1

May

16,

202

1

The

Asce

nsio

n of

Our

Lor

d

If

you

are

an

onlin

e gu

est t

oday

, ple

ase

le

ave

a re

cord

of y

our v

isit,

bel

ow. T

hank

you

!

Onl

ine

Gue

st F

orm

Mes

siah

Lut

hera

n Ch

urch

7740 H

wy 72 West, M

adison, AL 35

758 (256)7

21-0041 / ww

w.mlutheran.o

rg

2

SER

VIC

E o

f WO

RD

and

PR

AY

ER

fr

om W

ith O

ne V

oice

TH

E PR

ELU

DE

AN

NO

UN

CEM

ENTS

IN

VO

CA

TIO

N

HY

MN

: “A

llelu

ia! S

ing

to Je

sus”

vs 1

,2,5

3

THE

GR

EETI

NG

& D

IALO

G

The

grac

e of

our

Lor

d Je

sus C

hris

t, th

e lo

ve o

f God

, and

the

com

mun

ion

of th

e H

oly

Spiri

t be

with

you

all.

A

nd a

lso

with

you

.

The

wor

d is

nea

r you

, on

you

r lip

s and

in y

our

hear

t. If

you

con

fess

with

you

r lip

s tha

t Jes

us is

Lor

d,

and

belie

ve in

you

r he

art t

hat G

od r

aise

d hi

m fr

om th

e de

ad, y

ou

will

be

save

d.

Faith

com

es fr

om w

hat i

s hea

rd,

and

wha

t is h

eard

com

es th

roug

h th

e w

ord

of C

hris

t.

SCR

IPTU

RE

SON

G

4

PR

AY

ER O

F TH

E D

AY

Th

e Lo

rd b

e w

ith y

ou.

And

als

o w

ith y

ou.

Let u

s pra

y.

Alm

ight

y G

od, y

our o

nly

Son

was

take

n up

into

hea

ven

and

in p

ower

in

terc

edes

for u

s. M

ay w

e als

o co

me i

nto

your

pre

senc

e and

live

fore

ver

in y

our g

lory

, thr

ough

you

r Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d w

ho li

ves

and

reig

ns w

ith y

ou a

nd th

e H

oly

Spiri

t, on

e G

od n

ow a

nd fo

reve

r. A

men

TEN

OR

SA

XO

PHO

NE

SOLO

: Thi

s Is M

y Fa

ther

’s W

orld

Ja

yson

Per

ry

THE

FIR

ST L

ESSO

N

Act

s 1:1

-11

1 In

the f

irst b

ook,

The

ophi

lus,

I wro

te ab

out a

ll th

at Je

sus d

id an

d ta

ught

fr

om th

e be

ginn

ing

2 un

til th

e da

y w

hen

he w

as ta

ken

up to

hea

ven,

afte

r gi

ving

inst

ruct

ions

thro

ugh

the

Hol

y Sp

irit t

o th

e ap

ostle

s who

m h

e ha

d ch

osen

. 3 A

fter h

is su

ffer

ing

he p

rese

nted

him

self

aliv

e to

them

by

man

y co

nvin

cing

pro

ofs,

appe

arin

g to

them

dur

ing

forty

day

s an

d sp

eaki

ng

abou

t the

kin

gdom

of G

od. 4

Whi

le s

tayi

ng w

ith th

em, h

e or

dere

d th

em

not t

o le

ave

Jeru

sale

m, b

ut to

wai

t the

re fo

r the

pro

mis

e of

the

Fath

er.

“Thi

s,” h

e sa

id, “

is w

hat y

ou h

ave

hear

d fr

om m

e; 5

for

John

bap

tized

w

ith w

ater

, but

you

will

be

bapt

ized

with

the

Hol

y Sp

irit n

ot m

any

days

fr

om n

ow.”

5

6 So

whe

n th

ey h

ad c

ome

toge

ther

, the

y as

ked

him

, “Lo

rd, i

s th

is th

e tim

e w

hen

you

will

res

tore

the

king

dom

to I

srae

l?”

7 H

e re

plie

d, “

It is

no

t for

you

to k

now

the

times

or p

erio

ds th

at th

e Fa

ther

has

set

by

his

own

auth

ority

. 8 B

ut y

ou w

ill r

ecei

ve p

ower

whe

n th

e H

oly

Spiri

t has

co

me

upon

you

; and

you

will

be

my

witn

esse

s in

Jeru

sale

m, i

n al

l Jud

ea

and

Sam

aria

, and

to th

e en

ds o

f the

ear

th.”

