Bulletin for February 22/23, 2025

Order of Service for 5:30PM, 8:30AM and 11AM

Prelude/Gathering Music

5:30PM
Steve Hale

8:30AM
Deepwood
David Bennett
Mason Ismail, bass clarinet; Robert Lewis, piano

11 AM
Softly and Tenderly
Cindy Berry
Robert Lewis

 

Welcome and Announcements

 

Confession and Forgiveness

 

Gathering Song/Opening Hymn

(5:30PM; 8:30 AM) ELW 835 v. 1,4,6 All Creatures, Worship God Most High
(11AM) Great Are You Lord

 

Greeting

 

Kyrie

(8:30AM) ELW p. 203

 

Hymn of Praise

(8:30AM) ELW p. 204

 

Prayer of the Day

 

Anthem

(8:30AM) 

Children’s Message (8:30AM; 11AM)

 

Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.  It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.  It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.  Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.  But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.  As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven.  Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.
What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

 

Gospel Acclamation

(5:30PM; 8:30AM) ELW p. 205
(11AM) Shine on Us v.1

 

Gospel: Luke 6:27-38

[Jesus said:]  “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.
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.  If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.  If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again.  But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.  Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven;  give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”

 
Message

“Mercy and Forgiveness”
Tracey Breashears Schultz

 

Hymn of the Day/Song of the Day

(5:30PM; 8:30 AM) ELW 707 v.1,2,3 Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us
(11AM) Hosanna

 

Apostles’ Creed ELW p. 105

 

Prayers of the Church

God of Grace, hear our prayer.

 

Peace

 

Offering

 

Offertory Prayer

 

 The Great Thanksgiving

  • (8:30AM) Dialogue and Preface 
  • (8:30AM) Holy, Holy, Holy ELW p. 207
  • Words of Institution
  • Lord’s Prayer

 

Communion

 

Communion Music

(8:30AM)
ELW p. 208 Lamb of God
ELW 605 Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive
ELW 482 I Come with Joy

 

(11AM) Behold the Lamb

 

Sending of Lay Eucharistic Ministers

 

Blessing

 

Closing Hymn/Sending Song

(5:30PM; 8:30AM) ELW 608 Softly and Tenderly

(11AM) Mighty to Save

 

Dismissal

 

Postlude

8:30 AM
Let All Things Their Creator Bless
Alfred V. Fedak
Robert Lewis