8 June 2025
The Day of Pentecost
Ringing of the Bell
– The bell rings as the call to worship, reminding us to discontinue conversation and reverently prepare for worship.
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Lutheran Service Book Divine Service Setting Three
Stand
461 I Know That My Redeemer Lives LSB 461
1 I
know that my Redeemer lives;
What
comfort this sweet sentence gives!
He
lives, He lives, who once was dead;
He
lives, my ever-living head.
2 He
lives
triumphant from the grave;
He
lives eternally to save;
He lives
all-glorious in the sky;
He lives
exalted there on high.
3 He
lives
to bless me with His love;
He
lives to plead for me above;
He lives
my hungry soul to feed;
He lives to
help in time of need.
4 He
lives
to grant me rich supply;
He
lives to guide me with His eye;
He
lives to comfort me when faint;
He
lives to hear my soul’s
complaint.
5 He
lives
to silence all my fears;
He
lives to wipe away my tears;
He lives
to calm my troubled heart;
He lives
all blessings to impart.
6 He
lives,
my kind, wise, heav’nly
friend;
He
lives and loves me to the end;
He
lives, and while He lives, I’ll
sing;
He
lives, my Prophet, Priest, and King.
7 He
lives
and grants me daily breath;
He
lives, and I shall conquer death;
He
lives my mansion to prepare;
He lives
to bring me safely there.
8 He
lives,
all glory to His name!
He
lives, my Jesus, still the same;
Oh,
the sweet joy this sentence gives:
I
know that my Redeemer lives!
Text:
Samuel
Medley, 1738–99, abr.
Text:
Public domain
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION
The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.
Invocation
P In the name of the Father and of the TSon and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
Exhortation
P Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto God our Father, beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.
P Our help is in the name of the Lord,
C who made heaven and earth.
P I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord,
C and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Silence for reflection on God's Word and for self-examination.
Confession of Sins
P O almighty God, merciful Father,
C I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended You and justly deserved Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being.
Absolution
P Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the TSon and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
SERVICE OF THE WORD
Gloria in Excelsis
P Glory be to God on high:
C and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.
We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee,
we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee, for Thy great glory.
O Lord God, heav’nly King, God the Father Almighty.
O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ;
O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.
Thou that takest away the sin of the world, receive our prayer.
Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.
For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord.
Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost,
art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Sit
First Reading Genesis 11:1–9
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.” So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
A This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
Psalm Psalm 143; antiphon: v. 10
Hear
my prayer, O Lord;
give
ear
to my pleas for mercy!
In
your
faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Enter
not into judgment with your servant,
for
no
one living is righteous before you.
For
the enemy has pursued my soul;
he
has
crushed my life to the ground;
he
has
made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Therefore
my spirit faints within me;
my
heart
within me is appalled.
I
remember the days of old;
I
meditate on all that you have done;
I
ponder the work of your hands.
I
stretch out my hands to you;
my
soul
thirsts for you like a parched land.
Answer
me quickly, O Lord!
My
spirit
fails!
Hide not your face from
me,
lest
I
be like those who go down to the pit.
Let
me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for
in
you I trust.
Make me know the way I
should go,
for
to
you I lift up my soul.
Deliver
me from my enemies, O Lord!
I
have fled to you for refuge!
Teach me
to do your will,
for
you
are my God!
Let your good Spirit
lead me
on
level
ground!
For
your name’s sake, O Lord,
preserve my life!
In
your
righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
And
in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies,
and
you
will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
for
I
am your servant.
Epistle Acts 2:1–21
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”
But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:
“‘And
in the last days it shall be, God declares,
that
I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,
and
your
sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and
your young men shall see visions,
and
your
old men shall dream dreams;
even
on my male servants and female servants
in
those
days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall
prophesy.
And
I will show wonders in the heavens above
and
signs
on the earth below,
blood,
and
fire, and vapor of smoke;
the sun
shall be turned to darkness
and
the
moon to blood,
before
the
day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
And
it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the
name of the
Lord shall be saved.’”
A This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
Stand
Alleluia and Verse
C Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Holy Gospel John 14:23–31
P The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the fourteenth chapter.
C Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.”
P This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
Apostles' Creed
C I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth.
And 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 thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
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 T everlasting. Amen.
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498 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest LSB 498
1 Come,
Holy
Ghost, Creator blest,
And make
our hearts Your place of rest;
Come
with Your grace and heav’nly
aid,
And
fill the hearts which You have made.
2 To
You,
the Counselor, we cry,
To You,
the gift of God Most High;
The fount
of life, the fire of love,
The soul’s
anointing from above.
3 In
You,
with graces sevenfold,
We God’s
almighty hand behold
While You with
tongues of fire proclaim
To all the
world His holy name.
4 Your
light
to ev’ry thought impart,
And
shed Your love in ev’ry
heart;
The
weakness of our mortal state
With
deathless might invigorate.
5 Drive
far
away our wily foe,
And Your
abiding peace bestow;
With You as our
protecting guide,
No evil can with us
abide.
6 Teach
us
to know the Father, Son,
And You,
from both, as Three in One
That we
Your name may ever bless
And in our
lives the truth confess.
D
7 Praise
we the Father and the Son
And Holy
Spirit, with them One,
And may the Son
on us bestow
The gifts that from the
Spirit flow!
Text:
attr.
Rabanus Maurus, 776–856; tr.
Edward
Caswall, 1814–78, alt.
Text: Public
domain
Sermon - Pastor Bill Willson
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Prayer of the Church
Each petitions ends with: P Lord in Your mercy, C hear our prayer
Offertory LSB 192
C Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, and uphold me with Thy free spirit. Amen.
SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT
Stand
Lord's Prayer
C
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.
The Words of Our Lord
P Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”
In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
P The peace of the Lord be with you always.
C Amen.
Agnus Dei
C O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, grant us Thy peace. Amen.
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The pastor and those who assist him receive the body and blood of Christ first and then distribute them to those who come to receive, saying:
Distribution
The body of Christ, given for you.
Amen.
The blood of Christ, shed for you.
Amen.
In dismissing the communicants, the following is said:
P The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen and preserve you in body and soul to life everlasting. Depart Tin peace.
C Amen.
Stand
Nunc Dimittis
C Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace according to Thy word,
for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people,
a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people Israel.
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.
Thanksgiving
P O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good,
C and His mercy endureth forever.
Salutation and Benedicumas
P The Lord be with you.
C And with thy spirit.
P Bless we the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
Benediction
P The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and Tgive you peace.
C Amen, amen, amen.
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty LSB 790
1 Praise
to
the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O
my soul, praise Him, for He is your health and
salvation!
Let all who hear
Now
to His temple draw near,
Joining in
glad adoration!
2 Praise
to
the Lord, who o’er all
things is
wondrously reigning
And, as on wings
of an eagle, uplifting, sustaining.
Have
you not seen
All that is needful
has been
Sent by His gracious
ordaining?
3 Praise
to
the Lord, who has fearfully, wondrously, made you,
Health
has bestowed and, when heedlessly falling, has stayed
you.
What need or grief
Ever
has failed of relief?
Wings of His
mercy did shade you.
4 Praise
to
the Lord, who will prosper your work and defend you;
Surely
His goodness and mercy shall daily attend you.
Ponder
anew
What the Almighty can do
As
with His love He befriends you.
5 Praise
to
the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him!
All
that has life and breath, come now with praises before
Him!
Let the Amen
Sound
from His people again;
Gladly forever
adore Him!
Text:
Joachim
Neander, 1650–80; tr.
Catherine
Winkworth, 1827–78, alt.
Text:
Public domain
Closing Response
Acknowledgments
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