9 W

hen

he h

ad s

aid

this

, as

they

wer

e w

atch

ing,

he

was

lifte

d up

, and

a c

loud

took

him

out

of t

heir

sigh

t. 10

Whi

le h

e w

as g

oing

and

they

wer

e ga

zing

up

tow

ard

heav

en,

sudd

enly

two

men

in w

hite

robe

s st

ood

by th

em. 11

They

sai

d, “

Men

of

Gal

ilee,

why

do

you

stan

d lo

okin

g up

tow

ard

heav

en?

This

Jes

us, w

ho

has

been

take

n up

from

you

into

hea

ven,

will

com

e in

the

sam

e w

ay a

s yo

u sa

w h

im g

o in

to h

eave

n.”

THE

PSA

LM

Psa

lm 9

3

1 Th

e LO

RD

is k

ing;

he h

as p

ut o

n sp

lend

id a

ppar

el;

the

LOR

D h

as p

ut o

n hi

s app

arel

an

d gi

rded

him

self

with

stre

ngth

.

2 H

e ha

s mad

e th

e w

hole

wor

ld so

sure

th

at it

can

not b

e m

oved

;

3 Ev

er si

nce

the

wor

ld b

egan

,

your

thro

ne h

as b

een

esta

blis

hed;

yo

u ar

e fr

om e

verla

stin

g

4 T

he w

ater

s hav

e lif

ted

up, O

LO

RD

,

the

wat

ers h

ave

lifte

d up

thei

r vo

ice;

th

e w

ater

s hav

e lif

ted

up

thei

r po

undi

ng w

aves

.

5 M

ight

ier t

han

the

soun

d of

man

y w

ater

s,

mig

htie

r tha

n th

e br

eake

rs o

f the

sea,

m

ight

ier i

s the

LO

RD

w

ho d

wel

ls o

n hi

gh.

6 Y

our

test

imon

ies a

re v

ery

sure

,

and

holin

ess a

dorn

s you

r ho

use,

O

LO

RD

, for

ever

and

fore

verm

ore.

6 TH

E SE

CO

ND

LES

SON

E

phes

ians

1:1

5-23

15 I h

ave

hear

d of

you

r fai

th in

the

Lord

Jes

us a

nd y

our l

ove

tow

ard

all

the

sain

ts, a

nd fo

r thi

s re

ason

16 I d

o no

t cea

se to

giv

e th

anks

for y

ou a

s I r

emem

ber y

ou in

my

pray

ers.

17 I p

ray

that

the

God

of o

ur L

ord

Jesu

s C

hris

t, th

e Fa

ther

of

glor

y, m

ay g

ive

you

a sp

irit

of w

isdo

m a

nd

reve

latio

n as

you

com

e to

kno

w h

im, 18

so th

at, w

ith th

e ey

es o

f yo

ur

hear

t enl

ight

ened

, you

may

kno

w w

hat i

s the

hop

e to

whi

ch h

e has

calle

d yo

u, w

hat

are

the

riche

s of

his

glo

rious

inh

erita

nce

amon

g th

e sa

ints

, 19 an

d w

hat i

s the

imm

easu

rabl

e gre

atne

ss o

f his

pow

er fo

r us w

ho

belie

ve,

acco

rdin

g to

the

wor

king

of

his

grea

t po

wer

. 20 G

od p

ut t

his

pow

er to

wor

k in

Chr

ist w

hen

he ra

ised

him

from

the

dead

and

sea

ted

him

at h

is r

ight

han

d in

the

heav

enly

pla

ces,

21 fa

r ab

ove

all r

ule

and

auth

ority

and

pow

er an

d do

min

ion,

and

abov

e eve

ry n

ame t

hat i

s nam

ed,

not o

nly

in th

is a

ge b

ut a

lso

in th

e ag

e to

com

e. 22

And

he

has

put a

ll th

ings

und

er h

is fe

et a

nd h

as m

ade

him

the

head

ove

r all

thin

gs fo

r the

ch

urch

, 23 w

hich

is h

is b

ody,

the

fulln

ess o

f him

who

fills

all

in a

ll.

