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Thursday, May 6, 2021

Worship Bulletin


Welcome to Glendale Lutheran!

Pastor Scott Jonas would love to talk to you. You can contact him via cell 805-345-6658 or email scottjonas314@gmail.com.
Oliver LaMie and his wife Bethany will be going to the congregation of St. Paul's in St. Joseph, Missouri, for Oliver's vicarage year. We wish them God's blessings!

Pastor Scott is available to bring communion to you at home. Call his cell or the church office to set up a day and time.
 
Women’s Tuesday Morning Bible Study meets weekly in Family Life Center at 9:15am. Women’s Thursday Evening Bible Study meets the first and third Thursday of each month at 7:00pm. All women are welcome!
 
Men’s Bible Study will not meet tomorrow, May 10.
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
9:15am
Divine Service IV
 
Prelude Bless This House
 
Greeting and Welcome
 
Lighting of the Candles
 
Hymn of InvocationLift High the Cross (LSB 837, verses 1-3)
 
Refrain:  Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim
Till all the world adore His sacred name.
 
Come, Christians, follow where our Captain trod,
Our king victorious, Christ, the Son of God.  Refrain
 
Led on their way by this triumphant sign,
The hosts of God in conqu’ring ranks combine.  Refrain
 
+ Preparation +
 
P:  In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C:  Amen.

P:  Our help is in the name of the Lord,
C:  who made heaven and earth.
P:  If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
C:  But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.
P:  Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
C:  Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
P:  Almighty God, merciful Father, in Holy Baptism You declared us to be Your children and gathered us into Your one, holy Church, in which You daily and richly forgive us our sins and grant us new life through Your Spirit. Be in our midst, enliven our faith, and graciously receive our prayer and praise; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
C:  Amen.
 
+ Word +
 
Introit – Ps. 66:1–2, 8–9, 20; antiphon: Ps. 66:16
P:  Come and hear, all you who fear God,
        and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
C:  Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
        sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!
P:  Bless our God, O peoples;
        let the sound of his praise be heard,
C:  who has kept our soul among the living
        and has not let our feet slip.
P:  Blessèd be God,
        because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!
 
All: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen
 
P:  Come and hear, all you who fear God,
        and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
 
Kyrie
C: Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.
 
Gloria in Excelsis
C: To God on high be glory
And peace to all the earth;
Goodwill from God in heaven
Proclaimed at Jesus' birth!
We praise and bless You, Father;
Your holy name we sing—
Our thanks for Your great glory,
Lord God, our heav'nly King.
 
To You, O sole-begotten,
The Father's Son, we pray;
O Lamb of God, our Savior,
You take our sins away.
Have mercy on us, Jesus;
Receive our heartfelt cry,
Where You in pow'r are seated
At God's right hand on high—
 
For You alone are holy,
You only are the Lord.
Forever and forever,
Be worshiped and adored;
You with the Holy Spirit
Alone are Lord Most High,
In God the Father's glory.
"Amen!" our glad reply.

Salutation and Collect of the Day
P:  The Lord be with you.
C:  And also with you.
P:  Let us pray. O God, the giver of all that is good, by Your holy inspiration grant that we may think those things that are right and by Your merciful guiding accomplish them; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C:  Amen.
 
First ReadingJoshua 9:6-15
And they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant country, so now make a covenant with us.” But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?” They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?” They said to him, “From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the Lord your God. For we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth. So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey and go to meet them and say to them, “We are your servants. Come now, make a covenant with us.”’ Here is our bread. It was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey on the day we set out to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly. These wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they have burst. And these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey.” So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the Lord. And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
 
P:  This is the Word of the Lord.
C:  Thanks be to God.
 
Epistle 1 John 5:1–8
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
 
P:  This is the Word of the Lord.
C:  Thanks be to God.
 
Alleluia and Verse 
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
These things are written that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Holy GospelJohn 15:9-17
P:  The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the fifteenth chapter.
C:  Glory to You, O Lord.
 
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
[Jesus said:] “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
 
P:  This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C:  Praise to You, O Christ.
 
Nicene Creed
C:  I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God,    begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life + of the world to come. Amen.
 
Children’s Hymn – Children of the Heavenly Father (LSB 725, verses 1-2)

Children of the heav’nly Father
Safely in His bosom gather;
Nestling bird nor star in heaven
Such a refuge e’er was given.
 
God His own doth tend and nourish;
In His holy courts they flourish.
From all evil things He spares them;
In His mighty arms He bears them.
 
Children’s Sermon
 
Hymn of the Day – Jesus, Lead Thou On (LSB 718)

Jesus, lead Thou on till our rest is won;
And although the way be cheerless,
We will follow calm and fearless.
Guide us by Thy hand to our fatherland.
 
If the way be drear, if the foe be near,
Let not faithless fears o’ertake us;
Let not faith and hope forsake us;
For through many a woe to our home we go.

