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Glimpses of Glendale Glendale Lutheran Church Newsletter   March 20, 2025 Ego - article by Joel Hempel   Recently, I was reminded of a story I told when we returned to the church where we served in Cincinnati for their twenty-fifth anniversary. As an inner-city church, many worshippers got me accustomed to hearing a periodic “Amen!” while I preached. So, when I returned, I told them about the responses I received in the retirement community chapel.   There, too, I received expressions in response to my preaching. However, with many nursing home residents in attendance, the responses were more like polite nods – or, more accurately, various expressions of nodding off! For example, there was the “this sermon is not interesting enough to keep me awake, so I’m going to sleep” nod. Then, there was the “Yes nod.” This included the slight nod of the head, which was caught right before the chin hit the chest, then quickly raised until seconds later when the partial nod was repeated. Finally, there was what I called the polite non-nod: “I don’t want to offend the preacher, and since I can’t stay awake, I’ll just leave.”   It took a couple of years, but the residents helped me grow out of my ego insecurities. You can’t have a fragile ego when you preach or teach Bible class in a nursing home.   Ego in Latin means I. It is how we perceive ourselves and distinguish ourselves from others.   A person with a fragile ego or weak self-image can be easily hurt and unable to fully embrace who they are as God’s child. People with an exaggerated ego or prideful self-image can think too highly of themselves,1 get in the way of others growing into their God-given capacity, and not recognize the complete person God created them to be. Neither attribute is what God wants for us. What is the God-blessed, healthy “I” he invites us to embrace? A person who walks humbly with God.2   A humble person is neither arrogant nor self-debasing. A humble person recognizes their strengths and limitations and seeks to live within them. If you are not good at math, there is no shame in admitting it. Our friend Vern Gunderman admitted he was a terrible speller and jokingly asserted there had to be more than one acceptable way to spell a word.   A humble Christian recognizes and embraces their place in the Body of Christ.3 We each have a purpose and function and are part of a healthy, interdependent spiritual system called the Kingdom of God – his Church.4 You may not be able to lead, but if you easily laugh, you can bring joy to others. If you can’t preach, you can pray. If you can’t evangelize, you may be a gifted encourager. If you can’t build, perhaps you could bake and sweeten the lives of many.   We are all gifted differently – often with multiple gifts -  so we can each serve Christ faithfully. Of course, our gifts are needed to care for our families and make a living. But God also needs us to invest our gifts and competencies for building up and strengthening his Church.5   If you are unable to identify how you can help build and strengthen the Body of Christ, please reach out to a deacon. We would love to use our gifts to serve you.   1.    Romans 12:3 2.    Micah 6:8 3.    1 Corinthians 12:12-31 4.    Ephesians 4:4-16; Romans 12:4-8 5.    Ephesians 4:1-12; 1 Corinthians 12; 1 Peter 4:10-11  Lenten Worship & Potluck Schedule   Wednesday nights during Lent, join us for dinner at 5:30 followed by worship at 6:30. Please bring a dish to share!          Wednesday, March 26 Wednesday, April 2 Wednesday, April 9 Finance Update Next Sunday's Bible Readings Isaiah 12:1-6; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Worship Leaders This Sunday - 3/23 Lector: Jerry Nicolaus Children's Message: Pastor Scott Communion: Tony Petzoldt & Sem Student Greeters: Greg & Karen Frimel Sound/Video: Jerry Nicolaus Ushers: Sandy Barbercheck, Judy George, Ken Clark, Gerry Lucas Next Sunday - 3/30 Lector: Steve Phelps Children's Message: Jon Spagnuolo Communion: John Steele & Sem Student Greeters: Terry & Jennifer Buchholz Sound/Video: Mike Toney Ushers: Jeanne Lipinski, Becci Sasser, John Steele, Tony Petzoldt The Word Within the Word Online Calendar Glendale Lutheran Church Monday-Thursday 8:00 am-4:30 pm (314) 966-3220 glendalelutheranchurch@gmail.com Connect With Us:

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Welcome to Glendale Lutheran! Midweek Potlucks are back for Lent! Join us for dinner at 5:30 followed by the midweek Lenten worship at 6:30. Please bring a dish to share! Deacon List…If you need to talk to a fellow believer, email or call Pastor Scott or one of our deacons: Joel Hempel (jhempel411@gmail.com), Bob Jacobson (rjacobson@hy-c.com), Tony Petzoldt (tonypetzoldt@sbcglobal.net), or Becci Lauber Sasser (beccijlauber@yahoo.com).  The Second Sunday in Lent March 23, 2025 9:15am Divine Service IV Prelude Greeting and Welcome Lighting of the Candles Hymn of Invocation – His Mercy is More What love could remember no wrongs we have done Omniscient, all knowing, He counts not their sum Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore Our sins they are many, His mercy is more What patience would wait as we constantly roam What Father, so tender, is calling us home He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor Our sins they are many, His mercy is more Praise the Lord, His mercy is more Stronger than darkness, new every morn Our sins they are many, His mercy is more Praise the Lord, His mercy is more Stronger than darkness, new every morn Our sins they are many, His mercy is more What riches of kindness He lavished on us His blood was the payment, His life was the cost We stood 'neath a debt we could never afford Our sins they are many, His mercy is more Praise the Lord, His mercy is more Stronger than darkness, new every morn Our sins they are many, His mercy is more Praise the Lord, His mercy is more Stronger than darkness, new every morn Our sins they are many, His mercy is more Our sins they are many, His mercy is mоre + Preparation + Invocation P: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. Confession and Absolution 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  P: For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. C: For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. P: The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. C: You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. P: But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you. C: Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before 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: For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Kyrie Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.  