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Thursday, April 1, 2021

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Glimpses of Glendale
Glendale Lutheran Church Newsletter
April 1, 2021
Today is Maundy Thursday. Maundy is a latin word which means “command.” On this day of Holy Week, Jesus commanded us to “wash one another’s feet” to “Love one another as I have loved you” and to take Christ’s body and blood in remembrance of Him. These are the pillars of our church community.

Tonight I will talk about Christ’s presence in communion. We believe that communion is not merely symbolic but that Christ’s body and blood are present in with and under the bread and the wine. It is interesting to me that the churches that believe in real presence seem to take communion more seriously. They take it more often and confession of sins is a part of it. The churches that don’t believe in real presence, the ones that believe that it is merely a symbolic ceremony tend to participate in it less. Eventually it becomes like foot washing in our culture, an archaic object lesson.

One of the blessings of the Lutheran church Missouri Synod is that we firmly teach and confess that Jesus is present in communion. Then we regularly receive him in worship. This should encourage us to love one another as he has loved us. Just like he commanded.
Please wear a mask during worship services.
Daily Bible Reading
Financial Update
Next Sunday's Bible Readings
Acts 4:32-35; 1 John 1:1—2:2; John 20:19-31
Worship Leaders
Maundy Thursday - 4/1
Communion: Steve Phelps
S/V: Ken Clark
Usher: Ron Froesel
Easter Sunday - 4/4 (9:15)
Lector: Oliver LaMie
Communion: Terry Buchholz
S/V: Ken Clark
Usher: Mike Toney
Good Friday - 4/2
Communion: John Steele
S/V: Mike Toney
Usher: Mike Toney
Easter Sunday - 4/4 (10:30)
Lector: Steve Phelps
Communion: John Steele
S/V: Tony Petzoldt
Usher: Ron Froesel
The Word Within the Word

Worship Bulletin - Easter Sunday


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.
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 meets Mondays at 7:30am.
The Resurrection of Our Lord
9:15am & 10:30am
Prelude – I Know That My Redeemer Lives
 
Processional Hymn – Jesus Christ is Risen Today (LSB 457)

Jesus Christ is ris’n today, Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!
 
Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
Unto Christ, our heav’nly king, Alleluia!
Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!
 
But the pains which He endured, Alleluia!
Our salvation have procured; Alleluia!
Now above the sky He’s king, Alleluia!
Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!
 
Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
Praise eternal as His love; Alleluia!
Praise Him, all ye heav’nly host, Alleluia!
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia!
 
+ Preparation +
 
Invocation
P:  In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit
C:  Amen.
 
Opening Sentences
P:  Alleluia! Christ is risen!
C:  He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
P:  Lord Jesus Christ, our Paschal Lamb who was offered for us and has taken away the sins of the world:
C:  have mercy on us.
P:  Lord Jesus Christ, who by Your death has destroyed death, and by Your rising to life again has restored to us eternal life:
C:  have mercy on us.
P:  Lord Jesus Christ, who rose early in the morning on the first day of the week and did first appear to Mary Magdalene:
C:  have mercy on us.
P:  Lord Jesus Christ, who appeared to Your disciples proclaiming peace and breathed on them the Holy Spirit:
C:  have mercy on us.
P:  Lord Jesus Christ, who revealed Yourself to Thomas with the marks of Your suffering and who commended the faith of those who have not seen and yet believed:
C:  have mercy on us.
P:  By Your suffering and dying:
C:  deliver us from sin, its guilt, and its punishment.
P:  By Your glorious resurrection:
C:  deliver us from this body of death.
P:  By the majesty of Your risen body:
C:  deliver us from the weakness of this mortal life and lead us to eternity.
P:  Set our minds on things above, that we may walk in love in this earthly journey and that we may dwell with You forever in the heavenly places of light and life.
C:  Grant that we may live in Easter joy today and all the days of our lives until we attain its eternal joys in heaven; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Hymn of Invocation – Crown Him with Many Crowns (LSB 525)

Crown Him with many crowns,
The Lamb upon His throne;
Hark how the heav’nly anthem drowns
All music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing
Of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless king
Through all eternity.

Crown Him the virgin’s Son,
The God incarnate born,
Whose arm those crimson trophies won
Which now His brow adorn:
Fruit of the mystic rose,
Yet of that rose the stem,
The root whence mercy ever flows,
The babe of Bethlehem.
 
Crown Him the Lord of love.
Behold His hands and side,
Rich wounds, yet visible above,
In beauty glorified.
No angels in the sky
Can fully bear that sight,
But downward bend their wond’ring eyes
At mysteries so bright.
 
Crown Him the Lord of life,
Who triumphed o’er the grave
And rose victorious in the strife
For those He came to save.
His glories now we sing,
Who died and rose on high,
Who died eternal life to bring
And lives that death may die.
 
Salutation and Collect of the Day
P:  The Lord be with you.
C:  And also with you.
P:  Let us pray. Almighty God the Father, through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You have overcome death and opened the gate of everlasting life to us. Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by Your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C:  Amen.

+ Word +
 
First ReadingIsaiah 25:6–9
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
And he will swallow up on this mountain
the covering that is cast over all peoples,
the veil that is spread over all nations.
He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
It will be said on that day,
“Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us.
This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
 
P:  This is the Word of the Lord.
C:  Thanks be to God.
 
