November 6th 2022 All Saints Day

 WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

SONGS:   When the Roll is Called Up Yonder,  I’ll Fly Away

 

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS, GREETING, KYRIE

HYMN: For All the Saints……verses 1-4-………………….GREEN 174

PRAYER: Almighty God, you have knit your people together in one        communion in the mystical body of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Grant us grace to follow your blessed saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have prepared for those who love you, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

 

REMEMBERING THE SAINTS, HYMNS:

  Children of the Heavenly…Green 474, My Faith Looks Up...Green 479

 

Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 During the second century before the birth of Jesus, the people of Israel suffered severe persecution at the hands of the Syrian king, Antiochus Epiphanes. The book of Daniel was written to support God's people during those dark and difficult days. His vision of the four beasts was meant to remind God's people that history was ultimately controlled by God and that this time of severe trial would pass In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in bed. Then he wrote down the dream: I, Daniel, saw in my vision by night the four winds of heaven stirring up the great sea, and four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. As for me, Daniel, my spirit was troubled within me, and the visions of my head terrified me. I approached one of the attendants to ask him the truth concerning all this. So he said that he would disclose to me the interpretation of the matter: "As for these four great beasts, four kings shall arise out of the earth. But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever--forever and ever."

Ephesians 1:11-23 After giving thanks for the faith of the Ephesians, Paul prays that they might also see the power of God, who has now enthroned Jesus as head of the church, which is his body. In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God's own people, to the praise of his glory. I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason  I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

HYMN: For All the Saints……verses 5-8…………………GREEN 174

Luke 6:20-31 Luke's recounting of Jesus' blessings and warnings suggests that God's standards and values may be quite different from those with which we are most familiar. They are the hallmark of the new life lived by God's saints. Then [Jesus] looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. "Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. "Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets. "But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. "Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. "Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets."But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. Do to others as you would have them do to you."  The Gospel…

CHILDREN COME FORWARD

SERMON

OFFERING: Music

PRAYERS, CREED, LORD’S SUPPER, LORD’S PRAYER

Blest are They…Red 728, Music... Abide With Me Red 629,  Music

BLESSING

Go in peace with all the saints to serve the Lord.  Thanks be to God.