Welcome to St. Andrew's Lutheran Church
Holy Communion
October 9th, 2011
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Celebrating Our Companionship with Hedaru Lutheran Church, Tanzania
Evangelical Lutheran Worship Setting Eight
Pastor:..............................Beth Bachman Caulfield
Administrative Assistant: ................ Shelly Pearson
Financial Secretary:................................ Paula Ray
Director Of Music Ministries:.............Steve Hoifeldt
Organist: ...............................................Sarah Buck
Accompanist................................ Connie Sweeney
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church
209 Colorado Avenue
Ames, Iowa 50014
(515)292-2131
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The mission of St. Andrew's is to reach out with Christ's love through worship, music, service, fellowship, education, and outreach
GATHERING
PRELUDE "You Are My All in All" Lloyd Larson
The pictures displaying on the screen during the service today are of Tanzania in
East Africa. During the prelude, enjoy a glimpse of the beautiful land and people of
Tanzania.
CALL TO WORSHIP "Distant Land" Adult Choir
WELCOME
We're so glad you're here. If you're a visitor, relax. We won't ask you to stand up and introduce yourself or anything uncomfortable like that.
If children are with you: That's wonderful! Jesus loves children and so do we. Feel free to sit near the front so they can see and hear everything. If you like, we keep quiet activities for them in bags near the sanctuary doors. We do provide a staffed nursery. To reach our nursery, turn left after leaving the sanctuary, turn left again when you reach the hallway. Turn right and the nursery is on your left.
What we ask: Please fill out the Friendship Pad passed during the offering time in the service just so we know a little about who has come today.
Fellowship: Join us today for a special Tanzanian meal and program in the Fellowship Hall following service. To get there, turn left after leaving the sanctuary; it's at the end of the long hallway.
Assistance: Hearing Assistance Devices are available for your use; please ask an usher if you would like one.
CONFESSION & FORGIVENESS
P: Trusting in the word of life given in baptism, we are gathered in the name of the
Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen.
P: Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
Silence is kept for reflection.
P: Merciful God. C: We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, and are not worthy to be called your children. Have mercy on us and turn us from our sinful ways. Bring us back to you as those who once were dead but now have life, through our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen
3 P: The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Through the Holy Spirit, God gives life, freedom from the power of sin and resurrection from the dead. In the name of + Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Live in newness of life. C: Amen.
GATHERING HYMN
''Pamoja "
GREETING P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. =
KYRIE "Listen, God is Calling" ELW513
GLORIA "We Have Seen the Lord" ELW 869
PRAYER OF THE DAY
P: Lord of the feast, you have prepared a table before all peoples and poured out your life with abundance. Call us again to your banquet. Strengthen us by what is honorable, just, and pure, and transform us into a people of righteousness and peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. C: Amen.
WORD
FIRST READING Isaiah 25:1 -9 - See Celebrate Insert
R: The Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
PSALM Psalm 23 - See Celebrate Insert
SECOND READING Philippians 4:1-9-See Celebrate Insert
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION "Halle, Halle, Halle " Adult & Children's Choir
Halle, halle, hallelujah,
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
Choir will sing the verses, the congregation is invited to join in on the refrain.
P: The gospel according to Matthew, the 22nd chapter.
C: Glory to you, O Lord
GOSPEL Matthew 22:1 -14 - See Celebrate Insert
P: The word of the Lord. C. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON Elibariki Kisimbo
HYMN OF THE DAY"Siyahamba?We Are Marching in the Light " ELW 866
(marching, dancing, praying, singing)
APOSTLES' CREED
1 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 again 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 See Celebrate Insert
C: And also with you.
Each petition ends with - Lord, in your mercy. The assembly responds: hear our prayer.
PEACE
P: The peace of the Lord be with you. MEAL
OFFERING "Dear Lord We Break the Bread" LoriLine
Please sign the friendship pad & pass it to your neighbor. Then return it to the center aisle.
It is tradition in Hedaru to process toward the altar for offerings. People bring their offerings forward in an envelope or in a closed fist. If people are unable to give to the offering, they come forward anyway, put an empty fist in the basket, and join in the celebration of the giving. In that tradition we invite all who are able to come forward during the offering, and join in the celebration, whether you are giving today or not. You may place your usual offering in the first box, or an offering for our Tanzania projects in the second box.
The pictures showing during the offering are pictures of projects we have helped with in the past: success stories of our Companionship.
OFFERING PRAYER
GREAT THANKSGIVING p. 190
THE LORD'S PRAYER p. 191
INVITATION TO COMMUNION
All are welcome at the Lord's table. The wine is purple. The juice is clear. Come forward as the ushers give you direction. During this Pentecost season, we stand to receive our Lord's gifts.
The pictures displaying on the screen during the Communion are of examples of the churches in Tanzania. Hedaru Lutheran has one church in the village ofHedaru, plus nine sub-congregations in the surrounding villages. Their faith is very important to the people of these villages.
LAMB OF GOD p. 191
COMMUNION SONGS ELW 535, ELW 708, ELW 591
The pictures displaying on the screen during the Communion are of examples of the '' churches in Tanzania. Hedaru Lutheran has one church in the village ofHedaru, plus nine sub-congregations in the surrounding villages. Their faith is very important to the people of these villages.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MEAL PRAYER
SENDING HYMN "Send Me, Lord" ELW 809
BLESSING & DISMISSAL P: Go in peace, serve the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
POSTLUDE "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" S. Pethel
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