1. Redeemer Lutheran Church
Believers Take Care of Each Other
Redeemer
Lutheran Church
Sunday, October 2nd

2. Welcome to Redeemer!
Welcome in God’s name! God brings believers together into churches for mutual encouragement and united praise. He also calls us to admonish one another when we fall into sin.
Today we remember the important truth that believers call each other to repentance when needed.

3. For Our Guests
If you have questions, let us try to help. Speak with an usher, greeter, or the person next to you.
If you’d like to learn more about Redeemer and its ministry, please talk to Pastor Wolfe or a church member after the service.

4. Children’s Message
Each week, our younger worshipers are invited to the front of church before the sermon hymn to hear a special message for them from Pastor Wolfe.

5. Need to Know what’s going on?
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6. Prayer before Worship
Dear Jesus, you died and rose to bring us forgiveness and peace. Help us to consider ourselves as children of God, holy and pleasing to our Father in heaven. Bless our prayers and praise in this service. Amen.

7. Please be courteous and silence all pagers and cell phones.
Thank You

8. Member Board Photos
New photos are being taken!
After church for next few weeks
Please have your family picture taken
Look for Dennis Adams

9. Craft & Bake Sale Before and after church
Sunday, October 16
Before and after church
Proceeds to be used for youth programs

10. Redeemer Lutheran Church
Believers
Take Care of
Each Other
Redeemer Lutheran Church

11. To Your Temple I Draw Near CW #226 Verses 1-7
Text: James Montgomery,
Setting: GOTT SEI DANK DURCH ALLE WELT
Tune: Geist-reiches Gesang-Buch, Halle, 1704

12. Verse 1:
To your temple I draw near;
Lord, I love to worship here.
Here are sacrament and Word;
Here believers meet their Lord.

13. Verse 2:
I through Christ am reconciled;
I through Christ become your child.
Abba, Father, give me grace
In your courts to seek your face.

14. Verse 3:
While your glorious praise is sung,
Touch my lips, unloose my tongue,
That my joyful soul may bless
Christ the Lord, my righteousness.

15. Verse 4:
While the prayers of saints ascend,
God of love, to mine attend.
Hear me, for your Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.

16. Verse 5:
While I listen to your law,
Fill my soul with holy awe
Till your gospel brings to me
Life and immortality.

17. Verse 6:
While your ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon in your name,
Through their voice, by faith, may I
Hear you speaking from the sky.

18. Verse 7:
From your house, when I return,
May my heart within me burn,
And at evening let me say,
"I have walked with God today."

19. Opening Verses Pastor:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.
All: And also with you.

20. Confession of Sin Pastor:
We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love and to serve him as his dear children.
But we have disobeyed him and deserve only his wrath and punishment.
Therefore, let us confess our sins to him and plead for his mercy.

21. Confession of Sin
All:
Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth.
In countless ways I have sinned against you and do not deserve to be called your child.

22. Confession of Sin All: But trusting in Jesus, my Savior, I pray:
Have mercy on me according to your unfailing love.
Cleanse me from my sin, and take away my guilt.

23. (Pastor announces our forgiveness)
All: Amen.

24. Pastor:
In the peace of forgiveness, let us praise the Lord.

25. Oh, Taste and See ♫ All: Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed are they who take refuge in him.
Your Word, O Lord, is eternal;
it stands firm in the heavens.

26. Oh, Taste and See ♫ All: Your faithfulness continues forever.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed are they who take refuge in him.

27. Prayer of the Day Pastor: Let us pray.
(The pastor says the Prayer of the Day.)
♫ All: Amen.
(Please be seated)

28. God’s Word to His People
Ezekiel 33: 7-11
Believers watch for each other.

29. Psalm #51A
All ♫ Refrain:

30. All ♫ Verses:
Have mercy on me, O God
according to your unfailing love.
Wash away all my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.

31. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
All ♫ Verses:
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.

32. All ♫ Refrain:

33. All ♫ Verses:
Against you, you only, have I sinned
And done what is evil in your sight.
Surely I was sinful at birth
Sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

34. All ♫ Verses:
Hide your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquity
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
And grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

35. ♫ All:
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen.

36. All ♫ Refrain:

37. God’s Word to His People
Galatians 2: 11-21
Paul calls Peter to repentance

38. Verse of the Day Pastor:
Alleluia. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Alleluia. (Philippians 4:4)

39. Verse of the Day ♫ All: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
These words are written that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

40. God’s Word to His People
Matthew 18: 15-20
Christian brothers admonish and forgive

41. Praise be to you, O Christ!
♫ All:
Praise be to you, O Christ!
(Please be seated)

42. Children’s Message

43. Jesus Sinners Does Receive CW #304 Verses 1, 5-7
Text: Erdmann Neumeister,
Setting: MEINEN JESUM LASS ICH NICHT
Tune: Neu-verfertigtes Darmstädtisches
Gesang-Buch, 1699, alt.

44. Verse 1:
Jesus sinners does receive;
Oh, may all this saying ponder.
Who in sin's delusions live
And from God and heaven wander.
Here is hope for all who grieve—
Jesus sinners does receive.

