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Service of the Word

Introit Ps. 95:13, 67a; antiphon: John 10:14, 15b

P I am the good shepherd.C I know my own and my own know me, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

P Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;C let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

P Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;C let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

P For the LORD is a great God,C and a great King above all gods.

P Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

C let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!P For he is our God,C and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

C Glory be to the Father and to the Sonand to the Holy Spirit;as it was in the beginning,is now, and will be forever. Amen

P I am the good shepherd.

C I know my own and my own know me, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Kyrie

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This Is the Feast

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Salutation and Collect of the Day

P Let us pray.Almighty God, merciful Father, since You have wakened fromYour sheep, grant us Your Holy Spirit that when we hear the vo

may know Him who calls us each by name and follow where HeJesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with Yone God, now and forever.

Please be seated

First Reading

P This is the Word of the Lord.C Thanks be to God.

Gradual adapt. from Ma

Christ has risen | from the dead.*[God the Father] has crowned him with glory and | honor,

He has given him dominion over the works | of his hands;*he has put all things un- | der his feet.


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Epistle 1 Peter 2:1925

P This is the Word of the Lord.C Thanks be to God.

Please rise

Alleluia and Verse Rom. 6:9; John 10:14

P Alleluia. We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death nolonger has dominion over him. Alleluia. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and myown know me. Alleluia.

Holy Gospel John 10:110

P The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the tenth chapter.

The reading of the Holy Gospel

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.

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Catechetical Instruction on SanctificationDrawn from Luthers Explanation of the T

CCCC I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the com

forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everl

P What does this mean?CCCC I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in J

or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospe

His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith.

In the same way He calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the w

on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith.

In this Christian Church he daily and richly forgives all my s

believers.

On the Last Day He will raise me and all the dead, and give ete

believers in Christ.

This is most certainly true.

Please be seated

Children's Message

Sermon Hymn: The King of Love My Shepherd Is

Sermon

Following the Good Shepherd


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love You and their neighbor and to bear their cross with patience and joy until the day ofthe resurrection of their bodies to life immortal; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, ourLord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen

P PeaceT be with you.

C Amen

Please rise

Prayer of the Church

P Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according totheir needs.

Each petition ends with the following:P Lord, in Your mercy,C hear our prayer.

The prayers conclude with the following:

P Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy;through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen

Please be seated

Offering

Please rise

Offertory

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Lord's Prayer

P God tenderly invites us to believe that He is our true Father achildren

C So that with all boldness and confidence we may ask Him as dear father.

P Taught by our Lord and trusting His promises, we are bold to praCCCC 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 gloryforever and ever. Amen

Collect for the Word

P Almighty God, grant to Your Church Your Holy Spirit and the wfrom above, that Your Word may not be bound but have free cothe joy and edifying of Christs holy people, that in steadfast f

and, in the confession of Your name, abide unto the end; throughC Amen


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