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November 22nd: Christ the King Sunday

First Lutheran Church Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. -John 17 PRELUDE  by Beth Ray   WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS PSALM: 95:1-7a  Come, let us sing to the LORD; let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.  Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.  For the LORD is a great God, and a great king above all gods.  In his hand are the caverns of the earth, and the heights of the hills are his also.   The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands have molded the dry land.  Come, let us bow down and bend the knee, and kneel before the LORD our maker.  For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS  Trusting in God’s Word of Life, we are gathered in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen  Before God, our rock and our refuge, let us keep silence, and then confess our sin.  Silence for reflection and self-examination.   Most

November 15th: The Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

  First Lutheran Church Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. -John 17 PRELUDE  by Beth Ray WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS   Trusting in God’s Word of Life, we are gathered in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen   Before God, our rock and our refuge, let us keep silence, and then confess our sin. Most merciful God, you know our failings better than we do; our sins are revealed in the light of your face. Our days and years pass by; the things we trust fade like grass. B e gracious to us, O God. Guide us again to the water of life, and renew in us the grace of     holy baptism; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen You are all children of the light and of the day; you are God's children now. In the mercy of God, Jesus Christ was given to die for you, and for his sake, God forgives you all your sin. With all the faithful in heaven and on earth, rejoice and be glad! Amen   Hymn: This is my Father's world & to my listening

November 8th: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost

First Lutheran Church Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. -John 17 PRELUDE  by Beth Ray WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS   Trusting in God’s Word of Life, we are gathered in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen   Before God, our rock and our refuge, let us keep silence, and then confess our sin. Most merciful God, you know our failings better than we do; our sins are revealed in the light of your face. Our days and years pass by; the things we trust fade like grass. B e gracious to us, O God. Guide us again to the water of life, and renew in us the grace of     holy baptism; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen You are all children of the light and of the day; you are God's children now. In the mercy of God, Jesus Christ was given to die for you, and for his sake, God forgives you all your sin. With all the faithful in heaven and on earth, rejoice and be glad! Amen   Hymn: This is my Father's world & to my listening ea

November 1st: All Saints Sunday

  First Lutheran Church Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. -John 17 PRELUDE  by Beth Ray WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Trusting in the Word of life, we are gathered in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Before God, our rock and our refuge, let us keep silence, and then confess our sin.   Most merciful God, you know our failings better than we do; our sins are revealed in the light of your face. Our days and years pass by; the things we trust fade like grass. Be gracious to us, O God. Guide us again to the water of life, and renew in us your grace; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen PSALM 118    Tell the LORD how thankful you are, because he is kind and always merciful.   Let Israel shout, "God is always merciful!"   Let the family of Aaron, the priest shout, "God is always merciful!"   Let every true worshiper of the LORD shout, "God is always merciful!"   When I was really hurting, I prayed to