Salutation and Collect of the Day P: The Lord be with you.  C: And also with you. P: Let us pray. O God whose glory it is always to have mercy, be gracious to all who have gone astray from Your ways and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of Your Word; 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 Reading – Ezekiel 33:7-20 “So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul. “And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?’ Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel? “And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins. Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die. Again, though I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ yet if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right, if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live. “Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just,’ when it is their own way that is not just. When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it. And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by them. Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.” P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. Epistle – Corinthians 10:1-13 I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. Holy Gospel – Mark 10:17-22 P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the tenth chapter.  C: Glory to You, O Lord. As [Jesus] was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”  And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ. Apostles' Creed 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. Children’s Hymn – I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus (LSB 729) I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus, Trusting only Thee; Trusting Thee for full salvation, Great and free. I am trusting Thee to guide me; Thou alone shalt lead, Ev’ry day and hour supplying All my need. I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus; Never let me fall. I am trusting Thee forever And for all. Children’s Message – Pastor Scott Hymn of the Day – Eternal Father, Strong to Save (LSB 717) Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep: O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea. O Christ, the Lord of hill and plain, O’er which our traffic runs amain By mountain pass or valley low; Wherever, Lord, Thy people go, Protect them by Thy guarding hand From ev’ry peril on the land. O Spirit, whom the Father sent To spread abroad the firmament; O Wind of heaven, by Thy might Save all who dare the eagle’s flight, And keep them by Thy watchful care From ev’ry peril in the air. O Trinity of love and pow’r, Our people shield in danger’s hour; From rock and tempest, fire and foe, Protect them wheresoe’er they go; Thus evermore shall rise to Thee Glad praise from air and land and sea. Sermon  Offertory Offering Prayers + Celebrating birthdays this week: 24 – Jeri Crotzer; 26 – Rick Faeth;  27 – Gwendolyn Boehme; 29 – Mike Murphy Special Celebrations and Needs: + Church family members: Carol Froesel, in hospice; Jack Bentzinger, recovering from a fall; Cathie Albers, recovering from hip surgery; Sue DeFosset, recovering from knee surgery; Paul Schultz, in hospice + Friends of our congregation: The Schneider family, friends of the Phelps, on the death of their 17 year old son; Karen, extended family member of the Wehmuellers, with cancer; Larry Duncan, extended family of the Wehmuellers, in the hospital with heart issues + Those who are homebound or in nursing facilities: Jules Bush, Frank & Sharon Gaal, Mary Guion, Jane Keathley, Vicki Lucas, Cindy Smith, Shirley Williams + 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 Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth adored; Heav'n and earth with full acclaim shot 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 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 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  Distribution Hymn – Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord (LSB 637) Draw near and take the body of the Lord, And drink the holy blood for you outpoured; Offered was He for greatest and for least, Himself the victim and Himself the priest. He who His saints in this world rules and shields, To all believers life eternal yields; With heav’nly bread He makes the hungry whole, Gives living waters to the thirsting soul. Come forward then with faithful hearts sincere, And take the pledges of salvation here. O Lord, our hearts with grateful thanks endow As in this feast of love You bless us now. Blessing Nunc Dimittis  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 glroy 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 – Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing (LSB 924) Lord, dismiss us with Your blessing, Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us each, Your love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace. O refresh us; O refresh us, Trav’ling through this wilderness. Thanks we give and adoration For Your Gospel’s joyful sound. May the fruits of Your salvation In our hearts and lives abound. Ever faithful, ever faithful To Your truth may we be found. Savior, when Your love shall call us From our struggling pilgrim way, Let not fear of death appall us, Glad Your summons to obey. May we ever, may we ever Reign with You in endless day. Postlude  + WORSHIP LEADERS + Preacher/Liturgist/Celebrant – Pastor Scott Jonas Organist/Pianist – Seth Carruthers Communion – Tony Petzoldt & Seminary Student Lector – Jerry Nicolaus Sound/Video – Jerry Nicolaus Ushers – Sandy Barbercheck, Judy George, Ken Clark, Gerry Lucas Greeters – Greg & Karen Frimel 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.

