Our Savior Lutheran Church Newton, Iowa November 19, 2017

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAYAFTER PENTECOST

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OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCHMissouri Synod

www.oursavlutheran.comEmail: oursavr@iowatelecom.netOffice Phone: 641-792-1084

Reverend Joel Picard, PastorCell Phone: 641-891-0945

Reverend David Brandt, PastorCell Phone: 641-990-6741

Rev. Carl & Chen Hsi Li Hanson Our Missionaries, Hong Kong, ChinaRev. Dr. Thomas & Mary Aadland Rev. James & Angela Sharp Our Missionaries, Kenya Our Missionaries, Uruguay

Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost November 19, 2017

Elders at Our Savior

Chairman Doug DeJong 641-792-2413Secretary Bob Bringolf 641-792-7460Charities Joe Hernandez 641-792-3850Lay Readers/Greeters Randy Ervin 641-792-1931Ushers/Altar Guild Doug Ringger 641-792-7750

We have a hearing assistance system. Contact an usher if you would like to use a personal receiver.

Welcome to Our Savior Lutheran Church! We thank God you are here and pray that God’s Word will speak to you today. Guests, we hope you will join us often as we gather around the Word. We want to know how we may serve you, so please sign the guest book. Also, please introduce yourself to those around you and to the Pastor.

Those desiring to receive the Body and Blood of Christ in the Sacrament at the Altar, please review both sides of the Communion Registration Card in the pew before. If you are in agreement you may hand it to our usher as you come for communion.

Those Serving This WeekCelebrant: Pastor Joel PicardElder: Randy ErvinOrganist: Joy McGinleyPianist: Miranda ErvinChoir Director: Julie DlouhyMedia Team Deanna/Doug/Julie/Rachelle/AmandaLay Readers: Bob DoerringUshers: Ron Dlouhy & Doug WoebbekingGreeters: Michael & Patsy WeddellAltar Guild: Gail HartzBulletin Assembler: Jan Tolson

Attendance11/12 106

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TWENTY-FOURTH DAY AFTER PENTECOSTDivine Service Setting 3

November 19, 2017

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTIONP In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy SpiritC Amen

P Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto God our Father, beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.

P Our help is in the name of the Lord,C who made heaven and earth.P I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord,C and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.

P O almighty God, merciful Father,C I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended You and justly deserved Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being.P Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.C Amen.

ENTRANCE HYMN “The Man Is Ever Blessed” LSB 705 KYRIE (Page 186)

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS (Page 187)

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SALUTATION AND COLLECT OF THE DAYP The Lord be with you.C And with thy spirit.

P Let us pray. Almighty and ever-living God, You have given exceedingly great and precious promises to those who trust in You. Dispel from us the works of darkness and grant us to live in the light of Your Son, Jesus Christ, that our faith may never be found wanting; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.C Amen.

EPISTLE READING 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

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

ALLELUIA AND VERSEC Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

HOLY GOSPEL Matthew 25:14–30P The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew the twenty-fifth chapter.C Glory to You, O Lord.

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[Jesus said:] “It will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’ But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.C Praise to You, O Christ.

SERMON HYMN “Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying” LSB 516

SERMON By Pastor Joel Picard

OFFERTORY (LSB page 192 & 193)

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OFFERING

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

PREFACE (LSB page 194)P The Lord be with you.C And also with you.P Lift up your hearts.C We lift them to the Lord.P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.C It is meet and right so to do.P It is truly meet, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who on this day overcame death and the grave and by His glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:

SANCTUS (LSB page 195)

LORD’S PRAYER (LSB page 196)

THE WORDS OF OUR LORD (LSB page 197)

PAX DOMINI (LSB page 197)

AGNUS DEI (LSB page 198)

DISTRIBUTION HYMNS“Come, Follow Me,” the Savior Spake LSB 688“Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face” LSB 631“Just as I Am, without One Plea” LSB 570

NUNC DIMITTIS (LSB page 199) C Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace according to Thy word,for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people,a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people Israel.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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THANKSGIVING (LSB page 200) A O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good,C and His mercy endureth forever.

A Let us pray.A We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You have refreshed us through this salutary gift, and we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.C Amen.

SALUTATION AND BENEDICAMUS (LSB page 201) P The Lord be with you.C And with thy spirit.

A Bless we the Lord.C Thanks be to God.

BENEDICTION (LSB page 201) P The Lord bless you and keep you.The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and T give you peace.C Amen, amen, amen.

CHOIR “New Doxology” Arranged by R Mauldin, New lyrics and music by Thomas Miller

Acknowledgments Divine Service, Setting One from Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Reprinted with permission. Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

“God & Family” Recognitionby Matt Rogahn & Board of Elders

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Lord, Teach us to PrayRemember in your prayers...

UFor Healing, Wholeness and ShalomULeola Benac, recuperating at home.UMaxine Udelhoven, recuperating at home.UAmy Gerdts, Gary & Peggys Gerdts niece, please pray for

continued healing after a successful bone marrow transplant with some complications of host rejection.

UCharlene Vesely, residing at Windsor Manor in Grinnell.UPastor Mike Maddick and wife, Melanie, both undergoing

treatment for cancer.UJohn McGinley, diagnosed with prostate cancer.UMarilyn Mertz’s son, Jim, health concerns.UEd & Geneva Trost.URobert Wolfe, Bills Jenkins nephew

UThe Ministry of The Pregnancy Center of Central Iowa.

UMichael McGinley, Kelsi, Katka & Bazil, as Michael continues his ministerial training as a Vicar in Chariton, Iowa.

URev. Dr. Thomas and Mary Aadland, Our Missionaries to Kenya James and Angela Sharp, Our Missionaries to Uruguay. Carl & Chen Hsi Li Hanson, Our Missionaries to Hong Kong,

China. J.P. & Aimee Cima, working in Vietnam. “Jesse” Narit & Naomi Phan, Stronghold, Cambodia. Pastor & Karen Moore, Our Missionaires to Houston, Tx. UThe Malaria Initiative and the end of Malaria deaths in the world.