GO

SPEL

AC

CLA

MA

TIO

N: “

Wor

d of

Life

”

7 TH

E G

OSP

EL A

NN

OU

NC

EMEN

T Th

e H

oly

Gos

pel a

ccor

ding

to S

t. Lu

ke, t

he 2

4th c

hapt

er.

Glo

ry to

you

, O L

ord.

TH

E G

OSP

EL

Lu

ke 2

4:44

-53

44 Th

en h

e sa

id to

them

, “Th

ese

are

my

wor

ds th

at I

spok

e to

you

whi

le

I w

as s

till

with

you

—th

at e

very

thin

g w

ritte

n ab

out

me

in t

he l

aw o

f M

oses

, th

e pr

ophe

ts,

and

the

psal

ms

mus

t be

ful

fille

d.”

45 Th

en h

e op

ened

thei

r min

ds to

und

erst

and

the

scrip

ture

s, 46

and

he s

aid

to th

em,

“Thu

s it i

s writ

ten,

that

the

Mes

siah

is to

suff

er a

nd to

rise

from

the

dead

on

the

third

day

, 47 an

d th

at re

pent

ance

and

forg

iven

ess

of s

ins

is to

be

proc

laim

ed in

his

nam

e to

all

natio

ns, b

egin

ning

from

Jeru

sale

m. 48

You

ar

e w

itnes

ses o

f th

ese

thin

gs. 49

And

see

, I a

m s

endi

ng u

pon

you

wha

t m

y Fa

ther

pro

mis

ed; s

o st

ay h

ere

in th

e ci

ty u

ntil

you

have

bee

n cl

othe

d w

ith p

ower

from

on

high

.”

50 Th

en h

e le

d th

em o

ut a

s fa

r as

Bet

hany

, and

, lift

ing

up h

is h

ands

, he

bles

sed

them

. 51 W

hile

he

was

ble

ssin

g th

em, h

e w

ithdr

ew f

rom

them

an

d w

as ca

rrie

d up

into

hea

ven.

52 A

nd th

ey w

orsh

iped

him

, and

retu

rned

to

Jer

usal

em w

ith g

reat

joy;

53 an

d th

ey w

ere

cont

inua

lly in

the

tem

ple

bles

sing

God

. Th

e G

ospe

l of t

he L

ord.

Pr

aise

to y

ou, O

Chr

ist.

8 H

YM

N: “

A H

ymn

of G

lory

Let

Us S

ing”

vs 1

,2,3

,4

9 TH

E SE

RM

ON

R

ESPO

NSE

TO

TH

E W

OR

D

In

Chr

ist,

you

have

hea

rd th

e w

ord

of tr

uth,

the

gosp

el o

f you

r sa

lvat

ion.

W

e be

lieve

in h

im a

nd a

re m

arke

d w

ith th

e se

al o

f the

pro

mis

ed

Hol

y Sp

irit

Livi

ng to

geth

er in

trus

t and

hop

e, w

e co

nfes

s our

faith

. I b

elie

ve in

God

, the

Fat

her

alm

ight

y,

cr

eato

r of

hea

ven

and

eart

h.

I bel

ieve

in J

esus

Chr

ist,

his o

nly

Son,

our

Lor

d,

H

e w

as c

once

ived

by

the

pow

er o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

an

d bo

rn o

f the

vir

gin

Mar

y,

H

e su

ffer

ed u

nder

Pon

tius P

ilate

,

w

as c

ruci

fied,

die

d, a

nd w

as b

urie

d.

H

e de

scen

ded

into

hel

l.

On

the

thir

d da

y he

ros

e ag

ain.

He

asce

nded

into

hea

ven,

an

d is

seat

ed a

t the

rig

ht h

and

of th

e Fa

ther

,

He

will

com

e ag

ain

to ju

dge

the

livin

g an

d th

e de

ad.

I bel

ieve

in th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

th

e ho

ly c

atho

lic c

hurc

h,

th

e co

mm

unio

n of

sain

ts,

th

e fo

rgiv

enes

s of s

ins,

th

e re

surr

ectio

n of

the

body

,

and

the

life

ever

last

ing.

Am

en

Bui

ld y

ours

elve

s up

on y

our m

ost h

oly

faith

; pr

ay in

the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

K

eep

your

selv

es in

the

love

of G

od;

look

forw

ard

to th

e m

ercy

of o

ur L

ord

Jesu

s Chr

ist.

If a

nyon

e is

in C

hris

t, th

ere

is a

new

cre

atio

n:

Eve

ryth

ing

old

has p

asse

d aw

ay;

beho

ld, e

very

thin

g ha

s bec

ome

new

!