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Worship Bulletin - Wednesday March 12

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Welcome to Glendale Lutheran! Midweek Lenten Worship March 19, 2025 6:30pm Greeting and Welcome Prelude  Lighting of the Candles Hymn of Invocation – What Wondrous Love Is This (LSB 543) What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul! What wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this That caused the Lord of bliss To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul, To bear the dreadful curse for my soul! When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down, When I was sinking down, sinking down, When I was sinking down Beneath God’s righteous frown, Christ laid aside His crown for my soul, for my soul, Christ laid aside His crown for my soul. To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing; To God and to the Lamb I will sing; To God and to the Lamb, Who is the great I AM, While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing, While millions join the theme, I will sing. And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on; And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on. And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing His love for me, And through eternity I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on, And through eternity I’ll sing on. Invocation P: In the name of the Father and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. Psalm – Psalm 130 P: Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! C: O Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! P: If You, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? C: But with You there is forgiveness, that You may be feared. P: I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I hope; C: my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. P: O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with Him is plentiful redemption. C: And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Salutation P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. P: Let us pray. Heavenly Father, by the death and resurrection of Your only Son, You have shown the world that the way of self-sacrifice is the way of life. Give us such a strong faith in Your providence that we will not shrink from any sacrifice You ask of us but rejoice to offer our lives to Him who gave His life for us¬—that is, Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen. Old Testament Reading – Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.” So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army. Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.’ Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.” Epistle – 1 Peter 3:13-22 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. Holy Gospel – Luke 17:22-37 And he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them. For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it. I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.” And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.” Hymn of the Day – In the Cross of Christ I Glory (LSB 427) In the cross of Christ I glory, Tow’ring o’er the wrecks of time. All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. When the woes of life o’ertake me, Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, Never shall the cross forsake me; Lo, it glows with peace and joy. When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon my way, From the cross the radiance streaming Adds more luster to the day. Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure By the cross are sanctified; Peace is there that knows no measure, Joys that through all time abide. Sermon Hymn – A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth (LSB 438) A Lamb goes uncomplaining forth, The guilt of sinners bearing  And, laden with the sins of earth, None else the burden sharing; Goes patient on, grows weak and faint, To slaughter led without complaint, That spotless life to offer, He bears the stripes, the wounds, the lies, The mockery, and yet replies,  “All this I gladly suffer.” This Lamb is Christ, the soul’s great friend, The Lamb of God, our Savior, Whom God the Father chose to send To gain for us His favor. “Go forth, My Son,” the Father said,  “And free My children from their dread  Of guilt and condemnation.  The wrath and stripes are hard to bear, But by Your passion they will share The fruit of Your salvation.” Apostles' Creed 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. Responsive Litany P: Hear our prayer, O Lord. C: Let our cry come to You. P: Almighty God, grant us true repentance over our sins C: and steadfast faith in Your forgiveness, P: knowing that while we justly deserve Your punishment, C: You are a God who freely pardons. P: When we are weighed down by guilt or despair, lift us up in Your mercy C: and grant us a new beginning, standing in Your grace. P: As You once gave the rainbow as a sign of Your mercy, C: draw our eyes to the cross of Christ, P: that we may see in Him the assurance that Your mercies are new every morning C: and Your faithfulness to us is great. P: Hear us, O Lord, as we silently bring You our private petitions. Silent prayer P: Trusting in Your mercy, we pray as Your Son taught us: Lord’s Prayer 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. Benediction P: The Lord bless you, defend you from all evil, and bring you to everlasting life. C: Amen. Closing Hymn – Stay with Us (LSB 879) Stay with us, till night has come: Our praise to You this day be sung. Bless our bread, open our eyes: Jesus, be our great surprise. Walk with us, our spirits sigh: Hear when our weary spirits cry, Feel again our loss, our pain: Jesus, take us to Your side. Walk with us, the road will bend: Make all our weeping, wailing end. Wipe our tears, forgive our fears: Jesus, lift the heavy cross. Stay with us, till day is done: No tears nor dark shall dim the sun. Cheer the heart, Your grace impart: Jesus, bring eternal life. Postlude  + + + + WORSHIP LEADERS + Preacher/Liturgist – Seminarian Ryan Philpot Sound/Video – Paul Barbercheck Organist/Pianist – Seth Carruthers 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.

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