This Week's Bulletins and Announcements
MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA
Rev. Dirk Hagmaier & Rev. Constanze Hagmaier
Fourth Sunday in Lent Sunday, March 31, 2019
PRELUDE “Rhosymedre” arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCING THE DAY
A tended nursery is available during Sunday worship services.
It is located downstairs before you enter Fellowship Hall.
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS (stand)
All may make the sign of the cross, the sign marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins.
P: Blessed be the holy Trinity,
one God, who gathers us in the wilderness to redeem us, anoint us, and make us new.
C: Amen.
P: In these forty days, let us be honest, confess our sin, and receive God’s promise of mercy.
Silence is kept for reflection.
P: God at the margins,
C: we have wandered far from your home; again and again, we lose our way. We turn inward, afraid of the world around us. We forget that you have saved your people before and promise to do so again. Do not remember the deeds of our past, but turn our faces toward the future, where your forgiveness is sure, your welcome is clear, and your love overflows. Amen.
P: Like a hen who gathers her chicks, God embraces you in tender care. Like manna in the desert, God feeds you with surprising mercy. Like a loving parent, God runs to meet you again this day, forgiving your sins for the sake of
Christ, leading you from death into life.
C: Amen.
GATHERING HYMN “What Wondrous Love Is This” #666
GREETING & KYRIE Page 203
PRAYER OF THE DAY Celebrate Insert
FIRST READING (sit) Joshua 5:9–12 Celebrate Insert
L: The word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
PSALM Psalm 32 Celebrate Insert
SECOND READING 2 Corinthians 5:16–21 Celebrate Insert
L: The word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
LENTEN VERSE (stand) Page 205
GOSPEL Luke 15:1–3, 11b–32 Celebrate Insert
(Before the reading)
P: The Holy Gospel... C: Glory to you, O Lord.
(After the reading)
P: The Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to you, O Christ.
KIDS’ TALK
SERMON Lexy Johnson
HYMN OF THE DAY (stand) “Our Father, by Whose Name” #640
APOSTLES’ CREED
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.
SHARING OF THE PEACE
P: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
C: And also with you.
(Share God’s Peace with your neighbor. If you would prefer not to shake hands, please feel free to extend “God’s Peace” to your neighbor through nodding or extending a grace-filled word without any physical touch.)
OFFERING (sit) “My Faith Looks Up to Thee” arr. Groth & McChesney
Epiphany Bell Choir
OFFERTORY (stand) “Create in Me a Clean Heart” #188
OFFERING PRAYER
P: Generous God,
C: you feed us with the harvest of the land, and you provide for our every need. Receive our gifts of money, imagination, and labor, and transform them into a feast that welcomes all, in Jesus Christ, our host and our guest. Amen.
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION Celebrate Insert
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
BLESSING
P: God, who fills the creation with abundance, Christ, who spreads his arms in forgiveness, Holy Spirit, who draws ever near to us,
bless you and bring you to life everlasting.
C: Amen.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SENDING HYMN “My Life Flows On in Endless Song” #763
DISMISSAL
P: Go in peace. Remember the poor.
C: Thanks be to God.
POSTLUDE “Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound” arr. George Shearing
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Reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship copyright ©2006 Augsburg Fortress.
Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress License #1643-L.
We wish to thank everyone who assisted in our worship.
Dirk Hagmaier and Rev. Constanze Hagmaier
Church Office: (605) 256-2771
203 N. Harth Ave, Madison, South Dakota 57042