CO

NFE

SSIO

N A

ND

AB

SOLU

TIO

N

God

has

giv

en u

s the

min

istry

of r

econ

cilia

tion.

Th

eref

ore,

let u

s be

reco

ncile

d to

God

and

to o

ne a

noth

er.

(sile

nce

for r

efle

ctio

n an

d se

lf ex

amin

atio

n.)

Gra

ciou

s God

, H

ave

mer

cy o

n us

. In

your

com

pass

ion

forg

ive

us o

ur si

ns,

know

n an

d un

know

n, th

ings

don

e an

d le

ft u

ndon

e.

10

Uph

old

us b

y yo

ur S

piri

t so

that

we

may

live

and

se

rve

you

in n

ewne

ss o

f life

, T

o th

e ho

nor

and

glor

y of

you

r ho

ly n

ame;

th

roug

h Je

sus C

hris

t our

Lor

d. A

men

. A

lmig

hty

God

hav

e m

ercy

on

you,

forg

ive

you

all y

our s

ins t

hrou

gh

our L

ord

Jesu

s Chr

ist,

stre

ngth

en y

ou in

all

good

ness

, and

by

the

pow

er

of th

e H

oly

Spiri

t kee

p yo

u in

ete

rnal

life

. Am

en.

THE

SHA

RIN

G O

F TH

E PE

AC

E

Sist

ers a

nd b

roth

ers,

rejo

ice.

Men

d yo

ur w

ays,

enco

urag

e on

e an

othe

r, A

gree

with

one

ano

ther

, liv

e in

pea

ce.

The

peac

e of

the

Lord

be

with

you

alw

ays.

And

als

o w

ith y

ou.

THE

OFF

ERIN

G

THE

OFF

ERTO

RY

: “G

lory

to Y

ou, G

od”

vs. 2

11

OFF

ERTO

RY

PR

AY

ER

Let u

s pra

y.

Gra

ciou

s God

, In

the

abun

danc

e of

you

r st

eadf

ast l

ove,

you

cal

l us

from

dea

th to

lif

e, fr

om si

lenc

e to

spee

ch, f

rom

idle

ness

to a

ctio

n. W

ith th

ese

gift

s w

e of

fer

ours

elve

s to

you,

and

with

the

Chu

rch

thro

ugh

all t

he a

ges

we

give

than

ks fo

r yo

ur sa

ving

love

in J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Am

en

THE

PRA

YER

OF

THE

CH

UR

CH

As G

od’s

peo

ple

calle

d to

love

one

ano

ther

, le

t us p

ray

for t

he n

eeds

of t

he C

hurc

h, th

e hu

man

fam

ily, a

nd a

ll th

e w

orld

.

God

of m

ercy

,

Hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

. A

ll th

ese

thin

gs a

nd w

hate

ver e

lse

you

see

that

we

need

, gra

nt u

s, O

God

, fo

r the

sake

of C

hris

t who

die

d an

d ro

se a

gain

, and

now

live

s and

reig

ns

with

you

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

one

God

, for

ever

and

eve

r.

Am

en

THE

LOR

D’S

PR

AY

ER

Let u

s pra

y w

ith c

onfid

ence

in th

e w

ords

our

Sav

ior g

ave

us:

O

ur F

athe

r in

hea

ven,

ha

llow

ed b

e yo

ur n

ame,

yo

ur k

ingd

om c

ome,

yo

ur w

ill b

e do

ne,

on

ear

th a

s in

heav

en.

G

ive

us to

day

our

daily

bre

ad.

Fo

rgiv

e us

our

sins

as

we

forg

ive

thos

e

w

ho si

n ag

ains

t us.

Sa

ve u

s fro

m th

e tim

e of

tria

l

an

d de

liver

us f

rom

evi

l.

For

the

king

dom

, the

pow

er

and

the

glor

y ar

e yo

urs,

now

and

fore

ver.

Am

en

THE

BLE

SSIN

G

Alm

ight

y G

od, F

athe

r, +

Son,

and

Hol

y Sp

irit,

bl

ess y

ou n

ow a

nd fo

reve

r. A

men

12

HY

MN

: “C

hris

t Is A

live!

Let

Chr

istia

ns S

ing”

all

vers

es

TH

E D

ISM

ISSA

L TH

E PO

STLU

DE