Epistle 1 Corinthians 15:1–11
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
 
P:  This is the Word of the Lord.
C:  Thanks be to God.

Holy Gospel – Mark 16:1-8
P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the sixteenth chapter.
C: Glory to You, O Lord.
 
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
 
P: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to You, O Christ.                                                                                                 
 
Children’s Hymn – Lord of the Dance (AGPS 170)
 
I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth;
At Bethlehem I had my birth.  Refrain
 
Refrain: Dance then wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the dance, said he,
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.
 
I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black,
It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back.
They buried my body and they thought I’d gone,
But I am the dance and I still go on.  Refrain
 
Children’s Sermon

Hymn of the Day – Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds (LSB 465)
 
Now all the vault of heav’n resounds
In praise of love that still abounds:
“Christ has triumphed! He is living!”
Sing, choirs of angels, loud and clear!
Repeat their song of glory here:
“Christ has triumphed! Christ has triumphed!”
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
 
Eternal is the gift He brings,
Therefore our heart with rapture sings:
“Christ has triumphed! He is living!”
Now still He comes to give us life
And by His presence stills all strife.
Christ has triumphed! He is living!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
 
O fill us, Lord, with dauntless love;
Set heart and will on things above
That we conquer through Your triumph;
Grant grace sufficient for life’s day
That by our lives we truly say:
“Christ has triumphed! He is living!”
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
 
Sermon
 
Apostles' Creed
C:  I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
 
And in Jesus Christ, His 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 into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
 
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life + everlasting. Amen.

Prayer of the Church

+ Celebrating birthdays this week: 4 – Abbie Schultz; 6 – Carol Dowell, Ellie Steele; 8 – Gail Metzler, Ryan Lane; 9 – Cathie Albers
+ Wedding anniversaries: 10 – Ken & Rosemary Orloff
 
Special Celebrations and Needs:
+ Church family members: Friends and family of Bettie Welch upon her death; Hank Schlichter, undergoing surgery this week; the Don family, upon the death of Derek’s grandmother, Mary; Corrine Gutzler, in Bethesda recovering from a broken foot
+ Friends of our congregation: Rebecca Guion, daughter-in-law of Mary Guion, who is receiving treatment for lymphoma

+ Those who are homebound or in nursing facilities: Mary Guion, Corinne Gutzler, Anne Hammann, Joan Winkler, Ruth Wussler
 
Offertory 
Offering
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+ Sacrament +

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.”
 
Proclamation of Christ
P:  As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
C:  Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
P:  O Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, in giving us Your body and blood to eat and to drink, You lead us to remember and confess Your holy cross and passion, Your blessed death, Your rest in the tomb, Your resurrection from the dead, Your ascension into heaven, and Your coming for the final judgment. So remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray:
 
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.
 
Pax Domini
P:  The peace of the Lord be with you always.
C:  And also with you.
 
Distribution
 
Distribution Hymn – I Know That My Redeemer Lives (LSB 461)
 
I know that my Redeemer lives;
What comfort this sweet sentence gives!
He lives, He lives, who once was dead;
He lives, my ever-living head.
 
He lives triumphant from the grave;
He lives eternally to save;
He lives all-glorious in the sky;
He lives exalted there on high.
 
He lives to bless me with His love;
He lives to plead for me above;
He lives my hungry soul to feed;
He lives to help in time of need.
 
He lives to grant me rich supply;
He lives to guide me with His eye;
He lives to comfort me when faint;
He lives to hear my soul’s complaint.

He lives to silence all my fears;
He lives to wipe away my tears;
He lives to calm my troubled heart;
He lives all blessings to impart.
 
He lives, my kind, wise, heav’nly friend;
He lives and loves me to the end;
He lives, and while He lives, I’ll sing;
He lives, my Prophet, Priest, and King.
 
He lives and grants me daily breath;
He lives, and I shall conquer death;
He lives my mansion to prepare;
He lives to bring me safely there.
 
He lives, all glory to His name!
He lives, my Jesus, still the same;
Oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives:
I know that my Redeemer lives!
 
Blessing
 
Benediction
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.
 
Dismissal
P:  Go in peace! Serve the Lord!
C:  Thanks be to God.
P:  Alleluia! Christ is risen!
C:  He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
 
Closing Hymn – Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven (LSB 477)
 
Alleluia, alleluia!
Hearts to heav’n and voices raise:
Sing to God a hymn of gladness,
Sing to God a hymn of praise;
He who on the cross a victim
For the world’s salvation bled—
Jesus Christ, the King of Glory,
Now is risen from the dead.
 
Alleluia, Christ is risen!
Death at last has met defeat:
See the ancient pow’rs of evil
In confusion and retreat;
Once He died, and once was buried:
Now He lives forevermore,
Jesus Christ, the world’s Redeemer,
Whom we worship and adore.
 
Postlude – Easter Joy
 
+ + +
  
+ WORSHIP LEADERS +
Preacher/Celebrant/Liturgist – Pastor Scott
Pianist/Organist – Jim Thielker
Communion – Terry Buchholz; John Steele
Sound/Video – Ken Clark; Tony Petzoldt
Lector – Oliver LaMie; Steve Phelps
Usher – Mike Toney; Ron Froesel

+ + +
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.