When we seek relief from a long-felt grief,
When temptations come alluring,
Make us patient and enduring.
Show us that bright shore where we weep no more.
 
Jesus, lead Thou on till our rest is won.
Heav’nly leader, still direct us,
Still support, console, protect us,
Till we safely stand in our fatherland.
 
Sermon
 
Offertory – I’d Rather Have Jesus
Offering
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Prayer of the Church
+ Celebrating birthdays this week: 9 – Dawn Klein, Bryan Toney; 10 – Tim DeFosset, Gil Canania; 13 – Paul Barbercheck
+ Wedding Anniversaries: 10 – Tony & Vicky Petzoldt

Special Celebrations and Needs:
+ Church family members: Mary Aufderheide, recovering from a fall; Jane Robinson, upon the loss of her father; Pat Steele, recovering from a fall; the Ortstadt family, as they move to Indiana; Rosemary Orloff, recovering from shoulder surgery; Hank Schlichter, who does not need additional surgery or chemo
+ Friends of our congregation: CCLS-Glendale teacher Kelsey, newly married; family of friends of Bruce, friend of the DeBord family, upon his death; Tracy, friend of the DeBord family, who has breast cancer; Carrie, friend of the Cosby family, recovering from a double mastectomy; CCLS-Glendale teacher Haley, who gave birth to Anthony Michael
+ Those who are homebound or in nursing facilities: Mary Guion, Corinne Gutzler, Anne Hammann, Joan Winkler, Ruth Wussler
 
+ Sacrament +
 
Preface
P:  The Lord be with you.
C:  And also with you.
P:  Lift up your hearts.
C:  We lift them to the Lord.
P:  Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
C:  It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
P:  It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everlasting God, for the countless blessings You so freely bestow on us and all creation. Above all, we give thanks for Your boundless love shown to us when You sent Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into our flesh and laid on Him our sin, giving Him into death that we might not die eternally. Because He is now risen from the dead and lives and reigns to all eternity, all who believe in Him will overcome sin and death and will rise again to new life. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:
 
Sanctus
C: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth adored;
Heav'n and earth with full acclaim shout the glory of Your name.
Sing hosanna in the highest, sing hosanna to the Lord;
Truly blest is He who comes in the name of the Lord!

Prayer of Thanksgiving 
P:  Blessed are You, O Lord our God, king of all creation, for You have had mercy on us and given Your only-begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed. By His death, He has redeemed us from bondage to sin and death, and by His resurrection, He has delivered us into new life in Him. Grant us to keep the Feast in sincerity and truth, faithfully eating His body given into death and drinking His life's blood poured out for our salvation until we pass through death to the promised land of life eternal. Hear us as we pray in His name and as He has taught us:
 
Lord’s Prayer
C:  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.
 
The Words of Our Lord
P:  Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My + body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”
In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My + blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
 
Pax Domini
P:  The peace of the Lord be with you always.
C:  Amen.
 
Agnus Dei
C: O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,
You take the sin of the world away;
O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,
Have mercy on us, Lord, we pray.
O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,
You take the sin of the world away;
Have mercy on us, Jesus Christ,
And grant us peace, O Lord, we pray.
 
Distribution
 
Blessing
 
Nunc Dimittis
C: O Lord, now let Your servant
Depart in heav'nly peace,
For I have seen the glory
Of Your redeeming grace:
A light to lead the Gentiles
Unto Your holy hill,
The glory of Your people,
Your chosen Israel.
 
All glory to the Father,
All glory to the Son,
All glory to the Spirit,
Forever Three in One;
For as in the beginning,
Is now, shall ever be,
God's triune name resounding
Through all eternity.

Post-Communion Collect  
P:  Let us pray. We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You have refreshed us through this salutary gift, and we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C:  Amen.
 
Benedicamus and Benediction
P:  Let us bless the Lord.
C:  Thanks be to God.
P:  The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and + give you peace.
C:  Amen.
 
Closing Hymn – Lift High the Cross (LSB 837, verses 4-6)

Refrain:  Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim
Till all the world adore His sacred name.
 
O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree,
As Thou hast promised, draw us all to Thee.  Refrain
 
Let ev’ry race and ev’ry language tell
Of Him who saves our lives from death and hell.  Refrain
 
So shall our song of triumph ever be:
Praise to the Crucified for victory!  Refrain
 
Postlude – All Hail The Power of Jesus’ Name
 
+ + +
 
+ WORSHIP LEADERS +
Preacher/Celebrant/Liturgist – Pastor Scott
Organist/Pianist – Jim Thielker
Communion – Terry Buchholz
Sound/Video – Ken Clark
Lector – Cathie Albers
Usher – John Steele
Bible Class Sound/Video – Tony Petzoldt
 

Altar flowers this morning are given by Jack & Janet Hurley
In honor of all mothers

Acknowledgments
Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.