MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA
Rev. Dirk Hagmaier & Rev. Constanze Hagmaier
16th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Sunday, September 9, 2018
PRELUDE “Earth and All Stars” arr. Michael Burkhardt
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)
P: Blessed be the † holy Trinity, the one who fashions us, the one who heals us, the one who reforms us again and again.
C: Amen.
P: Let us confess our sin, calling for God’s transforming power.
Silence for reflection and self-examination.
P: Source of all life,
C: we confess that we have not allowed your grace to set us free. We fear that we are not good enough. We hear your word of love freely given to us, yet we expect others to earn it. We turn the church inward, rather than moving it outward. Forgive us. Stir us. Reform us to be a church powered by love, willing to speak for what is right, act for what is just, and seek the healing of your whole creation. Amen.
P: God hears our cry and sends the Spirit to change us and to empower our lives in the world. Our sins are forgiven, † God’s love is unconditional, and we are raised up as God’s people who will always be made new, in the name of Jesus Christ. C: Amen.
GATHERING HYMN “Earth and All Stars! ” #731
GREETING Page 203
KYRIE Page 203
CANTICLE OF PRAISE Page 204
PRAYER OF THE DAY Celebrate Insert
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Page 205
GOSPEL Mark 7:24-37 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 AND BACKPACK BLESSING
(The children should come forward with their bookbags and gather around the baptismal font.)
SERMON
HYMN OF THE DAY (stand) “Light Dawns on a Weary World” #726
TRINITY EDUCATION VOLUNTEER STAFF INSTALLATION
C: Gracious God, we gather as a community to raise before you the educational ministry of this congregation. Keep each one of us in the covenant of our baptism that we may eagerly seek to know your word and your will. Help us to live faithful lives and be eager agents of your transforming power as we go and make your disciples in the world. We pray this in Jesus’ name. 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) “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” arr. Robert A. Hobby
OFFERTORY (stand) “Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful” #184
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: Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and
forever.
C: Amen.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BUILDING COMMITTEE UPDATE Randy VanRosendale
‘I AM IN” CAMPAIGN UPDATE Jona Schmidt
SENDING HYMN “Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing” #886
DISMISSAL
P: Go in Peace. Serve the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
POSTLUDE “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing” arr. Emma Lou Diemer
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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