.

LORD'S PRAYER

Risen Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom
come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who
trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION

All who desire to leave their old lives behind and live in Christ, come to the
table!

Lutherans believe, teach and confess that we receive the true Body and
Blood of Christ in Holy Communion. If you desire to pick up the cross 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 SONG DURING DISTRIUBUTION:
table. Simply hold your hands over your heart and the pastor will give you Blest Be the Tie That Binds (ELW 656)
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.

LAMB OF GOD O Christ, Lamb of God

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION UPCOMING COMMEMORATIONS
Almighty God, you gave your Son Jesus Christ both as a sacrifice for sin
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, pastor in North America, died 1787
and a model of godly life. Move us by your Holy Spirit to receive him
Sunday, October 7, 2018
always with thanksgiving and conform our lives to his; through the same
Divided Lutherans in America asked leaders in Europe to send someone
Jesus Christ our Lord.
who could take charge and unite their work. Muhlenberg was sent, and was
Amen.
effective in organizing the American Lutherans. Among other
accomplishments, his liturgical principles became the basis for the
SENDING OF COMMUNION
Common Service of 1888.
Communion ministers may be sent to take the sacrament to those who are
absent. The presiding minister may lead this or a similar prayer of sending.
Massie L. Kennard, renewer of the church, died 1996 (TFF)
Gracious God, loving all your family with a mother’s tender care: As you Wednesday, October 10, 2018
sent the angel to feed Elijah with heavenly bread, assist those who set forth A native of Chicago, Kennard was a major figure in supporting and
to share your word and sacrament with those who are sick, homebound, and working toward ethnic and racial inclusiveness in the former Lutheran
imprisoned. In your love and care, nourish and strengthen those who will Church in America. Ordained in 1958, he served in positions including
receive this sacrament, and give us all the comfort of your abiding presence Director for Minority Concerns of the Division for Mission in North
through the body and blood of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. America.
Amen.
The Altar flowers are administered by the worship committee. The 2018
BLESSING Altar Flower chart is posted on the bulletin board in the lower lobby and
there is a nearby pocket containing an information sheet for donors to
Almighty God, Father, +Son, and Holy Spirit bless you and keep you, now complete and hand into the office or place in the offering plate for
and forever. proper publication in the bulletin.
Amen.
If you would like to purchase flowers for worship in memory of or in honor
SENDING HYMN Now Thank We All Our God (ELW 839) of someone, please sign up. The cost is $35 per arrangement, and checks
should be made out to Trinity Lutheran Church. The contact person is Mary
DISMISSAL in the church office (614) 224.6818 or email: office@oldtrinity.com.
Please do not remove flowers unless you purchased them or made
Go in peace. Love as God has loved you. arrangements.
Thanks be to God.

POSTLUDE Prelude in C J. S. Bach

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