Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church
1024 West 6th Street
Williston, North Dakota 58801
701-572-3724
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER/ HOLY COMMUNION/CONFIRMATION/MOTHER'S DAY
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May 12, 2024
9:00 AM
Good morning and welcome to Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church. We are so glad you have joined us on this special day as we celebrate the Confirmation of six of our young people. We welcome all mothers and mother figures on this Mother’s Day and we are also blessed to have Rev. Dr. Cary Larson, Presiding Pastor of The AALC with us today to share a message and preside over Confirmation and Communion. Our Get Acquainted slips are located at the center aisle end of each pew. Please sign your name and pass it down, noting any changes in address, etc. and check the Communion box if you plan to receive Communion today.
PRELUDE Celeste Lundblom
WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS
PROCESSIONAL HYMN
“A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” HFG 118
A mighty fortress is our God,
A bulwark never failing;
Our helper He amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing.
For still our ancient foe
Doth seek to work us woe –
His craft and pow'r are great,
And, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not His equal.
Did we in our own strength confide,
Our striving would be losing,
Were not the right man on our side,
The man of God's own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus it is He –
Lord Sabaoth His name,
From age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.
And though this world with devils filled,
Should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed
His truth to triumph through us.
The prince of darkness grim,
We tremble not for him –
His rage we can endure,
For lo, his doom is sure:
One little word shall fell him.
That word above all earthly pow'rs,
No thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours
Through Him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go,
This mortal life also –
The body they may kill;
God's truth abideth still:
His kingdom is forever.
*INVOCATION
L: In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
*CONFESSION OF SINS
L: Our help is in the Name of the Lord.
C: Who made heaven and earth.
L: Brothers and sisters in Christ: Scripture clearly reveals that we are all born children of a fallen humanity; Scripture also teaches that if we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
C: But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Silence for reflection and self-examination
L: Heavenly Father,
C: We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways, to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.
*ABSOLUTION
L: In the Word who has come to dwell with us, God has given us grace upon grace; forgiveness that is stronger than our sins, love that can heal every broken heart. Hear this word of God’s pardon and peace: in the name of Jesus our Savior, you are free from all your sins. Rise, shine, for your light has come.
*INTROIT from Psalm 1
L: Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
C: or stands in the way of sinners.
L: But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
C: and on his law he meditates day and night.
L: He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season
C: and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
L: Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
C: nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
L: For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
C: but the way of wicked will perish.
*GLORIA PATRI (sung by the congregation)
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. Amen.
*PRAYER OF THE DAY (in unison)
O King of glory, Lord of hosts, uplifted in triumph far above all heavens, leave us not without consolation but send us the Spirit of truth whom You promised from the Father; for You live and reign with Him and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
HYMN
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” HFG 318
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it, Mount of Thy redeeming love.
This my glad commemoration that ‘til now I’ve safely come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood.
O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, Bind my wondering heart to Thee:
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love:
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above.
THE WORD OF GOD
FIRST LESSON Acts 1:12-26
12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. 13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
15 In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, 16 “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. 17 For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.” 18 (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. 19 And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) 20 “For it is written in the Book of Psalms,
“ ‘May his camp become desolate,
and let there be no one to dwell in it’;
and “ ‘Let another take his office.’
21 So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.” 23 And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias. 24 And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen 25 to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” 26 And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
SECOND LESSON 1 John 5:9-15
9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
*HOLY GOSPEL John 17:11-19
11 …Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
MESSAGE Rev. Dr. Cary Larson
Presiding Pastor of The AALC
THE RITE OF CONFIRMATION
P: I ask the Confirmation Class of 2024 to please stand and face the congregation.
P: These persons have been instructed in the Christian faith and desire to make public affirmation of their Baptism.
P: Please come forward and join me at the Altar.
P: Dear friends, we rejoice that you now desire to make public profession of Your faith and assume greater responsibility in the life of our Christian community and its mission in the world.
Brothers and sisters in Christ: In Holy Baptism our Lord Jesus Christ received you and made you members of His Church. In the community of God’s people, you have learned from His Word God’s loving purpose for you and all creation. You have been called to be witnesses to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Now, therefore, I ask you to profess your faith in Christ Jesus, reject sin, and confess the faith of the Church, the faith in which we baptize.
Do you renounce all the forces of evil, the devil, and all his empty promises?
Conf: I do.
P: Do you believe in God the Father?
Conf: I believe in God the Father, Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;
P: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?
Conf: I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate; Was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell, the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven; And sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From there He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
P: Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?
Conf: I believe in the Holy Spirit; The holy Christian Church; The Communion of Saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.