45. Verse 5:
I, a sinner, come to you
With a penitent confession.
Savior, show me mercy, too;
Grant for all my sins remission.
Let these words my soul relieve—
Jesus sinners does receive.

46. Verse 6:
Oh, how blest it is to know,
Were as scarlet my transgression,
It shall be as white as snow
By your blood and bitter passion,
For these words I do believe—
Jesus sinners does receive.

47. Verse 7:
Jesus sinners does receive.
Even I have been forgiven.
And when I this earth must leave,
I shall find an open heaven.
Dying, still to him I cleave—

48. Apostles’ Creed All: I believe in God, the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and
earth.

49. Tough & Tender Love for Sinners Love Always Upholds the Law of God
Love Always Offers the Forgiveness of God

50. Apostles’ Creed All: 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.

51. Apostles’ Creed All: He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

52. Apostles’ Creed All: 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.

53. In thankfulness for our salvation, we support God’s work with our offerings.

54. Prayer of the Church Pastor:
Lord God, our maker and preserver, we praise and thank you for all that you give us day after day.

55. Prayer of the Church All:
We are not worthy of all the mercies you show us.

56. Prayer of the Church Pastor:
You have given us your precious Word to nourish our souls and to protect us from the temptations of the devil, the world, and our sinful nature.

57. Prayer of the Church All:
We thank you for those who teach and preach your saving truth at this place and everywhere.
Grant them a rich measure of patience, wisdom, and love.

58. Prayer of the Church Pastor:
Heavenly Father, we pray that you shield us from every kind of danger; sudden catastrophe, terrors of crime, and the pain of disease.
Watch over those who travel by land, sea, and air. Keep our loved ones from whatever perils may threaten them.

59. Prayer of the Church All:
Heal those who are sick, cheer those who are sad, calm those who are distressed, and comfort all who are old and infirm.

60. Prayer of the Church Pastor:
Bless our land, our people, and those who hold offices of high trust.
Keep our government and schools upright and strong for the advancement of good citizenship and useful vocations, that we may enjoy your gifts of peace, security, and well-being.

61. Prayer of the Church
All: Grant your blessing to every nation on earth.
Where there are wars, may there be peace.
Where there is hatred, let it be healed.
Where there is poverty, danger, or disaster, come with your almighty power to help and restore.

62. (Special prayers and intercessions may follow.)
Prayer of the Church
Pastor:
(Special prayers and intercessions may follow.)
Hear us, Lord, as we bring you our private petitions.
(Silent Prayer)

63. Prayer of the Church Pastor:
We bring these requests before you in the name of Jesus our Lord, and ask you to hear us. Take all that we have, our bodies and minds, our time and skills, our ministries and offerings, and use them to your glory.

64. Prayer of the Church All:
We give ourselves to you that we may serve you in whatever way is pleasing in your sight.
Amen.

65. Lord’s Prayer All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.

66. Lord’s Prayer All: Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those
who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

67. Lord’s Prayer All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever. Amen

68. God Loved the World So that He Gave CW #391 Verses 1-6
Text: Heiliges Lippen...Gesangbuch, c. 1778
Setting:ST. CRISPIN
Tune: George J. Elvey,

69. Verse 1:
God loved the world
so that he gave
His only Son the
lost to save
That all who would
in him believe
Should everlasting
life receive.

70. Verse 2:
Christ is the solid
rock of faith,
Who was made flesh
and suffered death.
All who confide in
him alone
Are built on this chief
cornerstone.

71. Verse 3:
God would not have
the sinner die—
His Son with saving
grace is nigh.
His Spirit in the
Word does teach
How we the blessed
goal may reach.

72. Verse 4:
Be of good cheer,
for God's own Son
Forgives the sins
that you have done.
You're justified by
Jesus' blood;
Baptized, you are a
child of God.

73. Verse 5:
When you are sick,
when death draws near,
This truth your troubled
heart can cheer:
Christ Jesus saves my
soul from death—
This is the anchor of my
faith!

74. Verse 6:
Glory to God the
Father, Son,
And Holy Spirit,
Three in One!
To you, O blessed
Trinity,
Be praise now and
eternally!

75. Pastor:
Almighty God, we thank you for teaching us the things you want us to believe and do.
Help us by your Holy Spirit to keep your Word in pure hearts that we may be strengthened in faith, guided in holiness, and comforted in life and in death,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
♫ All: Amen.

76. God’s Blessing ♫ All: Amen, Amen, Amen. Pastor:
Brothers and sisters, go in peace.
Live in harmony with one another. Serve the Lord with gladness.
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.
♫ All: Amen, Amen, Amen.

77. Love in Christ is Strong and Living CW #490 Verses 1-3
Text: Dorothy R. Schultz, b. 1934
Setting: DOROTHY
Tune: Ralph C. Schultz, b. 1932

78. Verse 1:
Love in Christ is strong and living,
Binding faithful hearts in one;
Love in Christ is true and giving—
May his will in us be done!

79. Verse 2:
Love is patient and forbearing,
Clothed in Christ’s humility,
Gentle, selfless, king, and caring,
Reaching out in charity.

80. Verse 3:
Love in Christ abides forever,
Fainting not when ills attend;
Love, forgiving and forgiven,
Shall endure until life’s end.

81. Silent Prayer