P: People of God, let us pray for those who are affirming their Baptism, and for all the baptized everywhere:
P: Father, we pray for these Confirmands, that they may be redeemed from all evil and rescued from the way of sin and death: Lord in Your mercy,
C: hear our prayer.
P: That the Holy Spirit may open their hearts to Your grace and truth: Lord, in Your mercy,
C: hear our prayer.
P: That they may be kept in the faith and communion of Your holy Church: Lord, in Your mercy,
C: hear our prayer.
P: That they may be sent into the world in witness to Your love: Lord, in Your mercy,
C: hear our prayer.
P: That they may be brought to the fullness of Your peace and glory: Lord, in Your mercy,
C: hear our prayer.
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.
P: You have made public profession of your faith. Do you intend to continue in the covenant God made with you in Holy Baptism: to live among God’s faithful people, to hear His Word and share in His supper, to proclaim the good news of God in Christ through word and deed, to serve all people, following the example of our Lord Jesus, and to strive for justice and peace in all the earth?
Conf: I do, and I ask God to help and guide me.
COMMENDATION PRAYER
P: Let us pray. Gracious Lord, through water and the Spirit You have made these men and women Your own. You forgave them all their sins and brought them to newness of life. Continue to strengthen them with the Holy Spirit and daily increase in them Your gifts of grace: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord, the spirit of joy in Your presence, through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord.
C: Amen.
CONFIRMAND VERSE AND PRAYER
Aleah Faith Anderson
Daughter of Chad and Chelsey Anderson
Verse: Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
Myranda Meleya Damm
Daughter of Kyle and Marciana Damm
Verse: 1 Corinthians 16:14
Let all that you do be done in love.
Braya Addison Huss
Daughter of Shawn and Shatha Huss
Verse: Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Emmet Swen Moran
Son of Parker and Jessica Moran
Verse: 2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Abigail Lucille Phipps
Daughter of James and Ilenia Phipps
Verse: Luke 1:37
For nothing will be impossible with God.
Jovi Lynn Zander
Daughter of Nathan and Jill Zander
Verse: Isaiah 41:10
Fear not , for I am with you; be not be dismayed, for I am your God,
I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with My
righteous right hand.
OFFERTORY HYMN
“Take My Life, and Let it Be Consecrated” HFG 458
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“Take My Life, and Let it Be Consecrated”
Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love, At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee;
Take my voice and let me sing
Always, only, for my King, Always, only for my King.
Take my lips and let them be filled with messages for Thee;
Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold, Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my love, my God, I pour at Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee, Ever, only, all for Thee.
*DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all
creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH
*THE WORDS OF INSTITUTION
P: In the night in which He was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to His disciples, saying: “Take and eat; this is My body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of Me.”
Again, after supper, He took the cup, gave thanks and gave it for all to drink, saying: “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, shed for you for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of Me.”
*THE LORD’S PRAYER (In unison)
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 glory forever and ever. Amen.
DISTRIBUTION
THE BENEDICTION
L: The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
THREE-FOLD AMEN
RECESSIONAL HYMN
“Christ is Made the Sure Foundation” vs. 1,2,4 HFG 557
Christ is made the sure foundation, Christ the head and cornerstone,
Chosen of the Lord and precious, Binding all the Church in one,
Holy Zion’s help forever, And her confidence alone.
To this temple, where we call Thee, Come, O Lord of hosts, today;
With accustomed loving-kindness hear thy people as they pray,
And Thy fullest benediction shed within its walls alway.
Laud and honor to the Father, Laud and honor to the Son,
Laud and honor to the Spirit, Ever three and ever one,
One in might and one in glory, While unending ages run.
POSTLUDE
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TODAY’S RADIO BROADCAST is given in loving memory of husband, dad and pappa, Tom Jacobson, who passed away May 12, 2023, from Gloria, Kris, Lisa and Kai, Andrea, Jason and Kourtney and Ben, Amy and Chloe, Jisaac and Alexiyana.
ALTAR FLOWERS are given in honor of our mother, Catherine Webb, from Lois, Bill, Karen, Laura and Jennifer.
WE EXTEND OUR SYMPATHY to Celeste, Kyle, Katerina, Louise, Craig and Mary Lundblom and families on the death of husband, father, grandfather and son, Pastor Steve Lundblom. Pastor Lundblom passed away May 4th in Williston and his funeral will be held Friday, May 17th at 11:00 AM here at Our Redeemer’s. May God give strength and comfort to the family at this time.
TODAY’S FELLOWSHIP HOUR SPECIAL CAKE is given by the congregation in honor of our Confirmands.
SUNDAY SCHOOL RECOGNITION will be held at today’s 11:AM service and the Sunday School youth will sing. Everyone is invited to a lunch of hotdogs and hamburgers after that service.